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1998 Ford Contour fuel system, other problems

12 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel system, other on the 1998 Ford Contour1% of all complaints for this model year.

12
Fuel System, Other complaints
1%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • My 1998 ford contour se has problems with the trunk leaking. Ever since I bought the car the trunk leaks slowly. I find huge wet spots in the carpet in my trunk. Also the vehicle has a problem with the transmission. When you drive the vehicle the transmission gets caught and hesitates to shift.*ak

    filed Mar 21, 2005

  • Consumer states still having the same problem after recall was perform on the vehicle. Recall#01f104000 fuel pipe. Cottam walker ford 505-751-3200 please provide the address ts

    filed Nov 8, 2002

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Related recalls

Fuel System, Other problems in other Contour years

YearReportsShare
2000 Contour32%
1999 Contour41%
1997 Contour31%
1996 Contour10%
1995 Contour20%
Contour fuel system, other problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.