2000 Ford Contour Engine Problems

MY 2000 FORD CONTOUR SE STARTING ACTING LIKE THERE WAS NO GAS AT AROUND 1/4 TANK. THIS CONTINUED EVERY TIME MY CAR GOT TO 1/4 TANK. MECHANIC REPLACED FUEL FILTER $54.90 FOR FILTER AND DIAGNOSTIC ON 3/13/07. IT STILL STUTTERING, HESITATED AND NOW WAS STALLING. MECHANIC REPLACED FUEL PUMP $297.22 ON 3/28/07. THE PROBLEM PERSISTED AND NOW IT WAS HAPPENING AT 1/2 TANK. ONCE SUMMER HIT, IT WAS WORSE WITH THE A/C. BETWEEN MARCH AND JUNE 2007, MECHANIC REPLACED PUMP ONCE AND FILTER TWICE. ON 6/27/07, CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART, TANK WAS AT 1/2. MECHANIC REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL UNIT AND THE PROBLEM REMAINED. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED WITH HESITATING AND STALLING ESPECIALLY UPHILL. ON 8/21/07 REPLACED ALL THE SPARK PLUGS AND WIRES $234.90. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. MY MECHANIC IS AT HIS WITS END. THE CODE ON THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ALWAYS THE SAME. ON 10/26/07, TOOK THE CAR BACK TO MY MECHANIC WHO HAD TO REPLACE THE INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL UNIT AGAIN. DECIDED TO TAKE MY CAR TO A DIFFERENT MECHANIC DUE TO MY CURRENT ONE NOT FINDING THE PROBLEM. REPLACED 2 OXYGEN SENSORS THIS WEEK (11/7 AND 11/9) ONE UPSTREAM AND ONE DOWNSTREAM. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME BACK ON ONCE AGAIN. IF THIS IS AN INTAKE MANIFOLD RUNNER CONTROL UNIT PROBLEM THEN EVERYONE THAT HAS HAD FUEL PUMPS REPLACED WILL HAVE TO HAVE THEM REPLACED AGAIN. THIS IS NOT ENJOYABLE SINCE I DRIVE 40 MILES A DAY TO WORK AND HALFWAY THERE I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND WAIT FOR THE CAR TO IDLE DOWN BEFORE I CAN DRIVE AGAIN OR IT WILL STALL. THIS IS NOT SAFE AS THIS HAPPENS WHILE PEOPLE ARE DRIVING AND FOR NO REASON THE CAR STALLS IN MID DRIVE. SOMEONE WILL GET HURT AND THEN THERE WILL BE A RECALL. THERE WERE NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE EXCEPT FOR TAKING MY CAR FOR INSPECTION WHICH IT PASSED. TWO DAYS LATER MY CAR STARTS STALLING AND LOSING POWER. IN 9 MONTHS I HAVE SPENT CLOSE TO $1000 TO TRY AND FIX A PROBLEM THAT STILL IS NOT FIXED. *TR

NHTSA ID

10208642

Incident

Feb 28, 2007

Mileage

121,359 mi

THE DASHBOARD, WHICH WAS ONCE RECALLED, THE RECALL HAS SINCE EXPIRED. IS DELAMINATING OFF THE FOAM , PREVENTING PROPER DEFROSTING OF WINDSHIELD AND HINDERING VIEW OUT OF FRONT WINDOW. THE FUEL PUMP WHICH WAS RECALLED ON OTHER FORD MODELS FOR EXACTLY THE SAME PROBLEM, FAILS, PREVENTING ACCELERATION ONTO HIGHWAYS. THE WATER PUMP, WHICH IS PLASTIC, DISINTERGRATES IN THE MOTOR.*JB

NHTSA ID

10142678

Incident

Mar 10, 2005

Mileage

40,000 mi

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE PLASTIC DASHBOARD DELAMINATED FROM THE FOAM. THE DASHBOARD LAMINATE WAS PUSHING UPWARD, THUS HINDERING THE CONTACT'S VISION THROUGH THE FRONT WINDOW. HE CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND THEY SAID IT WAS UNDER REVIEW, AND THAT IT WAS COSMETIC. ALSO, HE IS ALSO EXPERIENCED FUEL PUMP AND WATER PUMP PROBLEMS. UNDER HARD ACCELERATION THE FUEL PUMP SHUT OFF. THE DEALERSHIP STATED THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE NEEDED A NEW FUEL PUMP. THE BEARINGS ON THE WATER PUMP FAILED AND THE VEHICLE OVERHEATED. *AK.

NHTSA ID

10142592

Incident

Mar 1, 2004

THE CAR MAKES A HUMMING SOUND ALL THE TIME FROM THE INTAKE SYSTEM. *JB

NHTSA ID

10102806

Incident

Sep 24, 2004

Mileage

53,000 mi

VEHICLE'S ENGINE BLEW UP. VEHICLE WAS 14 MILES OUT OF WARRANTY, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED WITH 28 MILES ON IT. *LA *JB

NHTSA ID

10059492

Incident

Dec 12, 2003

Mileage

75,014 mi

THE VEHICLE STALLED, AND LOST POWER. *JB

NHTSA ID

10017682

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE DIED OUT/STALLED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER. ENGINE FAILURE. DEALER REPLACED ENGINE.*AK

NHTSA ID

8011332

Incident

May 30, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AT 45MPH VEHICLE LOSS POWER AND CONSUMER WAS FORCED TO PULL OVER, THE VEHICLE SURGES WHEN STOPPED AND AT TIMES WHEN SHIFTING THE GEARS WILL JUMP, THE DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM. *AK *NLM

NHTSA ID

8010970

Incident

Mar 10, 2002

WHILE DRIVING RPMS ON THE VEHICLE WILL START TO RISE ON ITS OWN AND CONSUMER CAN NOT SHIFT VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WILL USUALLY HAPPEN WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS OVER 80 DEGREES. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *YH

NHTSA ID

8008184

Incident

Jan 1, 2002

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE STALLS WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

NHTSA ID

8003934

Incident

Feb 8, 2002

DEFECTIVE FUEL PUMP AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON.

NHTSA ID

9005210

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

744976

Incident

May 5, 2001

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT HAS BEEN ON, AND VEHICLE RUNS ROUGHLY. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER 4 TIMES. DEALER STATED THAT CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

NHTSA ID

885015

Incident

Jan 1, 2001

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

NHTSA ID

726001

Incident

May 10, 2000