Ford Contour by model year

4,570 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Ford Contour across 6 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

See the best and worst years for the Ford Contour

Complaints by model year

Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.

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Model year	Complaints
1995	1,323
1996	858
1997	314
1998	1,189
1999	616
2000	248

All model years

Model year	Complaints	Most reported	Recalls	MPG
2000	248	Body & structure (32%)	5	21 to 25
1999	616	Body & structure (15%)	3	20 to 25
1998	1,189	Electrical system (12%)	9	21 to 25
1997	314	Electrical system (16%)	5	21 to 24
1996	858	Electrical system (17%)	8	21 to 25
1995	1,323	Electrical system (16%)	8	21 to 25