1996 Ford Contour transmission problems
74 complaints about transmission have been filed for the 1996 Ford Contour, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 74 9% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
Man-trans: vehicle parked on hill, unoccupied, emergency brake not applied; popped out of gear; rolled forward down a hill; ran into two parked vehicles. Tt
I just got the car from used car dealer on 02/07/08 drove fine went home and in the morning I went out got kids in car and went to back up and had no reverse..the shop I took it to said the transmission is out. The car only has 81000 miles on it....and there has been alot of complaints made about this transmission in 1996 ford contours... I think some thing needs to be done ...
Other problems reported for the 1996 Ford Contour
- Electrical system 148 complaints
- Engine 109 complaints
- Lighting 93 complaints
- Brakes 58 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 46 complaints
- Suspension 41 complaints
- Cooling system 35 complaints
- Steering 32 complaints