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9.0

really awful

Typical Repair Cost:

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Average Mileage:

71,033 miles

Total Complaints:

2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
Ford Contour transmission problems

transmission problem

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problem #2

2008Apr 01

Contour V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 50,952 miles

Works fine until the car heats up and then from a stopped position, when it surges into 1st gear. This does not happen in any other gear.

justnan2u

Ottawa, ONT, Canada

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problem #1

2007Apr 15

(reported on)

Contour LX V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 91,114 miles

This is a repeat of a problem that I thought Ford had already fixed. Again, while driving on the highway (110-120 kms/hr) the car started rev'ing the engine, accelerating and then shifting hard. This happened after I had just filled the car up (not sure if there's any connection).

Evelyn M.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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