NHTSA Safety Recalls
Ford Contour Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 7 recall campaigns for the Ford Contour, across 1 model year from 2000 to 2000.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 7
- Most recalls
- 2000
- Owner complaints
- 203
2000–2000, with a recall
7 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 203 complaints with NHTSA about the Ford Contour across 2 model years; the most, 199, concern the 2000.
Owners marked a crash on 8 of the Ford Contour complaints (4%) and a fire on 1.
Across all Ford Contour model years, owners name the structure most often (at least 81 complaints), then the fuel system, gasoline (34).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Ford Contour in 2003: 41, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Ford Contour is equipment: other: labels, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Ford Contour recall, 01V045000, was reported on February 14, 2001 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum.
Ford Contour years to avoid
Too few Ford Contour model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 0 | 4 | 3 | not ranked |
| 2000 | 7 | 199 | 89 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Ford Contour years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Ford Contour
- EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1
- FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY1
- SEAT BELTS1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS1
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:VACUUM1
- SUSPENSION1
Ford Contour model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Ford Contour recall campaign (7)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01V045000February 14, 2001 | service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: vacuum | 2000 | — | 80 |
| 00V350000October 30, 2000 | fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly | 2000 | fire | 3,750 |
| 00V228001August 18, 2000 | seat belts | 2000 | crash | 144,435 |
| 00V075000March 9, 2000 | service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components | 2000 | crash | 436,200 |
| 99V361000December 29, 1999 | equipment: other: labels | 2000 | — | 1,381 |
| 06E022000 | service brakes, hydraulic | 2000 | crash | — |
| 08E033000 | suspension | 2000 | crash | — |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Ford Contour. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 15, 2020. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted