2000 Ford Contour: hesitation when accelerating

Filed Mar 18, 2013 · Fuel system · 120,000 miles · NH

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford contour. The contact stated that when the fuel tank was half full, the engine would hesitate, lose power, surge and stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the fuel pump and fuel filter were replaced but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 170,000.

Filed Nov 11, 2007 · Engine, Fuel system · 121,359 miles · PA

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.

Filed Aug 9, 2007 · Fuel system · 114,112 miles · CA

Tl*the contact owns a 2000 ford contour. The current mileage was 134,112. The failure mileage was 114,112. While driving 70mph the vehicle hesitated a few times and then the engine died. The vehicle was restarted after 15 minutes. The dealer stated the fuel tank had failed. The VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign number 00v350000 (fuel system, other: storage: tank assembly).

Filed Jul 25, 2005 · Fuel system · 50,000 miles · MI

The car hesitates, stalls, loses power, surges, etc. While accelerating onto the freeway, going up hills, turning onto a highway etc. We've been lucky that it has only happened when we had a shoulder to coast on to. We could have easily been rear-ended by other vehichles in traffic. This has happened several times : at first it only happened when the gas tank was less than 1/4 full, then at 1/2 tank, now 3/4 full. We try to keep the tank full. The federal safety agency has a recall id # 04v421000 for the 1999 and later mercury cougar that has the identical fuel delivery module as the 2000 ford contour (v-6). This recall should be expanded to include ford contour and mercury mystique v-6 models at the very least. The federal safety agency has also recalled the 2000 ford focus with similar fdm design defects and performance problems

Filed Jul 14, 2004 · Fuel system · CT

Car hesitates, sputters and stalls. After towed starts with no problem. Also,happened several times last summer. Seems to occur when outside tempatures are hot.

Filed Apr 26, 2004 · Fuel system · 91,000 miles · FL

When vehicle gets to about 1/4 tank of gas it starts hesitating usually when I am on the on ramp to the interstate... Not good merging into traffic going 80mph and your only going 40. I am told I need to replace fuel pump however this fuel pump alone from ford is $314 for part only.

Filed Mar 27, 2003 · Body, Fuel system · 21,597 miles · CA

The fuel pump was replaced twice. *jb engine hesitated, surged and lost power. Fuel pump assembly had to be replaced twice within a 2 year period. Also the dashboard started to lift. Recall for dashboard repairs already expired.