Was on i65 was driving fine hird a loud explosion engine started to rev up a piece of the transmission casing went into my tire causing a blow out, car became out of control and hit gaurdrail.
Ford Contour tire blowout problems
25 of the 3,151 owner complaints about the Ford Contour describe tire blowout or tread separation, most of them for the 1995 model year.
- owner complaints
- 25
- worst model year
- 1995
- typical mileage
- 115,000
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
By model year
Often reported together
Coil spring 4Won't start 1Headlights 1Door locks 1No deployment 1Airbag light 1
What owners say
Tire was purchased on 9-03-07 at walmart in north myrtle beach. Today is march 6,2008. Driving down the road and get the flat tire shudder. Jack up car, pull off tire, slit my hand on threads on the interior. The part of the tire that is closest to the car is completely bald, and threaded. Mileage at time of purchase 144,296. Mileage today, when tire blew 150,177.
Recall no.#99s23, airbag sensor module: recall no.#01f22, heater blower resister: when the vehicle is running the air bag light stays on at all times. Also intermittently the heater will not work properly when the system is engaged. The heater will also blow out a foul odor similar to sulfur. There is a recall for this make, model and year vehicle but, the consumer's is not a part of the recall.
I purchased a used 1999 ford contour from a private party on 6/21/04. When I had the required state of vermont inspection done on 6/30/04 a broken right front coil spring was discovered. This is a historic problem, and severe safety hazzard on the ford contour series, as sudden tire failure is commmon with this breakage. Years 1995 through 1998 have been recalled for this issue. The problem for the 1998 model year was not discovered until 2001, and a recall was issued that same year. Therefore, I believe that ford was still using the defective parts when my car was built in 9/98. This seems to be a prevalent problem as ford is backordered on replacement parts for over a month. It is my feeling at this time that the 1999 model should be subject to a safety recall for this problem.
While driving at 40 MPH driver side tire tread separated. Consumer had to pull over the road. Firestone, fr 440, size p185/70r14 , dot:hyrv4fa3100. Dealer notified.
I noticed I had a flat tire. I took it off went to have it repaired,they told me it could not be repaired because the side wall had been puntured.I then had to replace the tire only to find out the new tire would not work, there was a loud clanking sound when you tried to move the car. I then put the spare (pony) on and tried to move the car the tire got hot and smoked.so we tried to take it back to the company we bought the tire from,in the process we had a blow out and had to have the car towed in. Only to find out that the spring had broken ,punctured the tire on th inside sidewall and wrapped around the strutt and bent it..because of your defective springs.. We are forced to buy not only a new tire but a set of springs and new strutts. It is my understanding that ford products are known for this. That it happens on a daily basis. This is going to cost me five hundred and twenty five dollars at the very least.....why has the're been no recall on these springs????? This could have been a very disastrous situation had it happen as we were going down the interstate. I feel that some type of compensation is in order....my car is a ford contour a 1998 with only roughly 50,000 miles on it. The service work is being done by sears auto center because that is where we purchased the new tire. Your prompt response and solution to this problem would encourage my continued faith in ford products, which has been somewhat shaken. Respectfully your, rachel g miller.
While driving at 35 MPH right passenger front tire tread separated. Driver was able to pull over safely. There was a lot of damage to the car.
Both passenger front and rear tires blew out at the sidewall, the vehicle left the road way and flipped over. One tire blew while the vehicle was sitting and the other while pulling into a parking lot. The consumer had the second failed tire in their possession. *jb
The front springs broke, which caused the passenger tire to blow out.*jb
Transmission has failed repeatedly even after complete rebuild. Have also had tread separation in tires on 5 separate occasions
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the Ford Contour tire blowout
Which Ford Contour years have tire blowout or tread separation problems?
The model years with the most reports are 1995 (8 complaints), 1998 (7 complaints) and 1996 (5 complaints).
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