10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 1
Average Mileage:
40,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

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1998 Ford Contour seat belts / air bags problems

seat belts / air bags problem

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1998 Ford Contour Owner Comments

problem #2

Dec 242003

Contour 6-cyl

  • 80,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The passenger side seat belt would not release and had to be cut. The cause of the failure has not been determined. The vehicle is currently at a mechanic.

- Hartwick, NY, USA

problem #1

Nov 202003

(reported on)

Contour

  • miles
1998 Ford Contour seat belt jammed when vehicle landed upside down in a creek resulting in a fatality. The consumer's two year old daughter drowned because the driver was unable to release the seat belt. The driver of the vehicle received two lacerations.

- Unknown, DC, USA

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