Two problems related to trunk wiring have been reported for the 1997 Ford Contour. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
The wiring harness has deteriorated to where the engine runs lean and dies. The check engine light came on while driving. Once home I checked everything I could until the engine compartment cooled then noticed the wiring on the number 1 cylinder. The more I looked I could see all the injector plugs were deteriorated badly with number 4 being worse. Just touching the harness causes the insulation to flake off and bare wires to be exposed. I purchased a code reader to allow proper indications of what codes were indicated when the check engine light illuminated. Now Ford wants me to take the vehicle to a dealer so they can charge me and tell me what I already know and can plainly see!.
My car died, after pulling over I noticed smoke coming from the back left seat. Called fire dept. They said rear wire harness caught on fire. Towed to matt Ford, buckner, mo. Of which they said there was no recall, I called Ford 1-800-392-3673 and was told recall 99m30 might cover it, but it is up to the servie manager at Ford. Matt Ford will not look at it until my insurance adjuster looks at it. Please help!!! could I get a copy of that recall? and how?.