Ford ContourFord Contour combines sporty driving dynamics with the comfort and practicality of a four-door sedan. It doesn't have the rear-seat space of a Taurus, but Ford improved rear legroom and revised the styling. Contour SVT pours on the coal with a higher output version of the Duratec V6, a sports suspension and bigger brakes.
I have a 97 Contour , I'm getting a rattle noise in REAR suspension when driving..... hitting a slight bump in road.
I have changed 1 bad stabilizer bushing, and removed struts -checked strut mounts..... both were OK. checked all trailing arm bushings, sway bar bushings, CANNOT SEE ANYTHING VISIBLE TO MAKE ANY NOISE.
the rattle might one of you shocks because the same thing was happening to my cousins contour.......... hey would you happen to know anything mustang because i have 1995 GT 5.0 and the problem is that sometimes its starts and sometimes it doesnt do you think that it could be an electrical problem?
Check out the sway bar endlink bushings ( connect the sway bar to the rear axle sorta) I bet the bushings are worn out. You can pick up new bushings at any good auto parts store.
Reverse the brake line brackets so they face down. From what I understand the bumping noise is the brake line hitting and it seems to be a common problem. I just read this at www.fordforums.com. Just click on the common problems link.
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