Ford Ranger Complaints (1997)

411 consumer complaints on file.

#744683April 28, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886714April 25, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CLEAR SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION AT ONLY 20,000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885853April 13, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING
INTERIOR DOOR LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHEN DOORS ARE SHUT, AND WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THIS PROBLEM BECOMES MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#884511March 28, 2001
WHEELS:RIM
A ROCK WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIRE AND RIM , CAUSING ALLOY RIM TO CRACK. DEALER / MSNUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. RIM AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#883936March 23, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:CARRIER/RACK
CARRIER THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE RUBS AGANIST TIRE WHENEVER VEHICLE MOVES UP AND DOWN WHICH LEADS TO TIRE WEARING OUT. TIRE HAS NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742476March 15, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
HAD A RIGHT FRONT TIRE GO FLAT. WITH THE TIRE FLAT, THE VEHICLE JACK WOULD NOT FIT UNDER THE SHOCK ABSORBER AS THE OWNERS MANUAL DESCRIBES PROPER JACKING OF THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO SAID TO JUST MOVE THE JACK TO A NEARBY LOCATION. I DID THIS BUT WAS VERY UNEASY DOING SO AS IT DIDN'T SEEM ESPECIALLY SECURE AND I WAS WORRIED THE CAR COULD SLIP OFF THE JACK. ODD THAT WITH A FLAT TIRE, THE JACK IS TOO TALL TO PLACE IT WHERE THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#742328March 12, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING
INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. REPLACED THE INTERIOR LIGHT RELAY. THIS DID NOT WORK. THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF. THIS CAUSES SERVERE DANGERS AT NIGHT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882426March 7, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00 020, CONSUMER WAS PULLING INSIDE OF A GAS STATION AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO LEFT. HE LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO ANOTHER PLACE. TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P26575R15. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK DOT W29V1PK207. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#882240March 6, 2001
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM, EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, EXTERIOR LIGHTING:FOG LIGHTS, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, SEATS
POWER STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED, WAS MAKING A NOISE LIKE PUMP WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AIR CONDITIONER PUMP REPLACED. RIGHT WINDOW IS LOOSE WHILE GOING DOWN. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OCCASIONALLY WHILE TAKING OFF. THERE ARE LOOSE BOLTS UNDERNEATH SEATS. FOG LIGHT FAILED. CONSUMER STATES OIL FROM MASTER CYLINDER DAMAGED HOOD. DOOR LOCK INSIDE DRIVER'S DOOR NEVER WORKED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741980March 5, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING, STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE DOME LIGHT WOULDN'T SHUT OFF AND CAUSED THE PINGING SOUND AS IF THE DOOR WAS AJAR. I CALLED CARRIAGE FORD (WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE). THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE DOME LIGHT BUT IN THE DOOR SWITCHES--THEY'VE HAD TO REPLACE A NUMBER OF THESE ALREADY. MY DAUGHTER, WHO LIVES IN TN, ALSO HAS A RANGER AND SHE'S HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE IN OTHER RANGERS DRIVING WITH THEIR DOME LIGHTS STUCK ON, TOO. I REASONED THIS MUST BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND CHECKED TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PARTS WERE TO REPLACE IT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS MINIMAL FOR THE PARTS--BUT THE LABOR WAS $160+. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT FORD TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS WITH THESE PARTS. BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY FEATURES, (DOME LIGHT AS WELL AS REAR HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT) I HOPED THEY'D TAKE CARE OF IT. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP ME. CAN YOU? WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? THANKS, [email protected]. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741929March 5, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO STALL, WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC,AND AT TIMES ALMOST CAUSES ACCIDENTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741883March 4, 2001
EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
THE TIRE-JACK (BOTTLE-JACK) PROVIDED WITH THIS VEHICLE, WHEN PURCHASED NEW, WILL NOT FIT UNDER THE APPROVED FRONT-END JACKING POINT OF MY FORD RANGER PICK-UP TRUCK UNDER FULL FLAT CONDITIONS! THERE APPEARS TO BE NO SAFE ALTERNATIVE JACKING POSITION TO BE USED WITH THE SUPPLIED BOTTLE-JACK! THIS RECENTLY CAUSED ME TO BE IN DANGER FAR LONGER THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE NECESSARY HAD MY VEHICLE BEEN PROVIDED WITH AN ADEQUATE JACK! I DISCOVERED THIS FACT ON THE NARROW PAVED SHOULDER OF A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DURING CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN AND LOWERED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT CHANGING MY TIRE (EMBARASSING TO A COMMERCIAL SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVER) AND HAD TO CALL AND WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE, THIS AFTER ALREADY GETTING SOAKED ON A COLD DAY IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE MY TIRE WITH INADEQUATE NEW-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT! FROM TALKING TO OTHERS, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT INADEQUATE JACKS ARE QUITE OFTEN PROVIDED WITH OTHER PICK-UP TRUCKS, AND THAT THIS TYPE JACK PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE FORD RANGE PICK-UP!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881979March 2, 2001
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT END WAS MISALIGNED. DEALER COULD NOT ALIGN VEHICLE CORRECTLY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741713February 28, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NO SUMMARY LISTED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881757February 28, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, INTERIOR LIGHTING
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. INTERIOR LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, DRAINING BATTERY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741644February 27, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CORE OF THE TIRE. REPLACED 4 OF 5 TIRES.I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE TIRE. NO FIRESTONE STORE IN WINNWMUCCA. WENT TO FORD & THEY SENT ME TO LES SCHWAB. TIRE NOT ON RECALL LIST. (DOT NUMBER: W2HFIPJ077 TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#741511February 25, 2001
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
FOG LENSES ARE MADE OF GLASS AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. A FRIEND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHT STAYING ON IN HIS 1998 NASCAR SERIES F150.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881288February 23, 2001
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
BLEND DOOR FAILED AND CAUSED HOT AIR TO COME OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER WHEN TURNED ON. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FUTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#881136February 22, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN A 20 MPH ZONE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER TIMES THAT LIGHT CAME ON. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED AT ANY SPEED . CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS WAS SECOND TIME THAT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#880457February 13, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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