Ford Ranger Complaints (2000)

677 consumer complaints on file.

#10033700August 12, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. DRIVERS NOSE WAS BROKEN. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10032444August 7, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
CONSUMER STATES BEFORE NOW, THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE DRIVING FROM 35 MPH UP TO 50 MPH. NOW THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED SEVERELY ALL OVER WHEN DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED EXCESSIVE FRONT WEAR ON THE TIRE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND BOTH INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AND FILL OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE. *PH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030891August 6, 2003
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS FORD RANGER P.U. ON THE FREEWAY IN SAN DIEGO AND NOTICED HIS FUEL GAUGE DROPPED VERY FAST. HE RE-FUELED AT SERVICE STATION AND UPON RETURNING TO FREEWAY, TWO PASSING CARS FLAGGED HIM OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TOLD HIM GAS WAS SPRAYING OUT FROM UNDER HIS TRUCK. APPARENTLY THE FUEL FILTER HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE FUEL LINE AND COULD HAVE HAD CATASTOPHIC RESULTS IF IT HAD IGNITED. I HAVE READ SIMILARCOMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE AND CAN'T IMAGINE WHY SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO PAY THE COST TO REPAIR HIS TRUCK ALONG WITH A RENTAL CAR,TOW TRUCK AND LOSS OF NEARLY TWO TANKS OF GAS, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. FORD SHOULD BE MADE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE RESTITUTION IN SUCH CASES, AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL EVENT TO HAVE HAPPEN ON A MOTOR VEHICAL AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031465July 29, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN OR REVERSE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10029019July 23, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ENGINE OVER REVS AT VARIOUS TIMES. WHEN SLOWING THE RPMS EXCEED 2000 RPMS AND YOU HAVE TOO BRAKE WITH TRANSMISSION ENGAGED TO REDUCE SPEED AS WELL AS KEEP FROM RUNNING OVER SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION OCCURS AT NO SPECIFIC TIME OR SPEED! IF OTHER 2000 RANGERS WITH V/6 ENGINES EXPERIENCE THIS SOMETHING DRASTIC MAY HAPPEN! *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10028789July 22, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
ALL BALL JOINTS IN FRONT END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 26,700 MILES. COSTING $800. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026091July 15, 2003
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
2000 FORD RANGER WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP TRUCK SUTTERS. DEALERSHIP HAS PUT TWO DRIVESHAFTS IN TRUCK. FIXED PROBLEM FOR A MONTH OR TWO AND THEN PROBLEM COMES BACK. ALSO WHEN IDLING ACROSS PARKING LOT TRUCK WELL SLAM INTO NEXT HIGHER GEAR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025730July 9, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT
AT 50,000 MILES, MY FORD RANGER BEGAN EXPERIENCING A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION AND FAILED TO START. THE PROBLEMS WERE DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION, AND A FAILED VALVE BODY PART IN THE MOTOR (WHICH WAS FIXED WITH AN "UPDATE KIT"). THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BEGINNING TO FAIL, AND A FRONT PINION SEAL HAD BEGUN TO LEAK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026692July 7, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:SLACK ADJUSTERS
CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER REMOVED HUB CAP, AND NOTICED THE BRAKE ADJUSTER SPRING WAS BROKEN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10025307July 2, 2003
TIRES
FIRESTONE TIRES ON A 2000 FORD RANGER PICKUP, WHICH EXPLODED (BLOW OUT) AND CAUSED OVER $4000 DAMAGE TO MY SONS VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10025221July 1, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN I TURNED ON MY TURN SIGNAL SMOKE WOULD COME UP OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN THROUGH THE HAZARD SWTICH. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019733June 26, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT
WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE BALL JOINTS MADE A LOUD NOISE. *NLM DEALER FOUND THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE LUBRICATED. *TT *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024392June 18, 2003
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR
DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO HOLD . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024098June 16, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019163May 23, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY FORD RANGER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHEN I TURN ON MY TURNING SIGNAL SMOKE RISES FROM MY STEERING COLUMN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND SOMEDAYS IT WILL NOT (THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE). THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND I TURNED ON MY TURNING SIGNAL AND WHEN I DID MY ABS KICKED IN THE ABS LIGHT ON MY DASH TURNED ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY TRUCK TO CHUG UP TO THE GAS STATION OFF THE NEXT EXIT. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. MY HUSBAND HAS A 1999 FORD RANGER AND HE HAS EXPERIENCED SMOKE FROM HIS TURN SIGNAL ALSO, AS WELL AS HIS WINDSHEILD WIPERS TURNING ON SPONTANIOUSLY (OFTEN WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS USED).
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10018742May 15, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
THE POSITIVE WIRE CONNECTED TO THE ALTERNATOR OF A 2000 FORD RANGER WITH 39000 MILES BURNED CAUSING A FIRE. ACCORDING TO FORD, SOMETHING IN THE ALTERNATOR SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO CONTINUOUSLY CHARGE THE BATTERY UNTIL THE WIRING OVERHEATED, SHORTED OUT, SPARKING A FIRE. THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION OF A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. AFTER CONTACTING FORD'S CONSUMER COMPLAINT SYSTEM, FORD DECLINED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM TO MY SATISFACTION. THEY BASICALLY WASHED THEIR HANDS OF THE ISSUE STATING IT WAS NOT A FORD DESIGN PROBLEM AND THAT I COULD NOT ELEVATE THE PROBLEM TO ANY OTHER LEVEL WITHIN FORD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017968May 1, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT#P225/7015). *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017559April 24, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017219April 21, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE VEHICLES LEFT REAR TIRE THREAD SEPARATED, BLEW OUT AND CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015936April 15, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE VEHICLES ENGINE RACED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING PRESSED. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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