Ford Ranger Complaints (1999)

760 consumer complaints on file.

#729000August 25, 2000
TIRES
THE TIRE DESINTERGRATED. I TOOK IT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER WHO REPLACED WITHOUT QUESTION OR CHARGE. THEY GAVE ME NO RECEIPT. THIS HAPPENED IN THE SPRING OF 1999 I BELIEVE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P255/70R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729055August 25, 2000
TIRES
THIS IS THE SECOND FIRESTONE TIRE TO FAIL ON MY TRUCK IN 9 MOS( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553995August 24, 2000
TIRES
FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRE'S (P235 75 R15) STEEL WIRES CAME THROUGH THE SPLIT ON THE SURFACE OF THE TIRE. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728961August 24, 2000
TIRES
HAD BOTH RIGHT TIRES,( FRONT AND REAR), BLOW WITHIN A TWO DAY PERIOD. FIRESTONE REP ADVISED NO ABNORMAL TIRE WEAR AND ADVISED SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET AT LEAST 10,000 MILES MORE OFF THE TIRES. BECAUSE OF MY CONCERN I REPLACED THEM. I BELIEVE THESE TIRES FAILED PREMATURELY. THE HT'S HAVE NOT BEEN RECALLED WITH THE AT'S AS OF YET?( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225 15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868531August 24, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE TRAVELING NOTICED TIRE SEPARATION ON SIDEWALL OF TIRE. MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P225/70/R15 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553968August 23, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE AND CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO HAVE THE WHEELS BALANCED 3 TIMES AND THE FRONT END ALIGNED BUT THE TRUCK WAS STILL VIBRATING, CONSUMER BELIEVES THERE ARE ONE OR MORE TREAD SEPARATIONS IN THE TIRE, THIS HAS CAUSED POOR STEERING CONTROL. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868409August 23, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING 55MPH RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEWOUT, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE AXLE AND BEARING ON THE VEHICLE. DEALER HAS SEEN VEHICLE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728561August 21, 2000
TIRES
BEEN READING ABOUT THE TIRES, WE HAVE THE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IN SIZE P235/70R15 AND HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS OUT OF THEM JUST TODAY WE HAD ANOTHER BLOW OUT ON A TIRE. THE RIGHT, FRONT. THIS MAKES THE 4TH TIRE THAT BLEW OUT THIS SUMMER! ALL TIRES THAT BLEW, ARE BLOWING FROM THE SIDE WALLSI THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS YOU BETTER RETHINK THE I THINK FOR THE SAFETY OF OTHERS YOU BETTER RETHINK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728596August 21, 2000
TIRES
TIRES ARE SHOWING CORD ON SIDE OF TIRE.APPEARS TO BE PEELING RIGHT OFF OF THE CASING NOTIFIED FIRESTONE DEALER THEY SAID I SHOULD NOT DRIVE THE TRUCK.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 16'' )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728455August 19, 2000
POWER TRAIN:TRANSFER CASE (4-WHEEL DRIVE)
VEHICLE WOULD NOT SWITCH INTO 4WD WHEN DEALER NOTIFIED I WAS TOLD THAT I HAD TO BE IN NEUTRAL TO SWITCH INTO 4 WHEEL DRIVE. AFTER THREE ADDITIONAL VISITS TO THE DEALERSHIP THE SWITCH MOTOR WAS FINALLY REPLACED. DEALER DID NOT WANT TO ADMIT THE PROBLEM WAS WITH VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#868112August 18, 2000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#728286August 17, 2000
TIRES:SIDEWALL
MAIL ROUTE INCLUDES SAND, CLAY, & SURFACED ROADS. I FIRST HEARD A STRANGE RUBBING SOUND WHILE ON PRIVATE SAND ROAD. I GOT OUT AND OBSERVED A BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL OF THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I HAD NO SAFE PLACE TO CHANGE THE TIRE SO I SLOWLY DROVE THE 1 MILE BACK TO THE SURFACED ROAD. AS I DROVE DOWN THE SURFACED ROAD, I NOTICED A LOT OF VIBRATION IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER TO CHANGE THE TIRE, AS I WAS EXITING THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A LOAD "POP" AND THE TIRE WAS FLAT! THE SERVICE PERSONNEL AT MIKE SHAD FORD LET ME SEE THE TIRE AS THEY TOOK IT FROM THE RIM. THERE WAS A GENEROUS AMOUNT OF RUBBER POWDER, THE STEEL BELTS WERE SHREDDED AND RUSTY. IT APPEARED TO ME THAT THE TIRE HAD COME APART FROM THE INSIDE OUT. MYSELF, THE TECHNITION, SERVICE ADVISOR COULD NOT BELIEVE THE TIRE HAD ONLY 6700 MILES ON IT. BUT IT WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT. THE DEALER TIRE MANAGER DETERMINED DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF WEAR ON THE TREAD THAT I HAD TO BUY A NEW REPLACEMENT. WHEN I COMPLAINED THAT THE TIRE HAD TO BE DEFECTIVE HE DISSAGREED. NOT DEFECTIVE, ABUSED! HE AUTHORISED A $15. ADJUSTMENT AND A FREE ALL WHEEL ALIGNMENT. THE SECOND FAILURE WAS NEARLY A YEAR LATER BUT ON THE SAME WHEEL AND SAME SURFACED ROAD. AT 55MPH I FELT SOMETHING SLIP OR GO LOOSE IN THE REAR END, FOLLOWED BY SEVERE VIBRATION. I PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER IMMEDIATLY, STOPPED, EXITED THE VEHICLE AND LOOKED AT THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. I FOUND SIMULAR DAMAGE AS THE FIRST TIME, A LARGE BUBBLE ON THE SIDEWALL, SMALLER BUBBLES A RIDGES WERE THE SIDEWALL AND TREAD MEET, AND A LARGE BUBBLE UNDER THE TREAD. THIS TIRE DID NOT BLOW BUT THE TIRE & WHEEL ASSEMBLY WERE VERY HOT! I HAD TO LET THEM COOL ABOUT 25/30 MINUTES BEFORE I CHANGED THE TIRE. THIS TIRE IS NOW MY SPARE. AT 19625 MILES THE ORIGINAL SET OF TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. WITH 14500 MILES ON THIS REPLACEMENT SET FORD NOTES ALL 5 TIRES REQUIRE REPLACEMENT DUE TO EXCESSIVE WEAR. FORD HAS TOLD ME THEY ARE WARRENTIED FOR 50000 AND FIRESTONE IS RESPONSI
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728301August 17, 2000
TIRES
I WAS TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE I 10 ABOUT 75 MILES OUT OF TUCSON
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#867967August 16, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
ALL 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES P245/75R16 DOT W270 ARE EXPERIENCING TREAD SEPARATION, FIRESTONE WILL NOT HELP CONSUMER SINCE TIRES ARE NOT PART OF RECALL. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727958August 15, 2000
TIRES
ALL FOUR TIRES VISUALLY INSPECTED SHOW NUMEROUS CRACKS AROUND TIRE WALL BOTH SIDES OF TIRE( DOT NUMBER: W270 TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867843August 15, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE00020; ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A FORD RANGER 1999. WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 62 TO 70 MILES AN HOUR HEARD AN EXPLOSION, AND PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR TIRE HAD BLOWNOUT. CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CONTROL VEHICLE.TREAD HAD COME OFF TIRE, JUST LIKE THE FORD EXPLORER RECALL. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P245/75/R16 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867778August 14, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 55 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A TREAD SEPARATION, AND CONSUMER LOST CONTROL AND VEHICLE WENT OFF THE ROAD. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P225/70R15. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P225/70/R15 *MW
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727773August 13, 2000
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727708August 12, 2000
TIRES
CRACKS ON TREADS LIKE THE ONES BEING RECALLED AND TIRES ARE RIPPING- NEWS SAID 16 INCH TIRES WERE RECALEED IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD-FIRESTONE SAID I HAD TO PAY FOR THE DAMAGE.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P24575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727531August 10, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED ALL 4 AT 8,380 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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