Ford Ranger Complaints (1997)

411 consumer complaints on file.

#9005085May 17, 2002
STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST:PUMP, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, TRAILER HITCHES:FIFTH WHEEL ASSEMBLY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
AT THE SPEED OF 25MPH SUDDENLY HEARD A NOISE AND LOST TOTAL CONTROL OF STEERING WHEEL. MANAGED TO MERGE SUDDENLY TO RIGHT SIDE OF ROAD. BATTERY, ENGINE, AND POWER STEERING LIGHT WENT ON. WHILE LOOKING AT VEHICLE NOTICED THAT BELT BROKE AND DOLLEY FELL OFF. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8008583April 25, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
WHEN APPLYING BRAKES VEHICLE WILL START TO SHAKE AND MAKE NOISE, HAS HAD ROTORS REPLACED ONCE ALREADY. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#564732April 15, 2002
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING, THE TIRE CASING SEPARATED FROM THE INSIDE OF THE TREAD BACKING AND THERE WAS DRY ROT NOTICED BETWEEN THE TREAD LINES, THE OTHER 3 TIRE SHOWED SIGNS OF DRY ROT BETWEEN THE TREAD LINES AS WELL (MARSHAL 791 TOURING A/S, P205/75R14, 95S M&S). NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#760114April 2, 2002
TIRES
BLOWOUT-FEEL FORTUNATE / FIRESTONE SAID IT WASN'T THEIR TIRE, BUT I LOOKED IT UP ON THE WEB AND THERE IS A STORY ABOUT THIS TIRE BEING SUBJECT TO INVESTIGATION. THEY ONLY AUTHORIZED AN INSPECTION. I WILL NOT LET THEM HAVE THE TIRE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: HYHYT71187 TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8006403March 26, 2002
AIR BAGS
WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WAS T-BONED BY ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY, THE DRIVER WAS INJURED AND THE VEHICLE WAS A TOTAL LOSS. NLM *YH
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#759749March 24, 2002
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
HOOD LATCH AND SAFTEY LATCH FAILED, WHICH RESULTED IN HOOD FLYING UP WHILE DRIVING.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8004008February 13, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH AND APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE PEDAL COMPLETELY FELL OFF WHICH RESULTED IN LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL. NLMCONSUMERS PASSENGER WAS INJURED RESULTING IN SURGERY TO THE KNEE. *JG
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#9005133February 11, 2002
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP
FUEL IS LEAKING FROM TOP OF GAS TANK, REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP, FUEL PUMP ELECTRIC (IN TANK) AND ASY FUEL TANK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003904February 11, 2002
STRUCTURE:BODY:HOOD:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS
WHILE DRIVING 55 TO 60MPH HOOD BLEW OPEN, BENDING THE HOOD ON VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757785February 5, 2002
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
SEATBELT LATCH WILL NOT HOLD SECURELY ON DRIVERS SIDE. CALLED ELYRIA FORD AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, BUT WAS ADVISED THEY WOULD DO NOTHING UNLESS THEIR WAS A RECALL. UPON CHECKSING I SEE THAT OTHER FORD VEHICLES HAVE BEEN RECALLED FOR SEATBELT DEFECTS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8003478February 4, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE TRAVELING AT 35 MPH DRIVER HEARD A LOUD POP. THEN, LOST CONTROL AND HIT A CLIFF. FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED AXLE HAD BROKEN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8002942January 28, 2002
STEERING:LINKAGES:KNUCKLE:SPINDLE:ARM
WHILE DRIVING 55-60 MPH STEERING SUDDENLY JERKED VEHICLE TO THE RIGHT. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STEER VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DEALER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT RIGHT SPINDLE HAD BROKEN. PART WAS REPLACED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#757312January 25, 2002
INTERIOR LIGHTING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WON'T GO IN ANY GEAR THIS MORNING SEEMED FINE YESTERDAY.THE DOME LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME EVEN WITH THE DOOR CLOSED, IT HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR QUITE A WHILE AND IS VERY INCONVENIENT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#756364January 3, 2002
SEATS
MY FATHER WAS REAR-ENDED AT 55-65MPH. AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT, MY FATHER'S SEAT BROKE CAUSING HIS SEAT TO FLY BACKWARDS AND THUS, HIS HEAD TO CRASHED THROUGH THE BACK WINDOW OF HIS PICKUP TRUCK. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS SEAT SHOULD HAVE WITHSTOOD THIS KIND OF IMPACT. BECAUSE OF THE SEAT BREAKING, MY FATHER HAS SUSTAINED NUMEROUS LACERATIONS TO HIS FACE AND NECK, AND MASSIVE NECK INJURIES. MY FATHER'S INJURIES WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SEVERE IF THE SEAT WITHSTOOD THE IMPACT. MY FATHER WAS WEARING HIS SEATBELT AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. CAN YOU PLEASE PROVIDE ME WITH A LIST OF INSTANCES WHICH A FORD RANGER'S SEAT HAS BROKEN IN THE PAST? ALSO, WHO IS THE MANUFACTURER OF THE SEAT IN THE FORD RANGER PICKUP TRUCK? IF YOU COULD INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER, I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. MY FATHER WEIGHS APPROXIMATELY 180-190PDS AND IS 5'11" THANK YOU, [XXX]. *AK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *JS *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#756071December 27, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DRUM, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
REAR BRAKES PULLED, SERVICED, REPORTED UNVERIFIABLE, BEGAN LOCKING UP IN SHORT BURSTS WHEN STOPPING, REPORTED, FOUND FAULTY , REPLACED COMPLETE REAR ASSEMBLY. WINDSHIELD CRACKED ACROSS CENTER WHILE DRIVING FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, STARTED AT TOP STRIP PASSENGER SIDE SPREADING ACROSS TO DRIVERS SIDE IN JUST MINUTES. DOOR AJAR SWITCHES FAILED CAUSING DOME LIGHT TO REMAIN ON MAKING NIGHT TIME VISIBILITY IMPOSIBLE. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING ROUGH IN SECOND GEAR HARD TO DOWNSHIFT, VERIFIED, REPAIRED BEARINGS IN SHIFTER. REOCCURED A FEW MONTHS LATER, SERVICE CLAIMED UNVERIFIABLE, WORSENED STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR IN TRAFFIC, HAD TO BE PUSHED TO SHOULDER , AND DISENGAGED. FOUND TO BE FAULTY, AND TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ,NO NOTICABLE CORRECTION , RETURNED TO SERVICE, CLAIMED UNVERIFIABLE, CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY CORPORAT OFFICE, ADVISED TO GO TO DIFERENT DEALERSHIP , WHILE INVESTIGATED INTERNALLY. DID SO, DEALER REPORTS UNVERIFIABLE, DROVE WITH SUPERVISOR OF SERVICE DEPT, WAS THEN VERIFIED, AND ORDERED REBUILT FOR 2ND TIME.EPAIR, SAME TIME AS EXTENDED WARRANTY TOOK EFFECT, REPAIRS DONE, NO NOTICABLE DIFFERENCE, IN FACT NOW WORSE, ALL GEARS NOW EFFECTED.AND AT TIMES, DIFFICULT TO SHIFT. CONTACTED FORD MOTOR CORPORATION ONCE MORE, IN EFFORT TO GET HELP WITH EXTENSIVE RENTAL CAR COSTS WHILE VEHICLE BEING SERVICED, WAS TOLD NOW THAT TWO INCIDENCES WERE IN NO WAY RELATED NOW THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS IN EFFECT TOO MUCH TIME PASSED, THOUGH EVEN ONLY LESS VTHAN 1000 MILES, IS STILL UNREPAIRED TODAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8000762December 17, 2001
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 55 TO 60 MPH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK ON THE SIDE BY ANOTHER VEHICLE CHANGING LANES AND TRAVELING IN SAME DIRECTION. THIS IMPACT CAUSED DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG TO DEPLOY. DRIVER RECEIVED SEVERE FACIAL INJURIES AND BURNS. NO DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE AS TO WHY THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DEPLOYED DURING A NON-FRONTAL CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#754684November 19, 2001
SUSPENSION:REAR, STRUCTURE:BODY
WHEN DRIVING MY RANGER IF I HIT A SMALL BUMP OR POTHOLE THE TRUCK BECOMES VERY DANGEROUS TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WANTS TO JUMP UNCONTROLLABLY FROM LANE TO LANE POSING DANGER TO MYSELF OR OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. RECENTLY I NOTICED A SMALL HAIRLINE CRACK IN THE ROOF OF THE CAB ABOVE THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE FRONT PASSENGER PANEL PROTRUDES AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE. THIS TELLS ME SOMETHINGIS SERIOUSLY WRONG AND THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO BE ON THE ROAD.NOT ONLY IS THE TRUCK A HAZARD BECAUSE OF THE UNSTABLENESS OF OPERATION NOW IT HAS A STRESS PROBLEM AS WELL AND IF IN AN ACCIDENT I WONDER IF THE THE STRUCTURE WOULD HOLD UP AS IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY HAZARD AM REFRAINING FROM OPERATING THIS VEHICLE UNTIL A LATER DATE. I HOPE SOMETHING IS DONE BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#753684October 25, 2001
INTERIOR LIGHTING
INTERIOR DOME LIGHT STAYS ON. ALSO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY 1994 FORD RANGER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897662October 12, 2001
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:HEAD RESTRAINT
A METAL PLATE/BAR WHICH HELPED TO SUPPORT HEAD RESTRAINT ON DRIVER'S SEAT WOULD HIT BACK OF DRIVER'S HEAD, AND COULD LEAD TO HEAD INJURY IF INVOLVED IN A CRASH. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT IT WAS A DESIGN FLAW. MANUFACTURER INFORMED THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF IS WARRANTY, AND UNWILLING TO ASSIST IN THIS MATTER. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#897640October 11, 2001
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MANUFACTURER FAILED TO NOTIFY CONSUMER ABOUT TRANSMISSION, TRANSMISSION WAS MADE OF SYNTHETIC, AND IT STARTED TO WEAVE, WHEN IT REACHED BAD PROPORTION OF OIL AND AIR, AND WILL LOSE TRANSMISSION, CONTACTED DEALER AND DEALER ADMITTED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH TRANSMISSION.*AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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