Ford Ranger Complaints (1998)

582 consumer complaints on file.

#10042520November 5, 2003
INTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT, THE DRIVER WAS UNABLE TO SEE THE ASHTRAY BECAUSE VEHICLE DID NOT HAVE A LIGHT NEAR THE ASHTRAY. OWNER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP.*AK THE DEALERSHIP HAD NO OPTION TO ADD A LIGHT TO THE ASHTRAY. THE CONSUMER PURCHASED LED LIGHTS AND INSTALLED THEM HIMSELF. CONSUMER FEELS ANY VEHICLE EQUIPPED WITH AN ASHTRAY SHOULD HAVE LIGHTING TO MAKE IT VISIBLE. *PH *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10042313October 24, 2003
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE ANTI THEFT DEVICE WOULD ACTIVATE, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. DRIVER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP. *AK A TECHNICIAN DISABLED THE RELAY. *TS *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10039697September 10, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
BRAKE PEDAL FELL OFF WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE PARKING LOT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO REPORT.CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. BY APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10036684August 27, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
I WAS DRIVING ON I-95 AT APPROXIMATELY 80 MILES AN HOUR WHEN I HEARD A 'POPPING' SOUND AS IF MY TIRE WAS FLAT. THE NOISE CAME FROM THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT. MY TRUCK (A 98 FORD RANGER) WAS PULLED OFF THE ROAD AND INTO THE GRASS ON THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD. AS SOON AS I HEARD THE NOISE, I ATTEMPTED TO SLOW DOWN BY APPLYING THE BRAKE AND CONTINUED TO DO SO AS I MOVED ONTO THE GRASS. UNFORTUNATELY WHETHER THE GRASS WAS TO WET, OR FOR WHATEVER REASON, MY TRUCK DID NOT SLOW DOWN AND I RAN INTO A TREE- RENDERRING MY TRUCK UNDRIVEABLE. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE TREAD OF MY FIRESTONE P225 70R15 WILDERNESS TIRES HAD PEELED. THERE WAS STILL AIR FILLING THE TIRE, BUT THE TREAD HAD PEELED OFF. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033709August 12, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH REAR DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED AND WRAPPED AROUND REAR AXLE, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLL OVER. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10031140August 9, 2003
EQUIPMENT
REPLACE HEATER PLUNTUM BECAUSE HEAT EXCHANGE DOOR BROKEN. IT IS A BAD PART BECAUSE IT WAS REPLACE WITH A NEWER IMPROVED PART.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10030707August 3, 2003
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW OUT (BLOWOUT WAS A SIDEWALL). UP TO THIS POINT, TIRES HAD WORN EVENLY. TWO MONTHS PRIOR, ALL TIRES WERE CHECKED BY VARIOUS TIRE SHOPS AS I WAS THINKING OF REPLACING THE TIRES. NO ONE COULD FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF WEAR AND RECOMMENDED I KEEP THESE TIRES AS THEY WERE IN SUCH GOOD SHAPE. REAR TIRES NOW SHOW EVIDENCE OF WEAR THAT IS NOT VISIBLE ON FRONT TIRES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10029279July 27, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
OUR 1998 FORD RANGER XLT WITH THE 4.0L V-6 AND THE 5-SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCED INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS WITH SHIFTING. ON OCCASION THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE WHEN BEING SHIFTED INTO PARK AND WOULD ON OCCASION ATTEMPT TO SURGE FORWARD WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED WHILE IN DRIVE. THE PROBLEMS RECENTLY BECAME WORSE AFTER ONLY 44K MILES AND BEGAN TO IMPACT THE DRIVING PERFORMANCE OF THE VEHICLE. THE SHIFTING OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WHILE IN DRIVE WOULD SOMETIMES HESITATE AND HAD BECOME UNPREDICTABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AAMCO DEALER AND UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRANSMISSION FOUND THAT THE CENTER SUPPORT HAD STRIPPED AND THAT THE BROKEN TEETH WERE BEING CIRCULATED THROUGHOUT THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN THE BROKEN PIECES CAME IN CONTACT WITH THE OTHER GEARS IT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO HANG AND CREATE A PRESSURE LOSS. THE SERVICE REPAIR TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THIS FAILURE WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE PART BEING IMPROPERLY CAST DURING MANUFACTURING. THE FAILURE OF THIS PART AND THE COLLATERAL DAMAGE CAUSED BY THE CIRCULATION OF THE BROKEN TEETH IN THE TRANSMISSION REQUIRED A PARTIAL REBUILD OF THE TRANSMISSION. TRANSMISSION TYPE: 5R55E PRODUCTION DATE: 02-98. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026810July 8, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. THE GEAR SHIFT FELL OUT OF THE CASE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10026811July 8, 2003
PARKING BRAKE
WHILE APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE THE LEVEL WILL GO DOWN . BUT THE BRAKE LEVEL WILL NOT COME UP AT ALL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10022555June 6, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAKE ROTORS ARE WEARING OUT PREMATURELY AND NEED TO BE REPLACED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019914May 15, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE PULLING INTO THE GARAGE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND CRASHED THROUGH THE BACK OF THE GARAGE AND RESULTED IN OVER $12,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019915May 15, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE CONSUMERS VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED AND RESULTED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION THROUGH THE GARAGE. NEITHER THE DRIVER OR PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014855April 1, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND NONE OF THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10006797March 3, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE ENGINE FAILED. *DT *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10000483January 2, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, AIR BAGS
I WAS INVOLVED IN A 20-25MPH REAR END COLISION. I HAD RAN INTO THE BACK OF AN OLD GMC PICKUP CAUSING $4000.00 WORTH OF DAMAGE TO THE FRONT END OF MY TRUCK. BOTH THE DRIVER AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. WHILE THE TRUCK WAS IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS THE SHOP HAD FOUND OUT THE AIRBAG SENSOR WAS BAD. THEY TRIED TO REPLACE THE SENSOR BUT WAS INFORMED BY FORD THAT THE SENSOR ON THAT MAKE AND MODEL HAS BEEN CHANGED AND THE LOCATION OF THE SENSOR(S) ARE IN NOW LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT SPOT OTHER THEN ON THE RADIATOR MOUNTS. BECAUSE OF THIS CHANGE BY FORD THE BODYSHOP HAD TO ORDER THE NEW PART AS WELL AS THE PROPER LOCATION OF HTIS NEW SENSOR.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10001383December 23, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE POWER THE CORD THAT THAT GOES TO THE CIGARETTE LIGHTER CAUGHT FIRE AND MELTED SOME OF THE WIRES LOCATED BEHIND SPEEDOMETER. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023473December 2, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
THE HARMONIC BALANCER SEPARATED, WHICH MADE CONTACT WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND FRONT U-JOINT. THE REAR END OF VEHICLE TORE APART WHEN THE FRONT PORTION OF THE DRIVE SHAFT MADE CONTACT WITH THE ROAD. DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALLS SO THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT IT. PH *TT *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8023504December 2, 2002
AIR BAGS:ON-OFF SWITCH ASSEMBLY
XLT, PASSENGER AIR BAG SWITCH WAS IN THE OFF POSITION, LIGHT WAS ON SHOWING IT WAS OFF. CONSUMER HIT A DEER AT 55 MPH, PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. 9 MONTH OLD CHILD WAS IN SAFETY SEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE. SAFETY SEAT BROKE IN HALF AT IMPACT, CHILD'S INJURIES UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE UNKNOWN AS WELL. TS
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8022994November 19, 2002
STRUCTURE
CONSUMER STATES HIS FATHER IN LAW HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH HIS 1998 FORD RANGER AND HAD IT TO ROLL OVER 4 TIMES, BREAKING HIS NECK. CONSUMER ALSO STATES HIS FATHER IN LAW LIVED BUT HE THINKS IT IS THE STRUCTURE OF THE TRUCK THAT CAUSED THE WAS THE FACT THAT FORD MANUFACTURER TOOK B PILLAR OUT OF THE 2001 MODEL. TS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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