Ford Ranger Complaints (1999)

760 consumer complaints on file.

#10037458September 8, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:UPPER BALL JOINT, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER OF 2002 IT WAS FOUND THAT MY FRONT CALIPERS HAD BECOME SEVERELY WARPED, LARGE PORTIONS OF STEEL WERE GOUGED OUT AND ROTOR WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER UNDER WARRANTY. THIS DEFECT LED TO CONSEQUENTAL DAMAGE BY WEARING OUT THE UPPER BALL JOINTS PREMATURELY. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAS 45,000 MILES AND AT THE TIME OF THE REPAIR HAD JUST OVER 37,500 MILES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10038221September 4, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH VEHICLE WAS HIT ON THE RIGHT DRIVER'S SIDE. NEITHER SIDE OR FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10037685August 26, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TO PARK VEHICLE EMERGENCY BRAKE HAD TO BE ENGAGED BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT ALL THE WAY INTO PARK. IF THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WAS NOT USED THE VEHICLE WOULD ROLL. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10033245August 21, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
1999 FORD RANGER: DURING WARRANTY HAD WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH REPLACED BY FORD FROM NOTICE IN MAIL. ABOUT 6 MONTHS LATER, OUT OF WARRANTY, WINDSHIELD WIPERS WONT STAY ON. THEY COME ON WHEN VEHICLE IS COLD BUT ONCE START DRIVING THEY STOP WORKING...DONT KNOW IF SHORT IN SWITCH OR HEAT RELATED..FORD HAS SAID THAT FIRST FIX SHOULD HAVE FIXED IT, BUT NOW OUT OF WARRANTY AND NEED TO PAY TO FIX IT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10032769August 13, 2003
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL)
TRUCK PLACED IN PARK. I LEFT VEHICLE TO GO TO MAILBOX. TRUCK STARTED TO BACK UP IN IDLE. DRAGGED ME AND RAN OVER ANKLE. VEHICLE CAME OUT OF PARK INTO REVERSE.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10031125August 8, 2003
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
WINDSHIELD WIPERS WILL OPERATE IN THE OFF POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10027198August 1, 2003
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE DRIVING, THE HOOD LATCH BECAME UNLATCHED. *AK *TS *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019690June 26, 2003
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE DRIVING, THE CABLE SNAPPED WHICH CAUSED THE SPARE TO FALL TO THE GROUND. *JB *CB *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024720June 23, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 45MPH SUDDENLY ENGINE DIED, FORCING THE CONSUMER TO PULL OUT OF THE ROAD. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10023564June 22, 2003
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
WHILE TRAVELING ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MILES PER HOUR, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. THE DASH BOARD LIGHTS LIT UP AND TRUCK WOULD NOT RESTART. TEMPERATURE GAUGE INDICATED NOT OVERHEATING, WATER WAS IN RADIATOR, OIL WAS AT THE FULL MARK ON THE OIL DIP STICK. NO FLUIDS LEAKED FROM THE ENGINE. MY VEHICLE IS AT THE FORD DEALERSHIP IN OWATANNA, MN. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A FORD DEALERSHIP TECHNICIAN THAT HE BELIEVES IT TO BE PIECES OF THE GASKET AROUND THE OIL PUMP THAT BLOCKED THE FLOW OF OIL TO THE ENGINE SEIZING THE VALVES IN THE ENGINE. APPARENTLY IT HAPPENS FREQUENTLY TO HIS KNOWLEDGE. ALSO , I KNOW OF ANOTHER FORD RANGER THAT EXPERIENCED UNEXPLAINED ENGINE FAILURE THIS PAST WEEK. I HAVE MAINTAINED OIL CHANGES WITHIN THE MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDATION DURING THE TIME I HAVE OWNED THE RANGER. THE VEHICLE HAS ONLY 69136 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. AT THIS JUNCTURE THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SERVICE AND THE DEALERSHIP HAVE NOT RESOLVED METHOD OF REPLACING THE ENGINE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10024247June 17, 2003
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE DRIVER TRIED AVOID ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT VEHICLE ROLLED OVER TWICE AND WAS HIT ON THE SIDE AND THE FRONT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10022441June 5, 2003
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES
WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE THROTTLE HOUSING BROKE WHICH CAUSED IMMEDIATE DECELERATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10021058June 4, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
NOISE AND GRINDING COMING FROM DRIVE SHAFT AND/OR TRANSMISSION...THIS OCCURS WHEN COMING TO A STOP. ALSO, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, LIKE THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON AND ALSO THE CAB LIGHT STAYS ON..I ALSO HAD THE BRAKES REPLACED AND IT STILL RUMBLES WHEN USING THE BRAKES..CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO VEER TO A CERTAIN SIDE. *NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10019299May 26, 2003
AIR BAGS
I CRASHED INTO A BULL AT 65 MPH, MY BUMPER WAS VERY DAMAGED ALONG WITH MY HOOD , WINDSHIELD AND ROOF. MY AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I DID INJURE MY NECK. P.S. I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT. *NLM
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10019534May 9, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER BALL JOINT
THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEAKING NOISE DUE TO THE LOWER BALL JOINT HAD WORE OUT PREMATURELY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10017255April 21, 2003
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
THE BRAKES MADE A LOUD NOISE WHEN THEY WERE DEPRESSED. IT WAS LATER DETERMINED THAT THE ROTORS WERE PITTED. THE INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP INDICATED THIS MAY BE CAUSED BY A POSSIBLE DEFECT IN THE ROTORS MATERIAL. *NLM THERE WAS 50 PERCENT OF THE BRAKE PAD LIFE THAT REMAINED. FORD STATED THAT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AND WILL NOT REPAIR THE ROTORS. (THE VEHICLE WAS PAST WARRANTY) *SCC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015682April 11, 2003
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THE LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED WHICH CAUSED THE TIRE TO BLOW OUT. *JB.....*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014024April 6, 2003
AIR BAGS
1999 FORD RANGER STRUCK A TREE AND THERE WAS OVER $5,400 DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10015151April 4, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
THE SHOCKS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10014725March 31, 2003
POWER TRAIN
THE TRANSMISSION GEARS FAILED TO ENGAGE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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