Ford Ranger Complaints (1999)

760 consumer complaints on file.

#889859June 6, 2001
TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE TRAVELING 70MPH VEHICLE STARTED TO PULL TO RIGHT AND VIBRATED JUST BEFORE FRONT RIGHT TIRE BLEWOUT. STOPPED VEHICLE AND CHECKED TIRE. NOTICE ENTIRE SIDEWALL WAS BUSTED AROUND WHERE IT MEETS THE TREAD, WHICH WAS STILL WAS INTACT. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, P225/70R15 100S, DOT NUMBER W2UU1P0478, *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#889794June 5, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#746426June 4, 2001
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL, POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE TRAVELLING ON INTERSTATE 25 NORTHBOUND NEAR ALBUQUERQUE, REAR AXLE BROKE ON THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. RIGHT REAR WHEEL WITH WHEEL & PART OF AXLE SEPARATED, CAUSING MULTIPLE ROLLOVER OF THE VEHICLE. DRIVER WAS SEVERELY INJURED AND THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED IN THE VEHICLE ALTHOUGH THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT FRONT END IMPACT ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#889511June 1, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR
WITHOUT ANY INDICATION OR CONSUMER TURNING SWITCH ON WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD TURN ON. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561447May 18, 2001
TIRES
THE CONSUMER HAD REQUESTED THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY FOR REFUND OF FOUR DEFECTIVE TIRES WHICH ARE ON RECALL P235/75R15, BUT FIRESTONE HAS NOT REIMBURSED CONSUMER YET. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745300May 14, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
PROBLEM1: LOUD, OBNOXIOUS SQUAWKING SOUND FROM CLUTCH AREA EVERY TIME I ENGAGE INTO FIRST GEAR, AND SOMETIMES WHEN DOWNSHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS. FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1998 BUT STILL HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO RESOLVE IT. PROBLEM2: MY REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ALWAYS LOCK UP WHENEVER IT HAS RAINED OR SNOWED. I HAVE TO SLAM THEM ABOUT 10 TIMES TO GET THEM TO STOP LOCKING UP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND MY DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL. I DISAGREE BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME ON ANY OTHER VEHICAL WITH ANTI-LOCK BREAKS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#888066May 11, 2001
TIRES
WHILE DRIVING AFTER HAVING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE. FORD, RANGER ,1999, P-225/70R15. *AK CONSUMER STATES ONE SIDE OT TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF RIM, THE RIM BECAME BENT.(DOT W2UU1P0119) FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT CONSUMER HAD TIRE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE AND THEY KEPT THE TIRE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#561174May 10, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (00T005000), WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO GET REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM THE LOCAL FORD DEALER HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO A TIRE SHOP, CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD AT THE TIRE SHOP HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TIRES AND THEN GET REIMBURSED, CONSUMER STATES HE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE TIRES SO HE IS STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE RECALLED TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#745067May 8, 2001
TIRES
ON MAY 1,2001 I NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL FOUR TIRES. ITOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROBERTS TIRE AND RECAPPING AT 1210 W. STATE STREET BRISTOL TENN. A FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES AND STATED THEY COULD NOT GURANTEE THAT I WOULD GET HOME WITHOUT TIRE SEPARATION. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WOULD ONLY PRORATE THE TIRES. I CALLED FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH A SET OF MICHELIN FROM SAM SNEED TIRE IN BRISTOL TENN. I STILL HAD APPROX 40 PERCENT TREAD LEFT ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES. I BELIEVE THE 16 INCH WILDERNESS TIRES WILL FAIL AS THE 15 INCH HAVE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744955May 5, 2001
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THROTTLE WILL NOT DROP TO IDLE WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED, OR WHEN IN GEAR AT ANY SPEED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744949May 4, 2001
TIRES
WHEN ROTATING THE TIRES ON OUR PICKUP, WE NOTICED CRACKS/SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS OF THREE OF THE TIRES. THESE TIRES CONTINUE TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE CRACKS/SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. WE VISITED A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CLAIMS THE TIRES ARE NOT DEFECTIVE, AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD70 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744684April 28, 2001
TIRES
LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. DID NOT SHREAD. UPON CLOSE LOOK FOUND SMALL CUTS OR SEPARATIONS INTHIS FLAT TIRE AND ALSO IN ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES .FELT ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I DID NOT TRUST THEM. FIRESTONE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744404April 23, 2001
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER
WINDSHIELD WIPERS GO ON WHEN TURN SIGNAL ACTIVATED OR BY THEMSELVES.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#886277April 19, 2001
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 ,FORD RANGER, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAD 35 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, INSPECTOR NOTICED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEVELOPING CRACKS ON OUTER EDGE. ALSO, TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON OUTTER EDGE. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH BRIDGESTONE. *AK DOT NUMBER FOR THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IS W2701RF. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744145April 16, 2001
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
TOOK TRUCK INTO DEALER FOR FIRST OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WAS REPLACING THE 4.0 BECAUSE OF RATTLING NOISE IN LOWER END. 2ND MOTOR WOULD MISS AND FOUL PLUGS EVERY 2 OR 3 THOUSAND MILES SO THEY FINALLY REPLACED IT WITH A 2000 MODEL 4.0L AND THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN THE VERY LOUD RATTLING NOISE RETURNED. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE I LIVE NOW AND HE CONFIRMED THE NOISE BUT FORD WON'T RESPOND TO HIS ENQUIRY ABOUT IT. IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT DID WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTOR AND NOW ITS OUT OF WARRANTY!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#744092April 15, 2001
TIRES
RIGHT REAR TIRE BLEW, RIPPED THE TIRE, I MANAGED TO STOP WITHOUT INJURY. ARE THESE TIRES UNDER THE RECALL?*AK (TIRESIZE: 15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885708April 11, 2001
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
STEERING WHEEL HAS TO BE TURNED A CERTAIN WAY IN ORDER TO START VEHICLE UP. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885543April 10, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES HAD BEEN SQEUALING FOR A FEW MONTHS, LOCKING UP AT MOSTLY SLOW SPEEDS. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT RETRACTOR SPRINGS ON REAR BRAKES ARE RUSTED THROUGH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#885389April 9, 2001
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
ABS BRAKES MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED OVER ROUGH TERRAIN PEDAL BECAME HARD , RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, CAUSING A COLLISION. DRIVER SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK *SLC
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#743496April 4, 2001
TIRES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W270RF059 TIRESIZE: P24575R16)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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