Ford Ranger Complaints (1995)

321 consumer complaints on file.

#872740October 11, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
RECEIVED NOTICE 00T005000/ MANUFACTURER'S RECALL 1704550 & CONTACTED MANUFACTURER. WAS INFORMED TIRES PRIOR TO NOTICE & EXCHANGED BETWEEN 1/1/00 & 8/31/00 WOULD NOT BE DONE. OWNER HAD TIRES EXCHANGED PRIOR TO RECEIVING NOTICE & SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT. HAD PROBLEM WITH TIRES DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION. FIRESTONE ATX, P235/75R15. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#872536October 8, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
PE 00 020/TIRE TREAD SEPARATION: RIGHT REAR TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 20 MPH WITH DRIVER ONLY IN A 1995 FORD, RANGER, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, P215/70R14, DOT# UNAVAILABLE. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#733345October 3, 2000
TIRES
ON 01/16/98 MY 1995 FORD RANGER HAD A BLOWOUT AND TREAD SEPERATION AT ABOUT 55 MPH ,NO ACCIDENT RESULTED. THE TREAD SEPERATED ABOUT 6 TO 10 INCHES AND THE TIRE CORD BLEW OUT A SLITT ABOUT 3 TO 4 INCHES IN LENGTH. I STILL HAVE THE ORIGINAL FORD RANGER TRUCK ,THE ORIGINAL FIRESTONE TIRES AND THE SUPPORTING PAPERWOK FROM THE FIRESTONE SHOP THAT SOLD ME A NEW FIRSTONE TIRE. I REPORTED THIS TO FORD BUT GOT A FORM E MAIL REPLY SAYING THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES BUT NOT INTERESTED IN THE CATISTROPIC FAILURE?AND I AM A FORD STOCK HOLDER! CALL ME FOR MORE INFO AS I AM ALSO AN AERONAUTICAL MAINTENANCE TECHNITION AND KNOW ABOUT TIRE FAILURE MODES.*AK (TIRESIZE: P23560R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23560R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#733008September 30, 2000
TIRES
TREAD SEPARATION BLOWOUT. OCCURRED AFTER TURNING BACK ON HIGHWAY AFTER DOING ABOUT 50 MILES OFF ROAD. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY UPON GETTING TO FREEWAY SPEED (75MPH) TIRE FAILED. I FELT WITH THE RECENT INFO ON P235 WILDERNESS TIRE FAILURES, I SHOULD REPORT THAT SAME THING HAPPENED WITH THE P265 WILDERNESS PROVIDED AS STANDARD EQUIPMENT ON MY FORD RANGER. (TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732771September 28, 2000
TIRES
NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK (DOT NUMBER: PJFC TIRESIZE: P225/70R14)
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732579September 26, 2000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:SWITCH/WIRING
I BROUGHT VEHICLE IN WHILE UNDER WARRANTY TO REPAIR DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD WIPER SWITCH.WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AT RANDOM WITHOUT ACTIVATION. FORD ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ORDERING DEALER NOT TO REPAIR PENDING INVESTIGATION. RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION NEVER RELEASED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#732050September 20, 2000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS COMPONENT HAS FAILED. COMPONENT CRACKS AT ATTACHMENT TO FUEL TANK ALLOWING FUEL TO SPILL OUT OF TANK.LAST COMPONENT FAILED ONLY AFTER 17 MONTHS. WHEN A VEHICLE BURNS UP IS ONLY WHEN FORD WILL FIX PROBLEM. DEALER SAYS PART WARRANTY IS ONE YEAR. COME IN AND BUY ANOTHER ONE FOR $100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#731559September 15, 2000
TIRES
TWO TIRES WITH QUARTER SIZE BLISTER ON EACH WITH STEEL PROTRUDING FROM EACH. THERE IS APPROXIMATELY A 1/4" OF TREAD. THESE BLISTERS ARE NOT WORN PORTIONS OF THE TIRES. THEY ARE PROTRUDING FROM OTHERWISE APARENTLY TIRES IN GOOD CONDITION. EACH BLISTER IS SYMETRICALLY LOCATED TO ONE AND OTHER ON EACH TIRE. ONLY RESPONSE FROM FIRESTONE WAS A CANNED RESPONSE ABOUT THEIR P235 RECALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: W29V ATA TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#6900280September 12, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
FIRESTONE: OLDER CLAIM RE-OPENED INSURED ALLEGES ACCIDENT CAUSED BY TIRE FAILURE. TIRE CAME OFF RIM. (CLAIM# 53-C110-288) *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#870219September 11, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
THIS CONSUMER WILL SEND IN INFORMATION CONCERNING TIRE TREAD SEPARATION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#730203September 5, 2000
TIRES, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL:ACCESSORY SCISSOR/SCREW/BOTTLE JACK/LIFT
TIRES WERE BLOWOUTS. JACK WAS TOO SMALL FOR THE SIZE OF TIRES THAT CAME WITH THE VEHICLE AND COULD NOT WITHSTAND THE WEIGHT AND WOULD NOT RAISE THE TRUCK HIGH ENOUGH TO CHANGE THE TIRE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P26575R16 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#729821September 1, 2000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS
OUR DOME AND CHIMES STAY ON ALL THE TIME EVEN AFTER YOU TAKE OUT THE FUSE THE DOME LIGHT GOES OUT BUT THE CHIMES STILL GOES OFF, THIS HAS BEEN FIX ED 5 TIMES BY THE DEALER, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST AND NOW WE WILL BE CHARGE FOR THIS PROBLEM , WE HAVE SPOKEN TO MY OTHER WHO HAS THE SAME VEHICLE AND THEY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM, THIS CAN CAUSE A FIRE, WE KNOW CAUSE OUR DOME LIGHT GOT REAL HOT AND STATED TO SMOKE. WE TOOK OUT OUR LIGHT BULB AND FUSE. PLESE CORRECT THIS PROBLEM, IT SEEMS FORD DOES NOT WANT TO RECONIZE THAT THEY HAVE A PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#553916August 21, 2000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MASTER CYLINDER IS LEAKING. NLM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#728604August 21, 2000
TIRES
TIRES FELL APART= I BOUGHT NEW TIRES, ALSO FIRESTORNE, I NEED THEM REPLACED ASAP!!!( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#867408August 10, 2000
TIRES
CONSUMER HAD FOUND CRACKS ON THE FOUR SET OF FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES, SIZE P265/75R15. *AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P265/75/R15 *MW
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727240August 9, 2000
TIRES
I HAD A BLOW OUT JUNE 2000. THE BLOW OUT OCCURRED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, AND FOR NO APPERENT REASON THE TIRE JUST BLOW OUT. THE TIRE HAD APPROXIMATELY 7000 MILES ON IT. I BOUGHT THE TIRE IN NOV. OF 1999.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R14 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#727360August 9, 2000
TIRES
ALL FOUR TIRES ARE SERIOUSLY CRACKED AT THE TREAD AREA. MECHANIC SAYS THAT THE VEHICAL IS FINE THAT THE STEERING PROBLEM IS BECAUSE OF BELT SEPARATION IN THE TIRES.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726928August 7, 2000
TIRES
HAD 4 NEW OEM FIRESTONE TIRES PUT ON WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK IN MAY 97. IN JAN 98, ~3000 MILES LATER, I DROVE 12 HRS FROM FLA TO CHAPEL HILL, NC WITH 2 @15 MINUTE STOPS TO GAS UP. TOOK I-95 AND RAN 70-80MPH THE WHOLE TIME. WHEN I LEFT THE HWY FOR THE LAST TIME, TRUCK BRAKING WAS VERY BAD. ALL OVER THE ROAD. I DID NOT LOSE CONTROL ONLY BECAUSD THE OFF RAMP WAS VERY LONG NEAR MY HOUSE AND I TOOK A L O N G TIME TO STOP. SCARY. TIRE WAS DESTROYED. LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A GRINDER TO ABOUT 1/6TH OF THE TIRE, ALONG THE OUTSIDE EDGE. THE STEEL BELT HAD BITS OF METAL STICKING OUT OF IT, THE TREAD NEAR THE HAND SIZED HOLE HAD PEELED OFF THE INNER TIRE (BUT WAS STILL ATTACHED ON THE INSIDE 2" OR SO) . WHAT A MESS. DID I RUN OVER A LAND MINE? I PUT IT DOWN AS A FLUKE, BUT THOUGHT I SHOUDL REPORT IT NOW. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/R1570 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#866501August 1, 2000
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE & SUDDENLY VEHICLE ACCELERATED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE. BRAKES WERE PRESSED COMPLETELY TO THE FOORBOARD. VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY A 2,000 CONCRETE BARRIER. INSURANCE COMPANY WAS TAKING OVER. CONSUMER HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT MANUFACTURER. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#726143July 28, 2000
TIRES:TREAD/BELT
IDENTICAL PROBLEM WITH THE FIRESTONE ATX TIRE HAPPENED TO US, WHERE WE HEARD A BIG SOUND WHILE DRIVING, ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR WHERE IT ALMOST FLIPPED OVER BUT DIDN'T AS WE WERE ABLE TO USE ALL FREEWAY LANES TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE TRUCK (THERE WERE NO CARS AROUND US AT THAT TIME). WE PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED A REAR TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE IN A BIG WAY. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P235/60R15 )
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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