1999 FORD RANGER Complaints

EXCESSIVE UNDER CARRIAGE/FRAME RUST. SPARE TIRE MOUNT RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND FELL OFF AT 30,000 MILES. LADDER FRAME CROSS MEMBERS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH AND FELL OFF AFTER 35000, FRONT PART OF LADDER FRAME WHERE ENGINE MOUNTS IS RUSTED 80% THROUGH BY 41,000 MILES. MOST OF FRAME IS HEAVILY DAMAGED BY EXCESSIVE RUST. UPPER BODY LOOKS FINE, NO RUST ON MAIN BODY, ONLY UNDER CARRIAGE AND FRAME. VEHICLE IS ABOUT TO COLLAPSE. *TR

REAR LEAF SPRING SUPPORTS COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY. BEFORE REPLACEMENT SUPPORT BRACKETS COULD BE MOUNTED, STEEL PLATES HAD TO BE WELDED TO THE FRAME FOR SUPPORT BECAUSE PART OF THE FRAME HAD RUSTED AWAY ALSO. *TR

MY GRANDFATHER BOUGHT THIS TRUCK NEW AND REPLACED THE REAR SPRING HANGERS IN10/2009. I HAVE THE TRUCK NOW. AFTER PRESSURE WASHING THE FRAME I NOTICED THE FRAME CROSS MEMBER HAS A HOLE IN IT AT THE MUFFLER. FRONT SPRING HANGERS ARE EXTREMELY RUSTY AS IS THE SHOCK MOUNTS. THE FRAME FROM THE CAB TO REAR IS EXTREMELY RUSTY AND THIN LOOKING. THE SPARE TIRE HOLDING AREA HAS A HOLE IN IT. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN OFF ROAD OR IN THE MUD. VERY LITTLE TIME ON THE ROAD IN THE WINTER. THE BODY IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE AS IS THE FRAME FROM CAB TO FRONT. TRUCK HAS ONLY 98,000 MILES ON IT NOW. COULD THIS BE A FRAME ISSUE AS IT WAS WITH TOYOTA? SAME MANUFACTURE MAYBE? JUST A THOUGHT BECAUSE THEY ARE PLENTY OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS IN THE SAME AREA.

I WAS DRIVEN AND GOING ABOUT 20MPH. AND COME TO A STOP LIGHT I TRIED TO PRESS THE BRAKES THEY WORKED A LITTLE THEN I COULDN'T PRESS DOWN ANYMORE ALMOST REAR ENDED ANOTHER CAR. I CALLED FORD DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT CHECKED OUT AND THE TECH. SAID THE ABS MODULE NEEDS TO BE REPLACE HE TOLD ME THIS ITEM SHOULD NEVER WENT BAD. I ASKED A COUPLE OF FRIENDS ABOUT THIS THEY TOLD ME PARTS LIKE THIS SHOULD NEVER GO BAD? I WAS WONDERING IF THIS IS ON THE RECALL LIST BECAUSE THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD! *TR

FIRST FAILURE WAS WHERE LEAF SPRINGS ATTACH TO FRAME (REAR SHACKLES) FAILED DUE TO RUST AND PUT HOLE IN TRUCK BED. REPLACED PARTS. SECOND FAILURE IS WHEN FILLING TANK WITH FUEL; GAS HAS STARTED TO RUN OUT ON THE GROUND AT THE GAS STATION. JUST RECEIVED FILLER NECK TODAY TO REPLACE CURRENT RUSTED ONE. WHILE UNDER VEHICLE NOTICED TANK STRAP IS HANGING LOOSE NOT ATTACHED DUE TO CONNECTION POINT RUSTED OFF (SIMILAR FAILURE TO NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN #11V385000 FUEL TANK STRAP FAILURE). ALSO NOTICED SEVERE RUST LIKE LITTLE OR NO RUST INHIBITOR WAS APPLIED TO FRAME AND COMPONENTS. SHIELD ABOVE MUFFLER IS ALMOST NON-EXISTENT, FRAME CROSS MEMBER IS FLAKING AWAY DUE TO RUST. I AM NOT QUALIFIED TO PROVIDE FULL DETAILS OF PROBLEMS OR CAUSE BUT RUST IS BECOMING A SAFETY ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. CONTACTED FORD AND THEY SAY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF RECALL. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I WENT OVER SOME BUMPS IN THE ROAD AND TRUCK LURCHED SIDEWAYS SUDDENLY, AFTER THAT THE HANDLING OF THE TRUCK WAS EXTREMELY POOR. UPON INSPECTION OF THE TRUCK I SAW THAT THE REAR FRAME OF THE TRUCK FROM THE REAR LEAF SPRING MOUNT BACK WAS SEVERELY ROTTED (THE FRAME HAS ROT HOLES IN IT) AND THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR LEAF SPRING MOUNT HAD ROTTED OFF THE FRAME. THE TRUCK HAS NO BODY ROT WHATSOEVER AND HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND THE FRAME SHOULD NOT ROT OUT BEFORE THERE IS EVER A SPEC OF RUST ON THE BODY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND DETECTED THAT THE REAR PORTION OF THE FRAME WAS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THE REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SHACKLES AND BRACKETS WERE FRACTURED AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. MOST RECENTLY, THE REAR BUMPER PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS TEMPORARILY SECURED WITH ROPE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,329. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. UPDATED 10/26/2011 *LN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK HAD PARTIALLY DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE AND WAS HANGING DOWN BELOW THE FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE CROSS MEMBER, WHICH HELD THE MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR THE FUEL TANK, WAS RUSTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND SUGGESTED THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. IN ADDITION, THE CROSS MEMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE AND THE REAR FRAME WOULD HAVE HAD TO HAVE BEEN REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000. UPDATED 09/21/11*LJ THE CROSS MEMBER SUPPORT AT ATTACHING FUEL TANK STRAP FAILED DUE TO RUST, ALLOWING THE FUEL TANK TO HANG LOW. THE FUEL TANK IS CURRENTLY BEING HELD IN PLACE BY A ROPE. THE FUEL FILLER IS NOW SEPARATED FROM THE BODY. UPDATED 09/27/11

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR FRAME WAS CORRODING AND THE BUMPER COULD FALL OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

1999 FORD RANGER XLT 4X4 FUEL FILLER TUBE TO THE GAS TANK MADE OF MATERIAL THAT CORRODES. *KB