1999 FORD RANGER Complaints

THE SHACKLE ON THE LEFT REAR SPRING TOTALLY BROKE OFF OF VEHICLE. THE SHACKLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE IS ALMOST TOTALLY DETACHED. THERE IS NO WAY TO ATTACH NEW SHACKLES BECAUSE THE TRUCK FRAME IS TOTALLY ROTTED AWAY. ALSO MUCH TO MY AMAZEMENT THE SPARE TIRE WHICH WAS SUSPENDED UNDERNEATH THE PICKUP BED IS GONE. WHERE IT WAS ATTACHED IS ALL ROTTED AWAY SO AT SOME POINT IT JUST FELL OFF WHEN WE WERE DRIVING, DON'T KNOW WHERE OR WHEN. TODAY I TALKED TO THE SERVICE DEPT OF THE FORD DEALER WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AND FORD IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. THEY SAID WE HAVE THIS PROBLEM WITH SHACKLES ALL THE TIME. THEY RUST OUT. MY MECHANIC, WHO DISCOVERED THE PROBLEM SAID HE SEE THIS A LOT ON ALL MODELS OF FORDS PICKUPS. MY BROTHER IN LAW HAS A TOYOTA TACOMA PICKUP WHICH JUST FAILED A SAFETY INSPECTION BECAUSE OF A ROTTED FRAME. TOYOTA IS REPLACING HIS FRAME FREE OF CHARGE. I FEEL THAT IS WHAT FORD SHOULD BE FORCED TO DO. I THANK GOD THE OTHER SHACKLE DIDN'T GIVE WAY WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IT ON THE HIGHWAY AND HAVE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT.

REAR SPRING SHACKLES AND REAR SPRING HANGERS RUSTED OUT ALLOWING REAR OF SPRING TO BECOME DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. LOSS OF REAR SUSPENSION STABILITY LOSS OF CONTROL. *TR

1999 FORD RANGER....LEFT REAR TIRE BLOW OUT ON FREEWAY...WHEN TIRE EXPLODED IT LIFTED THE REAR OF THE TRUCK UP AND IT STARTED TO SPIN COUNTER CLOCKWISE WHEN I TRIED TO KEEP IT STRAIGHT BY TURNING TO THE RIGHT IT CHANGED LANES IMMEDIATELY AND I WAS IN FRONT OF 2 SEMI TRUCKS I WENT UNDER ONE OF THEM WITH THE BED/REAR OF TRUCK. I LATER LEARNED THE TIRE HAD ALSO PULLED THE PARKING BRAKE CABLE OUT OF THE BACKING PLATE CAUSING THE LEFT WHEEL TO LOCK COMPLETELY...THE PARK BRAKE CABLES NEED ENCLOSED SOMEHOW SO THE TIRE CANNOT APPLY THE BRAKES.....THE REAR OF THE TRUCK ISN'T HEAVY ENOUGH DURING A BLOW OUT TO KEEP THE REAR END DOWN..........I HAD SEEN THIS HAPPEN TO A FORD EXPLORER WHERE THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW AND IT LIFTED UP 1 TO 2 FEET TURNED SIDEWAYS CHANGED LANES AND WAS HIT BY A CAR T-BONING IT HARD.......IF NITROGEN WAS USED INSTEAD OF AIR THEY MAY NOT EXPLODE LIKE THEY DO......MY TIRES WERE GOOD CONDITION FROM PEP BOYS BOUGHT BY MYSELF..........I DIDN'T EXPECT TO SURVIVE THIS ACCIDENT.....SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT!!!!!!!!! *TR

NO ACCIDENT. I HAVE A 1999 FORD RANGER THAT WAS MAKING STRANGE NOISES FROM THE BED. MY HUSBAND AND BROTHER-IN-LAW INVESTIGATED AND ONE JUMPED ON THE BED WHILE THE OTHER LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK. HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH ON ONE SIDE AND ALMOST ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON THE OTHER SIDE. THAT WAS TWO YEARS AGO AND THE TRUCK REMAINS PARKED IN THE SIDE YARD. *TR

1. NORMAL DRIVING. THE REAR OF THE FRAME FROM BEFORE THE REAR SHACKLE TO THE BUMPER IS ROTTED. 2. THE FRAME IS ROTTED AND NOW IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE DUE TO THE SUSPENSION COMPONENTS BEING COMPROMISED. 3. I HAVE HAD THE FRAME REPAIRED AT A SHOP, THE REST OF THE BODY HAS NO RUST ON IT AT ALL, THE ENGINE RUNS GREAT, INTERIOR HAS HELD UP NICE, BUT THE FRAME ROTTED OUT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE EXAMINING THE VEHICLE SHE NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOT OF RUST ON THE FRAME UNDERNEATH THE FRONT END. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY SOMEONE THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE WHILE IT WAS PARKED AT HIS RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLAMES WERE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE CONTACT. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT NHTSA RECALL 07V336000, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL WAS RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED BY A DEALER. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 146000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE REAR BUMPER BEGAN HANGING HALFWAY OFF THE VEHICLE. UPON EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, HE NOTICED THE FRAME UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS AND THAT THE RUSTING WAS MOST LIKELY DUE TO THE SALTING OF THE ROADS DURING THE WINTER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 68,800

TL* THE CONYTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD SPORTS (N/A). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE IS A BAD CONNECTION THAT COULD CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO CATCH ON FIRE. THE CONTACT HAD RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE , BUT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED AND PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MILEAGE IS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

1999 FORD RANGER, FRAME RUSTED SO BAD THAT MY MECHANIC SAYS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND WILL NOT WORK ON IT. I HAVE WELDED THE FRAME IN TWO PLACES. WHAT IS UPSETTING IS THAT THERE IS NO RUST HOLES IN THE BED OR BODY. THE FRAME SHOULD NOT BE DISINTEGRATING BEFORE OTHER PARTS RUST. *TR