2001 FORD RANGER Complaints

BOUGHT THE TRUCK AND A FEW WEEKS OF DRIVING NOTICE THE BED WAS OFF CENTER. PUT TRUCK ON LIFE AND FOUND WHOLE FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. *TR

WENT TO REAR OF TRUCK AND FOUND BUMPER HAD BROKEN FREE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. LOOKED UNDER THE TUCK AND FOUND THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME IN THE REAR IS ROTTED AND THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE IN DANGER OF COMING COMPLETELY OFF. THE BUMPER IS ENTIRELY FREE FROM THE TRUCK. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE FRAME DIRECTLY OVER THE TIRE IS CRACKED COMPLETELY THROUGH. THIS IS THE WORST FRAME I HAVE EVER SEEN AND HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE 70'S AMERICAN CAR MANUFACTURERS MESS. *TR

I ATTACHED A YARD TRAILER TO THE RECEIVER HITCH AND AS I PULLED OUT OF THE YARD THE HITCH PULLED RIGHT OFF THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. I LOOKED UNDER THE TRUCK AND SAW ABOUT A FOOT OF THE REAR FRAME RAILS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY ON BOTH SIDES. BOTH REAR LEAF SPRING MOUNTS WERE BROKEN AWAY AND THE SPRINGS WERE PUSHED UP ONTO THE BED OF THE TRUCK. THIS TRUCK HAS LESS THAN 60,000 MILES ON IT AND NO APPARENT RUST. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY THE TRAILER WOULD HAVE GONE SAILING DOWN THE HIGHWAY POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. BOTH REAR SPRINGS DETACHED FROM THE FRAME AND IF I HAD BEEN ON THE HIGHWAY, THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE I WOULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF THE TRUCK. *TR

UNDERCARRIAGE AND FRAME HAS EXCESSIVE RUST PROBLEMS CAUSING PARTS ON FRAME TO FAIL AND FALL OFF. *TR

TRAVELING EAST ON INTERSTATE 10 WEST OF INDIO, CA WHEN THE KUMHO SOLIS K21 REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPLODED. RANGER PICKUP SWAYED BACK AND FORTH UNTIL THE PICKUP WENT DOWN A 15' EMBANKMENT. ROLLED AT LEAST 3 TIMES WITH INJURIES TO BOTH PASSENGERS. THE PICKUP WAS A TOTAL LOSS. TIRE WAS PURCHASE 11/22/2010 AND WAS A P225/70R-15. *TR

FAILED NYS INSPECTION DUE TO STRUCTURAL CRACKS IN FRAME. ADDITIONALLY THE BRACKET HOLDING ONE OF THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WAS COMPLETELY ROTTED AWAY LEAVING THE TANK SUSPENDED BY ONLY ONE STRAP. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DID NOT LOCK IN PLACE AND OPENED WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 01V227001(SEAT BELTS: FRONT: BUCKLE ASSEMBLY), SINCE IT WAS CLOSED. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE SEAT BELT COULD BE REPLACED FOR $600. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 104,000.

MY SON WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE HE WAS HIT HEAD ON BY SOMEONE WHO RAN A RED LIGHT. THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. HE WAS TRAVELING AROUND 40 (ISH) MPH. SEEMS STRANGE THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD RANGER. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME AND SUB FRAME HAD CRACKED AND RUSTED THROUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL MECHANIC ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHERE THE LEAF SPRINGS WERE REPLACED EACH TIME. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

2001 FORD RANGER WAS TAKEN INTO AUTO SHOP FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE. THE MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES AND THE FRAME ROTTED AND ABOUT READY TO FAIL COMPLETELY. THE SPRINGS WERE FOUND TO BE PRESSING UP ON THE BOTTOM OF THE FRAME. ALSO NOTED BUMPER WAS ABOUT READY TO FALL OFF. ALL OF THIS DUE TO SEVERE CORROSION OF THE FRAME. NO MAINTENANCE WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE AND A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE MECHANIC TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE ROAD WAS ADVISED. *TR