1998 FORD RANGER Complaints

INTERMITTENTLY TRANSMISSION LOCKS UP WHEN COMING OUT TO A STOP OR FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE, AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE VEHICLE MADE A SQUEAK NOISE IN THE FRONT END DUE TO LOWER BALL JOINTS FAILURE. *YH

TIRES ARE CRACKING AT SIDEWALL, INDICATES TIRE DEFECT AND NOT VEHICLE DEFECT - I READ RECENTLY THAT FIRESTONE IS CLAIMING IT IS A VEHICLE DEFECT WITH THE FORD EXPLORER. THESE TIRES PROVE THE PROBLEM IS WITH THE TIRES THEMSELVES. THESE WILDERNESS ATS HAVE NEVER BEEN ON AN EXPLORER, YET THEY ARE CRACKING AND SHOW THE INITIAL STAGES OF TREAD SEPARATION. ALTHOUGH FORD IS REPLACING THESE TIRES, I WAS TOLD ABOUT A LONG WAITING LIST THAT PREVENTED IMMEDIATE REPLACEMENT. I WENT TO SEARS AUTO CENTER THE OTHER DAY AND THEY CAN HAVE THEM IN UNDER FIVE DAYS. SINCE THESE TIRES COULD FAIL ME AT ANY TIME, I AM HAVING TO REPLACE THEM AT MY OWN EXPENSE AND SEEK REIMBURSEMENT FROM FORD LATER. ALTHOUGH FORD IS OFFERING ONLY $110 PER TIRE, I WILL STILL BE OUT $114.78 (THE DIFFERENCE) OF MY EARNINGS TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. I CAN ASSURE YOU FROM MY EXPERIENCE, FIRSESTONE/BRIDGESTONE'S CLAIMS ARE NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY. I HAVE FOUR TIRES THAT ARE PROOF THAT THESE TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE REGARDLESS OF VEHICLE TYPE. IF THEY AGUE THAT THE FORD EXPLORER HAS A DESIGN DEFECT AND IS UNSAFE, THEY MUST BE WILLING TO ARGUE THE SAME THING ABOUT THE RANGER. THESE TIRES WERE KEPT AT 30 PSI AND MAINTAINED. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS CLAIM FOR ME. THANKS. *AK (DOT NUMBER: P235/R75 TIRESIZE: 15-INCH)

FOURTH FLAT TIRE IN ONE YEAR PERIOD; THIS TIME, SIDEWALL SEPARATED FROM TREAD!*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/75 R1)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P215/75 R1 )

I HAVE HAD TWO FIRESTONE 16 INCH WILDERNESS AT TIRES FAIL. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY TRUCK. IT IS AN EXCELLENT VEHICLE, BUT THERE NEEDS TO BE A FURTHER RECALL OF ALL /FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES REGARDLESS OF VEHICLE MAKE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P23570R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

TRANSMISSION IS EXPERIENCING A CLUNKING NOISE WHENEVER ACCELERATOR PEDAL IS APPLIED FROM A STOP POSITION. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ITS WARRANTY, AND NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. *AK THE DRIVESHAFT HAS BEEN REDESIGNED AND DEALER STATED CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE HIS REPLACED WITH THE NEW DESIGN, RECALL 99V204. *SLC

THE TRANSMISSION IS BEGINNING TO FAIL ALTHOUGH IT HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED. NLM

AFTER MARKET TIRE, P225/70R14 SIZE. TREAD ON TIRES HAVE STARTED TO SEPARATE IN CENTER OF TIRE.*AK FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES, DOT NUMBER VNFC1P4218, CONSUMER STATES TIRE ON LEFT FRONT IS SEPARATING AND TIRES HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED, CONSUMER FOUND OUT HER TIRES WERE SEPARATING WHEN SHE TOOK ONE IT THAT WAS FLAT. *SLC

LAST JULY ON A HOT, 87 DEGREE AFTERNOON, MY FRONT LEFT TIRE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY. IT WAS FLAT BY THE TIME I STOPPED SO I CHANGED IT. I PURCHASED TWO NEW COOPER TIRES TO REPLACE THE FRONTS. I HAVE ROTATED SNOW TIRES ON THE REAR AND HAVE HAD NO PROBLEMS WITH THE REMAINING FIRESTONE ORIGINAL TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU IPO TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER EXPERIENCED A BLOW OUT ON RIGHT REAR FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT(P225/70R14SL) TIRE, CONSUMER STATED SHE WROTE FIRESTONE AND MANUFACTURER AND SHE WAS TOLD BY BOTH COMPANIES THAT TIRE WAS NOT AT FAULT. *JB