2002 FORD RANGER Complaints

SINCE ABOUT 10,000 MILES MY ENGINE HAS MADE A CRACKLING NOISE UNDER ACCELERATION. 'VE TALKED TO MANY OTHER RANGER OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. SOME OF THEM SAID THEY TOOK THEIR TRUCKS TO A DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THE NOISE WAS FROM THE TIMING IN THE ENGINE AND THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FIXED. IT WAS TO MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IF A AUTOMOTIVE COMPANY MAKES A MISTAKE AND IT IS NOT EASILY REPAIRABLE AND IS FREQUENT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL SO THE PROBLEM COULD BE FIXED. I'M GOING TO SELL MY TRUCK IN THE SPRING BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE NO IDEA IF THIS TIMING PROBLEM WILL HAVE ANY LONG TERM EFFECT ON THE ENGINE ITSELF BUT I DO NOT WANT TO WAIT AROUND AND SEE SINCE FORD ONLY OFFERS A 3 YEAR 36,000 MILE WARRANTY AND I HAVE 45,000 MILES ON MY TRUCK.*AK

CONSUMER FELL ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL AND STRUCK A TELEPHONE POLE AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK *TC

AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON.DEALER SAID HARNESS UNDER FRONT PASSENGER SEAT CAME UNDONE FROM MOVING SEAT BACK AND FORTH WHEN ENTERING REAR SEAT OF VEHICLE.THEY RECONNECTED HARNESS AND CLEARED COMPUTER LIGHTCOST $162.50 TO RECONNECT HARNESS . WOULD LIKE REFUND FROM FORD FOR DEFECT IN WIRING HARNESS.NO NEW PARTS INVOLVED IN FIXING PROBLEM WITH HARNESS. I HAD 48,678 MILES GUARANTEED FOR 50,000 MILES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A POLE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S HEAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THIS RESULTED IN A CONCUSSION. DRIVER HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE HOSPITAL FOR SEVERE HEADACHES. MANUFACTURER WAS PROVIDING NO ASSISTANCE. VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY PARKED IN CONSUMER'S DRIVEWAY. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A BRAKE PROBLEM. THE BRAKES ON ONE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE WORE NORMALLY BUT THE DRIVER SIDE FRONT BRAKE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. CONSUMER PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WHICH WAS TO COVER THE VEHICLE FOR UP TO 60,000 MILES. DEALER WILL NOT HONOR THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *AK *NM

I WAS DRIVING ON HWY APPROX 70 MPH WHEN LEFT REAR TIRE TREAD PEELED OFF OF TIRE AND WRAPED IT SELF AROUND REAR AXEL. THIS CAUSED HEAVY DAMEGE TO LEFT REAR WUARTER PANEL AND TAIL LIGHT. TIRE STILL INFLATED BUT WITH NO TREAD. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER (FUTURA AND PEP BOYS REFUSE TO RETURN ANY PHONE CALLS.*AK

A LOUD KNOCKING AND GRINDING NOISE WAS HEAD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC INFORMED DETERMINED THAT FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE AXLES/TIRES, AND OTHER PARTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. CONSUMER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT RATTLED WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, AND WHEN THE SEAT WAS NOT BEING OCCUPIED. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO THE DEALER ON THREE OCCASIONS. THEY REPLACED THE SEAT TRACKS, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

I HAVE A 2002 FORD RANGER XLT EXT. CAB AND THE BRAKES STARTED SOME SQUEALING AROUND 23,000 MILES. WELL, I TOOK THE TRUCK BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY HAD TO RESURFACE THE FRONT ROTORS AND REAR DRUMS. THE DEALER I THINK DID A GREAT JOB, IT TOOK THEM 4-5 HOURS, ALTHOUGH THEY DID IT AT THEIR COST. THE PADS THEY SAID WERE OK. I TALKED TO FORD ALREADY (DUE TO A SURVEY I FILLED OUT), AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD PASS IT ON TO THEIR ENGINEERS. WHAT GETS ME IS I ALSO OWN ANOTHER FORD AND THE BRAKES HAVE NEVER BEEN TOUCHED AT 68,500 MILES! NOW I HAVE GOT ALMOST 25,000 MILES ON THE TRUCK AND WHEN THEY HEAT UP AND/OR YOU APPLY THEM THEY ARE BARLY SQUELLING AGAIN. SO I GUESS I WILL HAVE TO EITHER TAKE IT BACK TO FORD OR GET ANOTHER TRUCK BRAND. IT SEEMS FORD KNOWS SOMETHING BECAUSE GO LOOK AT NEW FORD RANGER'S AT A DEALERSHIP AND THE BRAKES ARE BIGGER & BETTER! *AK

I HAVE LEARNED OF THIS "AUTO REV LIMITER" FUNCTION ON MY 2002 FORD RANGER PICKUP. I NOTICED THIS WHEN CLEARING SOME CLEANING FLUID FORM THE INTAKE OF THE ENGINE. IT LIMITED THE ENGINE TO 3500 RPM WERE IT OSCILLATED. I HAVE HEARD OF OTHER INSTANCES OF A GOVERNOR SET AT 85 MPH ON THIS TRUCK. I FEEL THIS IS UN-NECESSARY FOR FORD TO INSTALL THIS AND NOT MENTION IT IN THE OWNERS MANUAL. IF IT IS MENTIONS I DO NOT SEE IT. I FEEL THIS PROPOSES A RISK FACTOR IN DRIVING OR PASSING WHEN A LITTLE EXTRA SPEED MAY BE NEEDED. I HAVE NOT EXCEEDED 85 MPH IN THIS TRUCK AND KNOWING IT IS LIMITED TO THIS SPEED HELPS ME JUDGE WEATHER OR NOT TO PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD WITH THIS RESTRICTION OR IF I NEED TO ACT IN AN EMERGENCY WHAT THE TRUCK IS CAPABLE OF. IT NEEDS TO TOLD TO THE BUYING PUBLIC BEFORE A PURCHASE IS MADE ON THIS TRUCK. *JB