1999 FORD RANGER Complaints

CONSUMER PLACED VEHICLE IN 4-WHEEL DRIVE, BUT VEHICLE WOULD NOT REMAIN IN THAT POSITION. IT WOULD DISENGAGE OUT OF THE 4-WHEEL DRIVE. TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE MECHANIC ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE SIX TIMES, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. *AK

DOME LIGHT COMES ON WHEN THE VEHICLE DOORS ARE CLOSED AND STAY ON. ALSO THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AS THEY PLEASE WHEN I DO NOT ACTIVATE THEM. *LA

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE OVERHEATED. CONSUMER LET THE VEHICLE SIT OVER NIGHT TO ENSURE IT COOLED OFF. UPON STARTING VEHICLE NEXT DAY ENGINE LOCKED. *AK

THERE IS 3 OR 4 RECALLS ON MY RANGER AND I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF ANY. WITH THE TIRES I TRIED TO DO SOMETHING AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS NOTHING I COULD DO BECAUSE I CHANGED THE TIRES MYSELF TO SOMETHING ELSE BEFORE I EVEN NEW THEY MAY BE PROBLEMS. I ALSO OWN A 1998 FORD ESCORT AND COULD NOT PULL UP THAT MODEL CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE WAS ANY RECALLS ON THAT ONE. THANK YOU.*LA

MANUAL TRANSMISSION IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. IF THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, OR SLIGHTLY MOVING, IT WORKS FINE. *LA

REALIZED I HAD A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME WHILE DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE 95. THE ENGINE STARTED REVVING VERY HIGH AND IN PANIC I SHIFTED DOWN TO NEUTRAL AND THEN BACK INTO DRIVE TO GET IT BACK INTO GEAR. WHEN I TOOK MY TRUCK TO GET LOOKED AT, I ENDED UP GETTING MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT. THE MECHANIC SAID I HAD A DEFECTIVE BUILT TRANSMISSION. I HAD NO IDEA THAT FORD HAD FIRST STARTED USING 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS IN 1999, SO THE MECHANIC TOLD ME. I THOUGHT I BOUGHT A 4 SPEED TRANSMISSION AND THAT WAS WHAT FORD SAID THEY SOLD ME. THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN TWO YEARS LATER IN MAY 9, 2003, AND AGAIN I HAD TO GET MY TRANSMISSION REBUILT. DO I HAVE A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT? *LA

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DID NOT SHIFT PROPERLY DUE TO A FAULTY VALVE BODY GASKET WHICH WAS REPLACED. *AK

THE RADIATOR TOP SUPPORTS BROKE OFF WHICH CAUSED TWO LARGE HOLES IN THE RADIATOR.

SOMETIMES WHEN I USE MY TURN SIGNAL TO MAKE A LEFT TURN IT STOPS WORKING AND SMOKE COMES FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AREA WHERE THE TURN SIGNAL SWITCH IS LOCATED. *JB

CONSUMER STATED WHILE TRAVELING 40 MPH AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION RIGHT FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF WITH LUG:NUTS IN PLACE.*AK