2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, TURNING 180 DEGREES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH VEHICLE SLID ON SOME ICE AND HIT A TREE HEAD ON. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK CONSUMER SUFFERED VERTEBRAL FRACTURE AT THE L3 LEVEL. *LA

I HAD A BATTERY THAT WENT OUT IN 7/2003 COULD HAVE BEEN A 50/50 CHANCE OF WEATHER RELATED. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2003 COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED. PLEASE NOTE MY VEHICLE ONLY HAD APPX 26,000 MILES. IN DECEMBER, I TOOK IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THE BEARINGS TO THE ALTERNATOR WERE WORN OUT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 29,500 ON IT. DEALER INFORMED ME THAT IT IS VERY, VERY UNUSUAL FOR THIS TOO OCCUR. MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WHO KNOWS WHEN THIS COULD HAVE ACTUALLY STARTED. NOTICED THERE WERE A FEW OTHER ISSUES ABOUT ALTERNATERS. DEALERSHIP VERY HELPFUL. FORD JUST DOESN'T SEEM TO CARE AND BRUSHES IT OFF THAT IT ISN'T THEIR PROBLEM. THINK THAT MOST OF THE TIME FORD SEEMS TO RELATE THIS ISSUE TO WEAR & TEAR. I BELIEVE THERE IS MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE. MOST PEOPLE AREN'T AWARE THEY CAN FILE A CLAIM W/YOU. PLEASE PROVIDE ME ANY ASSISTANCE. IT WOULD GREATLY BE APPRECIATED. ONE LAST NOTE, WHEN I SPOKE W/FORD REP THEY TOLD ME IF I PURCHASED A FEW MORE HIGH END VEHICLES, PERHAPS THEY WOULD WARRANTY THIS. FORD SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT THIS PERSON DOESN'T WORK IN THEIR MARKETING DEPT. ;)...THANKS FOR ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE. *AK

AFTER DRIVING FROM A LONG ROAD TRIP CONSUMER HEARD A FUNNY NOISE IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND THE DEALER PUT VEHICLE UP ON A LIFT, AND TWO OF THE WHEELS LUGS, NUTS FELL TO THE FLOOR FROM THE FRONT WHEEL. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND SHIFTING GEARS, TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD AND JERK THE VEHICLE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE DOOR AJAR LIGHT RANDOMLY CAME ON AS WELL AS THE BUZZER. AT ONE TIME, THE DOME LIGHT CAME ON AS WELL AND THE BATTERY WENT DEAD! *NM

VEHICLE SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WAS ALMOST REAR ENDED. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER COULD NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

PASSENGER REAR HELPER LEAF SPRING SNAPPED IN TWO AT AXLE. THIS TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN USED FOR HEAVY HAULING OF ANY KIND AND IS NOT DRIVEN HARD AT ANY TIME. FOR THE HELPER LEAF SPRING TO BREAK LIKE THAT IN SUCH A NEW TRUCK HAS TO BE EXPLAINED AS A DEFECT. *JB

CONSUMER NOTICED THE FRONT SEAT BELTS DID NOT HOLD THE PASSENGERS IN THEIR SEATS. THE SEAT BELTS SHOULD BE REPLACED FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK *JB

DURING A FRONTAL COLLISION AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. *AK