1998 FORD RANGER Complaints

THE DASH SMELLS LIKE IT IS BURNING, DOOR AJAR ALARM ALL WAYS STAY ON AND DOME LIGHT NEVER GOES OUT FOR HOURS AT A TIME DASH GETS HOT, LAST TIME TOOK IT INTO BE FIX CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME AND WILL NOT GO OUT AT ALL ANY MORE WAS TOLD TO DRIVE IT UNTIL ENGINE BLOUS UP, SPEED DOARMERE LIGHT AND FUEL LIGHT ON DASH HAS WENT OUT WILL NOT COME BACK ON AT ALL. THE DASH IS ALL WAYS HOT AND SMELLS LIKE IT IS BURNING. I HAVE REPORTED IT TO FORD AND THE DEALER AND NO ONE WILL DO ANY THING ABOUT IT AND WHEN I HAVE THEY ALL WAYS SAY TO MANY MILES AND WHEN THERE WAS NOT TO MANY MILES ON IT THEY WILL NOT EVERN FIX IT AND I HAVE TOOK IT BACK SO MANY TIMES I GOT SICK OF IT. MY TRUCK HAS NEVER BEEN FIX FROM THE DAY I HAVE BOUGHT IT FROM AJ MOTORS OR FORD. WHEN I CALLED FOR THEY WORD HANG UP ON ME OR GIVE ME A RUN AROUND EVEN TO THIS DAY. "" ( NO HELP AT ALL FROM FORD AND STILL MY TRUCK IS NOT FIXED) ""*AK

DEALER TOLD ME THESE TIRES WAS NOT PART OF RECALL, BUT THE SIDEWALLS APPEAR TO HAVE A PROBLEM. FROM SEVERAL FEET AWAY I SEE WAVEY PLACES IN THE WALLS. THERE ARE NO SCUFF MARKS ON THE WALLS. IT SEEMS THE WALLS ARE VERY THIN . IM FEARFUL DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS.*AK (TIRESIZE: 225/70/14)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 225/70/14 )

THE BELTS CUT THROUGH THE LEFT FRONT TIRE FROM THE INSIDE. FROM THE OUTSIDE, THE TIRES HAVE THREE CUTS IN THEM SO DEEP THE BELTS CAN BE SEEN. I REPLACED THE TIRES BECAUSE OF THE FIRESTONE RECALL SCARE. I STILL HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES THOUGH.THE TIRE DEALER TOLD ME THAT IT LOOKED LIKE THE BELT HAD SEPERATED AND CUT THROUGH FROM THE INSIDE. DRIVING IT FELT LIKE THE TIRE WAS FOLDING OVER ITSELF ESPECIALLY WHEN I TOOK A TURN.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P23570R16 )

CRACK LINES AROUND CIRCUMFERENCE OF TIRE WHERE TREAD MEETS SIDEWALL. *AK( DOT NUMBER: VNHL1PY028 TIRE SIZE: P235/75R15 )

PART OF THE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CASING. THE FIRESTONE DEALER SAID AT THE TIME IT WAS A " ROAD HAZARD, THAT YOU MUST HAVE RAN OVER SOMETHING." AND CHARGED ME FOR A NEW TIRE TO REPLACE IT. I KNOW I DIDN'T RUN OVER ANYTHING, BUT AT THE TIME WHAT WAS I GOING TO DO? NOW THAT I'M HEARING ABOUT THE RECALL, I THOUGHT I SHOULD LET SOMEONE KNOW IT'S NOT JUST THE 15" TIRES. *AK( DOT NUMBER: ? TIRE SIZE: P2357016 )

ON FEB 12 2000, SOMETHING HAPPENED TO THE FRONT (DRIVER SIDE) TIRE - IT BUCKLED OFF THE RIM. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON A CURVE AT THE TOP OF A HILL. BECAUSE OF THE CURVE THE TRAVEL SPEED WAS AROUND 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. THE TIRE CAME OFF THE RIM, MY SON COULD NOT CONTROL THE TRUCK, THE TRUCK HIT AN EMBANKMENT, AND THE TRUCK ROLLED OVER. WE CONTACTED OUR INSURANCE COMPANY (NATIONWIDE), THEY TOOK THE TRUCK TO A RECOVERY /LOSS CENTER. WE ASKED IF SOME ONE WOULD INVESTIGATE WHY THE TIRE WOULD HAVE COME OFF THE RIM AND THEY SAID TIRES BLOW OUT ALL THE TIME. WE WERE HAPPY NO ONE WAS HURT AND ACCEPTED THE ANSWER. BUT EVERY DAY I HEAR MORE ABOUT THE RECALL ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES AND I AM CONCERNED THERE ARE OTHER PROBLEMS, BESIDES THE TREAD SEPARATION. I DO NOT BELIEVE THE TIRE HAD TREAD SEPARATION. BUT I ALSO BELIEVE WE WERE VERY LUCKY THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED AT A SLOW SPEED. SOME ONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED IF THE TIRE WOULD HAVE BLOWN OUT ON THE HIGHWAY GOING 65.( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P21575RX15 )

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD CLICKING NOISE COMING FORM ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THEN SUDDENLY VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER . CONSUMER IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE, AND WIITHIN SECONDS CAB BEGAN TO FILL WITH SMOKE. CONSUMER GOT OUT, AND WITHIN 15 SECONDS FLAMES WENT THROUGH THE HOOD, AND MELTED ALL ENGINE COM PARTMENT FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME OUT, AND STATED AND CAUSE WAS POSSIBLY DUE TO FUEL PUMP OR FUEL LINES. *AK

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES FAILED CAUSING A THUMPING NOISE AND THE STEERING WHEEL TO PULL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT WHILE DRIVING. NLM

ALL FOUR TIRES ARE WEARING OUT EXCESSIVELY AROUND THE EDGES. MIDDLE OF TIRES ARE DOING FINE. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED DUE TO THE RIGHT TIRE FAILING TO MAINTAIN AIR. NO LEAKS WERE FOUND. FORD DEALER WILL NOT EXCHANGE THE TIRES. INDICATED NOT ON RECALL. FIRESTONE RETAILER INDICATED THE SAME. TIRES HAS 50,000 MILES ON A 1998 FORD RANGER. P235/75R15. *AK THE TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL, ACCORDING TO THE DEALER. BUT THESE TIRES WERE CRACKING AROUND THE TREAD JUST LIKE THOSE ON RECALL. *YH

PE00-020; TIRE SIZE P235/75R15, DOT W2HL, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON FORD, RANGER, 1998 WITH 31,000 MILES. RIGHT REAR TIRE HAS CRACKS RIGHT BELOW TREAD, AND THAT RUNS ALL AROUND TIRE ON BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF TIRES.*AK TIRE WAS NOT ON RECALL AND THE CUSOMER REPLACED ALL 4 OF THEM. *YH