2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, CAUSING A TIRE BLOWOUT. CONSUMER MANAGED TO PULL OVER TO CHANGE THE TIRE.*AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH WENT OVER SPEED BUMP, BOTH FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER STATED "NO WAY SIR" YOUR SPEED WAS PROBABLY MORE THAN 10 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *NLM

WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR WHEN MAKING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE ONLY STALLED WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS HALF FULL.*AK

I WENT THROUGH 3 SUPPOSEDLY NEW ALTERNATORS WITHIN ONE MONTH. DEALERSHIPS IN BOTH TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA DENIED ANY PROBLEM WITH THE ALTERNATORS AND REFUSED TO REPAIR/REPLACE THEM AT NO CHARGE. I PAID FOR THREE ALTERNATORS IN ONE MONTH!!!! DON'T TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. ALSO, THE FIRST REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NEW (I WAS CHARGED OVER $500 FOR IT) BUT AFTER IT FAILED AND WAS INSPECTED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A REBUILT ALTERNATOR. WHY DID THE DEALERSHIP CHARGE ME FOR A NEW ONE, AND WHY WASN'T I REFUNDED ANY MONEY?!?! ALSO, I HAVE WILDERNESS HT P225/10/R15 TIRES. THEY ALWAYS SQUEAL WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS OR OVER SPEED BUMPS, NO MATTER HOW SLOW I AM GOING. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM? I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM. THANKS FOR THE HELP. *LA

TENSION SPRING ON PULLY FOR SERPINTINE BELTS HAS GONE OUT TWICE IN 38,000 MILES, WILL CAUSE CAR TO STOP OR OVER HEAT IN TRAFFIC.*AK

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE'S ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK CONSUMER COULD BE SITTING STILL OR MOVING SLOWLY BUT WHEN HE RELEASES THE CLUTCH, HE FEELS HE'S TRAVELING 90 MPH. HE WILL NOT LET HIS WIFE OR ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER AND THEY WORKED ON IT. HE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HE STATED THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST SIX TIMES. HE COULD DRIVE IT FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES AND NOTHING HAPPENS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE MOTOR IS GOING 90 MPH. HE WOULD PLAY WITH THE CLUTCH AND HOLD THE BRAKE FOR A MILE OR TWO AND THEN IT'S O.K. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES. *PH

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S BRAKE ROTORS.*MR THERE WAS A SCRAPPING NOISE IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL.*TS

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN A NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 70749 MILES. PURCHASED 04/11/2003. ON 09/15/2003 NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, MADE APPT FOR 09/18 WITH DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT USED. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON A BUSY INTERSECTION AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE BY POLICE AND TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TO MAKE MY APPT. COST $3113 TO REPLACE - DEALER BASICALLY "TO BAD FOR YOU". ALSO - AC CONDENSER NEEDS REPLACING AT A COST OF $570 CANNOT AFFORD TO DO CONDENSER YET.... THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE SO FAR, WE'VE OWNED IT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS!

TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS AND SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE, REQUESTED DEALER LOOK INTO PROBLEM, THEY SAID PADS ARE THE PROBLEM, PADS WERE REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT ANTILOCK WAS NON FUNCTIONAL. *JB