2001 FORD RANGER Complaints

DT: 2001 FORD RANGER. THERE IS AN AIR BAG ON AND OFF SWITCH THAT CAME WITH THE TRUCK. IT MALFUNCTION, AND THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE $400.00 TO CHECK THE WIRING. THE PART WILL THEN BE ORDERED BY FORD. CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW IT THERE WERE ANY RECALLS. WAS TOLD NO RECALL. THE AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT WAS BLINKING, AND THE OWNERS MANUAL SAID TO CALL THE DEALERSHIP. CONSUMER CALLED DEALERSHIP, AND THAT WAS WHEN THEY SAID IT WOULD COST TO HAVE IT CHECKED. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN AT LEAST 4 OR 5 OTHER VEHICLES WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. CALLED MANUFACTURER, AND THEY WERE AWARE OF THE OTHER VEHICLES THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEMS.*AK

DT: CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR AJAR LIGHT COMES ON INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY STATED IT WAS A BAD SWITCH IN THE DOOR. THEY WANT TO CHARGE CONSUMER $127 TO FIX IT. . THIS STARTED APPROXIMATELY ONE TO TWO WEEKS AGO. THIS COULD CAUSE DOME LIGHTS TO STAY ON AND DRAIN THE BATTERY. *AK

DT: SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED ON THE CONSUMERS 2003 FORD EXPLORER . THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS HAPPENED ALL THE TIME. THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR ACCIDENT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AT 40 MPH . *AK THE CONSUMER HAD TO MANUALLY PLACE THE SEAT BELT BACK INTO ITS POSITION IT DID NOT RETRACT. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE SPRINGS WERE WEAK AND THEY WOULD FAIL AGAIN IF REPLACED. *JB

DT: THE BED IWAS TWISTED,FOUND OUT IT WAS DROPPED ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE AT THE FACTORY. THE WIRING HARNESS WAS PINCHED, FOUND OUT THAT AFTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 VEHICLE SHUT OFF. THE DOORS POPPED OPEN. TOOK TO BODY SHOP, THEY DID NOT TOUCH ANYTHING, THEY MEASURED AGAINST FORD SPEC'S. THIS IS IN COURT. *AK

DT: CONSUMER STATES: AIR BAG DEPLOYED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD DOING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHEN THE AIR BAGS CAME OUT. NO LIGHTS, NO FOR WARNING, NOTHING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH ON A COUNTRY ROAD THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO VIBRATE. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER, GOT UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, AND PUSHED ON THE UNIVERSAL JOINT WHICH WAS TIGHT. THE CIRCULAR SOUND DAMPER BROKE OFF. THE DRIVESHAFT CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO SHAKE. THE OWNER LATER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER, AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. *AK THIS PROBLEM CAUSED RATTLING AND THE VEHICLE WOULD BECOME HARD TO CONTROL ON THE HIGHWAY. THE CONSUMERS WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT FORD WOULD DO TO HELP WITH THE PROBLEM. *SC *JB

2001 FORD RANGER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION YET THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*MR *NM

CONSUMER STATED: THERE WAS A RATTLING NOISE, PRIMARILY IN THE POWER TRAIN AREA, IT MADE NOISE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR WAS APPLIED. IT WOULD HAPPEN WHEN THE CONSUMER REACHED UP TO 2000 RMP'S. *JB

2001 FORD RANGER SEAT BELT DEFECTIVE AND FORD REFUSES TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT LATCH!!! PLEASE ASSIST ME!

THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND WAS HIT FROM THE REAR AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED AND THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THEY WERE AT A DEAD STOP WHEN THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED.