2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING, HOT WIRE MELTED OFF OF THE ALTERNATOR AND MELTED ONTO OTHER WIRING AND HOSES. THE PART WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM REOCCURED. THE DEALER STATED THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM. MR THE CONSUMER TALKED TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS AND WAS TOLD THE WRONG SIZE ALTERNATOR WAS INSTALLED BY FORD WITH A 95 AMP AND THE VEHICLE REQUIRES A 130 AMP. THER WAS NO SIGN THAT THE MELTING HAD OCCURED UNTIL THE BATTERY WENT DEAD. SCC

THE ENGINE IS STARTING TO MAKE A "PINGING" SOUND, THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER BUT THE NOISE WAS UNDETERMINED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP REPROGRAMMED THE ENGINE WITH A COMPUTER FOR CALIBRATION. WHILE DRIVING UPHILL THE TRUCK IS SLUGGISH, NOT RESPONDING TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BEING PRESSED. THE DEALERSHIP IS NO LONGER PERFORMING ANY MAINTENANCE ON THE TRUCK. OWNER WOULD LIKE YOU TO REFERENCE HIS COMPLAINT TO A COMPLAINT FROM THE INTERNET 761703. *NLM *DT

TAILGATE OFTEN VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN. ONE SIDE OF HANDLE PULLS UP MORE AND KEEPS THE LATCH FROM OPENING. OFTEN HAVE TO PUSH ON THE TAILGATE WITH SHOULDER WHILE PULLING LATCH TO GET IT OPEN. ALSO STEERING WHEEL IS LOOSE AND STEERING IS NOT PRECISE VERY WOBBLY. HAVE NOT HAD IT LOOKED AT YET BUT MY MECHANIC SAYS IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2000 RANGERS AND THAT THE STEERING KNUCKLE CAN BE DEFECTIVE AND BE DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AS IS.DT

ABS LIGHT HAD BEEN TURNING ON AND OFF FOR WEEKS AND BRAKES HAD NOT BEEN FUNCTIONING PROPERLY. THEN LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME. AT INTERSECTIONS I WOULD APPLY THE BRAKES AND THEY WOULD BARELY STOP THE TRUCK. ONCE IT WAS STOPPED THE TRUCK WOULD THEN SUDDENLY ROLL FORWARD AGAIN EVEN WITH BRAKE PEDAL PRESSED TO FLOOR. FRONT AND BACK PADS WERE REPLACED BY MY MECHANIC. PROBLEM STILL OCCURRED, ESPECIALLY WHEN GOING DOWN HILL. TOOK IT BACK TO MY MECHANIC AND WAS ADVISED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP SINCE IT WAS NOT THE BRAKE PADS AND WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. RUDE SERVICE REP AT DEALERSHIP WENT WITH ME FOR A TEST DRIVE, SAID HE COULD NOT VERIFY MY COMPLAINT EVEN THOUGH THE ABS LIGHT WAS ON FOR THE WHOLE RIDE. HE CLAIMED MY MECHANIC HAD SCREWED SOMETHING UP, SAID THE INTERMITTANT BRAKE FAILURE WAS ALL IN MY IMAGINATION, ETC. BUT SINCE IT WAS A SAFETY ISSUE HE WOULD DO FURTHER DIAGNOSTICS. TWO AND A HALF WEEKS LATER AFTER BAD CUSTOMER SERVICE THE TRUCK'S "NON-EXISTANT" BRAKE PROBLEM TURNED OUT TO BE WATER COLLECTING UNDER THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT AND RUSTING OUT A SENSOR FOR THE ABS SYSTEM. ENTIRE ABS SYSTEM REPLACED. PROBLEMS SOLVED FOR NOW BUT WHAT ABOUT WHEN IT RUSTS OUT AGAIN? WHY HAD WATER COLLECTED THERE? I DO NOT DRIVE IN RIVERS OR LAKES. IT WOULD HAVE COST ME $2500 IN PARTS AND LABOR IF IT HAD NOT BEEN UNDER WARRANTY. DT

THIS WAS A FRONT END COLLISION AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. DT

CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE HAS A CABLE FROM ACCELERATOR PEDAL. CONSUMER STATES THE BRACKET THE CABLE IS ATTACHED TO BROKE AND NOW WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE'S ACCELERATION IS RETARDED. NLM CONSUMER ALSO STATES THAT THE TWO BOLTS THAT HOLDS THE BRACKET IN PLACE FADED, CAUSING BAD THROTTLE RESPONSE.PH 09-DEC-2002

CONSUMER STATES HAS PLASTIC FUEL TANK W/A PLASTIC "SCREW-ON" CAP THAT HOLDS THE FUEL GAUGE METERING SYSTEM. THE CAP BROKE. WHILE CONSUMER WAS FUELING VEHICLE, GAS PUMP OVERFLOWED. NLM CONSUMER STATES THEY WASN'T AWARE OF THE FAILURE UNTIL THEY WERE FUELING THE VEHICLE AND FUEL SPILLED ON THE GROUNG. PH 09-DEC-2002

CONSUMER WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. IT BEGAN IN OR UNDER THE BED OF THE PICKUP. CONSUMER STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND ATTEMPTED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. THE VEHICLE AND IT'S CONTENTS WERE ENGULFED IN THE FIRE. *JG

WHILE IN MOTION AND SLOWLY DECELERATING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP, THE VEHICLE WILL SURGE LIKE THE ACCELERATOR HAS BEEN PUSHED IN AND THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY LURCHES FORWARD. THIS ACCELERATION IS SO STRONG THAT APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE DOES NOT HOLD AND CONSUMER HAS TO RAM THE SHIFT LEVER INTO PARK TO STOP THE VEHICLE. *JG

CONSUMER STATES WHILE DRIVING FRONT AXLE BROKE CAUSING VEHICLE TO HAVE A COLLISON, ALSO THE UPPER KINGPEN, LOWER KINGPEN, TIE ROD END BROKE, DURING THE ACCIDENT THE AIR BAG FAILED TO DEPLOYAND AS A RESULT THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE LEFT HIP, LOWER BACK AND LEFT KNEE. NLM *YH