1999 FORD RANGER Complaints

DASHBOARD LIGHTS ON LEFT SIDE HAVE FAILED, ALSO, LIGHTS ON STEERING COLUMN. VEHICLE NOT TAKEN TO DEALER YET.*AK

ABS BRAKING LIGHT COMES ON DASHBOARD INTERMITTENTLY. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING 4O MPH HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

HIGH BEAM FOG LIGHT WIRES ARE COMING OUT AND CAUSING FOG LIGHT TO BE INOPERATIVE. LICENSE PLATE SOCKET BULB HAD TURNED COPPER WIRES BLACK.*AK

THE REAR ABS BRAKE SYSTEM CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO HAVE A VERY LONG STOPPING DISTANCE. YOU GET THE FEELING THAT YOU ARE NOT GOING TO STOP IN TH DISTANCE NEEDED. VERY CLOSE NEAR ACCIDENTS MANY TIMES. EXCESSIVE FRONT BRAKE WEAR AND REPAIR REQUIRED.*AK

PE00 020; ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TO BE REPLACED. FIRESTONE WILDERNESS, HT TIRES. *AK

STOPPED AT RED LIGHT WITH LEFT TURN SIGNAL ON. TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR ON DASH WENT DIM, BUT NOT OUT COMPLETELY. A FEW SECONDS LATER SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT FROM THE TOP OF THE STEERING COLUMN AROUND THE OPENING FOR THE HAZARD LIGHT ACTIVATION SWITCH. SHUT OFF THE ENGINE, PUSHED TRUCK OFF TO THE SIDE; WAITED ABOUT 15 MINUTES, STARTED BACK UP, NO FURTHER INDICATION OF PROBLEM (HOWEVER, DID NOT USE TURN SIGNALS AGAIN FOR REMAINDER OF TRIP: ~5 MILES).*AK

WHILE TRAVELING 60-65MPH ON HIGHWAY FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT TIRES, SIZE P225R70R15, DOTW2UU1P0, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH TWENTY-TWO THOUSAND MILES ON THEM EXPERIENCED A TREAD SEPARATION, DEALER HAS BEEN CONTATCED BUT REFUSES TO REIMBURSE FOR DAMAGE AND TIRES TO VEHICLE. *AK *NLM

SEATBACK MAKES POPPING NOISES. SEATBACK SEEMS LIKE IT'S GIVING AWAY, AND WIRES ARE COMING THROUGH THE SEAT. CONSUMER FILLED OUT A FORM AT DEALER, BUT MANUFACTURER WILL NOT HELP PAY FOR REPAIRS DEALER NEVER LOOKED AT THE SEAT.*AK

WHEN SHIFTING INTO FIRST 3 GEARS GEARSHIFT PUSHES BACK FIRST. THEN, IT GOES IN GEAR, AND VEHICLE LURCHES FORWARD. CONSUMER HAS TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER 5 TIMES. DEALER HAS REPLACED YOKE AND THE SYNCHRONIZER. HOWEVER ,THIS DID NOT REMEDY PROBLEM.*AK