1999 FORD RANGER Complaints

THE CONSUMER HAD REQUESTED THE FIRESTONE TIRE COMPANY FOR REFUND OF FOUR DEFECTIVE TIRES WHICH ARE ON RECALL P235/75R15, BUT FIRESTONE HAS NOT REIMBURSED CONSUMER YET. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *YH

PROBLEM1: LOUD, OBNOXIOUS SQUAWKING SOUND FROM CLUTCH AREA EVERY TIME I ENGAGE INTO FIRST GEAR, AND SOMETIMES WHEN DOWNSHIFTING AT SLOW SPEEDS. FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1998 BUT STILL HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING TO RESOLVE IT. PROBLEM2: MY REAR ANTI-LOCK BRAKES ALWAYS LOCK UP WHENEVER IT HAS RAINED OR SNOWED. I HAVE TO SLAM THEM ABOUT 10 TIMES TO GET THEM TO STOP LOCKING UP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS, AND MY DEALERSHIP WILL NOT TRY TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY SAY THIS IS NORMAL. I DISAGREE BECAUSE THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO ME ON ANY OTHER VEHICAL WITH ANTI-LOCK BREAKS.

WHILE DRIVING AFTER HAVING STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT LESS THAN 5 MPH WHEN CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT TIRE. FORD, RANGER ,1999, P-225/70R15. *AK CONSUMER STATES ONE SIDE OT TIRE CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF RIM, THE RIM BECAME BENT.(DOT W2UU1P0119) FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT CONSUMER HAD TIRE REPLACED BY FIRESTONE AND THEY KEPT THE TIRE. *JB

CONSUMER RECEIVED RECALL NOTIFICATION (00T005000), WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO GET REPLACEMENT TIRES FROM THE LOCAL FORD DEALER HE WAS TOLD TO GO TO A TIRE SHOP, CONSUMER WAS THEN TOLD AT THE TIRE SHOP HE WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TIRES AND THEN GET REIMBURSED, CONSUMER STATES HE CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY FOR THE TIRES SO HE IS STILL DRIVING THE VEHICLE WITH THE RECALLED TIRES. *JB

ON MAY 1,2001 I NOTICED TREAD SEPARATION ON ALL FOUR TIRES. ITOOK THE VEHICLE TO ROBERTS TIRE AND RECAPPING AT 1210 W. STATE STREET BRISTOL TENN. A FIRESTONE DEALER. THEY CHECKED THE TIRES AND STATED THEY COULD NOT GURANTEE THAT I WOULD GET HOME WITHOUT TIRE SEPARATION. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL AND WOULD ONLY PRORATE THE TIRES. I CALLED FIRESTONE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO RECALL. I REPLACED THE TIRES WITH A SET OF MICHELIN FROM SAM SNEED TIRE IN BRISTOL TENN. I STILL HAD APPROX 40 PERCENT TREAD LEFT ON THE FIRESTONE TIRES. I BELIEVE THE 16 INCH WILDERNESS TIRES WILL FAIL AS THE 15 INCH HAVE. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245/75R16 )

THROTTLE WILL NOT DROP TO IDLE WHEN CLUTCH IS DEPRESSED, OR WHEN IN GEAR AT ANY SPEED. *AK

WHEN ROTATING THE TIRES ON OUR PICKUP, WE NOTICED CRACKS/SPLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS OF THREE OF THE TIRES. THESE TIRES CONTINUE TO LOSE AIR PRESSURE. WE BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE CRACKS/SPLITS IN THE SIDEWALLS. WE VISITED A FIRESTONE DEALER, WHO CLAIMS THE TIRES ARE NOT DEFECTIVE, AND WILL NOT REPLACE THEM. *AK (DOT NUMBER: VD70 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)

LEFT FRONT TIRE WENT SUDDENLY FLAT. DID NOT SHREAD. UPON CLOSE LOOK FOUND SMALL CUTS OR SEPARATIONS INTHIS FLAT TIRE AND ALSO IN ALL THREE OF THE OTHER TIRES .FELT ALL SHOULD BE REPLACED AS I DID NOT TRUST THEM. FIRESTONE HAD NO INTEREST IN TALKING TO ME. *AK (TIRESIZE: P245R16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P245R16 )

TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999 ,FORD RANGER, TIRE SIZE P245/75R16, DOT NUMBER NOT AVAILABLE, TIRES HAD 35 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. UPON INSPECTION OF VEHICLE, INSPECTOR NOTICED ALL FOUR TIRES WERE DEVELOPING CRACKS ON OUTER EDGE. ALSO, TREAD WAS SEPARATING ON OUTTER EDGE. ALL FOUR TIRES WERE REPLACED WITH BRIDGESTONE. *AK DOT NUMBER FOR THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES IS W2701RF. *SLC

TOOK TRUCK INTO DEALER FOR FIRST OIL CHANGE AND WAS INFORMED THAT FORD WAS REPLACING THE 4.0 BECAUSE OF RATTLING NOISE IN LOWER END. 2ND MOTOR WOULD MISS AND FOUL PLUGS EVERY 2 OR 3 THOUSAND MILES SO THEY FINALLY REPLACED IT WITH A 2000 MODEL 4.0L AND THIS SEEMED TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM UNTIL RECENTLY WHEN THE VERY LOUD RATTLING NOISE RETURNED. I'VE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL DEALER WHERE I LIVE NOW AND HE CONFIRMED THE NOISE BUT FORD WON'T RESPOND TO HIS ENQUIRY ABOUT IT. IT SOUNDS JUST LIKE IT DID WITH THE ORIGINAL MOTOR AND NOW ITS OUT OF WARRANTY!