2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING TIRES MAKE A VERY LOUD NOISE, TIRES HAVE BEEN ROTATED, BUT NOISE CONTINUES. CONSUMER HAS SPOKEN WITH DEALER. *AK CONSUMER STATED THE TIRES WERE FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, TIRE SIZE P225/70R15, DOT# W2UU1P01900. *YD

ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS,VEHICLE SITTING AT RED LIGHT W/FOOT ON BRAKE,ENGINE REVVED FROM 1,000 TO 5,000 RPMS CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT. REPORTED TO FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR SERVICE WHO SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR 25 YEARS,I KNOW WHAT I EXPERIENCED,AND THIS IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE INJURED OR KILLED.*AK

BOTH FRONT TIRES WEARING, FEATHERING AND CUPPING. ALIGNED TWICE AND HAD TIRES ROTATED TWICE AND THEY ARE STILL WEARING, CUPPING AND FEATHERING. THESE TIRES ARE GOING TO BE SHREDDED BEFORE I HIT 25,000 MILES. WE DO NOT DRIVE OUR TRUCK EXCEPT FOR SHORT TRIPS AROUND TOWN BECAUSE WE DO NOT TRUST TIRES AND WEAR ON THIS VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD BY THE FORD SERVICE DEPT. THAT FORD WILL NEVER REPLACE THE TIRES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WE FEEL THIS TRUCK THEY WAY THE TIRES ARE WEARING MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE BUT WE ARE PUT IN A POSITION AND HAVE TO DRIVE IT SO WE CAN SHOW THE TIRES ARE WEARING SEVERELY. WE FEEL THIS PUTS OUR LIVES IN DANGER. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 2945 MILES. ELK GROVE FORD WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE TOLD US THEY PUT ON A NEW TRANSMISSION AND DISCOVERED IT WAS REBUILT. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE US A RECEIPT UNTIL WE WENT THROUGH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. THEY PUT ON CROSSBAR HOLDING TRANSMISSION MOUNT CROOKED, THEY OVERFILLED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. WE TOOK IT BACK THREE TIMES FOR LEAKY TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET ON REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK

A CLUNKING SOUND WOULD APPEAR WHEN MAKING A TURN. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER SHOP ,AND INFORMED OF A RACK AND PINION FAILURE WHICH COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS MATTER.*AK

FOUR TIRES ARE 16 INCH TIRES. HOWEVER, EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE IS A 15 INCH TIRE. OWNERS MANUAL STATES IT IS UNSAFE TO PUT DIFFERENT SIZE TIRES ON SAME VEHICLE BECAUSE THIS ACTION INCREASES THE RISK OF A ROLLOVER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

FIRST 2 FRONT TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 19525 MILES BECAUSE THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE AND THE STEEL WAS SHOWING THROUGH. ON 11/4/01, I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY @ 65 MPH AND HEARD A VERY LOUD SOUND FROM THE BACK OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS UNCONTROLABLE AND I SLOWED TO A STOPPING SPEED AND PULLED OVER. THE REAR PASSANGER SIDE TIRE HAD THE ENTIRE SIDE WALL SEPARATED FROM THE TREAD OF THE TIRE AND WE WERE ON THE RIM. THE ENTIRE TIRE IS IN TWO PIECES, SEPARATED AT THE SEAM OF THE TIRE. WE WENT TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER IN TOWN AND HE TOLD US THERE WAS NOTHING HE COULD DO...AND ASSUMED THAT WE HAD NOT ROTATED OUR TIRES, THAT THE TIRE MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE FRONT, AND THE "BLOW OUT" MUST HAVE BEEN DUE TO A HOLE IN THE TIRE. HE WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE TIRE. AFTER REPLACING THE TIRE, WE NOTICED THE OTHER SIDE OF THE TIRE WAS VERY WORN AND CLOSE TO SEPARATION, ALSO. WE HAVE THE DEFECTIVE TIRE AND CAN SEND PICTURES. (DOT NUMBER: W2UUIPO399 TIRESIZE: P255/70R15)

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND AIR BAGS DIDNOT DEPLOY. WHILE DRIVING ON A CLEAR DAY VEHICLE HIT A ROAD SIGN, CAUSING VEHICLE TO ROLLOVER. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. HAD NOT CONTACTED DEALER AS OF YET. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISION, UPON IMPACT DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGERS SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *YD

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END COLLISON IN WHICH DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT WAS INOPERATIVE. DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WAS ESTIMATED AT TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK *YD

FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT, P225/70R15, DOT W2UU1P0080, ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 6653 MILES ON A 2000, FORD, RANGER. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH LEFT REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT. NO ACCIDENT.*AK *JB