2001 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DRIVER NOTICED VEHICLE'S TIMING WAS OFF, AND IT WAS LOSING POWER. CAUSE WAS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

I HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS OUT OF THIS TRUCK. ITSTARTED OFF BY HAVING A BAD IGNITION PEICE TO WHERE SOME DAYS IT WOULD START, SOME IT WOULD NOT. NEXT, THE AIR CONDITIONER LEAKED AND FILLED UP MY PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARD ON A TRIP TO THE BEACH. THEN THE ENGINE BEGINS TO STALL. IT DOES NOT ALWAYS STALL AT THE SAME SPEED OR TEMP. OR ANYTHING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, THEY TRIED FIXING IT, NOTHING HAPPENED SO I TOOK IT BACK AGAIN, THE STILL COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM SO THEY INSTALLED A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE WHICH WAS SUPPOSE TO GIVE THE DEALER FEEDBACK ON THE PROBLEM, WHICH IT DID NOT. SO I GOT THE TRUCK BACK AND THE SAME DAY IT DID IT TWICE. IT STILL DOES THIS ABOUT ONCE A DAY. WHICH DAY WILL BE THE DAY I AM MERGING ACROSS 4 OR 5 LANES OF TRAFFIC AND THE ENGINE STALLS AND GET RUN OVER LITERALLY?? AFTER ALL THIS IS STILL GOING ON I LEFT MY HOUSE TO GO TO WORK AND I MERGED INTO TRAFFIC, THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE TRUCK DIES, LOSES ALL POWER, THE CHECK GAUGE LIGHT APPEARS AND THE OIL PRESSURE DROPS TO NOTHING. I DROVE IT TO WORK AD IT DID IT AGAIN SO I GOT FORD TO TOW TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY FIXED THE PROBLEM. THEY SAID IT WAS JUST PART OF THE COMPUTER, AND IT WAS NO BIG DEAL. IT IS A BIG DEAL WHEN YOU ARE IN MORNING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC AND YOUR VEHICLE LOSES ALL POWER. THESE ARE ALL VERY SERIOUS CONCERNS, I AM A CAPTAIN OF A FIRE DEPT. AND SAFETY IS MY #1 PRIORITY, NOT JUST FOR MY SELF BUT FOR EVERYONE AROUND ME. HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL GET DONE BEFORE THE TRUCK STALLS AT ABUSY INTERSECTION OR ON THE INTERSTATE RUNNING 70 MPH AND SOMEONE GETS HURT OR KILLED.THANKS FOR YOUR TIME.*AK

THE PROBLEM IS A NON-COMPLIANCE OF THE INSTALLED SPRINGS AND SHOCKS ASSEMBLY. THE WHOLE TRUCK BOUNCES OVER A BUMP INSTEAD OF THE SUSPENSION COMPRESSING AND ABSORBING THE SHOCK. THE RESULTS ARE THAT THE BACK END OF THE TRUCK BOUNCES TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT AND MAKES ME ALMOST LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE ENDED UP ON TWO WHEELS ON ONE OCCASION AND ALMOST ROLLED OVER. THE VEHICLE FINALLY SETTLED BACK DOWN ON ALL FOUR WHEELS AND I WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE ON MY WAY.*AK

THIS TRUCK THAT I AM LEASING HAS SO MANY PROBLEMS THAT I JUST WANT TO GET OUT OF IT. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED. *AK

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED TWICE FOR FRONT BRAKES PULLING HARD TO THE LEFT FIXED TWICE AND DROPPED OF AGAIN FOR THE THIRD TIME ON 12/08/01. I AM VERY CONCERNED WITH THE SAFETY OF THIS VEHICLE AND THE FAULTY BRAKING SYSTEM: ROTORS, PADS REPLACED TWICE , HOSES ALL HAVE BEEN REPLACED PRIOR TO 12/08/01. *AK

SPARE TIRE IS NOT THE SAME SIZE AS REGULAR TIRES, REGULAR TIRES ARE SIZE 24575R16, AND SPARE TIRE SIZE IS 23575R15. OWNERS MANUAL STATES THAT ALL TIRES SHOULD BE THE SAME SIZE. *AK *SLC

FORD COMPANY TOOK OFF A FIRESTONE TIRE AND REPLACED IT WITH B.F.GOODRICH OF A DIFFERENT SIZE. CURRENTLY TIRE IS TURNING MORE RESOLUTIONS THAN VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED TO TURN. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT FORD MOTOR COMPANY REPLACED THE FIRESTONE TIRE SIZE 16? WITH B.F. GOODRICH SPARE TIRE SIZE 15?, THE TIRE WILL NOT FIT IN THE SPARE COMPARTMENT AND LEAVING HIM TO DRIVE WITH ONE 15? AND THREE 16?. CONSUMER IS STATING THAT THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION FOR HIS SAFETY. *YD

I WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON ROUTE 5 IN SOUTHERN MARYLAND. I HAD JSU GONE THROUGH ST MARY'S CITY AND WAS SPEDING UP TO ABOUT 40 WHEN I HEARD A RUMBLING THAT SOUNDED LIKE A DOOR HAD COME PARTIALLY OPEN. MY TURNOFF WAS IN A COUPLE OF MILES SO I JUST IGNORED IT. AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES THE LEFT REAR SIDE LURCHED DOWN AND I HEARD THE RUMBLING OF A FLAT TIRE. I PULLED OFF IN ABOUT A 1/4 MILE (COAST TO STOP AND PULLED OFF) AND THE ENTIRE OUTER SIDE WALL OF THE TIRE WAS COMPLETELY SHREADED. I WENT TO MY LOCAL FIRESTONE DEALER (9400 MAIN STREET IN FAIRFAX VA) AND HE SAID THIS IS NORMAL FOR A TIRE. SOMEHOW I DON'T THINK A COMPLETE SIDE WALL DISENGERATION IS NORMAL UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. I HAVE THE TIRE AND WILL BE HAPPY TO BRING IT IN IF YOU WOULD LIKE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU 1501 TIRESIZE: 225/70R-15)

DURING NORMAL OPERATION OF VEHICLE WHILE TRAVELING AT ANY SPEED, AND TURNING DEFOGGER ON WINDSHIELD, IT WILL FOG UP, REDUCING VISIBILITY. DEALERSHIP INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / ATTACHMENTS.*AK

WHENEVER VEHICLE RUNS OVER A BUMP OR A POTHOLE IT CAUSES REAR END TO KICK TO THE RIGHT OR TO THE LEFT. DEALER REPLACED FRONT AND REAR SHOCK, SOME IMPROVEMENTS WERE MADE, BUT THE PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THE VEHICLE OVERSTEERS WHEN PRESSURE IS APPLIED LIKE DURING A TURN, THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO ONLY OCCUR WHEN THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HITS A BUMP. ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. *JB