1999 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT 12 MPH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AT AN LEFT FRONT ANGLE BY AN 18 WHEELER AT 75 MPH. FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER OF THE FORD RANGER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

WHILE DRIVING HIT A BUMP AND LOST CONTROL, TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. ONE MONTH LATER, PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. TOOK TO DEALER AGAIN THEY SAID WHEELS WERE PULLING TO THE LEFT. DEALER TOLD CONSUMER TO TAKE SOME WEIGHT OUT THE TRUCK. CONSUMER SAID IF GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP ENTIRE CAR SHAKES UNCONTROLLABLY. *AK

I HAVE ALREADY BLOWN A TIRE AND BOTH FORD AND FIRESTONE HAVE SAID THAT MY PERTICULIER SIZE TIRE HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED.BUT THROUGHOUT MY ENTIRE DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. SO I'AM EXTREMELY WORRIED THAT THE NEXT TIME COULD BE FATEL.*AK (TIRESIZE: 245/75/16)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 245/75/16 )

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 1999, RANGER, P265/75R15 SIZE . TIRES STARTED LEAKING AIR FROM THE SIDEWALL.*AK THE TIRE DEVELOPED LEAK INSIDE WASLL. THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR THIS TIRE. *YH

WHILE DRIVING THEN COMING TO A TO STOP AND VEHICLE WILL ALMOST STALL WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING, DROPING THE RPM, THEN COMING BACK UP. *AK

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES(P245 75 R16)EXPERIENCED LOSS OF AIR AND SPLITTING AND TREAD SEPARATION. *SLC

PE00 020; CONSUMER SAID THAT THERE WAS A NAIL IN THE REAR FRONT TIRE. HE TOOK IT TO A TIRE PLACE AND SAID THAT TIRE TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO COME APART. TIRE WAS FIRESTONE#AT, P23575R16. *AK

RECALLED FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235 R15 TIRES FAILED, CAUSING RIMS TO BEND, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC

TIRE BLEW OUT ON TRIP, 8/99, TIRE SEPERATED ON INTERSTATE DRIVING- TRUCK TOWED TO CLOSEST DEALTER BY FORD ROADSIDE ASSIST- DEALER JONES FORD, AUGUSTA, REFUSED TO HONOR ANY WARRANTY, MADE US PAY FULL PRICE FOR A NEW TIRE, SAID IT WAS NOT A TIRE PROBLEM. TRUCK WAS NEW/TIRE WAS ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 6 MONTH OLD TRUCK. WE LOST A DAY OF WORK WAITING ON THEM TO LOCATE A TIRE TO REPLACE IT AND THEN HAD TO PAY FULL PRICE AS THEY WOULD NOT HONOR ANY WARRANTY REPLACEMENT. (TIRESIZE: 2457516)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 2457516 )

FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES P245 75 R16 EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION, CONSUMER WANTS REIMBURSEMENT. *SLC