2001 FORD RANGER Complaints

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT ILLUMINATED INDICATING A MALFUNCTION WITH THE HIGH PRESSURE FUEL SYSTEM. AFTER INSPECTION IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE TOP OF FUEL TANK. DEALER REPLACED FUEL TANK SEAL. *AK LEAKING WAS APPROX 1 FT FROM CATALIC CONVERTER. *YD

DRIVING ON AN INCLINE OF ABOUT 30 DEGREES AND STOPPING ON THE INCLINE APPLYI THE FOOT BRAKES, AFTER RELEASING THE FOOT BRAKES THE CAR WOULD ROLL BACKWARDS. WHILE COMING DOWN ON THE SAME INCLINE AND STOPPING ON THE INCLINE WITH THE FOOT BAKES AND SELECTING REV AND RELEASING THE FOOT BARKES THE CAR WOULD ROLL DOWN THE INCLINE. TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER FOR A CHECK OF THE PROBLEM. THEY RAN SOME TEST AND SAID THAT THIS WAS NORMAL. I DISAGREED, THE TRUCK IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING.*AK

THIS IS THE MOST UNUSUAL FAILURE I'VE EVER HEARD OF ON A VEHICLE. MECHANICS HAVE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF THESE PARTS FAILING. HOW DO ALL FOUR ABS BRAKES FAILED SIMULTANEOUSLY? PEDAL PUMPED WILDLY (3-4 INCHES 3X PER SECOND) AND I DON'T KNOW HOW I DID NOT DIE. *AK

CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED, DEALERSHIP HAS ATTEMPTED TO FIX PROBLEM THREE TIMES.*JB

PE00 020; WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND THE VEHICLE ROLLED AND HIT A ENBANKMENT. TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS AT, P23575R15. *AK

WHILE TRAVELING UP HILL AND MAKING TURNS CONSUMER NOTICED STEERING WHEEL VIBRATING. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. DEALER ENCOURAGED CONSUMER TO PUT MORE MILES ON VEHICLE. *AK VEHICLE HAS ROUGH IDLE WHEN WAITING FOR A LIGHT OR A STOP SIGN, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT IS IN GEAR OR NOT. *YH

VEHICLE HAS A CONSTANT VIBRATION, AND A VERY HEAVY VIBRATION AT 65MPH. IT COMES UP THROUGH THE SEAT AND THE STEERING WHEEL. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL PEOPLE TELL ME IT SOUNDS LIKE THE DRIVE SHAFT. DEALERSHIP SAYS IT HAS A HARMONIC IMBALANCE IN THE ENGINE, AND FORD DOES NOT HAVE A FIX FOR IT YET. I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL THEY DO, OR JUST START THROWING PARTS AT IT TRYING TO FIND A FIX. I WAS TOLD "THEIR ENGINEERS ARE WORKING ON IT". HAVE INQUIRED SINCE AND FOUND THEY STILL HAVE NO ANSWER. IF IT IS THE SHAFT THEN I COULD END UP CATAPULTING MYSELF AND MY VEHICLE. IT HAS AN ALUMINUM SHAFT (FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN TOLD), NOT SURE IF THAT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE PROBLEM. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF THOSE AROUND ME. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. PLEASE HELP ME FORCE THE MANUFACTURER TO RESEARCH AND RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THANK YOU, SINCERELY, [XXX]. *AK PARTS OF THIS DOCUMENT HAVE BEEN REDACTED TO PROTECT PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).

WHEN CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE LEFT, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT HAVE TIME TO FIX VEHICLE THAT DAY, CONSUMER THEN WENT BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND AFTER WAITING FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF CONSUMER WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PARTS TO FIX THE VEHICLE, ON MAY 2,2001 DEALERSHIP ORDERED THE WRONG PARTS, ON MAY 3, 2001 CONSUMER PICKED UP VEHICLE AND WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED, ON MAY 7, 2001 CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT CALIPERS WERE REPLACED EVEN THOUGH CONSUMER WAS STILL EXPERIENCING SAME PROBLEM, ON MAY 11,2001 CONSUMER LEFT VEHICLE AT DEALERSHIP FOR NINETEEN DAYS, VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP ON MAY 26,2001 AND IT WORKED FINE FOR TWO DAYS AND THE PROBLEM HAS REOCCURED. *JB

SPARETIRE IS 15 INCH, OTHER 4 ARE 16 INCH, AND SPARE IS NOT CLEARLY MARKED AS "TEMPORARY" CREATING POTENTIAL UNSAFE AND MECHANICALLY PROBLEMATIC SITUATION IF SPARE IS INSTALLED FOR MORE THAN A SHORT PERIOD/DISTANCE.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS AT DEALER SHIP FOR SERVICE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. *AK