2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

ABS BRAKES LOCK UP. DEALER DECLARES BRAKES SAFE, BRAKES LOCK UP AND ARE NOT PUMPED OR "SLAMMED" ,,, STANDARD PRESSURE CAUSES BRAKES TO LOCK UP - OCCASSIONALLY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE TIME TO APPLY BRAKES, AND HAD A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SLIDE FOWARD, HITTING STEERING WHEEL, AND KNEES HIT DASHBOARD. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A 2000, FORD RANGER. SIDEWALL ON DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH. SIDEWALL PEELED AWAY. METAL TREADS WERE SHEARED. CONSUMER WAS GOING DIRECTLY TO FORD DEALER, CALLING ON CELL PHONE. ORIGINAL TIRES, SIZE P225/70R15, DOT#W2UUIP0529, APROXIMATE MILEAGE UNDER 36,000.*AK *SLC

A REMOTE START WAS INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, THE CONSUMER JUMP STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IN ICY CONDITIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, CARTOYS WAS THE COMPANY THAT DID THE INSTALLATION, THEY REFUNDED THE CONSUMER FOR THE PRICE OF THE REMOTE STARTER. *SLC

HAD LOST CONTROL WHILE DRIVING 45MPH. WENT INTO A DITCH & HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. AFTER HITTING A TREE, SMASHED FRONT END. DRIVER SUFFERED STIFF MUSCLE PAIN & BRUISES. NO HOSPITAL TREATMENT. VEHICLE DECLARED TOTALED. *AK

VEHICLE NOT REGISTERING BEYOND 25MPH. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP IN NC TWICE FOR PROBLEM. WAS REPAIRED ONCE, BUT PROBLEM REAPPEARED AFTER 600 MILES.ALSO, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST OR 2ND GEARS AFTER COMING TO A STOP. *AK

SEATBELT WILL "LOCK UP" WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. THIS PROPOSES A HAZARD AS THIS OCCURS AS MERGING INTO TRAFFRIC ONTO HIGHWAY. BRAKE IS APPLIED AND YOU LEAN FORWARD TO LOOK FOR ONCOMING TRAFFRIC AND HAVE TO HOLD SHOULDER PORTION AWAY MANUALLY FROM BODY IN ORDER TO LEAN FORWARD. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A "COMMON COMPLAINT" BUT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY. THIS IS A VERY INCONVIENANT SITUATION, AND AT TIMES I FEEL DANGEROUS, ALSO.*AK

I HAD A1999 RANGER THAT WAS GREAT, THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN A PIECE OF TRUCK SINCE DAY 1. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

DRIVING 60MPH ON INTERSTATE PHEASANT FLEW LOW IN FRONT OF VERHICLE, AS THE PHEASANT DISAPEARED IN FROM MY VIEW THE TRUCK DID AN ABRUPT SWIRVE TO THE LEFT, I HAD NO STEERING CONTROL, THE TRUCK WENT FROM THE RIGHT LANE ACCROSS PASSING LANE AND HIT HEAD ON INTO FLAT CONCRETE BERRIER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, OVER $9,000 IN DAMAGE INCLUDING NEW FRAME. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS BEING HOISTED ONTO ROLLBACK I NOTICED THAT THE TIE ROD WAS HANGING. THE YOKE WHERE THE TIE ROD IS BOLTED TO (CAST IRON) WAS BROKEN OFF AND I NOTICED A LOT OF PHEASANT REMAINS ON THE TIEROD AND SUSPENSION. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT A SMALL BIRD AS THIS WOULD CAUSE THE CAST IRON YOKE TO BREAK, ALSO WHY MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT TIRE AND RIM DID NOT IMPACT THE CONCRETE BERRIER. WHEN I SAW THE PHEASANT I DID NOT REACT TO IT, I DID NOT TURN THE WHEEL OR HIT THE BRAKES, THIS MAY SOUND FUNNY BUT THE TRUCK SWIRVED LEFT DIRRECTLY INTO THE BERRIER. THE SEAT BELT SAVED ME FROM SERIOUS INJURY. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE PC THAT THE TIE ROD MOUNTS TO AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT *AK

PE00020, FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 2000, FORD RANGER, TIRE SIZE P22570R15. DRIVER'S REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT FROM SIDE WALL IN A SNOW STORM WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE AND FORD NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. *AK *SLC