2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

BLOWOUT CAUSED P/U TO ROLL. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )

SLOW SKID ON ICE COVERED ROAD CAUSED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO DETACH FROM RIM AND DEFLATE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN A MINOR ACCIDENT , DAMAGING FRONT LOWER AIR FOIL. DAMAGED LIMITED DUE TO SLOW SPEED AND SNOW COVERED BANK. NOW HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE TIRES AND THUS DO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN REPLACE THE TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRESIZE: P22570R15)

WHILE WASHING A WHEEL ON TRUCK THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A DEEP CUT TO HIS FINGER ON THE EDGE OF THE RAZOR SHARP WHEEL SPOKE, AFTER EXAMINATION OF THE OTHER WHEELS HE FOUND THAT ALL THE SPOKE EDGES WERE SHARP AS WELL. NLM

THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT SIZE P225/70R15 SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE CERTIFICATION LABEL SPECIFIES TIRE SIZE P215/75R15 ONLY. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FIVE RECALL (00T-005) FIRESTONE TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *MJS

AT THE END OF AUGUST, BEGINNING OF SEPTEMEBER, WE WERE SENT A LETTER TELLING US THAT OUR VEHICLE WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE TIRE RECALLS. AND NOW WITH MORE REPORTS OUT OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING WILDERNESS A/V TIRES, I HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED AS OF 12/10/00 THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES. WE HAVE OUR TRUCK ON A LEASE AND I JUST WANTED TO INFORM SOMEONE THAT NOONE IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT WITH THESE TIRES TO OUR ATTENTION. *AK

WHEN CLOSING THE REAR DOOR USING NORMAL PRESSURE IT FAILS TO CLOSE ON THE UPPER LATCH. THIS ALLOWS THE MAIN DOOR TO BE HELD CLOSED WITH ONLY ONE-HALF OF THE LATCHING ASSEMBLIES. WHEN DRIVING IN THIS CONDITION THE 'DOOR AJAR' INDICATOR DOES NOT LIGHT. AT THESE TIMES I AM UNAWARE THAT THE DOOR IS NOT FULLY SECURED. *AK

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING A CRASH, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE TIRES WERE ALSO THE CAUSE (UNABLE TO VERIFY). *SLC

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT (22570R15) TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND OUT OF ROUND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FEEL AS IS IF IT WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *MJS

CONSUMER HAD 4 TIRE FLATS ALL BECAUSE OF RIDING IN GRAVEL, GRAVEL WORKS ITS WAY INTO TIRE. TIRES ARE TOO THIN, AND THEY GET PIERCED. THIS CAUSES A FLAT.*AK THE A/T ON FIRESTONE WILDERNESS FOR ALL TERRAIN WHICH MEANS RESISTANT TO MORE HAZARDS THAN NORMAL TIRES. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT EVEN SUITABLE FOR IN TOWN DRIVING. *YH

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK