2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM. CANNOT TRUST THE TRUCK TO ACCELERATE INTO TRAFFIC. *AK

PE00 020; CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 35MPH ON HIGHWAY AND HEARD A NOISE. REAR PASSENGER'S TIRE TREAD SEPARATED. SHE WAS ABLE TO PULL VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE RIGHT BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. I WAS PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVE WAY WITH MY INFANT DAUGHTER IN THE VEHICLE. WE WERE GOING APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES AN HOUR MAX. THE TRUCK MADE A HORRIBLE WINDING NOISE THAN A CRASHING NOISE. IT WAS SO LOUD PEOPLE CAME OUT OF THEIR HOUSES THINKING IT WAS AN ACCIDENT. RIGHT WHEN IT HAPPENED THE TRUCK JUST ABRUPTLY STOPPED WITHOUT WARNING. I LOOKED AT THE DASH AND THE 4 WHEEL HIGH LIGHT CAME ON FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY THE 4 WHEEL LOW LIGHT AND THEN NO LIGHTS. IT WAS TOWED. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE THE DEALERSHIP HAS GIVEN ME CONFLICTING STORIES ON THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE. BEFORE THEY KNEW THE PROBLEM THEY TOLD ME IF IT WAS THE TRANSFER CASE IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT ON THE HIGHWAY FOR ME AND MY BABY. THEN ONCE THEY FOUND IT WAS THE TRANSFER CASE THAT CRACKED WHEN THE TRUCK SUPPOSIDLY SHIFTED INTO FOUR WHEEL LOW ON IT S OWN, THEY THEN DECIDED THE VEHICLE WAS SAFE IF THEY FIX THE TRANSFER CASE AND THAT IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN AGAIN. WELL, IT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST PLACE. I SPOKE WITH SEVERAL OTHER MECHANICS AND THEY SAID THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE. I DO NOT KNOW WHO TO BELIEVE.

TWO OF THE FIRESTONE AT TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION PROBLEMS THAT CAUSED THE TIRES TO GO FLAT. *MJS

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AT A RED LIGHT, PULLED FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND STEPPED ON BRAKES. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AT A VERY HIGH RPM AND IT WAS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO BRAKE. AS SOON AS THE BRAKES WERE RELEASED THE TRUCK SPRUNG FORWARD AND CONTINUED TO GAIN SPEED WITH OUT ME STEPPING ON THE ACCELERATOR. AT HOME MY FATHER ADVICED ME TO PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN VERY FAST. I HIT THE ACCELERATOR SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WENT TO A NORMAL IDLE. I WILL TAKE THE TRUCK TO A FORD DEALERSHIP TODAY AS I FEEL UNSAFE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE.

F**NUMBER 1 HAD A BLOW OUT, AND ROLLED THE VEH.FRONT DRIVIERS SIDE TIRE BLEW OUT. SHE WAS TAKEN TO ST ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN BEAMONT, IN ICU. A**OK TO HANDLE UNDER 403. S**POSSIBLE SUB ON FIRESTONE TIRE, INVESTIGATION STILL PENDING. (CLAIM# 53-C571-876) *MW

FACTS AS PER THE INSD. INSD WAS TRAVELING INTERSTATE 20 IN THE LEFT LANE, VEH WAS IN CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH. INSD HEARD A NOISE AND THE VEHICLE STARTED LEANING TO THE LEFT, VEH. DRIFTED ONTO THE MEDIAN. VEH. THEN FLIPPED OVER. THE TIRES ON THE VEHICLE ARE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS ATS AND THE SIZE IS P225 70 R15.

TIRE BLEW OUT CAUSING VEH TO GO OUT OF CONTROL AND VEH FLIPPED. TONY, THE TIRE IS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS. ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT WITH 9911 MILES ON IT. IT WAS ON A 2000 FORD RANGER. WE DO NOT HAVE THE TIRE SIZE OR DOT STANDARD CODE. (CLAIM# 75-2317-759) *MW

A SPARE TIRE FROM FIRESTONE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE OF ALL THE INFORMATION INDICATED WAS ON RECALL. BUT DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE. FIRESTONE,WILDERNESS AT, P235/75 R15. *AK *JB

WHILE COMING TO STOP, DOWNSHIFTING OR MAKING A TURN, VEHICLE STALLED UNEXPECTEDLY WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A CRASH. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE. FUEL LINE BROKE, CAUSING A FUEL LEAKAGE WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED A FIRE IF THERE WAS A SOURCE OF IGNITION. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK