2000 FORD RANGER Complaints

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND UPON ATTEMPTING TO BRAKE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE. ONCE GOING UP A MOUNTAIN VEHICLE ACCELERATED WHEN TRYING TO SLOWDOWN. CONSUMER FELT THIS WAS VERY DANGEROUS. DEALER AWARE FO THE PROBLEM AND SAYS THERE IS NOTHING HE CAN DO. *AK *ML

COMPUTER PARTS REGULATING THE TRANSMISSION, DRIVE TRAIN, AND ENGINE HAVE FAILED ON FOUR DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS. THE LAST INCIDENT, JUNE 19, 2000, THE TRUCK SWITCHED FROM 2 WHEEL DRIVE INTO FOUR WHEEL DRIVE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ROUNDING A CORNER. THIS SUDDEN JOLT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO TIP ONTO TWO WHEELS AND THEN SLAM BACK DOWN. BOTH MYSELF AND MY PASSENGER WERE TOSSED AROUND THE TRUCK CAUSING HEAD, NECK, AND BACK INJURIES. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN IN FOR SIMILAR PROBLEMS ATLEAST THREE TIMES PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT. MY TRUCK IS ONLY 40 DAYS OLD AND I AM ALREADY SCARED TO DRIVE IT DUE TO FEAR OF SERIOUS BODILY INJURY. I CAN'T POSSIBLY IMAGINE THAT I AM THE ONLY PERSON WHO IS EXPERIENCING THESE PROBLEMS WITH THE 2000 FORD RANGER.*AK

THROTTLE GOT STUCK, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SUDDENLY ACCELERATE WHICH MAY CAUSE A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

AT 900 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SQUEAL AFTER IT GOT WARM. CURRENTLY, AT 3000 MILES, IT STARTED TO HUM. CONSUMER FELT IT GOT WORSE. TOOK TO VEHICLE TO DEALER 3 TIMES, AND MECHANIC SAID FORD ENGINEERING KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM, BUT DID NOT HAVE A REMEDY. *AK

CONSUMER NOTICED A PROBLEM WITH FRONT END SUSPENSION, THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT VEHICLE WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. PROBLEM HAS CAUSED EXCESSIVE WEAR OF FRONT TIRES. ALSO, VIBRATION IN FRONT END WHEN DRIVING OVER 60 MPH. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER, DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM AFTER A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK. *AK *ML

VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT OR LEFT WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN A SUDDEN/EMERGENCY SITUATIONS. ALSO, PEDAL PULSATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, AND BECAME WORSE WHEN APPLYING BRAKES AT HIGHER SPEED. VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN DEALER'S SHOP. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT NOTHING COULD BE FOUND. *AK

WHILE PULLING INTO DRIVEWAY AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT A HIGHT RATE OF SPEED. RPMS INCREASED FROM 1000 RPM TO 6000 IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, RESULTING IN A CRASH. VEHICLE WAS FORCED INTO A TREE, AND HIT A CAR. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED DEALER. *AK *ML

WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 55 MPH A DEER CAME OUT ON THE HIGHWAY, CONSUMER HIT BRAKES, SLID DOWN HIGHWAY A LITTLE, BUT DIDN'T HIT THE DEER OR ANYTHING ELSE. HOWEVER, BOTH PASSENGER'S AND DRIVER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONSUMER FELT THAT AIRBAGS SHOULDN'T HAVE DEPLOYED. IF IN TRAFFIC, IT WOULD HAVE CAUSED A VERY BAD CHAIN REACTION, RESULTING IN INJURIES. *AK

BRAKES PULLING TO LEFT WHEN STOPPING, DEALER SAYS FORD WORKING ON IT. DEALER FAILS TO ATTEMPT REPAIR. ADVISES ME TO DRIVE UNTIL NOTIFIED IN FUTURE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10MPH SPINDLE BROKE & LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE. HIT A PARKED VEHICLE. HIGHWAY PATROLMAN INDICATED SPINDLE WAS DEFECTIVE. VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. *AK