2001 FORD RANGER Complaints

WAS CHANGING A BROKEN ADJUSTER ON REAR BRAKES AND NOTICED THE FRAME AT THE REAR SHOCK MOUNT HAS LARGE CRACKS IN IT ON BOTH SIDES. THE CONCERN IS THE STRESS PLACED ON THE CRACKED FRAME AS THAT IS WHERE MOST OF THE STRAIN IS PLACED. THAT PORTION OF THE FRAME HAS A BUNCH OF RUST CAUSING THE METAL TO PIT AND LIKELY WEAKEN. I'M SPECULATING THAT THE METAL USED WAS INFERIOR OR THAT THE SHOCK PLATE WAS MOUNTED IN WRONG LOCATION. THE FRAME WILL REQUIRE WELDING WHICH WILL NOT BE AS STRONG.

SEVERE RUST ON FRAME. REAR SPRING HANGERS BROKE. SPARE TIRE HOLDER ROTTED AND NEEDED TO BE REMOVED. CRACKED FRAME BEHIND FRONT SPRING HANGER OF RIGHT REAR SPRING. DRIVELINE IN GOOD CONDITION AS WAS THE REST OF THE BODY.

THIS IS IN ADDITION TO A PREVIOUS COMPLAINT THAT I FILED EARLIER TODAY. I OWN A 2001 FORD RANGER 4X4 XLT. BODY AND INTERIOR ALL PERFECT. NO RUST ON BODY. FRAME IS RUSTED THROUGH IN BACK OF AREA THAT REAR SHACKLES ARE ATTACHED TO. SHACKLES THEMSELVES HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWO YEARS AGO. TRUCK WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AND I AM TOLD COST OF REPAIRS COULD BE AROUND $2000 OR MORE. THE MILEAGE ON THIS TRUCK IS JUST OVER 100K. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN FORD MOTOR COMPANY. I'VE OWNED MANY FORD VEHICLES, SOME A LOT OLDER THAN THIS TRUCK AND NEVER EXPERIENCED ANYTHING LIKE THIS.

I OWN A 2001 4X4 FORD RANGER XLT. BODY, INTERIOR PERFECT CONDITION. ALWAYS GARAGED, JUST OVER 100K MILES WON'T PASS INSPECTION. FRAME ROTTED OUT! FORD SHOULD REPLACE THIS FRAME OR BUY BACK THE TRUCK. IT IS USELESS TO ME IN THIS CONDITION. I WAS TOLD THAT REPAIRS COULD COST UP TO $2000 OR MORE. I FEEL RIPPED OFF BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY. THIS IS MY LAST FORD.

SPARE TIRE ASSEMBLY RUSTED COMPLETELY TIRE AND FULL ASSEMBLY FELL OFF ON ON HIGHWAY CREATED A HAZARD AND ALMOST AN ACCIDENT. THE TRUCK WAS IN MOTION DOING ABOUT 50 MPH.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD RANGER EV. WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE WOULD ERRONEOUSLY UNLOCK. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 01V227001 (SEAT BELTS). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2001 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT DETACHED FROM THE BUCKLE WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO RE-ATTACH THE SEAT BELT INTO THE BUCKLE, THE LATCH FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE SEAT BELT AND SEAT BELT BUCKLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 017V227001 (SEAT BELTS) DIRECTLY RELATES TO THE FAILURE EXPERIENCED WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE FAILURE WAS MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 02/26/16*LJ UPDATED 03/14/16.*JB

TO BEGIN WHEN I GOT THE TRUCK THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NEVER GO OFF WHEN EVER I TURNED THEM ON AND OFF. WHICH MADE ME WONDER WEATHER THEY WERE EVER REALLY OFF AND CONSIDERING YOU CAN'T FIT A CAR SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT I HAD TO PUT IT IN THE FRONT SEAT. THEN WHEN MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE SPARE TIRE FELL OFF THE TRUCK WHILE SHE WAS GOING DOWN THE ROAD. HERE RECENTLY SHE WAS DRIVING AND SOME ONE STOPPED HER TO TELL HER THAT SOMETHING FELL OFF THE TRUCK ABOUT 2 FOOT LONG. SHE CALLED ME AND SAID THE TRUCK WAS STILL RUNNING SO I TOLD HER TO JUST TRY AND MAKE IT HOME AND I WOULD LOOK AT IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THAT SERIOUS. ONCE I STARTED LOOKING AT IT, A CANISTER HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE FRAME BROKE IN HALF WHERE THE CANISTER WAS CONNECTED TO THE TRUCK BECAUSE THE TRUCK WAS SO ROTTED. SHE GOT THE TRUCK INSPECTED IN OCTOBER. I FEEL THAT THE DUDE THAT INSPECTED IT SHOULD HAVE NOTICED THE FRAME ALMOST BROKE IN HALF. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS TRUCK I HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT PUT MONEY INTO IT.

FRIST, REAR SPRING SHACKLES RUSTED THROUGH HAD TO BE REPLACED, NOW REAR FRAME WHERE THE SHOCK TOWER HOOKS UP IS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH ( FRAME IS SEVERELY RUSTED TO ON SAFE CONDITION )IN MOTION HEARD A LOUD RATTLE PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT IT WAS .WE HAVE PICTURES BUT COULD NOT DOWNLOAD THEM ON THIS FORM.

WENT TO HAVE THE TRUCK INSPECTED WHEN THEY NOTICE THAT WHERE THE SPARE TIRE WENT IT WAS RUSTED THROUGH. THIS WAS ALL NOTICED WHEN THE TRUCK WAS SITTING STILL BEING INSPECTED