1992 Ford Ranger complaints

THE CARRIAGE THAT HOLDS THE SPRING BROKE CAUSING FRAME TO LEAN / TILT. DEALER SAID THE CARRIAGE HAS TO BE RIVITED BACK ONTO THE FRAME.

THE FRONT SHOCK ABSORBERS CORRODED BECAUSE OF DRAINAGE FROM THE AIR CONDITIONER. THIS PROBLEM WAS FOUND WHEN TRUCK WENT THROUGH INSPECTION. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN CORRECTED AT OWNER'S EXPENSE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

I WAS PREPARING TO EXIT THE HIGHWAY WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP AND MY TRUCK PULLED HARD TO THE RIGHT AND THE FRONT RINGHT SIDE DROPPED DOWN. I PULLED OVER AS SOON AS I COULD AND LOOKED UNDER IT ONLY TO FIND THAT THE SPRING SADDLE HAD DETERIORATED AWAY TO NOTHING! IT ACTUALLY FELL APART INTO FLAKES OF METAL IN MY HAND! I CHECKED THE OTHER SIDE AND IT WAS FINE. I EASED IT DOWN THE RAMP AND ONTO THE LOT I WORK AT (I WORK FOR MODOT, RIGHT NEXT TO THE RAMP)I CALLED TO ASK THE DEALER ABOUT IT AND I ALSO CALLED FORD. NEITHER SEEMED VERY INTERESTED. I HAVE TALKED TO SIX DIFFERENT MECHANICS AND NONE OF THEMHAVE EVER SEEN THIS PART FAIL UNLESS THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN WRECKED OR DRIVEN VERY ROUGHLY! MY TRUCK LOOKS LIKE NEW AND IT HAS NOT BEEN DAMAGED LIKE THAT. I WASH IT REGULARLY, SO RUST IS NOT A PROBLEM. ONLY THE ONE PART FAILED, NOT BOTH OR SEVERAL OTHER PARTS OF THE SUSPENSION! I EXPLAINED TO THE DEALER THAT I HAD TOLD THEM IT PULLED TO THE RIGHT WHEN I HAD HAD IT IN FOR SERVICE BEFORE BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IT IS MY BELIEF THAT THIS PART WAS DEFECTIVE ALL ALONG AND WHEN IT DISINTEGRATED, I WAS LUCKY THAT NOONE WAS HURT OR KILLED WHEN THE TRUCK JERKED TO THE RIGHT! THERE'S NO EXCUSE FOR A PART LIKE THIS FAILING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. I HAVE THE PART AND PICTURES OF IT. I INTEND TO HAVE IT TESTED IN A LAB AT ONE OF THE LOCAL COLLEGES. THANK YOU.

EXTERIOR MIRRORS ARE FOLDING AGAINST THE VEHICLE ,AND THERE IS NO WAY TO DEAL WITH THIS PROBLEM BESIDES REPLACING THE MIRRORS. *AK

RIGHT FRONT UPPER SPRING RUSTED OUT AND COLLAPSED. BODY OF VEHICLE RUBBING THE TIRE. HAD A TOTAL COLLAPSE HAPPENED AT HIGHWAY SPEED, LOSS OF CONTROL AND BRAKES WOULD OCCUR ACCORDING TO THE REPAIR FACILITY (MIDAS). LEFT SIDE UPPER SPRING SEAT APPEARS TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. ESTIMATED COST OF REPAIRS $225+.

REAR VIEW MIRRORS CONTINUALLY FALL DOWN IN ADJUSTMENT WHILE DRIVING, CAN NOT BE TIGHTENED PROPERLY, VISIBILITY PROBLEMS. MJS

WHILE MAKING A NORMAL BRAKE APPLICATION THE MASTER CYLINDER ATTACHMENTS STUDS FAILED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (96V024). *YC

AFTER STARTING VEHICLE AND GOING SHORT DISTANCE, SMOKE UNDER DASH, CAUGHT ON FIRE, MELTING DASH AND COMPONENTS. *AK

THIS LET THE RIGHT FRONT DROP DOWN AND THE SPRING SHOVE UP TO THE INNER FENDER

VEHICLE FAILED TO DECELERATE WHEN CRUISE CONTROL WAS ENGAGED, DRIVER DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL INSTEAD THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED.

READ BRAKE DRUMS HAVE WARPED 3 OR 4 TIMES EACH SIDE, MAKES BRAKE PEDAL PULSATE. TURNED BY DEALER ONCE AND POSSIBLY REPLACED ONCE, CONSTANT PROBLEM. HAVE SMELLED MELTING WIRE INSULATION SEVERAL TIMES. OUTSIDE MIRRORS FOLD BACK OVER 55 MPH. REPLACED ONCE, STILL PROBLEM. GAS TANK DRIPS GAS, PLASTIC TANK IN CONTACT WITH METAL CROSSBAR. APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION PROBLEM. NEED WARRANTY FIX ON THIS.

MAIN SHAFT WENT THROUGH TRANSMISSION CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO TRANSMISSION.

WHILE DRIVING A SHORT DISTANCE, SMOKE UNDER DASH, TURNED TO FLAMES, MELTED DASH AND COMPONETS

IN TWO OCCURRENCES WHILE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED AND TAPPED ON BRAKE PEDAL, VEHICLE KEPT ACCELERATING AT A HIGHER SPEED, WHICH MAY HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEMS OCCUR WHEN BOTH THE ABS AND PARKING LIGHT ILLUMINATE. DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *AK *ML

ABOUT 10 MINUTES AFTER PARKING TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE DASHBOARD. THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED FIRE TO BE ELECTRICAL. THE TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE BACK SUPPORT ON DRIVERS SEAT GAVE OUT, FALLING BACKWARDS.DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. THE NEXT MONTH THE PASSENGERS SEAT BROKE IN THE SAME LOCATION CAUSING THE SEAT BACK TO COLLAPSE ALSO. *AK

ENGINE OIL PUMP GETS CLOGGED WITH DETERIORATED RUBBER FROM THE OIL PAN GASKET, POTENTIALLY CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. CONSUMER HAS CONTACTED THE DEALER. *AK

BOTH SEAT LATCHES ARE BROKEN (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) CAUSING SEATS TO FALL BACK.

A LEAK IN THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSIONS SYSTEMS WAS FOUND DURING THE ANNUAL CHECK. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INVESTIGATION AND REPAIR. THE DEALER FOUND THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS CRACKED IN THE AREA OF THE SUPPORTING STRAPS AND THAT THE FUEL FILLER WAS ALSO CRACKED.

WHILE GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED WOULD NOT BE A ABLE TO SEE A LARGE VEHICLE COMING FROM THE OTHER DIRECTION. DUE TO BOTH SIDE VIEW MIRRORS FLAPPING INWARD. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER'S COMPARTMENT WAS FILLED WITH SMOKE. AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR HOUSING HAD MELTED. DEALER HAS SEEN. *AK

AS OWNER STARTED THE TRUCK IT CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE DASH AFTER BEING PARKED FOR ABOUT 6 HOURS. MECHANIC STATED THAT FIRE WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARTED IN THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE FIRE WAS PUT ON BY OWNER. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED. *AK

ABS LOCKS UP.

MANUAL TRANSMISSION FAILED CAUSING GEAR TO STICK.

WHEN TURNING THE KEY TO START VEHICLE WHEN IT RELEASES KEY, STARTER CONTINUES TO TURN. IGNITION SWITCH OFF/ON SEVERAL TIMES IN ORDER TO RELEASE. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, NO RECALLS, NO GUARANTEE THAT THE PROBLEM WOULD BE REMEDIED. PROBLEM SEEMS WORSE AT NIGHT OR COLD TEMPERATURE. WHEN ENGINE IS WARM THERE IS NO PROBLEM. *AK

REAR VIEW MIRRORS BLOW IN TOWARDS WINDOWS.

REAR VIEW MIRRORS FLAP INTO WINDOWS WHEN GOING OVER 50 MPH OR OVER, NO VISIBILITY, REPLACED SEVERAL TIMES.

ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE IS INDICATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS ONLY A TEST SYSTEM FAILURE.

OWNER STATES INSIDE OF VEHICLE CABIN CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH. OWNER NOTES OF RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *AK

FUEL LEAK DUE TO IMPROPER FACTORY INSTALLATION OF FUEL TANK. *AK

VEHICLE HAS A DEFECT IN THE VALVE TRAIN, THE VALVE TAPPET HOLES THAT ALLOW THE OIL TO FLOW THROUGH ARE SMALLER THAN THE NEW FORD TAPPET HOLES. THIS CAUSED THE ROLLER ROCKER ARM FULCRUMS TO FAIL AS WELL AS THE VALVE COVER GASKET.29113 DUP OF 524264; POSTED ON 09-07-1999. *AK

WHILE PARKED FOR 3 HOURS WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING, THE DEFECTIVE IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE, BURNING THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, CAUSING DAMAGES TO THE VEHICLE. *AK *SLC

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH THE REARVIEW MIRRORS FLOPPED DOWN BECAUSE OF THE WIND. PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED. *AK

THE WHEEL HUB BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL BEARING TO BE CHEWED UP AND PUSHES THE BRAKE PAD AWAY, CAUSING GRINDING. *AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND THERE WAS A FIRE WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ONCE THE FIRE STARTED, IT MELTED THE STEERING COLUMN. *AK

IGNITION LOCK ASSEMBLY FAILED, CAUSING THE WHOLE STEERING COLUMN, INCLUDING THE STEERING WHEEL TO LOCK WHEN THE KEY WAS INSERTED INTO IGNITION SWITCH.

FRONT SEATS DISLODGED DURING A REAR END COLLISION, BRAKING SEAT BACKS AND FLINGING PASSENGERS INTO REAR WINDOW, CAUSING INJURY.

OWNER STATES WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE ON AT AVERAGE SPEED THE VEHICLE HAD A MELTDOWN CAUDED BY A COMBINATION OF THINGS, ESPECIALLY EXHAUST AND POWER STEERING LEAKS, ETC. *AK

RIGHT HAND EXTERIOR MIRROR MOVES OUT OF POSITION.

THE LATCH THAT HOLDS THE POWER DOOR CLOSED IS BROKEN. WHEN ITS COLD OUTSIDE THE DOOR CAN'T BE LOCKED. THIS MODEL HAS A RECALL ON IT. FORD SAYS IT DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS VEHICLE. *AK

THE RESISTOR MOUNTED ON THE AIR CONDITIONER HEATER CASE BOX OVERHEATED, CAUSING A SHORT WHICH STARTED A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE EVAPORATOR CASE/BLOWER MOTOR ASSEMBLY AND THE CORE. VEHICLE IS BEING SERVICED AT THIS TIME. *AK

UNIVERSAL JOINT: CONSTANT VELOCITY FAILURE; ALSO ENGINE VALVE COVER/WATER PUMP LEAKS. *AK

THE CABLE BROKE FROM THE DOOR BECAUSE IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE. OWNER CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR. DEALER REPLACED CABLE UNDER RECALL AND EVER SINCE THEN THE CABLE THE DOOR HAS NOT BEEN WORKING. *AK

WHEN GOING THROUGH A PUDDLE OF WATER VEHICLE GETS SUCKED UP IN THE AIR INTAKE, CAUSING THE ENGINE TO SEIZE AND THE ENGINE BLOCK TO CRACK. *AK

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT PROVIDE COMPRESSION BRAKING IN ANY GEAR, INCLUDING REVERSE; VEHICLE FREEWHEELS AS THOUGH IT WERE IN NEUTRAL; ALSO, WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY LOWER GEAR MANUALLY REGARDLESS OF SPEED/GEAR POSITION. *AK

DURING VEHICLE OPERATION THE SMELL OF BURNING WIRES AND SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE DASH AREA, INDICATING A VEHICLE FIRE. *AK

AT 55 MPH AND ABOVE OUTSIDE DOOR MIRROR FOLDS IN TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF VEHICLE DUE TO THE INSTALLMENT OF THE BUG/HOOD DEFLECTOR/PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR OUTSIDE MIRROR WAS NOT AFFECTED. *AK

FIVE SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION LOCKED UP DUE TO BAD SEALS WHERE SHIFTING RODS GO THROUGH, OWNER PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM. MECHANIC SAID HEAT EXPANSION CAUSES THEM TO LEAK ONLY IN MOTION. *AK *SLC

VEHICLE WAS STARTED, SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, DROVE DOWN BLOCK AND NOTICED SMOKE, PULLED VEHICLE OVER, LIFTED HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES NEAR IGNITION AREA, WENT TO NEIGHBOR AND GOT A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BUT DID NOT HELP, CONSUMER DISCONNECTED BATTERY CABLE.*AK *JB

LEFT SIDE VIEW MIRROR COLLAPSES WHEN VEHICLE IS DRIVEN OVER 50 MPH DUE TO HIGH WINDS.