1997 Ford Ranger complaints

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CLEAR SIGNS OF TREAD SEPARATION AT ONLY 20,000 MILES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

INTERIOR DOOR LIGHT INTERMITTENTLY REMAINS ILLUMINATED WHEN DOORS ARE SHUT, AND WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING DRIVEN. THIS PROBLEM BECOMES MORE OF A SAFETY CONCERN WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT. *AK *SLC

A ROCK WAS CAUGHT BETWEEN TIRE AND RIM , CAUSING ALLOY RIM TO CRACK. DEALER / MSNUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. RIM AVAILABLE FOR ANALYSIS. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

CARRIER THAT HOLDS SPARE TIRE RUBS AGANIST TIRE WHENEVER VEHICLE MOVES UP AND DOWN WHICH LEADS TO TIRE WEARING OUT. TIRE HAS NEVER BEEN USED BEFORE. CONTACTED DEALER AND THE DEALER IS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. *AK

HAD A RIGHT FRONT TIRE GO FLAT. WITH THE TIRE FLAT, THE VEHICLE JACK WOULD NOT FIT UNDER THE SHOCK ABSORBER AS THE OWNERS MANUAL DESCRIBES PROPER JACKING OF THE VEHICLE. I CONTACTED THE LOCAL FORD DEALER WHO SAID TO JUST MOVE THE JACK TO A NEARBY LOCATION. I DID THIS BUT WAS VERY UNEASY DOING SO AS IT DIDN'T SEEM ESPECIALLY SECURE AND I WAS WORRIED THE CAR COULD SLIP OFF THE JACK. ODD THAT WITH A FLAT TIRE, THE JACK IS TOO TALL TO PLACE IT WHERE THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDS.*AK

INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. REPLACED THE INTERIOR LIGHT RELAY. THIS DID NOT WORK. THERE IS NO WAY TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF. THIS CAUSES SERVERE DANGERS AT NIGHT. *AK

PE00 020, CONSUMER WAS PULLING INSIDE OF A GAS STATION AND NOTICED THAT VEHICLE WAS PULLING TO LEFT. HE LOOKED DOWN AND NOTICED THAT LEFT TIRE WAS FLAT. CONSUMER TOOK IT TO ANOTHER PLACE. TREAD WAS BEGINNING TO SEPARATE. FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS#AT, P26575R15. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK DOT W29V1PK207. *SLC

POWER STEERING HAD TO BE REPLACED, WAS MAKING A NOISE LIKE PUMP WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AIR CONDITIONER PUMP REPLACED. RIGHT WINDOW IS LOOSE WHILE GOING DOWN. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OCCASIONALLY WHILE TAKING OFF. THERE ARE LOOSE BOLTS UNDERNEATH SEATS. FOG LIGHT FAILED. CONSUMER STATES OIL FROM MASTER CYLINDER DAMAGED HOOD. DOOR LOCK INSIDE DRIVER'S DOOR NEVER WORKED AND WAS REPLACED. *AK *SLC

THE DOME LIGHT WOULDN'T SHUT OFF AND CAUSED THE PINGING SOUND AS IF THE DOOR WAS AJAR. I CALLED CARRIAGE FORD (WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE). THEY SAID THE PROBLEM WAS NOT NECESSARILY IN THE DOME LIGHT BUT IN THE DOOR SWITCHES--THEY'VE HAD TO REPLACE A NUMBER OF THESE ALREADY. MY DAUGHTER, WHO LIVES IN TN, ALSO HAS A RANGER AND SHE'S HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I'VE NOTICED PEOPLE IN OTHER RANGERS DRIVING WITH THEIR DOME LIGHTS STUCK ON, TOO. I REASONED THIS MUST BE A COMMON PROBLEM AND CHECKED TO SEE HOW MUCH THE PARTS WERE TO REPLACE IT. I WAS TOLD IT WAS MINIMAL FOR THE PARTS--BUT THE LABOR WAS $160+. I CALLED CUSTOMER SERVICE AT FORD TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY RECALLS WITH THESE PARTS. BECAUSE THIS IS PART OF THE SAFETY AND SECURITY FEATURES, (DOME LIGHT AS WELL AS REAR HIGH MOUNT BRAKE LIGHT) I HOPED THEY'D TAKE CARE OF IT. I WAS TOLD THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO HELP ME. CAN YOU? WHERE DO I GO FROM HERE? THANKS, [email protected]. *AK

THIS IS A SAFETY PROBLEM IT CAUSES VEHICLE TO STALL, WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC,AND AT TIMES ALMOST CAUSES ACCIDENTS. *AK

THE TIRE-JACK (BOTTLE-JACK) PROVIDED WITH THIS VEHICLE, WHEN PURCHASED NEW, WILL NOT FIT UNDER THE APPROVED FRONT-END JACKING POINT OF MY FORD RANGER PICK-UP TRUCK UNDER FULL FLAT CONDITIONS! THERE APPEARS TO BE NO SAFE ALTERNATIVE JACKING POSITION TO BE USED WITH THE SUPPLIED BOTTLE-JACK! THIS RECENTLY CAUSED ME TO BE IN DANGER FAR LONGER THAN WOULD HAVE BEEN OTHERWISE NECESSARY HAD MY VEHICLE BEEN PROVIDED WITH AN ADEQUATE JACK! I DISCOVERED THIS FACT ON THE NARROW PAVED SHOULDER OF A BUSY INTERSTATE HIGHWAY DURING CONTINUOUS HEAVY RAIN AND LOWERED VISIBILITY CONDITIONS. I WAS UNSUCCESSFUL AT CHANGING MY TIRE (EMBARASSING TO A COMMERCIAL SEMI-TRAILER TRUCK DRIVER) AND HAD TO CALL AND WAIT FOR ASSISTANCE, THIS AFTER ALREADY GETTING SOAKED ON A COLD DAY IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO CHANGE MY TIRE WITH INADEQUATE NEW-VEHICLE EQUIPMENT! FROM TALKING TO OTHERS, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT INADEQUATE JACKS ARE QUITE OFTEN PROVIDED WITH OTHER PICK-UP TRUCKS, AND THAT THIS TYPE JACK PROBLEM IS NOT UNIQUE TO THE FORD RANGE PICK-UP!*AK

FRONT END WAS MISALIGNED. DEALER COULD NOT ALIGN VEHICLE CORRECTLY.*AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. INTERIOR LIGHT STAYED ILLUMINATED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION, DRAINING BATTERY.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED. *AK

TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE CORE OF THE TIRE. REPLACED 4 OF 5 TIRES.I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND REPLACE DEFECTIVE TIRE. NO FIRESTONE STORE IN WINNWMUCCA. WENT TO FORD & THEY SENT ME TO LES SCHWAB. TIRE NOT ON RECALL LIST. (DOT NUMBER: W2HFIPJ077 TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)

FOG LENSES ARE MADE OF GLASS AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF MAKING IT NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE AT NIGHT. A FRIEND IS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE INTERIOR LIGHT STAYING ON IN HIS 1998 NASCAR SERIES F150.*AK

BLEND DOOR FAILED AND CAUSED HOT AIR TO COME OUT OF AIR CONDITIONER WHEN TURNED ON. DEALER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED THAT WAS NOT COVER UNDER A RECALL. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FUTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WHILE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING IN A 20 MPH ZONE ABS LIGHT CAME ON. THERE HAS BEEN OTHER TIMES THAT LIGHT CAME ON. THIS PROBLEM HAPPENED AT ANY SPEED . CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THIS IS WAS SECOND TIME THAT VEHICLE WAS TAKEN IN FOR SAME PROBLEM. *AK

TRANSMISSION FAILED. *AK

DOME LIGHT STAYS ON, AND IS VERY DISTRACTING AT NIGHT. CONSUMER OWNED A 1993, RANGER AND HAD SAME PROBLEM. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE MANUFACTURR TO SEE IF THEY WILL PAY FOR IT. *AK

WOULD BE DRIVING VEHICLE WHEN DOME LIGHT AND WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON BY THEMSELVES. HAVE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP & MECHANIC INDICATED A POSSIBLE SHORT IN SWITCH WAS CAUSING PROBLEM. *AK

INTERIOR LIGHT FAILS TO SHUT OFF OCCASIONALLY AFTER DOOR IS CLOSED;PRESENTS PROBLEM FOR NIGHT DRIVING WHEN THIS OCCURS. *AK

CONSUMER IS STILL WAITING FOR REIMBURSEMENT FOR REPLACEMENT TIRES UNDER RECALL (OOT-005), ALL 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES WERE REPLACED AFTER RECALL NOTICE WITH COMPETITORS TIRES. CJ

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

LEFT FRONT WILDERNESS AT P23575R15 TIRE REPLACED BECAUSE OF TREAD SEPARATION, OWNER SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT UNDER RECALL (OOT-005). CJ

WHILE DRIVING WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN OFF AND ON WHENEVER THEY WANT TO. THEY SOMETIMES WILL NOT RUN AT ALL OR THEY WILL STOP RUNNING DURING USE. THE DOME LIGHT ALSO STAYS ON AND WILL NOT TURN OFF CAUSING A GLARE ON THE WINDOW. IT STARTED DOING IT WITH THE PASSENGER DOOR THEN THE DRIVER'S DOOR STARTED THE SAME PROBLEM. I CHECKED WITH A DEALER AND IT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN A PROBLEM WITH RANGERS FOR MANY YEARS NOW AND STILL TROUBLES MANY OWNERS RIGHT UP TO THE 2001 MODELS. *MR *NLM *DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS**739942

INTERIOR LIGHT STAYING ON WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BEEN IN/OUT OF DEALER SHOP ON FOUR OCCASIONS, AND PROBLEM STILL REOCCURRING. PLEASE FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND WASHERS WILLSTART UP AT ANY TIME. AT ONE POINT I ALMOST HIT THE CAR IN FRONT. *AK

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS TURN-ON ON THEIR OWN AND OPERATE AT VARIED SPEEDS REGARDLESS OF MY CONTROL. I CANNOT SHUT THEM OFF AND SOMETIMES CANNOT TURN THEM ON. I'VE HAD THE GEM MODULE REPLACED AT MY OWN EXPENSE YET THE SITUATIONS CONTINUES. ALSO MY INTERIOR LIGHT WILL TURN-ON ON ITS OWN AND I TOO CANNOT GET IT TO SHUT OFF AT TIMES*AK.

DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING, AT THE SPEED LIMIT OF 75MPH, LEFT REAR TIRE LOST TREAD. INCIDENT OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 9PM ON WEST-BOUND INTERSTATE 76 IN COLORADO, NEAR THE BRIGHTON EXIT.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W29V 1PK TIRESIZE: 265/75X15)

DOME LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER STARTED AND DOOR CLOSED AND DOES NOT GO OFF. PROBLEM SEEING AT NIGHT... NO WAY TO TURN OFF WITHOUT REMOVING THE BULBS. WINDSHIELD WIPERS DO NOT START WHEN TURNED ON THE DO NOT GO OFF WHEN SWITCHED OFF. HAVE TO TURN THE WIPERS ON THEN OFF AGAIN. SHIFT KNOB COMES OFF WHEN PULLING SHIFT LEVER FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 3RD TO 4TH. MAKES SHIFTING DIFFICULT WHILE STARTING UP A HILL AND MERGING ON THE FREEWAY BECAUSE THE KNOB SLIPS OFF COMPLETELY AND THE SHIFTER ENDS UP IN THE NEUTRAL POSITION. *AK

THESE WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT TIRES AND, AFTER ABOUT 30000 MILES, I NOTICED THE TRUCK LURCHED UPON TAKE-OFF FROM EITHER A STOP OR SLOW SPEED, AS WELL AS A WORMING MOTION GOING AROUND CORNERS. THE DEALERSHIP ASSURED ME THIS ALL WAS NORMAL. I GOT A FLAT (THE FRONT LEFT) WHILE HUNTING AND, UPON TAKING IT TO LES SCHWAB FOR PROPER REPAIR, WAS TOLD THE TREAD HAD SEPARATED. THE PLUG WAS STATED TO HAVE BEEN THE CAUSE OF THE SEPARATION. I THEN PURCHASED FOUR NEW TIRES. SINCE THESE TIRES HAVE BEEN ON MY TRUCK, THE "NORMAL" LURCH IS GONE. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY OTHERS THAT TREAD SEPARATION CAN CAUSE A LURCH THE SAME AS WHAT I WAS EXPERIENCING. THESE WILDERNESS AT TIRES WERE NOT PART OF THE RECALL. I DO NOT HAVE THE DOT NUMBERS OF THE TIRES, THOUGH I AM SURE THE DEALERSHIP OR FORD WOULD HAVE THEM ON RECORD. I DO NOT KNOW IF LES SCHWAB WOULD STILL HAVE THE TIRES THAT I HAD REPLACED. (TIRESIZE: P265/75R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P265/75R15 )

REAR BRAKES GRABBED CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL ON DAMP ROAD. VEHICAL WAS INSPECTED MAY 2000. GOOD BRAKE LINNING FRONT AND REAR. *AK

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER AND FLUID TURNS ON BY ITSELF. DOES NOT SEEM TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANYTHING, JUST COMES ON FREQUENTLY.*AK

THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR FIRESTONE P225/70 R14 98R TIRES ON THE VEHICLE DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION, THE TIRES ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL (00T-005), HOWEVER CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT. *MJS

THE BLEND AIR DOOR INSIDE OF THE HEATER/DEF PLENUM BROKE - CASUING EXTREME HEAT IN CAB. DOOR IS NOT SERVICEABLE - REQUIRES TOTAL HEATER REPLACEMENT. SEE FORD TSB 99-8-8. 7-10 HOURS LABOR TO FIX A 2.00 PART. FORD REPLACED THIS ABS PLACTIC BLEND AIR DOOR WITH STONGER NYLON - PLENUM #F87Z-18471-DA. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT YET NO ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE TO OWNERS. THIS COULD COST ME UP TO $1000.00 OR MORE TO FIX ON A 3 YEAR OLD CAR. ALSO THIS INHIBITS THE AC SYSTEM TO WORK.*AK

CONSUMER HAS A 1997 FORD RANGER. PASSENGER'S FRONT TIRE BLEWOUT TRAVELING AT 60-65MPH. TREAD DIDN'T SEPARATE, BUT THERE WAS HAIRLINE CRACKING ALONG THE SIDEWALL. TIRE BLEW IN THE CENTER OF THE TREAD. APPROXIMATE MILEAGE IN LOW 60'S.ORGINAL TIRES SIZE P235/75R15 & DOT# W2HL.*AK ALL 4 FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES EXPERIENCED HAIRLINE CRACKING ON THE SIDEWALLS AT THE TREAD LINE. *SLC

ENGINE DIED WHILE APROACHING THE INTERSECTION, DUE TO THE INTAKE MANIFOLD MALFUNCTIONING AND LETTING AIR GET INTO THE ENGINE. VEHICLE WAS HIT IN THE INTERSECTION BY ANOTHER VEHICLE. DEALER REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET.*AK

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON AND OFF AS THEY PLEASE. THERE HAVE BEEN 13 PRIOR REPORTS TO YOUR WEBSITE ON THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED YOUR OFFICE AND GOT SOMEONE WHO HAD A "TOUGH LUCK" ATTITUDE. WHEN DO YOU PLAN TO GET WITH FORD AND GET THIS SAFETY PROBLEM RESOLVED?*AK

CONSUMER WOULD HEAR A THUMPING NOISE WHEN BRAKING, A MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE OUTER DISC OF THE RIGHT FRONT ROTOR HAD A LARGE CRACK WHICH CAUSED RUBBING AGAINST THE BRAKE PADS. *SLC

AFTER WHEELS WERE TAKEN OFF FOR TIRE RECALL WITH FIRESTONE, A CRACK WAS DISCOVERED IN THE RIGHT FRONT BRAKE ROTOR. ABOUT SIX WEEKS AGO DRIVER DID HEAR A THUMPING SOUNDS COMING FROM UNDER THE TRUCK DUE TO THE BRAKE ROTOR. BRAKE ROTOR WAS REPLACED AT OWNER EXPERIENCED. *AK

CONSUMER WAS BACKING UP IN DRIVEWAY AND VEHICLE STARTED GOING FASTER AND PICKING UP SPEED IN REVERSE. HE TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, AND NOTICED THAT GAS PEDAL FELL APART. VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALERSHIP. THERE WERE NO INJURIES.*AK

FLAT TIRE OCCURRED AT ABOUT 55-57 MPH. DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT TIRE SPLIT ON EXTERIOR SIDE, REPAIR SHOP CALLED THIS "DELAMINATION." TIRES WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT, 29,000 MILES. WE REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES WITH NEW RADIALS. WANT TO KNOW IF REAR TIRES MIGHT ALSO BE UNSAFE. FOUND NO LISTING OF THIS TIRE IN RECALLS OR ADVISORIES. (DOT NUMBER: VNEC TIRESIZE: P225/70R14)

CONSUMER REPLACED RECALLED (OOT-005) FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT TIRES (P235/75R15) AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT. NLM

ON MAY 18, 2000 I HAD A BLOWOUT OF A FRONT TIRE ON A CLEAR STRETCH OF SUBURBAN ROAD. WHEN I WENT TO CHANGE THE TIRE, I FOUND THE METAL THREADS HAD COME THROUGH THE TIRE. THERE WERE NO OBJECTS IN THE TIRE AND THERE WAS NOTHING VISIBLE ON THE ROAD THAT I WOULD HAVE RUN OVER. I TOOK THE TIRE TO A TIRE COMPANY IN THE ATLANTA AREA AND IT COULD NOT BE REPAIRED BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE. THE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN ATLANTA, GA WERE HOTTER THAN NORMAL FOR MAY ON THE DAY OF THE BLOWOUT. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH. I HAVE VERY LOW MILEAGE ON THE FORD RANGER TRUCK, LESS THEN 21,000 MILES. THE TIRES WERE THE ORIGINAL ONES. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN USED FOR ANY TYPE OF HEAVY HAULING. *AK (DOT NUMBER: W2FC TIRESIZE: P225/70R14)

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 265/75-15 )

THIS FORD 1997, RANGER IS EQUIPPED WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS/AT P235/75R15 DOT:W2. ONE OF THE FRONT TIRES HAS SEPARATED,AND A BIG CHUNCK OF TREAD HAS COME OUT. ONE OF THE BACK TIRES HAD A BLOWOUT, AND HAD TO BE REPLACED.*AK

RIGHT REAR SIDE TIRE'S TREAD SEPARATED WHILE DRIVING 60 TO 65MPH. TIRE HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH THE TYPE. *AK THE FAILED TIRE WAS FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT P205/75R14. THE TIRE WAS NEW BUT THE ENTIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDE WALLS AND THE LOOP OF TREAD WRAPPED AROUND THE AXLE. *YH

WHEN PAWL IS MOVED FROM PARK TO DRIVE ENGINE WILL STALL. SOMETIMES WILL NOT START UNLESS ROLLED VEHICLE OUT OF GARAGE AND CLUTCH WAS PRESSED. *AK