2000 Ford Ranger complaints

WHILE TRAVELING 55MPH OR MORE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND VIBRATES TO POINT THAT DRIVER'S HANDS AND ARMS GO NUMB. DEALER HAS REPLACED THE MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSION MOUNTS, AND PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK

SIDEWALL BLEW WHILE PARKED. FIRESTONE DEALERSHIP CANNOT FIND ANY APPARENT REASON FOR BLOW OUT. REPLACED FAULTY TIRE AT NO CHARGE, BUT WILL NOT CONSDER RELACEMENT FOR REMAINING 4 TIRES. *AK (TIRESIZE: 22570R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: 22570R15 )

WHILE DRIVING REAR AXLE COMPLETELY BROKE OFF WHICH CAUSED REAR WHEEL TO COME OFF. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED ON TWO OCCASIONS IN A 15 MPH FRONTAL COLLISION IN WHICH DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

ORIGINAL FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT TIRES, P225/70R15, DOT W2UUITO170. THERE IS A HOWLING SOUND COMING FROM TIRES. *AK *SLC

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMERS HAD TROUBLE WITH THE TRUCK WEAVING AND MAKING NOISE ON CURVES, THE CONSUMER REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES BECAUSE HE FELT THE TIRES WERE UNSAFE (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT P235/75R15 OWL A/T DOT W2HL 1PLY, SPARE P235/75X15 DOT VDHL FIRSETONE ATX MAX SPEED 50 MPH). NLM

ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON A 2000, RANGER P245/75R16 SIZE, DOT# VD701RF120. TIRES ARE CRACKING INSIDE GROVE, AND TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM THAT CASING. FIRESTONE HAS BEEN NOTIFIED.*AK FIRESTONE CLAIMS THE 16 INCH TIRES HAVE NO PROBLEM, BUT THE CONSUMER POINTS OUT TO THE CONTRARY. FURTHERMORE, THE CONSUMER SAYS THESE TIRES WERE DANGEROUS. *YH

ABS BRAKES LOCK UP. DEALER DECLARES BRAKES SAFE, BRAKES LOCK UP AND ARE NOT PUMPED OR "SLAMMED" ,,, STANDARD PRESSURE CAUSES BRAKES TO LOCK UP - OCCASSIONALLY. *AK

CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE TURNED LEFT IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE. CONSUMER DID NOT HAVE TIME TO APPLY BRAKES, AND HAD A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, AND SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK, CAUSING CONSUMER TO SLIDE FOWARD, HITTING STEERING WHEEL, AND KNEES HIT DASHBOARD. *AK

CONSUMER HAS A 2000, FORD RANGER. SIDEWALL ON DRIVER'S REAR TIRE BLEWOUT WHILE TRAVELING AT 65MPH. SIDEWALL PEELED AWAY. METAL TREADS WERE SHEARED. CONSUMER WAS GOING DIRECTLY TO FORD DEALER, CALLING ON CELL PHONE. ORIGINAL TIRES, SIZE P225/70R15, DOT#W2UUIP0529, APROXIMATE MILEAGE UNDER 36,000.*AK *SLC

A REMOTE START WAS INSTALLED ON VEHICLE, HOWEVER WHEN TRYING TO START THE VEHICLE AFTER SITTING OVERNIGHT, THE BATTERY WAS DEAD, THE CONSUMER JUMP STARTED THE VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IN ICY CONDITIONS WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED AND HIT THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF HIM, CARTOYS WAS THE COMPANY THAT DID THE INSTALLATION, THEY REFUNDED THE CONSUMER FOR THE PRICE OF THE REMOTE STARTER. *SLC

HAD LOST CONTROL WHILE DRIVING 45MPH. WENT INTO A DITCH & HIT A TREE. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. VEHICLE FLIPPED OVER. AFTER HITTING A TREE, SMASHED FRONT END. DRIVER SUFFERED STIFF MUSCLE PAIN & BRUISES. NO HOSPITAL TREATMENT. VEHICLE DECLARED TOTALED. *AK

VEHICLE NOT REGISTERING BEYOND 25MPH. BEEN TO DEALERSHIP IN NC TWICE FOR PROBLEM. WAS REPAIRED ONCE, BUT PROBLEM REAPPEARED AFTER 600 MILES.ALSO, WOULD NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST OR 2ND GEARS AFTER COMING TO A STOP. *AK

I HAD A1999 RANGER THAT WAS GREAT, THIS TRUCK HAS BEEN A PIECE OF TRUCK SINCE DAY 1. NO SAFETY DEFECT MENTIONED IN SUMMARY. *AK

SEATBELT WILL "LOCK UP" WHEN BRAKE IS APPLIED UNDER NORMAL DRIVING. THIS PROPOSES A HAZARD AS THIS OCCURS AS MERGING INTO TRAFFRIC ONTO HIGHWAY. BRAKE IS APPLIED AND YOU LEAN FORWARD TO LOOK FOR ONCOMING TRAFFRIC AND HAVE TO HOLD SHOULDER PORTION AWAY MANUALLY FROM BODY IN ORDER TO LEAN FORWARD. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS A "COMMON COMPLAINT" BUT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THIS WAY. THIS IS A VERY INCONVIENANT SITUATION, AND AT TIMES I FEEL DANGEROUS, ALSO.*AK

DRIVING 60MPH ON INTERSTATE PHEASANT FLEW LOW IN FRONT OF VERHICLE, AS THE PHEASANT DISAPEARED IN FROM MY VIEW THE TRUCK DID AN ABRUPT SWIRVE TO THE LEFT, I HAD NO STEERING CONTROL, THE TRUCK WENT FROM THE RIGHT LANE ACCROSS PASSING LANE AND HIT HEAD ON INTO FLAT CONCRETE BERRIER, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, OVER $9,000 IN DAMAGE INCLUDING NEW FRAME. WHEN THE TRUCK WAS BEING HOISTED ONTO ROLLBACK I NOTICED THAT THE TIE ROD WAS HANGING. THE YOKE WHERE THE TIE ROD IS BOLTED TO (CAST IRON) WAS BROKEN OFF AND I NOTICED A LOT OF PHEASANT REMAINS ON THE TIEROD AND SUSPENSION. I AM VERY CONCERNED THAT A SMALL BIRD AS THIS WOULD CAUSE THE CAST IRON YOKE TO BREAK, ALSO WHY MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FRONT TIRE AND RIM DID NOT IMPACT THE CONCRETE BERRIER. WHEN I SAW THE PHEASANT I DID NOT REACT TO IT, I DID NOT TURN THE WHEEL OR HIT THE BRAKES, THIS MAY SOUND FUNNY BUT THE TRUCK SWIRVED LEFT DIRRECTLY INTO THE BERRIER. THE SEAT BELT SAVED ME FROM SERIOUS INJURY. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE PC THAT THE TIE ROD MOUNTS TO AND NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT *AK

PE00020, FIRESTONE, WILDERNESS HT ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT ON 2000, FORD RANGER, TIRE SIZE P22570R15. DRIVER'S REAR TIRE HAD A BLOWOUT FROM SIDE WALL IN A SNOW STORM WHICH ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. FIRESTONE AND FORD NOT WILLING TO ASSIST CONSUMER BECAUSE IT WAS NOT PART OF RECALL. *AK *SLC

WHEN BRAKES WERE APPLIED UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE, AND ONCE RESULTING IN A COLLISION. DEALER HAS INSPECTED BRAKES, AND WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE OR CORRECT PROBLEM. DEALER CHANGED BRAKE BOOSTER. *AK

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK, THE RIGHT FRONT WILDERNESS HT TIRE BLEW OUT DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE. *CJ

REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AT 45 MPH, AND VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, $ 10000 DAMAGE. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. *AK

UNDER VISUAL INSPECTION CONSUMER NOTICED PROTECTIVE COATING ON BRAKE CABLE HAS BEEN RUBBED AWAY. DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR. *AK

OFFSET HEAD ON CRASH WITH A 1987 DODGE RAM SUV. BOTH AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY ,DRIVER IMPACTED WITH STEERING WHEEL CAUSING INJURIES.

MANUFACTURERS EQUIPPING VEHICLE WITH 15" TEMPORARY SPARE TIRE INSTEAD OF 16", WHICH WERE STANDARD EQUIPMENTS ON VEHICLE. MANUFACTURER NOTIFIED, AND INFORMED CONSUMER THAT ALL VEHICLES CAME WITH THESE TIRES, UNLESS CONSUMER REQUESTED FOR STANDARD SIZE. SEEKING HELP FROM NHTSA IN THIS MATTER. *AK THE MANUFACTURER HAD TWO DIFFERENT SIZES OF TIRES ON THE VEHICLE. *YH

DRIVER IS MALE, AVERAGE HEIGHT (5'10") AND WEIGHT (170 LBS). NO SAFETY DEFECT LISTED IN SUMMARY. *AK

ENGINE IS RATTLING ON FIRST START, DOES NOT MATTER IF VEHICLE IS COLD OR WARM. RATTLING IS LOUDER FOR THE FIRST 20 MINUTES. *AK

CONSUMER IS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH CLUTCH. CLUTCH PEDAL FEELS SLUGGISH, AND SOMEITMES IT SLIPS. OTHER TIMES, CLUTCH WON'T COME BACK ALL THE WAY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP, AND THEY DID NOTHING FOR CONSUMER. AFTER A SHORT TIME, CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE INTO DEALERSHIP FOR A SECOND TIME, AND DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION AT 45 MPH, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

SLOW SKID ON ICE COVERED ROAD CAUSED RIGHT FRONT TIRE TO DETACH FROM RIM AND DEFLATE, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE RESULTING IN A MINOR ACCIDENT , DAMAGING FRONT LOWER AIR FOIL. DAMAGED LIMITED DUE TO SLOW SPEED AND SNOW COVERED BANK. NOW HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE TIRES AND THUS DO NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE UNTIL I CAN REPLACE THE TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRESIZE: P22570R15)

BLOWOUT CAUSED P/U TO ROLL. *AK (TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/70R15 )

WHILE WASHING A WHEEL ON TRUCK THE CONSUMER SUSTAINED A DEEP CUT TO HIS FINGER ON THE EDGE OF THE RAZOR SHARP WHEEL SPOKE, AFTER EXAMINATION OF THE OTHER WHEELS HE FOUND THAT ALL THE SPOKE EDGES WERE SHARP AS WELL. NLM

THE MANUFACTURER INSTALLED A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT SIZE P225/70R15 SPARE TIRE ON THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THE CERTIFICATION LABEL SPECIFIES TIRE SIZE P215/75R15 ONLY. THE CONSUMER IS REQUESTING REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE FIVE RECALL (00T-005) FIRESTONE TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN REPLACED. *MJS

AT THE END OF AUGUST, BEGINNING OF SEPTEMEBER, WE WERE SENT A LETTER TELLING US THAT OUR VEHICLE WASN'T INVOLVED IN THE TIRE RECALLS. AND NOW WITH MORE REPORTS OUT OF ACCIDENTS INVOLVING WILDERNESS A/V TIRES, I HAVE NOT BEEN INFORMED AS OF 12/10/00 THAT THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES. WE HAVE OUR TRUCK ON A LEASE AND I JUST WANTED TO INFORM SOMEONE THAT NOONE IS MAKING AN EFFORT TO BRING THE POSSIBILITY OF AN ACCIDENT WITH THESE TIRES TO OUR ATTENTION. *AK

WHEN CLOSING THE REAR DOOR USING NORMAL PRESSURE IT FAILS TO CLOSE ON THE UPPER LATCH. THIS ALLOWS THE MAIN DOOR TO BE HELD CLOSED WITH ONLY ONE-HALF OF THE LATCHING ASSEMBLIES. WHEN DRIVING IN THIS CONDITION THE 'DOOR AJAR' INDICATOR DOES NOT LIGHT. AT THESE TIMES I AM UNAWARE THAT THE DOOR IS NOT FULLY SECURED. *AK

BRAKES FAILED CAUSING A CRASH, THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT, CONSUMER BELIEVES THE TIRES WERE ALSO THE CAUSE (UNABLE TO VERIFY). *SLC

THE FIRESTONE WILDERNESS AT (22570R15) TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE AND OUT OF ROUND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO FEEL AS IS IF IT WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. *MJS

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

CONSUMER HAD 4 TIRE FLATS ALL BECAUSE OF RIDING IN GRAVEL, GRAVEL WORKS ITS WAY INTO TIRE. TIRES ARE TOO THIN, AND THEY GET PIERCED. THIS CAUSES A FLAT.*AK THE A/T ON FIRESTONE WILDERNESS FOR ALL TERRAIN WHICH MEANS RESISTANT TO MORE HAZARDS THAN NORMAL TIRES. HOWEVER, IT IS NOT EVEN SUITABLE FOR IN TOWN DRIVING. *YH

WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE BOTH AIR BAGS DEPLOYED FOR UNKNOWN REASON. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY FULLY, BUT THE DRIVERS SIDE DID.*AK

TWO WEEKS AFTER I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THE AIRCONDITIONER BROKE TWICE, THEN THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON, THE SEATBELTS WERE RECALLED AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT. I WOULD LIKE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THIS I.E. THEM GIVE ME A NEW TRUCK OR MY MONEY BACK. ITS GETTING RIDICULOUS.

TIRES ARE SHOWING SIGNS OF CATOSTROPHIC FAILURE. THE TIRES ARE SPLITTING AT THE TREAD /SIDEWALL INTERFACE. ADDITIONALLY THE TIRES STARTED TO "THUMP / VIBRATE, AND CAUSE A STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY, AND ALSO CAUSED A LOW SPEED ROCKING OF THE VEHICLE". I CONTACTED TWO FIRESTONE DEALERS, AND A FORD DEALER, BUT THEY REFUSED TO REPLACE THE TIRES. I PURCHASED NEW TIRES (MICHELIN LTX) AND THAT ELIMINATED THE PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED PROBLEMS.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W2 TIRESIZE: P235-75R15)

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP! *AK

DRIVING DOWN I-95 AT 65MPH,WIRING HARNESS AND SENSORS BRUNT OUT. *AK

THIS TRUCK HAS NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH IT INCLUDING THE ONES THAT I HAVE LISTED. I HAVE OWNED THE TRUCK SINCE JUNE 9TH, AND IT HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 55 CONSECUTIVE DAYS. TRANSMISSION FAILED TWICE/ INSTRUMENT CLUSTER FAILED, AND SPEED CONTROL FAILED.THE DEALER AND MANUFACTOR IS LAYING BLAME ON ME FOR THESE PROBLEMS. I DO NOT FEEL SAFE DRIVING THIS TRUCK, THE FIRST TIME THE TRANSMISSION WENT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A VERY BUSY INTERSECTION AND WAS ALMOST HIT. THE SECOND TIME WHICH WAS A MONTH AFTER THEY HAD IT IN THE SHOP I WAS GOING TO IMPORTANT TRAINING FOR THE U.S. COAST GUARD, AND IT FAILED. THE FIRST TIME THEY HAD THE TRUCK FOR 20 DAYS AND THE SECOND TIME THEY HAVE HAD IT FOR OVER 35 DAYS NOW AND I STILL DON'T HAVE IT. THERE ARE NUMEROUS PROBLEMS, THAT THEY AREN'T EVEN TELLING ME ABOUT. THE DEALER ISN'T HELPING ME WITH THIS AT ALL. I WANT TO GET OUT OF THIS VEHICLE SINCE I HAVE ONLY HAD IT SINCE JUNE AND THEY WILL NOT HELP THERE BLAMING ME FOR ALL THE PROBLEMS.*AK

COUNTING THE CURRENT RANGER, IS HAS BEEN MY FOURTH. I'VE OWNED 94', 96', 98' AND 00' RANGERS, I'VE NEVER EXPERIENCED AS MANY PROBLEMS WITH THEM AS I HAVE WITH THE 00' MODEL YEAR. THE CRUISE CONTROL STILL OPERATES LIKE IN THE 96' AND 98' MODEL BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL KEYS NO LONGER LIGHT UP, SO AT NIGHT I HAVE NO CLUE WHAT EACH OF THE FOUR BUTTONS IS SUPPOSED TO DO. I TOOK THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS ADVISED THAT ALL THE COMONENTS WERE THERE LIGHT BULBS WIRES ETC....EXCEPT THAT A POSITIVE FEED TO THE LIGHTS ON THE BUTTONS WAS NOT SUPLIED AND THIS WAS A "NEW" FEATURE ON THE 00' MODEL YEAR. I THINK IS AN OUTRAGE THAT SUCH A "COOL" OPTION WHICH ACTUALLY HAS A PURPOSE HAS BEEN DELETED. MY OTHER PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE IS THE TRANSFER CASE, IT FAILED AT 500 MILES OF OPERATION THE TRUCK WAS LESS THEN A MONTH OLD!!!, I WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER HAD I USED THE 4X4 THING COULD HAVE BEEN UGLY!!!..I HOPE IS JUST AN ISOLATED INCIDENT!!!. ALSO I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ENGINE, SOMETIMES WHEN PUTTING THE TRUCK IN DRIVE OR REVERSE FROM A COMPLETE STOP IT STALLS....IT JUST DIES!!!!!...USUALLY I HAVE TO CRANK IT A FEW SECONDS BEFORE IT STARTS, ALSO A FEW TIMES THE IDLE SPEED HAS INCREASED FROM UNDER 1000RPM'S TO OVER 2000RPM'S WHILE THE TRUCK IS IN IDLE AND WARMED UP, WHAT IS CAUSING THIS I DO NOT KNOW.

CONSUMER HAD RECALLED (00T-005) TIRES REPLACED AND REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR ALL FIVE TIRES AND TIME SPENT CALLING AND WAITING FOR REPAIR. NLM

A SPLIT THAT CASUSED A HOLE CAUSED TIRE TO LEAK TO FLAT FAST ON THE SIDEWALL NOT TREAD (DOT NUMBER: W2UU TIRESIZE: P22570R15)

RENTED FROM BUDGET RENTAL AS REPLACEMENT FOR TRUCK ROLLED 10/22/00 WITH FIRESTONE WILDERNESS TIRES (ALSO RENTED FROM BUDGET) I WAS ASSURED @ BOTH TIMES OF RENTAL THAT THESE TIRES WERE NOT ON RECALL LIST 2 BLOW-OUTS IN 1 WEEK!*AK( DOT NUMBER: )

FIRESTONE RECALL IS ABOUT A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, AREN'T ALL TIRES MADE IN DECATUR AFFECTED, AND WHY ARE PASSENGER TIRES BEING PUT ON SUVS AND LIGHT TRUCKS? SHOULDN'T TIRES ON MY FORD RANGER BE "LT 245/75R16" AND NOT "P 245/75R16"?*AK (DOT NUMBER: VD70IRF419 TIRESIZE: P245/75R16)