2000 Ford Ranger complaints

WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR WHEN MAKING A TURN IN EITHER DIRECTION VEHICLE STALLED. VEHICLE ONLY STALLED WHEN THE FUEL TANK WAS HALF FULL.*AK

AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY IN A FRONT END CRASH GOING AROUND 35 TO 40 MPG. *LA

I WENT THROUGH 3 SUPPOSEDLY NEW ALTERNATORS WITHIN ONE MONTH. DEALERSHIPS IN BOTH TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA DENIED ANY PROBLEM WITH THE ALTERNATORS AND REFUSED TO REPAIR/REPLACE THEM AT NO CHARGE. I PAID FOR THREE ALTERNATORS IN ONE MONTH!!!! DON'T TELL ME THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM. ALSO, THE FIRST REPLACEMENT ALTERNATOR WAS SUPPOSED TO BE NEW (I WAS CHARGED OVER $500 FOR IT) BUT AFTER IT FAILED AND WAS INSPECTED, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT IT WAS A REBUILT ALTERNATOR. WHY DID THE DEALERSHIP CHARGE ME FOR A NEW ONE, AND WHY WASN'T I REFUNDED ANY MONEY?!?! ALSO, I HAVE WILDERNESS HT P225/10/R15 TIRES. THEY ALWAYS SQUEAL WHEN GOING AROUND CORNERS OR OVER SPEED BUMPS, NO MATTER HOW SLOW I AM GOING. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG WITH THEM? I HAVE READ A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEM. THANKS FOR THE HELP. *LA

TENSION SPRING ON PULLY FOR SERPINTINE BELTS HAS GONE OUT TWICE IN 38,000 MILES, WILL CAUSE CAR TO STOP OR OVER HEAT IN TRAFFIC.*AK

WHEN SHIFTING GEARS VEHICLE'S ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. *AK CONSUMER COULD BE SITTING STILL OR MOVING SLOWLY BUT WHEN HE RELEASES THE CLUTCH, HE FEELS HE'S TRAVELING 90 MPH. HE WILL NOT LET HIS WIFE OR ANYONE ELSE DRIVE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE OF THIS DEFECT. TOOK VEHICLE TO FORD DEALER AND THEY WORKED ON IT. HE TEST DROVE THE VEHICLE AND NOTHING HAPPENED. HE STATED THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST SIX TIMES. HE COULD DRIVE IT FOR HUNDREDS OF MILES AND NOTHING HAPPENS. ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE MOTOR IS GOING 90 MPH. HE WOULD PLAY WITH THE CLUTCH AND HOLD THE BRAKE FOR A MILE OR TWO AND THEN IT'S O.K. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ACCIDENTS OR INJURIES. *PH

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S BRAKE ROTORS.*MR THERE WAS A SCRAPPING NOISE IN THE LEFT FRONT WHEEL.*TS

WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 35 AND 40 MPH AND MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN A NOISE COULD BE HEARD FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *NLM

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 70749 MILES. PURCHASED 04/11/2003. ON 09/15/2003 NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, MADE APPT FOR 09/18 WITH DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT USED. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON A BUSY INTERSECTION AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE BY POLICE AND TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TO MAKE MY APPT. COST $3113 TO REPLACE - DEALER BASICALLY "TO BAD FOR YOU". ALSO - AC CONDENSER NEEDS REPLACING AT A COST OF $570 CANNOT AFFORD TO DO CONDENSER YET.... THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE SO FAR, WE'VE OWNED IT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS!

TWO MINOR ACCIDENTS AND SEVERAL NEAR ACCIDENTS DUE TO ANTILOCK BRAKE FAILURE, REQUESTED DEALER LOOK INTO PROBLEM, THEY SAID PADS ARE THE PROBLEM, PADS WERE REPLACED TWO MONTHS AGO. INDEPENDENT MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT ANTILOCK WAS NON FUNCTIONAL. *JB

DEALER HAD REPLACED THREE TIMES THE PULLEY OF THE SERPENTINE BELT. BUT NOISE PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING.

REALLY ROUGH RIDE, AND AFTER LOOKING AT THE SIDEWALLS, TIRES HAVE MODERATE AMOUNT OF CRACKS AND GOOD SIZE SLITS ON THE SIDEWALLS, MAKES THE WHOLE TRUCK SHAKE AT JUST ABOUT ANY SPEED.*AK

ROTORS REPLACED TWICE IN JUNE 2002 JIM DOYLE DEALER SAID ROTORS WERE DAMAGED BY BAD CALIPERS, 10000 MILES.. IN AUGUST 2003 (WEST FORD COULDN'T WAIT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEE,K ROTORS WERE REPLACED AGAIN WITH 5000 MILES . BRAKE PADS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE. PADS WERE NOT REPLACED !ST REPLACEMENT UNDER WARRANTY 2ND $300.00..*AK

WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 20 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE MADE A SUDDEN STOP IN FRONT OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING A COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DIDN'T DEPLOY. *AK

THIS IS THE SAME COMPLAINT AS I FOUND ON YOUR SITE UNDER REF: 718274, FILED FEB 3, 2002. TRANSMISSION ISSUES INCLUDE CLUNKING INTO GEAR, HESITATION. I JUST PURCHASED THIS USED, HAD BRAKES, BELTS (4X IN REPAIR!!) AND REAR DRIVE SHAFT REPLACED. DEALER REFUSES TO LISTEN TO ISSUE. FILED COMPLAINT WITH FORD TO NO AVAIL. ASKED FOR $ BACK, REFUSED. STILL IN DISPUTE, VEHICLE NOT FIXED. *NLM

WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH CONSUMER'S VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE, AND FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE WEARING SEAT BELTS. DRIVERS NOSE WAS BROKEN. *AK

CONSUMER STATES BEFORE NOW, THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WHILE DRIVING FROM 35 MPH UP TO 50 MPH. NOW THE VEHICLE SHUTTERED SEVERELY ALL OVER WHEN DRIVING AT ANY GIVEN SPEED. THIS CONDITION HAS CAUSED EXCESSIVE FRONT WEAR ON THE TIRE. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED AND BOTH INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS ISSUE AND FILL OUT THE QUESTIONNAIRE. *PH

MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS FORD RANGER P.U. ON THE FREEWAY IN SAN DIEGO AND NOTICED HIS FUEL GAUGE DROPPED VERY FAST. HE RE-FUELED AT SERVICE STATION AND UPON RETURNING TO FREEWAY, TWO PASSING CARS FLAGGED HIM OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FREEWAY AND TOLD HIM GAS WAS SPRAYING OUT FROM UNDER HIS TRUCK. APPARENTLY THE FUEL FILTER HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE FUEL LINE AND COULD HAVE HAD CATASTOPHIC RESULTS IF IT HAD IGNITED. I HAVE READ SIMILARCOMPLAINTS ON THIS WEB SITE AND CAN'T IMAGINE WHY SOMETHING HAS NOT BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO PAY THE COST TO REPAIR HIS TRUCK ALONG WITH A RENTAL CAR,TOW TRUCK AND LOSS OF NEARLY TWO TANKS OF GAS, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. FORD SHOULD BE MADE RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE RESTITUTION IN SUCH CASES, AS THIS APPEARS TO BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT. THIS IS A VERY UNUSUAL EVENT TO HAVE HAPPEN ON A MOTOR VEHICAL AND SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO.

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN OR REVERSE. *AK

ENGINE OVER REVS AT VARIOUS TIMES. WHEN SLOWING THE RPMS EXCEED 2000 RPMS AND YOU HAVE TOO BRAKE WITH TRANSMISSION ENGAGED TO REDUCE SPEED AS WELL AS KEEP FROM RUNNING OVER SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. THIS TYPE OF MALFUNCTION OCCURS AT NO SPECIFIC TIME OR SPEED! IF OTHER 2000 RANGERS WITH V/6 ENGINES EXPERIENCE THIS SOMETHING DRASTIC MAY HAPPEN! *AK

ALL BALL JOINTS IN FRONT END NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AFTER ONLY 26,700 MILES. COSTING $800. *AK

2000 FORD RANGER WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP TRUCK SUTTERS. DEALERSHIP HAS PUT TWO DRIVESHAFTS IN TRUCK. FIXED PROBLEM FOR A MONTH OR TWO AND THEN PROBLEM COMES BACK. ALSO WHEN IDLING ACROSS PARKING LOT TRUCK WELL SLAM INTO NEXT HIGHER GEAR. *AK

AT 50,000 MILES, MY FORD RANGER BEGAN EXPERIENCING A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION AND FAILED TO START. THE PROBLEMS WERE DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION, AND A FAILED VALVE BODY PART IN THE MOTOR (WHICH WAS FIXED WITH AN "UPDATE KIT"). THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BEGINNING TO FAIL, AND A FRONT PINION SEAL HAD BEGUN TO LEAK. *AK

CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL FELL TO THE FLOOR. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, DEALER REMOVED HUB CAP, AND NOTICED THE BRAKE ADJUSTER SPRING WAS BROKEN. CAUSE IS UNKNOWN.*AK

FIRESTONE TIRES ON A 2000 FORD RANGER PICKUP, WHICH EXPLODED (BLOW OUT) AND CAUSED OVER $4000 DAMAGE TO MY SONS VEHICLE. *AK

WHEN I TURNED ON MY TURN SIGNAL SMOKE WOULD COME UP OUT OF THE STEERING COLUMN THROUGH THE HAZARD SWTICH. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR SERVICE. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THE BALL JOINTS MADE A LOUD NOISE. *NLM DEALER FOUND THE UPPER AND LOWER BALL JOINTS NEEDED TO BE LUBRICATED. *TT *JB

DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR FAILED TO HOLD . *AK

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

MY FORD RANGER HAS BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. WHEN I TURN ON MY TURNING SIGNAL SMOKE RISES FROM MY STEERING COLUMN. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME ON AND SOMEDAYS IT WILL NOT (THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE ENGINE). THE OTHER DAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND I TURNED ON MY TURNING SIGNAL AND WHEN I DID MY ABS KICKED IN THE ABS LIGHT ON MY DASH TURNED ON. I WAS ABLE TO GET MY TRUCK TO CHUG UP TO THE GAS STATION OFF THE NEXT EXIT. MY TRUCK IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. MY HUSBAND HAS A 1999 FORD RANGER AND HE HAS EXPERIENCED SMOKE FROM HIS TURN SIGNAL ALSO, AS WELL AS HIS WINDSHEILD WIPERS TURNING ON SPONTANIOUSLY (OFTEN WHEN THE TURN SIGNAL IS USED).

THE POSITIVE WIRE CONNECTED TO THE ALTERNATOR OF A 2000 FORD RANGER WITH 39000 MILES BURNED CAUSING A FIRE. ACCORDING TO FORD, SOMETHING IN THE ALTERNATOR SYSTEM FAILED CAUSING THE ALTERNATOR TO CONTINUOUSLY CHARGE THE BATTERY UNTIL THE WIRING OVERHEATED, SHORTED OUT, SPARKING A FIRE. THERE WAS NO NOTIFICATION OF A PROBLEM PRIOR TO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. AFTER CONTACTING FORD'S CONSUMER COMPLAINT SYSTEM, FORD DECLINED TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM TO MY SATISFACTION. THEY BASICALLY WASHED THEIR HANDS OF THE ISSUE STATING IT WAS NOT A FORD DESIGN PROBLEM AND THAT I COULD NOT ELEVATE THE PROBLEM TO ANY OTHER LEVEL WITHIN FORD. *JB

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH THE DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE WHEEL (FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT#P225/7015). *NLM

THE DRIVER'S SIDE TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. *JB

THE VEHICLES LEFT REAR TIRE THREAD SEPARATED, BLEW OUT AND CAME COMPLETELY OFF THE RIM. *NLM

THE VEHICLES ENGINE RACED AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT THE ACCELERATOR BEING PRESSED. *NLM

AFTER IT RAINS I HAVE A POOL OF WATER ON THE DRIVER SIDE FLOOR. IT SEEMS TO BE COMING FROM BEHIND THE DASH BOARD (FIRE WALL). HELP! POTENTIAL ELECTRICAL HAZARD. *NLM

BILL PIERRE FORD OF SEATTLE WASHINGTON, MISUSING THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM. VEHICLE IS FULLY PAID FOR, MANAGEMENT CONTINUES TO TRACK VEHICLE, HARASSING MYSELF AND OTHER CUSTOMERS. DEALER ACCOUNTING IS INACCURATE, DID NOT CREDIT ALL PAYMENTS, AND AFTER REQUEST TO VOID EXTENDED WARRANTY, DID NOT REDUCE CONTRACT PRICE AS AGREED. *NLM

THE VEHICLE DID NOT ACCELERATE, BECAUSE THE BRAKES LOCKED UP. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY THE BRAKE DRUMS RUSTING. *JB

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAILED, AND THE HEADLIGHTS CUT OFF INTERMITTENTLY. *JB THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD GO OUT 40-50 SECONDS AT A TIME. THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS RECALL #B00B40. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE RECALL DOESN'T PERTAIN TO HIS VEHICLE AND THEY WOULD HAVE TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM TO DETERMINE HOW TO ASSIST HIM. SCC

THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK.*JB

SOMETHING IN MY STEERING BROKE CAUSING MY TRUCK TO CRASH INTO A BRIDGE. IT LOCKED MY STEERING CAPABILITY ON THE LEFT SIDE. 2000 FORD RANGER. IT WAS TOTALED.*JB

THE ROTORS EXPERIENCED PREMATURE WEAR, WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE AND VIBRATED.*JB

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AND SUSTAINED HEAVY DAMAGE AS A RESULT WITH IMPACT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. AT IMPACT, DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE DECLARED A TOTAL LOSS.

THE HEADLIGHTS WENT OUT, AND WOULDN'T COME BACK ON. THE DEALERSHIP INDICATED THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH MIGHT HAVE A SHORT IN IT. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE DETAILS. PH

AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND STEERING WHEEL DID NOT CALLAPSE ON IMPACT. SPEED ON IMPACT WAS ESTIMATED TO BE 50 MILES PER HOUR.

THE AIR BAG LIGHT FAILS TO COME ON WHEN VEHICLE IS BEING STARTED. MECHANIC INDICATED PROBLEM IS IN THE COMPUTER WHICH ALSO AFFECTS THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT. TS

VEHICLE IS EXHIBITING INTERMITTENT POWER LOSS AND / OR NO THROTTLE RESPONSE FROM THE POSITION OF ONE HALF THRU FULL THROTTLE AT A GROUND SPEED OF 28 TO 70 MPH. VEHICLE IS ALSO EXHIBITING INTERMITTENT PROBLEMS OF DRIVE LINE CLUNKING UPON COAST DOWN OF 30 TO 5 MPH AS WELL AS VIBRATION FELT THRU THE DRIVERS SEAT AND DASHBOARD AT 2000 RPM. *TT *NLM

WE RAN INTO CAR THAT CUT US OFF. OUR SPEED WAS ABOUT 35 MPH. NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED, AND MY WIFE SUSTAINED A BRUISED OR CRACKED STERNUM. THE WRECKER PERSON AND THE STATE TROOPER BOTH SEEMED TO THINK AIR BAGS ON RANGERS DID NOT DEPLOY EASILY. I CONTACTED FORD WITH THE IDEA OF PROVIDING USEFUL DATA ABOUT THEIR VEHICLE. I AM NOT SUING FORD OR THE LIKES JUST TRYING TO REPORT WHAT MIGHT BE A PROBLEM. FORD HAS RESPONDED BY INFORMING ME THAT MY INSURANCE CARRIER CAN SUBROGATE FORD IF THEY FEEL FORD HAS RESPONSIBILITY. MY CONCERN IS THAT SOMEONE INVESTIGATE THOSE AIR BAGS ON FORD RANGERS ARE DEPLOYING IN AN APPROPRIATE MANNER. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AND APPARENTLY FORD DOES NOT PLAN TO DO IT. DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS------------770754. *AK *NLM

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHILE DRIVING IN THIRD GEAR, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.TS *JB

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION ON THE BACK BEEN ALTERED BY DEALER SHIP. DELAER WAS CONTACTED THAT THE SUSPENSION HAD BEEN ALTERED AND THAT IF CONSUMER CHOOSES TO TAKE IT OFF THE VEHICLE LEANS ON A SIDE. MR

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHEN HIT AT 35MPH IN THE FRONT CENTER OF THE VEHICLE THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY CAUSING MINOR INJURIES TO THE CONSUMER. DEALER NOTIFIED TS