1999 Ford Ranger

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND CALLED THE DEALER TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT, HOWEVER, THE DEALER KEEPS AVOIDING HER. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ILLUMINATED FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS AND THE VEHICLE MAKES A BANGING SOUND. THE SENSORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED, BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS STILL LIT. THE PURCHASE DATE, NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER, AND SPEED WERE UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 104,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY 1999 FORD RANGER 4X4 WITH 3.0 LITER FLEX FUEL ENGINE BEGAN SPUTTERING, RUNNING ROUGH AND OVERHEATING TWO DAYS AGO. I TOOK IT TO HALDEMAN FORD TO BE CHECKED. THEY TOLD ME TODAY THERE WAS WATER/COOLANT IN AT LEAST ONE OF THE CYLINDERS AND THE HEAD(S) MAY BE CRACKED, AND I NEED A NEW OR REBUILT ENGINE. THE TRUCK HAS JUST OVER 95,000 MILES ON IT. I HAD OIL CHANGES, COOLANT FLUSHES, ETC. AT REGULAR INTERVALS. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ ON YOUR WEBSITE, AND HEARD FROM OTHERS, THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SIX CYLINDER ENGINES FORD USED IN RANGERS AND EXPLORERS. THEY SAID IT WOULD BE $6400 FOR A REBUILT ENGINE INSTALLED. IT SEEMS THIS IS MOST LIKELY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT, BUT THE FOLKS AT THE DEALER SAID NO. *JB

I HAD A 1999 FORD RANGER WITH A 4.0 LITER ENGINE A V-6, IT STARTED RUNNING ROUGH AT 95,000 MILES. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE NEXT DAY I WAS TOLD THERE WAS WATER IN # 4 CYLINDER. THEY TOOK BOTH HEADS OFF AND I WAS TOLD THAT BOTH HEADS HAD CRACKS IN THEM I WENT TO LOOK FOR MYSELF I VERIFIED THAT BOTH HEADS WERE CRACKED IN THE SAME LOCATION A CRACK ON # 4 CYLINDER AND A CRACK ON # 1 CYLINDER. I WAS THEN SHOWN A CRACKED HEAD OFF A FORD EXPLORER WITH A 4.0 LITER ENGINE SAME CRACK SAME LOCATION. THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT SINCE ALL THE CRACKS ARE IN THE SAME LOCATION AND FORD ALREADY HAS REDESIGNED THE CYLINDER HEADS. THIS COST ME ALMOST $4,000. *JB

DT: THE THROTTLE GETS STUCK INTERMITTENTLY. IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE AIR CONDITIONER IS ON OR OFF OR THE WEATHER CONDITIONS. DEALERSHIP HAS NOT CHECKED THE VEHICLE. HOWEVER, OTHER MECHANICS HAVE LOOKED AT IT BUT COULD NOT SEEM TO PIN POINT THE PROBLEM, BUT SUGGESTED TO REPLACE THE PC VALVE AND THE FILTER. CONSUMER REPLACED THEM. *AK

WHILE APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *NM. CONSUME RBOUGHT A 1999, FORD RANGER WITH 76931 MILE SON IT. SELLER WAS TO FIX TRANSMISSION BEFORE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE HOME. ON 10/14/2003 TOOK VEHICLE TO SCOTT FORD FOR INSPECTION, THEY CLAIME DIT WA SOKAY. ON 07/09/2004 CONSUME TOOK VEHICLE TO RAINBOW TIRE TO HAVE TIRE ROTATION AN DBALANCE. THEY CLAIMED BALL JOINT WAS DEFECTIVE. ON 07/12/2004, CONSUMER HAD BALL JOINT REPLACEMENT AND AN ALIGNMENT. ON SEPTEMBER 19, 2004 VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO UPHILL. CONSUME RPULLED OFF THE ROAD AND WALKED HOME. SOME FRIENS PICKED CONSUMER AND PASSENGERS UP. BROTHER-IN LAW JOHNNY DROVE VEHICLE HOME . JOHNNY TOLD CONSUMER HE HAD TO DRIVE IT HOME IN LONGER ALL THE WAY HOME. *AK

WE HAVE PURCHASED 3 FORD RANGER PICKUPS SINCE 1992 AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN HAPPY WITH THEM BUT THIS LAST ONE HAS ONLY 80,000 MILES. ON IT AND WHEN WE TOOK IT IN FOR CHECK WHEN CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON DEALER SAID "NEW HEAD GASKET NEEDED". SO WE TOOK IT HOME AND TO OUR OWN PERSONAL MECHANIC AND HE SAYS "NEW ENGINE NEEDED". WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE WITH THESE PICKUPS AND NEVER LESS THAN 250,000 MI. ON THE ENGINES. I JUST WANTED THIS ON RECORD BECAUSE I KNOW IT HAS TO HAVE BEEN FAULTY ENGINE AND ALSO TO LET YOU KNOW THAT EVEN WITH THE GOOD LUCK IN THE PAST, IT IS DOUBTFUL WE'LL TAKE ANOTHER CHANCE WITH A FORD PICKUP. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S BALL JOINTS AND BELT TENSIONERS. *MR THE CONSUMER EXPRESSED A CONCERN ABOUT THE AIR BAG NEEDING A DEACTIVATION SWITCH, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD BY THE MARYLAND STATE POLICE THE AIR BAG WAS DANGEROUS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FOR SMALL CHILDREN AND SHORT PEOPLE. *SCC THE CONSUMER TALKED ABOUT TWO VEHICLES IN THE COMPLAINT A 1992 FORD RANGER AND A 1999 FORD RANGER, THE 1999 RANGER WAS IN NEED OF A AIR BAG DEACTIVATION SWITCH AND THE 1992 RANGER HAD BELT TENSIONER AND IDLER ARM PROBLEMS. THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNED THE 1992 FORD RANGER BECAUSE IT WAS LOST IN A FLOOD *JB