1999 Ford Ranger

THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT HAS BEEN REPLACED ON THIS VEHICLE 3 TIMES SINCE NOV OF 2003. THE TOTAL MILEAGE DRIVEN SINCE THAT FIRST REPLACEMENT IS 9023. THE FIRST REPLACEMENTS WERE FOR ALL 4 SEAT BELTS, PRIOR TO WARRANTY EXPIRATION AT 49,499 MILES. NOW THE PASSENGER SIDE IS FAILING AGAIN AFTER ONLY 2605 MILES AND FORD DOES NOT WANT TO WARRANTY THE BELT BECAUSE IT WAS REPLACED 14 MONTHS AGO. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN MY VEHICLE OR THE SEAT BELT DESIGN. I DO NOT WANT TO PAY FOR A NEW SEAT BELT ONLY TO HAVE IT FAIL AGAIN. *JB

INCIDENT #1:APPROACHING A STOP SIGN DOING APPROX 10-15 MPH. VEHICLE ENGINE STARTED SURGING 3-4 TIMES. RPM WENT UP TO APPROX 2100 THEN THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. FOOT "DID NOT" SLIP FROM BRAKE PEDAL TO GAS PEDAL. IF MY FOOT WAS NOT ON BRAKE VEHICLE WOULD HAVE SHOT THROUGH THE STOP SIGN. INCIDENT #2: 11/12/2005: VEHICLE WAS MOVING APPROX 5 MPH IN FRONT YARD WHEN THE ENGINE RPM SURGED UP TO APPROX 2100. HAD TO FIRMLY APPLY BRAKE OR VEHICLE WOULD HAVE JUMPED FORWARD. PROBLEM LASTED APRROX 3-4 SECONDS. *JB

I HAVE TAKEN MY 1999 FORD RANGER TO BOTH MULLINAX FORD IN WICKLIFFE, OHIO AND CLASSIC FORD IN MENTOR, OHIO COMPLAINING ABOUT ABNORMAL ABS ACTIVITY, THE BRAKES DO NOT ENGAGE AT SLOW SPEEDS AND BOTH DEALERS GAVE ME A PRINT OUT STATING THAT THAT IS NORMAL ABS ACTIVITY( THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY DURING THIS TIME) I RECENTLY TOOK THE TRUCK TO A NON DEALER SHOP AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE ABS MODULE WAS IN FACT BAD AND WAS READING 255 MPH AT SPEEDS BELOW 50 MPH, I TOOK THIS INFORMATION TO THE DEALER AND THEY WILL NOT COVER THE REPAIR COST EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS THE PROBLEM WHEN THE TRUCK WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH ABS MODULES WITH FORD TRUCKS AS WELL AS CHEVYS AND SHOULD BE PART OF A SAFETY RECALL, IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF FORD NOT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, I KNOW YOU HAVE OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS ISSUE WHO HAVE RUN INTO FENCES OR GARAGE DOORS AS A RESULT OF THE ABS MODULE FAILING, IT WILL ONLY BE A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY INJURED AS A RESULT OF FORD'S NEGLIGENCE. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT ONE OF THE TIRE ON HIS 1999 FORD RANGER EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THE TIRE ITSELF REMAINED INFLATED. THE LOCATION WAS THE RIGHT REAR TIRE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT 70 MPH. THE CONSUMER HAS BEEN IN CONTACT WITH FIRESTONE. THE CONSUMER MAILED THE TIRE AND OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE MANUFACTURER REQUESTED. FIRESTONE DID THEIR OWN INVESTIGATION AND FOUND THAT IT WAS NOT THEIR FAULT, AND IT WAS NOT A DEFECT. THE TIRE WAS A FIRESTONE WILDERNESS HT, P205/75R14. *AK FIRESTONE CLAIMED THE MOISTURE CAUSED THE TREAD SEPARATION. *NM

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