2000 Ford Ranger

ON FIVE SEPARATE OCCASIONS,VEHICLE SITTING AT RED LIGHT W/FOOT ON BRAKE,ENGINE REVVED FROM 1,000 TO 5,000 RPMS CAUSING VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC ALMOST CAUSING ACCIDENT. REPORTED TO FORD DEALERSHIP TWICE FOR SERVICE WHO SAID THEY COULD FIND NOTHING WRONG. AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER FOR 25 YEARS,I KNOW WHAT I EXPERIENCED,AND THIS IS GOING TO GET SOMEONE INJURED OR KILLED.*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.