2000 Ford Ranger

PURCHASED APC MODEL 40.4132.TLR "EURO-TAIL" TAIL LAMPS FROM FREITAS CUSTOMS BEGINNING OF JUNE 2001. THEY WERE ADVERTISED AS BEING 100% STREET LEGAL. MARKINGS SAY AIRST 98 DOT. RECEIVED A CITATION FOR ILLEGAL LIGHTING. (IT APPEARS TO BE MISSING SIDE REFLEX REFLECTOR AND SIDE MARKER LAMP) HE GOES TO COURT ON 8/29/01. HE CONTACTED MANUFACTURER BY E-MAIL IN MID AUGUST 2001.

ON INTERSTATE THE TIRE BLEW.THE TIRE WAS NOT PUNCTURED BUT IT LOOKS LIKE SOMEONE TOOK A KNIFE AND CUT THE TREAD OFF THE SIDEWALL. IT WAS THE OUTSIDE RIM OF TIRE. IT LOOKS LIKE THE PICTURES YOU SEE ON TV OF THE RECALLED TIRES.I HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY AGREE IT IS NOT A NORMAL FAILURE AND IS A TIRE FAILURE. THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE TIRES AND SAY IT IS A FIRESTONE PROBLEM. I FEEL THE TIRES SHOULD BE REPLACE BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE CONFIDENCE IN THE TIRES ANYMORE AND FEEL THEY ARE DANGROUS TO DRIVE ON. I FEEL LUCKY THAT IT WAS A REAR TIRE AND NOT A FRONT TIRE. I KNOW I CHECKED THE TIRE PRESSURE EARLIER THIS WEEK AND IT WAS GOOD.I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP YOU CAN GIVE ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. THANK YOU MIKE.*AK (DOT NUMBER: W244 TIRESIZE: P225/70R15)

THIS IS A RED CARPET CONTRACT. BOUGHT THE PICKUP IN OCT.99. STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE CLUTCH IN JAN.2000, SENT IT IN TO CHECK THE CLUTCH AND THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG. SENT I BACK BECAUSE ENGINE LIGHT STAYED ON AND THE PROBLEM WITH CLUTCH WAS STILL THERE. THEY CHANGED A SENSOR AND AGAIN SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH CLUTCH. I DIDN'T GET IT OUT OF THE LOT BEFORE THE CLUTCH WENT COMPLETELY OUT. THIS TIME THEY REPLACED THE CLUTCH.THEY SAID IT WAS A MANUFACTOR DEFAULT IN NOV.2000 WAS HIT BROADSIDED ON PASSENGER SIDE,BEHIDE DOOR, AND THE WHOLE BACKEND WAS REPLACED. PUT 2 NEW TIARES ON BACK AND EXTENSIVE WORK DONE ON BACKEND. ASSUMED TIRES WERE BALANCED AND FRONT AND BACK ALIGNED. I HAD IT BACK AGAIN JULY 22,2001. THE CLUTCH IS ACTING UP AGAIN, THE STEERING IS ALL WRONG AND IT KEEPS DYING ON ME. THE BACK OF THE TRUCK FEELS LIKE IT IS TRYING TO PASS THE FRONT END. THE FRONT END SHAKES RELLY BAD AT 60MPH, AND WHEN I TRY TO SPEED UP THE MOTOR BOGS DOWN . I TOOK IT BACK FOR ALL THIS AND ONCE AGAIN NOTHING IS WRONG EXCEPT MY INAGINATION, AND THE WHEELS NEED TO BE BALANCED AND THE FARONT END NEEDS RE-ALIGNMENT. I WAS TOLD THAT THE REASON IT WOULDN'T SPEED UP WHEN GIVEN GAS WAS BECAUSE OF THE CARPET UNDER THE GAS PEDDAL, SO THEY REMOVED IT. THE CLUTCH IS STILL NOT ENGAGING CORRECTLY AND THEY STILL SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. MY WARRANTUY IS OUT AT 36000 MILES AND I WANT THIS TRUCK FIXED NOW NOT NEXT YEAR. BECAUSE I AM A WOMAN THEY THINK THAT I AM STUPID BUT I HAVE NEWS FOR THEM. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE TRUCK AND IF I'D HAVE KNOWN THAT THIS WOULD BE HAPPENING I WOULD NEVER HAVE ACCEPTED THE TRUCK AFTER THE ACCIDENT. THE ASSURED ME THAT EVERYTHING WAS LIKE BRANDNEW, BUT THEY LIED AND NOW THEY WON'T CORRECT ANYTHING. I DO HOPE THAT YOU WILL CHECK INTO THIS, AS I HAVE 2 SMALL CHILDREN WHO TRAVEL IN THIS TRUCK AND IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO THEM BECAUSE OF THESE PROBLEMS, I WILL HAVE NO OTHER OPTION THAT TO HIRE AN ATTORNEY AND GO TO COURT.

WE WERE ON THE KANSAS TURNPIKE HEADING HOME TO DALLAS, THE TRUCK WHEN WE ENTERED THE TURNPIKE HAD 2/3 OF A TANK OF GAS BY THE TIME I GLANCED DOWN AGAIN IT WAS AT EMPTY THIS OCCURRED WITHIN A FEW MILES, WE WHERE ABLE TO PULL INTO A SERVICE STATION WHERE THE LEAK WAS SEEN, THE TRUCK WAS TOWED INTO THE NEXT TOWN WHERE IN THE NEXT MORNING IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE "WHITE CLIP" HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE FUEL FILTER TO THE LINE. WE FEEL VERY FORTUNATE THAT WE ONLY LOST GASOLINE, AND THAT NO FIRE OR EXPLOSION OCCURRED. WE WOULD APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS AS THE NEXT PERSON MAY NOT BE AS LUCKY.*AK