Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||||
| 18346 | 12/01/2004 | 10014616 | Hard start or flooding when engine is cold. *eh | 05/05/2005 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||||
| 06166 | 10021051 | Possible engine damage - install special service tools prior to removing crankshaft pulley bolt. *kb | 02/27/2007 | ||
| 06116 | 01/01/2006 | 10020173 | Possible engine damage - install special service tools prior to removing crankshaft pulley bolt - service tip. *tt | 08/03/2006 | |
| 05263 | 01/01/2005 | 10018950 | Mil on with various misfire related dtc's p0300-p0306 and p0316 - 3.0l-2v vulcan engine. *tt | 01/25/2006 | |
| 18375 | 01/01/2005 | 10013315 | High idle at cold start. *tt | 04/14/2005 | |
| 18364 | 01/01/2005 | 10013308 | Hard start or flooding when engine is cold. *tt | 04/14/2005 | |
| 0533 | 02/21/2005 | 10012949 | Hard start or flooding during cold start on 2.3l engine. *tt | 04/05/2005 | |
| 041910 | 10/04/2004 | 10010719 | Oil leak from oil filter adapter - 4.0l sohc engine built before 4/1/2004. *tt | 12/07/2004 | |
| 0486 | 05/03/2004 | 10008547 | Boom/vibration at 1800-2200 rpm, rough idle. *tt | 08/04/2004 | |
| 17771 | 05/01/2004 | 10008550 | Engine surge at a steady throttle during the first 5 minutes after a cold start. *tt | 08/04/2004 | |
| 0415 | 01/26/2004 | 10007358 | Lower engine oil leaks 3.0l 2v vulcan engine. diagnostic service tips. *tt | 06/16/2004 | |
| 17484 | 01/01/2004 | 10007328 | Higher than expected idle on cold start. *tt | 06/10/2004 | |
| 17234 | 09/01/2003 | 10004089 | Engine oil leaks from the filter area on vehicles with a 3.0l 2-valve engine. *tt | 11/18/2003 | |
| 17235 | 09/01/2003 | 10004090 | Stall or rough idle condition on 4.0l sohc built before 9/22/2003. *tt | 11/18/2003 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE - BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS | |||||
| 17227 | 09/01/2003 | 10004083 | Accessory drive belt noise on 3.0l vehicles built prior to 9/18/2003. *tt | 11/18/2003 | |
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - EXHAUST SYSTEM - EMISSION CONTROL | |||||
| 03L17 | 12/01/2003 | 10008284 | Demonstration/delivery hold - special field action 03l17. revised smog emissions information. *tt | 07/26/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | |||
| 06/15/2009 | 90000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2004 ranger edge. while driving approximately 10 mph the vehicle starting making a noise, the vehicle lost all power and the engine light started to flash. she turned the vehicle off and restarted it and the failure continued. the vehicle was towed to a local mechanic. the mechanic rebuilt cylinder one in the engine. thirty six thousand miles later the failure happen again. the vehicle was taken to a local mechanic and he advised her that cylinder one had failed again. the vehicle had not been repaired. she was advised by two mechanic that this was a design flaw in the vehicle's engine. the failure mileage was 90,000 and the current mileage was 126,000. vwb | |||
| 09/14/2010 | 81000 | ||
| Recently i encountered a problem with my 2004 ford ranger. the harmonic balance pulley came apart. the website carcomplaints.com has at least 14 incidence of harmonic balance failure on other ford models. can you investigate this issue and verify my findings? in my opinion, the problem has serious safety ramifications because of the systems involved. the harmonic balance pulley driving the serpentine belt that power the steering and brake pumps. the loss of both pumps has the potential of causing an accident. the loss of the serpentine belt will also cause over heating. i believe ford should inspect and make repairs to this component on its vehicles without charge to the customer. | |||
| 09/15/2010 | 81000 | ||
| Complaint related to 2004 ford ranger 4.0l v6 sohc engine with 81000 miles. on september 15th 2010, i started experiencing a squeak from the engine compartment on my 2004 ford ranger. i changed the pulleys that had bearings that could contribute to the noise but the noise persisted. i then changed the belt and the squeak went away for a while. after another 1500 miles the squeak was back and more pronounced. i investigated this incidence and found that the pulley separated from the harmonic balance and slid towards the timing chain case. the belt was now riding on the rubber hub of the crankshaft part of the harmonic balance. the squeak was coming from the belt rubbing on the side of the pulley replaced harmonic balance with after market model. old part available for inspection. | |||
| 09/14/2010 | 81000 | ||
| Recently i encountered a problem with my 2004 ford ranger. the harmonic balance pulley came apart. the website carcomplaints.com has at least 14 incidence of harmonic balance failure on other ford models. can you investigate this issue and verify my findings? in my opinion, the problem has serious safety ramifications because of the systems involved. the harmonic balance pulley driving the serpentine belt that power the steering and brake pumps. the loss of both pumps has the potential of causing an accident. the loss of the serpentine belt will also cause over heating. i believe ford should inspect and make repairs to this component on its vehicles without charge to the customer. | |||
| 09/15/2010 | 81000 | ||
| Complaint related to 2004 ford ranger 4.0l v6 sohc engine with 81000 miles. on september 15th 2010, i started experiencing a squeak from the engine compartment on my 2004 ford ranger. i changed the pulleys that had bearings that could contribute to the noise but the noise persisted. i then changed the belt and the squeak went away for a while. after another 1500 miles the squeak was back and more pronounced. i investigated this incidence and found that the pulley separated from the harmonic balance and slid towards the timing chain case. the belt was now riding on the rubber hub of the crankshaft part of the harmonic balance. the squeak was coming from the belt rubbing on the side of the pulley replaced harmonic balance with after market model. old part available for inspection. | |||
| 10/01/2009 | 68 | 1 | |
| Check engine light came on...called the ford hotline no help there they said we where a few miles over the warranty to cover that part. so we took it to our mechanic and he new in five minutes what was wrong we had paperwork showing the problems ford was having with theses trucks. so i called the nearest for dealer and asked them about it and they wanted to charge us so much to see if they can find the problem we told them we know the problem. they wanted to charge us over 2000 dollars to repair the truck.so we had to hold off due to the economy so bad. so we took it 1 week ago to our mechanic fixed the problem cost us 1900 for everything they where defective heads values where sinking into the heads cylinders had no compression ,so know we are out 1900 to have this truck repaired where all of this is due to fords bad parts they put in the truck. ford said they could not help us do to we had a few miles over 70,000 that is bull if they would have told us about this problem we would have taken it in we never received anything from them telling us about this defective parts. *tr | |||
| 10/27/2008 | 30000 | 1 | |
| While driving with passenger, the inertia switch can be easily unattached or loosened. this causes the truck to randomly die. if the manual vehicle dies while driving at high speed, in bad traffic, or turns requiring power steering, the vehicle can be dangerous. *tr | |||
| 11/10/2008 | 62000 | 1 | |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while driving less than 40 mph, the contact stated that there seemed to be water in the fuel tank. he heard a rattling noise and the engine failed. the dealer could not assist and there were no recalls on the vehicle. the failure and current mileages were less than 62,000. updated 12/11/08 *bf the valve spring came out of the plastic valve cover. updated 12/11/08. *jb | |||
| 10/01/2004 | 1500 | 3 | 09/01/2004 |
| Consumer complained about a starting problem. vehicle was taken to dealer on several occasions. dealer replaced the fuel pump, but problem recurred.*ak | |||
| 07/07/2004 | 1500 | 2 | 06/18/2004 |
| While driving up an incline vehicle made noise and lost power. vehicle was taken to dealer on two separate occasions, but problem recurred. *ak | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE | |||
| 02/24/2010 | 1 | 09/01/2004 | |
| 2004 ford ranger, while driving engine shuts-off. *bf the consumer stated several dealers and auto shops were unable to duplicate the problem. *jb | |||
| 01/08/2009 | 24000 | ||
| Tl* the contact has a 2004 ford ranger. the fuel shut off valve was located at the front of the passenger seat under the dash board. the passengers can contact the component with their feet because of its position. this makes the engine shut down when driving. he had to pay to remove the valve and put it behind the kick panel on the right side. the manufacture was notified and he was advised that there was no warranty or recalls on this valve. he sent a letter to the president of ford motor company. the failure mileage was 24,000. | |||
| 10/21/2007 | 155000 | 1 | 11/10/2003 |
| Rough running, misfire and a lack of power due to a loss of compression. *jb | |||
| 10/10/2006 | 46000 | 1 | 07/11/2005 |
| 2004 ford ranger with 3.0 liter fuel injection. both cylinder heads cracked around exhaust valve seats. both heads had to be replaced. mileage on vehicle is 46,000 miles and not abused. *nm | |||
| 12/22/2005 | 45000 | 1 | |
| The check engine light on my 2004 ford ranger kept coming on, i was told by one dealer that it was an emission signal and that it would reset. it did but kept coming back. the truck then started running bad, so i took it to another dealer, who told me that there was a technical service bulletin out about this problem and they had to replace both of my engines heads. and of course because of the miles on my truck, i would have to pay for these repairs. i said that if ford knew about this defect then why haven't they recalled these engines. *nm | |||
| ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING - ENGINE - GASOLINE | |||
| 10/29/2007 | 77000 | 1 | 01/31/2006 |
| My 2004 ford ranger started idling rough and the check engine light came on. i took it to the dealer and they could not find a problem. they reset the check engine light and a few months later it happened again. this time the dealer found that there was no compression in three cylinders do to the valves not seating properly. the correction is to have both heads replaced, a cost that neither ford or my extended warranty company is willing to pick up. i am a 3rd generation ford owner and extremely irate that ford has not issued a recall considering that this is a very expensive mistake on their part, and that they are making the consumer pay for this. ford is very much aware of the problem as they have issued a technical service bulletin for it. *tr | |||
| 03/19/2007 | 1 | ||
| 2004 ford ranger, 3l v6, engine light came on and dealer said was an injector prpoblem. took to another mechanic shop, who found zero compression on 5 and 6 cylinders, and the valve seats were damaged. injectors were okay. both cylinder heads need replacing with the new . cylinder heads which would replace the defective, original cylinder heads ,per the technical bulletin ford released on 05-26-2003, but failed to notify owners or recall the vehicles. this was very expensive, and ford could be identified as a crap company for defrauding the public and robbing me. light came on at 55, 000 miles.*ak | |||