Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| UNKNOWN OR OTHER | |||
| 12/25/2011 | 50000 | ||
| I was coming down off 57 in rush traffic when the car died unexpectedly. completely shut off, no warning, and would not start again. several tries, more gas, more shut offs,screaming horns and i got it to the gas station off the highway. it went to garage. its exhaust valve, wires and plugs were changed. died on drive off the garage. went in, had more repairs. died in parking lot. had computer diagnostics. 172 and 174 were diagnosed-failure of computer in exhaust system and mass air valve control. basically, the exhaust system failed and shut off the engine. one of the heads is also suspicious.exhaust leaks are bad for the engine. all this, over $1,000 repairs, on top of transmission leak, two sets of brake pads and two sets of tires, in a truck between 39,000 - that is when it started- and 50,000 miles. in case you don't know this, right after the factory warranty expired, the truck fell apart. i found out that one person died of such failure in washington state and 2 were injured in oregon. all in ranger truck. truck is well serviced, tires are not worn at all, have less than 12,000 and it is a killer truck. ford is not responsive to the fact that their truck is a lemon. their service center: i brought it to yorba linda ford dealer at 39,000 because the idle was rough, was told it was in my head and 12,000 later the idle is still dying, killing the engine. | |||
| 02/12/2011 | 52800 | ||
| Two times in 2 days i was driving when the vehicle suddenly stalled/shutoff. fortunately both times i was able to pull over out of traffic. it felt like my pedal went dead, i lost my power steering as well. since i was able to connect to the internet through my phone i was able to search ford ranger suddenly dies while driving. an overwhelming amount of results indicated to reset my inertia fuel shutoff switch. i found it, reset it and the truck started again. after the second time this happened i researched ford ranger recalls, only to find this was not one of them. i feel very apprehensive about driving my truck, not knowing why it suddenly decides to trip the fuel shutoff switch. this is extremely dangerous and it needs to be recalled. | |||