engine problem
8.5
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
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Average Mileage:
169,750 miles
Number of complaints:
4 complaints
Most common solutions:
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2008Apr 11
Ranger XLT 4.0L
- Manual transmission
- 179,000 miles
Intermittent problem with starting vehicle. When warm (and sometimes when cold), vehicle doesn't want to start... when it does, it runs fine. Same problem reported by others. PLEASE HELP!
2007Oct 12
(reported on)Ranger XLT 4L
- Automatic transmission
- 150,000 miles
Same as other Complaint. When engine gets hot & truck gets parked & turned off, engine will not re-start although has lots of cranking power. This is an intermittant problem. Either fuel related or electrical. I am leaning towards electrical as only one dash lights up when key is turned for ignition when this problem occurs......the battery charging circuit light. Have to wait anywhere from 5 minutes to an hour & engine will re-start. All dash lights will light up when everything is OK again. Ford Dealership thought it might be the Cam positioning sensor. From my Nephew who is a Mechanic, this would be an expensive repair in labour hours.....so am not having it done until the problem is more prevalent. In the winter months it never hardly does it....maybe a couple times. In the summer, have to keep the truck running if I make a quick stop. What a pain in the rear !!!! You would think others have run into this problem. Sure would be nice if somebody chimed in with the solution.
Bill
2003Nov 01
(reported on)Ranger
- 200,000 miles
vehicle starts when engine is cold, but after engine gets warm and vehicles is parked, it will not restart. vehicle has to set a while and will then start up. When trying to restart engine turns over, but will not catch. Doesn't happen every time vehicle is used. Sounds like it is not getting any gas. Had vehicle worked on by local repair shop, replaced parts in ignition system. worked fine for about three days. Took to local Ford dealer who couldn't get it to" NOT START"even after driving it around for a while. Had vehicle for almost 2 weeks, but could not find anything wrong with it as it would not malfunction for him.
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2008Mar 21
Ranger
This mostly, but not always, happens when I am driving on the interstate for several hours and stop to get gas. The engine sounds like it's going to turn over, but doesn't. Sometimes it will happen after a trip as short as an hour. It cranks ok but then just doesn't catch. So far, I've only had to have it towed once, sat in the gas station for over an hour waiting on the tow and it still wouldn't start when he got there. Next morning the garage called to tell me I now had an "intermittent problem" as it started right up for them, and only thing I could do was wait until it happened again and have it towed straight in. My uncle is a certified mechanic and looked at it last time I was back home and suspects it might be the fuel pump but couldn't prove it. Spent hours with it running with a tester on it but still couldn't come up with a solution. I need to drive to Ohio this summer and don't want to be stuck in a gas station somewhere on I-75 overnight. It only seems to happen when I get gas after driving for several hours, but then again, the only time I stop on a long drive is to get gas, so I don't know if it would happen if I just turned it off without getting gas. It's definitely scary to not know if this will be the time it just doesn't start at all. Or if it could be something that would make it just stop getting fuel altogether....
koffeeboi
New Port Richey, FL, USA
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