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I was pulling a small trailer going about 15mph out of my driveway and felt the trailer drop off of the vehicle I stopped and got out and noticed that the last 2 feet of the rear frame rails fell out taking the license plate lights and bumper with it. After I realized that the rear frame rusted out, I inspected the whole vehicle and found that the radius arm bracket has holes in it, I had to replace all of the shackles, the driver side cab mount rusted out and now has fallen out of the vehicle, I also have noticed that there is a rather large hole in the frame in between the cab and the bed of the truck, my gas tank straps have rusted off and I now have it ratchet strapped it in because the mount for the strap rusted out of the frame. I believe that since the truck is still in good working order minus the frame and rust issues and since it still has moderate to low miles I believe that the Ford company should make it right with their valued customers and replace the vehicle or at least repair it to where it is street worthy. Ranger are great trucks but the frame was completely manufactured wrong.
The contact owns a 1995 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that the chime box in the instrumental panel would emit a very loud noise that was impossible to turn off. The failure caused the overhead lights to remain illuminated. The dealer was notified and they were aware of the failure. The only remedy was to replace the chime box. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 175,000.
Fuel shut off switch wiring or improper location. When a passenger is in my vehicle the switch activates and shuts off fuel. It has happened to my wife, son, brother, and myself. On very busy highways, parking lot entrance, and intersections. Had part replaced once at quite an expense still have problem. This does not happen when alone even off road when I would expect an occurrence. Wife and friend almost got rearended at busy intersection when this happened created a serious traffic problem. My son was in area shopping and went to assist mother held down red top of inertia switch. Vehicle started and ran till next incident which there has been several even after replaced. This could cause an accident and not be suspected as cause because of switches intended use. The last incident occurred on 7/23/2010 again was a dangerous situation on highway at busy time of day.
Purchased Ranger splash in 2001 with 74,000 miles. It started dinging as if the door was open with the key in the ignition non-stop while I was driving with the door shut. This is a loud, piercing ding. I had the switch replaced and 75,000 miles later it started happening again. The dome light will not go off unless the fuse is removed. The speedometer intermittently stops working. The wipers occasionally come on at full speed and sometimes will not shut off. The lights occasionally stop working then start working again on their own. The paint peeled off the hood. The old starters went bad constantly. Truck would start in cold weather but not warm weather because pieces of the starter would chip off. The swelling in the heat made these chips get stuck and keep truck from starting. After several starters were replaced, they finally developed a new kind. It has several electrical problems as described above but it has 180,000 miles on it and is still running...with its own little personality.
I am an owner of two Ford Ranger pick ups and had owned another Ranger in the past. All T here vehicles have had the same electrical problem door chimes dinging non stop, dome light failure, radio power failure and windshield wipers turning on and off all by themselves without the key being in the ignition. I made several complaints to Ford and was told to stop harassing them. My dealership said and I quote "you're just being a woman." Well this after noon the problem took a very serious turn. Returning home from a vacation my 1995 Ford Ranger ex cab XLT 2.3 liter engine. Began to experience a electrical system failure. It started with power lose to the radio then a power surge to the wipers, and throughout the electrical system and those areas of persistent concerns. Then they all stopped. I now have a complete failure of brake lights, speed control, odometer (let's trust that read out),interior lights, radio and several other systems. I attempted to find a fuse or relay to repairs them but all of those were intact and replacement made no change. Estimated damager and repair cost is well above a grand. I complained about this issue since 1996 and have been ignored by Ford.
- Fort Worth, TX, USA
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Door ajar warning light and/or warning chime comes on randomly. Also, dome light does not shut off after shutdown, exiting and locking vehicle. As repair, dealer replaced door switches on three occasions, but the repair did not last. Recent repair by another dealer came up with the ignition switch as faulty. This was replaced but this repair did not evn last 24 hours. I suspect the electronic module (GEM), but the dealers seem reluctant to try remove & replace of it. Do I just have a lemon, or have there been other complaints and.or tsbs. I found some in the data base; NHTSA items SB051878, SB051590 and sb 051449; along with ODI's 852639,983634.
Electrical system malfunctioned, causing the dome light and the door light to stay on, and brake warning light to come on. Dealer replaced the sensor on the door. Problem is still reoccurring.
The electrical system failed. The radio failed first then became progessively worse including the dome light, exterior dome light, check engine light, windshield wipers and washers coming on without prompt or notice, door chime staying on when door is closed and ABS locks up, etc.
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- Shelby, OH, USA