8.0
pretty badTypical Repair Cost:
$700.00
Average Mileage:
36,500 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most common solutions:
- inertia switch in the most retarded location, kills engine (1 reports)
- new fuel pump (1 reports)
fuel delivery system problem
Helpful Websites About 2004 Ford Ranger engine dies and won't restart
2008Sep 24
Ranger Edge
- Manual transmission
- 34,000 miles
While I'm on the 3rd floor of a parking garage, preparing to pull into a space, my engine dies. I try to restart the engine. Nothing--acts like it's flooded. I try again after 20 or 30 minutes. Nothing. I call AAA for a tow truck and she tells me they will be there in 15 minutes. I call AAA again after one hour and she tells me they are only 40 minutes away from me. After another hour, the tow truck driver calls and says I should walk to the entrance of the garage to meet him, so I leave my truck with flashers on and walk down. First, he already has a Mercedes on the hook, and second, he tells me he can't drive the tow truck into the parking garage. He wants to walk up and look at the truck, so we do. Still won't start. He says we will have to PUSH the truck out of the parking garage by hand, and so we do... from the third floor, without power steering... me trying to steer and push while jumping in and out of the driver's side door every time we come up to another concrete wall or corner that could take out the door. Finally we get to the little electric gate at the bottom of the ramp where you have to stop until it opens. Then we push the truck over the "severe-tire-damage" spikes through the stop sign and out into traffic on the city street, where I run along side the truck pushing and I steer it into the closest bus stop and park as much out of the way of the incoming busses as I can--right in front of the "Busses Only--No Parking at Any Time" sign and just past the fire hydrant. He goes back to get the tow truck. Next he tries a jump start, which doesn't work, and he tells me he'll have to call another tow truck because he already has this Mercedes on the hook. Duh? He says, "the other tow truck should be here in 45 minutes to and hour, maybe sooner." Don't even ask... of course I got ticketed sitting for an hour and a half in front a "Busses Only--No Parking at Any Time" sign and a fire hydrant. OK, finally I get towed to the closest Ford dealer and it is my fuel pump. Wow, lucky me, I remember replacing the fuel pump on my 1966 Impala Super Sport. It could have been something big, right? It costs me about $700 to have the fr***'n fuel pump replaced on my Ford Ranger!! There, that's my point. As you can see, I'll put up with a lot of cr*p, but come on Ford... $700 for a fuel pump?
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
2008Nov 12
Ranger XL 2.3L
Well when your truck just dies......Found On Roadside Dead, becomes a reality. And for what????. Because Ford is a company full of idiots, just like any other car maker in the U.S., well slightly better than Chrysler or gm. They put a kill switch where a 4'0" tall female can kick it with their feet??? I would feel much better if I could kick the person square in the crotch that decided to put an intertia switch(or anything for that matter) in such a stupid location. Worst part is, you are dead on the road unless you figure it out(with passenger). It randomly decides to start later, and you think your troubles might be over with, but you can never be sure now. I drove thinking that just changing the fuel filter must have fixed it. Then it happened randomly down the road while I was 10 hours out of town. Ford should really recall this, unless they think that it is safe to have a truck or car randomly die, but only with a passenger so that they too know not to trust a Ford. I love the truck, I loved my 97 f-150, but this was the most frustrating experience that I have had with a vehicle, thank god my uncle decided to read the manual while me and my dad were hopelessly troubleshooting the fuel system. Other than having to get some kyb monoshox to help the shty ride, and that super retarded inertial switch, I have enjoyed my ranger. I will try to run it well into the 200,000mile range like I did my f-150, see what happens.
Danger R.
Here, TX, USA
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