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6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$280
Average Mileage:
43,000 miles
Total Complaints:
4 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (3 reports)
  2. replace inertia switch (1 reports)
2006 Ford Ranger fuel system problems

fuel system problem

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2006 Ford Ranger Owner Comments

problem #4

Aug 152011

Ranger XLT 2.6L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 32,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Fuel inertia cutoff switch is faulty in manufacture ! Hit a bump just right & switch activates & fuel delivery stops. Dangerous situation while driving is an understatement. I have been fortunate in that SO FAR this hasn't happened while driving but rather after I turn off the ignition & go to next re-start.

THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL

- Sue T., Antioch, IL, US

problem #3

Apr 202011

Ranger XL 2.3L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 55,000 miles

Okay, so I bought this truck brand spankin' new at zero miles and since I've had it, I've always treated it well. One day my truck died while driving on the freeway, it had about 30,000 miles on it at the time. So I popped the hood and pushed that little button on the engine to see if there was any gas pressure and nothing. I kept trying to turn it on and it would rev but wouldn't start so I waited for about 10 minutes, tried to turn it on again and finally it started running so I went on my way for the rest of the day. After that I ended up having the same exact problem periodically for about a month, one day it just wouldn't turn on so got it towed home, had a mechanic come look at it and he said I needed a new fuel pump so I bought the whole fuel pump assembly for $300. The mechanic dropped the gas tank and out with the old in with the new fuel pump assembly. After that my truck drove fine for about a year and then I got the same problem on the freeway again. This time I pushed the button on the Inertia switch which is located under the glove compartment on the passenger side and after pushing that the truck would turn on just fine... So whenever that problem would come back I would just hit that button on the switch. I guess I ended up burning a circuit on that switch from hitting that button so much IDK so I had to replace that switch too... till this day, this problem still comes up, I still have the check engine light on and every mechanic that looks at my truck tells me its the fuel pump.

Since I've had this truck all I've replaced on it has been the spark plugs, the ignition coil, the the wires that connect the two, the air filters of course, the battery, the fuel pump assembly and the Inertia switch like I mentioned above.

Alls I have to say is that Ford's suck!... Period.

- tone, Indio, CA, US

problem #2

Feb 052010

Ranger XLT 4.0L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 55,000 miles

On February 5, 2010 my 2006 Ford Ranger Pickup with approximately 55, 000 miles had stalled in Schenectady while I was driving to work. The truck was towed to Metro Ford in Schenectady, N.Y. The problem was diagnosed as a bad fuel pump and was covered under warranty. I drove the truck home on 2/9/2010 without a problem. The next morning I was driving the truck to work and it stalled and would not start. I listened to WGY until the tow truck came (about 30 minutes). This time the truck was towed to Brown’s Ford because it was closer. This time the problem was traced to an inertia switch that is designed to cut off the electric fuel pump in the event of an accident. The inertia switch and brakes and rotor were replaced under invoice 75364 on February 12, 2010 at a cost of $800 ($275 for the switch).

Upon starting the truck, I noticed the radio was turned off. I never turn off the radio or move it from WGY. I immediately turned off the truck and returned to the service department and stated that they had broken my radio, to which the service person Arian Gray had the service person look at the area they were servicing to see if they disconnected the radio or blew fuses. Brown’s Ford kept the truck until February 15, 2010 and informed me that I would have now to pay $400 for a new radio. I decline new radio. The inoperative radio was checked under invoice 75451. This business now denies that the radio was working and it’s failure was not due to their repairs. I do not feel that this is a proper way to conduct business and would like to a complaint about the idiots at Brown’s Ford Amsterdam NY. Now I'm stuck with a truck I can't trust with a radio that don't work and went without my truck for almost 10days.

- youngdo122, Amsterdam, NY, US

problem #1

Apr 192007

(reported on)

Ranger

  • Manual transmission
  • 30,000 miles

2006 ford ranger only 30,000 miles and the fuel pump is either going bad or is bad. the reset button for the fuel has had to be reset a few times now. anyone else had this problem please let me know!

- Tim K., Lynchburg, OH, US

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