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At 200k miles I got an air bag light on my guage cluster. The blinking code corresponded to a bad connection at the CLOCKSPRING. I also noticed my cruise control and horn were also inoperable, also an indicator of a bad CLOCKSPRING. Ford part number 1l5z-14a664-ab is the replacement part and is currently unavailable, for the last 6 months. This part covers a few different models and has been exhausted by the dealers when correcting the Airbag recall. The dealer can not give me a date on a replacement part.
My daughter called me screaming when her 2005 Ford Ranger FX4 Level 2 had unexplained runaway throttle while driving back to college in January 2022. The vehicle had the cruise control on for a couple hours and without warning, began to accelerate to the point that it was at the rev limiter, traveling at 90 miles an hour. She called me hysterical and I advised her to shut off the cruise and hit the brakes but nothing would stop her or turn off the cruise. I advised her to turn off the vehicle to ACC position and coast to the shoulder. When she had calmed down, I asked her to restart the truck, it started wide open throttle, so she immediately shut it off. I told my daughter then to mash the gas pedal a few times and restart the vehicle. It restarted at normal idle speed. 1/28/2022- my daughter came home from school today for a visit, the same thing happened again on her drive home. She was able to coast to the shoulder and restart after mashing the pedal a few times. I am advising her not to use the cruise control and to get it into a Ford shop to inspect. There are no lamps or warnings to indicate there is an issue or code/CEL. This is a deadly situation that apparently has occurred with Ford Explorers that have the 4.0 Liter engine and 5.0L engine. It appears from other forums (https://www.explorerforum.com/forums/threads/full-throttle-runaway-vehicle.442563/) that a throttle control cable may have an issue or defect that is causing the throttle spring to not release, or the cable is hanging up. Please see included Explorer forum link above.
I bought a used 2005 Ford Ranger XLT 4X4 in July of 2018 being a one owner vehicle and low milage at the time which was about 65000 miles I saw it online in one of the local dealerships in town. He had a great reputation and I went to see him got a great deal so I bought it.. the truck passed MA state inspection with no issues. I kept getting notices from Ford for an air bag recall so I went to a local Ford dealer to have my airbags replaced for recall and wanted them to check the undercarride as well as I have seen horror stories online as how bad these undercarridges were on the Ford Ranger. The local Ford dealership did a safety inspection and found that my entire undercarridge has been rusted out. There is a missing crossmember bar which I guess supports the vehicle that is completely gone and all hoist points are bad vehicle is comprimised due to all the rust and is not safe for driving. A certified Ford dealer gave me this written estimate and I asked if Ford would help me here about maybe recalling the frames as I have seen a lot of online stuff that these frames were as bad as the Toyota Tundra and Toyota at least re-called the frames can Ford do the same they said no. I would think a reputable Ford dealer who gave me this estimate would at least try to help me but no. I have written to Ford but no answer as of yet. I am fighting now with the local dealership who sold me the vehicle in the first place as it should have never been sold and also looking into any recourse I have within MA law. This doesnt seem right you have an entire undercarridge that has been rotted out fod knows about this issue and will not do anything about it what are they waiting for someone to get seriously hurt or even die in an accident here. Thes trucks should be recalled.
The repair shop informed me my leaf spring shackles could not be repaired due to severe rot of the frame in the rear.truck only has 59000 miles on it and was well taken care of.the rest of the truck is in very good shape. This should not happen is there a recall I dont no about? thankyou
Severely rusted frame. While the spare tire has not fell off yet, I had the truck up on a rack at patrick airforce base to change the oil. I've known for a while that the frame is bad. The truck only has 81,000 miles on it, but looking at the frame, it won't last much longer.
- Industry, PA, USA
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This 2005 truck was kept in a garage for the last 13 years, only has 50,000 miles on it and the frame is completely rotted and rusted. Had this truck inspected this week and was told it needs a new frame to pass inspection. The rest of the truck is in perfect condition. It is outrageous that this frame has rotted away when not exposed to the elements and kept in very good condition my mechanic told me that this is a common problem with Ford Ranger. Something should be done by Ford about this defect like Toyota did... please look into this. I am very upset that I can no longer drive my truck. I live on social security and can not afford a new vehicle. Thank you for your time.
The entire rear of my truck the rear bed liner and frame of my truck is all rusted out I was told that this is a known problem for these trucks and would like Ford to recall this as this is dangerous I live my truck but driving it is not safe
"takata recall " whell I am lucky nothing very serious has happened with these recalled airbags. Thank you for taking your time and by letting me know about the airbags
The frame under the truck especially the rear is literally rusting away. The cross members that hold the fuel tank are severely rusted and over halfway gone on the right side of the vehicle.
Frame has extreme rust damage. There are holes through the frame. My mechanic expressed a lot of concern about the condition of the frame steel and said I should get rid of the truck. I am retired and use the truck for my personal transportation.
Due to extensive rust damage despite proper preventative maintenance, the integrity of the frame/chassis of the vehicle was compromised. Subsequently, the left side of the frame at the midway point of the length of the vehicle snapped completely separating into two pieces. The rust damage also caused the spare tire apparatus to break and also caused the bumper to fall off.
Bought this truck new and after its first winter, was already showing severe rusting on the frame, now 11 years later the rear frame is rusted so severely that the rear spring shackles mounting brackets have completely failed and the metal on the rear frame rails is severely rusted and perforated where the spring shackle brackets attach to the frame, also the spare tire hoist assembly that holds the spare under the truck, has also failed and is dangerous, can no longer use it as spare tire is a severe safety hazard of falling off the truck that could severely injure or kill another motorist should it fall off the truck and strike another vehicle or fly through someones windshield. NHTSA should require that Ford recall these trucks, and be required to replace the frames, similar to the Toyota Tundra recall several years ago for rust problems on their frames, a truck frame should not rust away on a 2005 Ranger that has 98,000 original miles on it! Ford failed to provide any corrosion protection on these Ranger truck frames.
Spare tire wheel well fell off due to excessive rust in rear end of frame and pulled with it some wires and a filter canister and a hose mounted on the wheel well.if wheel well was bolted to frame I might fix it.it was held by permanent rivet type fasteners. Cannot find wheel well being sold anywhere.
Entire spare tire storage mount assembly broke free from frame and pulled wires and hoses with it as it went under my right tire and caused me to go off road nearly crashing int trees
Engine suddenly accelerates to high speed, with car moving slowly at first. This has happened a few times now, always initially at low speed. In all cases, holding brakes hard has kept vehicle from hitting anything or anybody, but rear wheels turned attempting to move the vehicle even while brake was held hard. Turning off key stops the engine, and when it is restarted, symptoms disappear. This has happened most times with cruise control turned off, though I don't believe this is related. Tends to happen at gas stations after refueling or when parking, in both cases with vehicle initially running very slowly. I believe that accidental pressing of accelerator can be ruled out here. The vehicle is seldom used.
Fist size and multiple finger size rust holes in frame. Spare tire mounts completely rusted off.spare tire was held on by steel line. When I was driving down the highway leaf spring mount on driver side rusted completely off. Leaf spring now pushes up on bottom of the bed. Also happened while driving down highway heard a loud bang. Got home and seen that is what happened. Driving this truck puts anyone on the road in immediate danger. Driver and others. I would say everything that has happened would be "near misses"
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.
: the contact stated the vehicle's front passenger side floor mat slid forward hitting the reset button located on the passenger side floor board, causing the engine to suddenly stall without warning. Updated 09/19/06.
Ford 2005 Ranger caught on fire around 3:00 am. It was in a parking lot. The fire started in the area of the rear tire and the truck was totally destroyed.
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- Silverdale, WA, USA