NHTSA Complaint #10128314 — 2001 FORD RANGER

DT: CONTACT STATES: SHE BOUGHT A BRAND NEW FORD RANGER IN 2000 AND SHE HAS HAD TO PUT 2 TRANSMISSIONS AND 2 TORQUE CONVERTERS ON THE VEHICLE WITHIN 70,000 MILES. THE DEALER SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WERE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT. SHE WROTE A LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF FORD AND TO THE NEW MOTOR VEHICLE BOARD AND TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS. SHE HAS TALKED TO CONSUMER AFFAIRS AT FORD. SHE HAS ALSO TALKED TO THE REPRESENTATIVE IN DEARBORN MI. THERE WAS 34,000 MILES ON THE FIRST TRANSMISSION SHE REPLACED. THE SECOND TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. *NM THE CONSUMER BEGAN TO FEEL A SLIPPING SENSATION WHEN GOING UP AN INCLINE. THE BRAKES WERE REPLACED.*JB