NHTSA Complaint #10460781 — 2005 FORD RANGER

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, THE HARMONIC BALANCER FAILED. THE PULLEY SEPARATED FROM THE REST OF THE BALANCER AND SLID BACK TO DESTROY THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. ONCE THE SENSOR FAILED, THE ENGINE STALLED. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY, BUT THIS SUDDEN FAILURE IS DANGEROUS AND IF I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET THERE ARE SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF THE SAME ISSUES ON THE FORD 4.0 ENGINE ON RANGER / EXPLORER. LOOKING AT THE NHTSA COMPLAINTS SITES THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL OCCURRENCES OF THE SAME ISSUE (MORE THEN 1 YEAR, MORE THEN 1 MODEL): ODI ID NUMBER : 10356858, ODI ID NUMBER : 10356913. ODI ID NUMBER : 10450902, ODI ID NUMBER : 10383429, ODI ID NUMBER : 10243439, ODI ID NUMBER : 10168915, ODI ID NUMBER : 10351279, ODI ID NUMBER : 10390200, ODI ID NUMBER : 10302026, ODI ID NUMBER : 10279040. THERE MAY BE MORE, BUT I WAS TIRED OF LOOKING. *TR