NHTSA Complaint #10676844 — 2005 FORD RANGER

AT STARTUP MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND AS I WENT TO DRIVE AWAY THE ENTIRE TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH.I TRIED TO FIX THE VEHICLE WITH A SCAN TOOL AND STARTED REPLACING THE LESS EXPENSIVE PARTS AND WHEN IT WAS ALL SAID AND DONE IT TURNED OUT TO BE THE DRIVER SIDE CYLINDER HEAD NUMBER FOUR AND SIX CYLINDER THEY BOTH HAD RECESSED VALVES.BEFORE THE TRUCK GOT REAL BAD I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE GOING TO BE A SLIGHT INCLINE AND THE TRUCK WAS DOING 75 MILES AN HOUR AND THEN SUDDENLY DROPPED TO MAYBE 15 20 MILES AN HOUR ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT ON INTERSTATE 10 I HAD TO IMMEDIATELY PULL OFF THE SHOULDER OF THE ROAD TO AVOID GETTING REAR ENDED.I JUST RECENTLY REPLACED THE THIRD SET OF HEADS ON THE SAME VEHICLE SAME SIDE SAME CYLINDERS AND I'M BEING TOLD NOW THAT THEY THINK ITS THE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS I REALLY DON'T KNOW I LIKE MY TRUCK BUT THIS IS GETTING RIDICULOUS.I'VE CALLED FORD DIRECTLY TOLD THEM WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND THEY SAID MY TRUCK DOES NOT FALL UNDER THE CAMPAIGN BULLETINS AND THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE MY HEAD'S EVERY 42000 MILES. *TR