NHTSA Complaint #754342 — 2000 FORD RANGER

BOTH FRONT TIRES WEARING, FEATHERING AND CUPPING. ALIGNED TWICE AND HAD TIRES ROTATED TWICE AND THEY ARE STILL WEARING, CUPPING AND FEATHERING. THESE TIRES ARE GOING TO BE SHREDDED BEFORE I HIT 25,000 MILES. WE DO NOT DRIVE OUR TRUCK EXCEPT FOR SHORT TRIPS AROUND TOWN BECAUSE WE DO NOT TRUST TIRES AND WEAR ON THIS VEHICLE. WE WERE TOLD BY THE FORD SERVICE DEPT. THAT FORD WILL NEVER REPLACE THE TIRES UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES. WE FEEL THIS TRUCK THEY WAY THE TIRES ARE WEARING MAKES IT VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE BUT WE ARE PUT IN A POSITION AND HAVE TO DRIVE IT SO WE CAN SHOW THE TIRES ARE WEARING SEVERELY. WE FEEL THIS PUTS OUR LIVES IN DANGER. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 2945 MILES. ELK GROVE FORD WHERE WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE TOLD US THEY PUT ON A NEW TRANSMISSION AND DISCOVERED IT WAS REBUILT. THEY REFUSED TO GIVE US A RECEIPT UNTIL WE WENT THROUGH THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU. THEY PUT ON CROSSBAR HOLDING TRANSMISSION MOUNT CROOKED, THEY OVERFILLED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID. WE TOOK IT BACK THREE TIMES FOR LEAKY TRANSMISSION PAN GASKET ON REBUILT TRANSMISSION. *AK