NHTSA Complaint #763550 — 2002 FORD RANGER

FORD IS KNOWINGLY SELLING A DEFECTIVE ENGINE IN THEIR FORD RANGER. MY FACTORY ORDERED TRUCK HAS WHAT COULD BE DESCRIBED AS A SEVERE, CONSTANT "ROUGH IDLE". I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER A NUMBER OF TIMES (THE FIRST TIME WAS 2 DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED IT). FORD HAS SENT THEIR DISTRICT ENGINEER TO LOOK AT THIS ISSUE. HE PERFORMED A "G-FORCE" TEST WHICH REGISTERED 0.6. FORD SERVICE AGREES THAT IT HAS THIS ISSUE. FORD'S STANCE IS THAT ALL 2002 RANGERS HAVE THIS ISSUE (NUISANCE IS THE WORD THEY USED) AND THEY ARE NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING TO "FIX" IT. THE ENGINEER TOLD ME THAT FORD IMPLEMENTED "SOFTER" MOTOR MOUNTS TO TRY AND ALLIEVIATE THIS ISSUE WHICH MY TRUCK ALREADY HAD. SO FORD IS VERY AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. THE MODEL I TEST DROVE DID NOT EXHIBIT THIS ISSUE. FORD'S STANCE IS THAT IT IS MY FAULT FOR BUYING THIS VEHICLE. IN OTHER WORDS, IF I WANTED A SMOOTHER IDLING ENGINE, I SHOULD HAVE PURCHASED A DIFFERENT MANUFACTUER'S VEHICLE. THIS MAY NOT BE THE PROPER FORUM FOR THIS TYPE OF ISSUE, BUT I WANTED TO MAKE THE GOVERNMENT AWARE OF WHAT FORD IS TRYING TO PUT OVER ON THE CONSUMER. AS FAR AS FORD'S CONTENTION THAT "THEY ALL DO THIS" I WOULD HAVE TO DISAGREE. I HAVE BEEN TO ALL THE "RANGER" FORUMS AND USER SITES AND NO ONE IS REPORTING THIS ISSUE ON THEIR 2002 RANGERS. PLEASE HELP IF YOU CAN.*AK