1997 FORD RANGER Unknown Or Other Problems

9 NHTSA complaints on file

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Unknown Or Other Issues in the 1997 FORD RANGER

9 unknown or other complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 1997 FORD RANGER. Of these, 2 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 1 resulted in injury.

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All Unknown Or Other Complaints

#11149672 | November 6, 2018

BELT SEPARATION ON 2 TIRES IN ONE MONTH TIME SPAN. FUSION TOURING 195 70R14 91T. THESE TIRES HAVE 8/32 TREAD REMAINING. FAILURES WERE FRONT RIGHT, THEN LEFT READ ONE MONTH LATER. CAUSED DIFFICULTY STEERING AS THE CAR WAS ALL OVER THE ROAD PLUS BUMPY RIDE. THE TIRES ARE VISIBLY BULGING BALOON. I FELT TIRE TEMP WITH MY HAND. UNIFORMLY WARM EXCEPT AT THE BULGE WHERE IT WAS SO HOT AS TO BURN MY HAND. WOULD NTSB LIKE ME TO SAVE A TIRE FOR EVALUATION? THIS SECOND TIRE FAILURE OCCURRED AT 70 MPH ON I-94 IN MICHIGAN WHEN A SUDDEN VIBRATION OCCURRED AND I OBSERVED THE LEFT REAR FENDER BOUNCING UP AND DOWN. I STOPPED TO INVESTIGATE AND FOUND THE BULGE AND HOT SPOT.

#10263371 | March 20, 2009 Crash

CONSUMER STATES THAT A COMPLAINT WAS MADE IN JUNE OF 2002 ABOUT A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT IN HER 1997 FORD RANGER AND WOULD LIKE AN INVESTIGATION OPEN. *NJ

#756071 | January 9, 2002

REAR BRAKES PULLED, SERVICED, REPORTED UNVERIFIABLE, BEGAN LOCKING UP IN SHORT BURSTS WHEN STOPPING, REPORTED, FOUND FAULTY , REPLACED COMPLETE REAR ASSEMBLY. WINDSHIELD CRACKED ACROSS CENTER WHILE DRIVING FREEWAY AT 65 MPH, STARTED AT TOP STRIP PASSENGER SIDE SPREADING ACROSS TO DRIVERS SIDE IN JUST MINUTES. DOOR AJAR SWITCHES FAILED CAUSING DOME LIGHT TO REMAIN ON MAKING NIGHT TIME VISIBILITY IMPOSIBLE. TRANSMISSION BEGAN SHIFTING ROUGH IN SECOND GEAR HARD TO DOWNSHIFT, VERIFIED, REPAIRED BEARINGS IN SHIFTER. REOCCURED A FEW MONTHS LATER, SERVICE CLAIMED UNVERIFIABLE, WORSENED STUCK IN FOURTH GEAR IN TRAFFIC, HAD TO BE PUSHED TO SHOULDER , AND DISENGAGED. FOUND TO BE FAULTY, AND TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT ,NO NOTICABLE CORRECTION , RETURNED TO SERVICE, CLAIMED UNVERIFIABLE, CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY CORPORAT OFFICE, ADVISED TO GO TO DIFERENT DEALERSHIP , WHILE INVESTIGATED INTERNALLY. DID SO, DEALER REPORTS UNVERIFIABLE, DROVE WITH SUPERVISOR OF SERVICE DEPT, WAS THEN VERIFIED, AND ORDERED REBUILT...

#889471 | May 31, 2001

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 50MPH ON HIGHWAY, AND ENGINE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON. VEHICLE SHUT OFF WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING. CONSUMER HAD VEHICLE REPAIRED FOR A FUEL INJECTOR. *AK

#847552 | September 13, 1999

ENGINE CHECK LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON. DEALER HAS GIVEN SEVERAL EXCUSES FOR THE WARNING LIGHT, AND STILL THER EIS NO SOLUTION. HAS BEEN IN 5 TIMES. *AK

#842647 | July 20, 1999 Crash

WHILE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT ANOTHER VEHICLE HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE FROM REAR, CAUSING DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER'S SIDE SEATS TO BREAK AND FALL BACK ON THE CHILDREN WHO WERE SITTING IN THE REAR. *AK

#607930 | April 19, 1999

CARGO COVER FAILED. *YC

#705054 | March 29, 1999

SELLING DEALER NOTIFIED EACH TIME, SOME REPAIRS MADE, PROBLEM NOT SOLVED. *AK

#700608 | November 14, 1998

NO SUMMARY PROVIDED BY THE CONSUMER( DOT NUMBER: TIRE SIZE: P225/75R14 )

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