1991 Ford Ranger Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1991 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000. UPDATED 8/23/12 *CN

THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING OUT SIDE WHEN THE BATTERY EXPLODED. THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AS A RESULT. *JG *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VEHICLE HAD DROPPED APPROXIMATELY FIVE INCHES FROM THE REGULAR POSITION AND THE FRONT FENDER WAS COVERING THE TOP OF THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE COIL SPRING MOUNT WAS CORRODED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A LOCAL AUTO SHOP WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000.

THE CONSUMER MADE CONTACT WITH THE MANUFACTURE FOR THE FRONT END SUSPENSION PART THAT WAS DISCONTINUED. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1991 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED AND NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 150,000. UPDATED 8/23/12 *CN

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH WITH THE DEFROSTER ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SMOKE. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND NOTICED FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A FAULTY WIRE UNDER THE HOOD THAT CAUSED THE FIRE. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THE CLUTCH AND POWER STEERING WERE REPAIRED AND THE GAS LINE WAS CLEANED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO A DEALER OR MECHANIC. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 100,000. UPDATED 062909 *BF UPDATED 07/01/09

THE FRAME HAS HORRIBLE CORROSION. ALL THE SPRING HANGERS ARE WERE FAILING BAD. I DON'T EVEN THINK IT CAN BE WELDED BECAUSE IT IS RUSTED FROM ONE END TO ANOTHER. FORD REALLY MESSED THIS ONE UP. AND WHY DO ALL THE FUEL GAUGES QUIT WORKING? *TR

PEELING FACTORY PAINT PRIMARILY ON TOP SURFACES..I.E. HOOD, CAB ROOF, COWLING. I HAVE OWNED TRUCK SINCE 12/8/99 AND HAS HAD PROBLEM SINCE,IT HAS LOST NEARLY ALL PAINT ON ROOF , HOOD HAS ABOUT 1/3 LEFT. PRIMARILY LIFTS/PEELS WHEN WASHED OR WHEN LEFT OUT IN RAIN. HAS HAD BITS PEEL BACK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MAINLY OCCURS THOUGH WITH WASHING. HAVE INQUIRED WITH DEALERS TO NO AVAIL. WAS TOLD BY ONE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL BUT THAT THE PERIOD FOR REPAIR OF CONDITION HAD PASSED. I HAVE NOT RECEIVED NOR HEARD ANYTHING FROM MFR REGARDING THIS ISSUE WHATSOEVER. *TR

TRAVELING N ON I-95 ON 12/20/2002 AT APPROX 4 P.M. RIGHT FRONT TIRE TREAD SEPARATED, BEAT AND DAMAGED FENDER; HOWEVER, TIRE MAINTAINED SAME PRESSURE. 1 WAS ASSISTED BY OFFICER K.R. MEARES OF TOBESON COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPT,TEL 910-671-3100. DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT-OVER TO ARTEMIS------770783. *AK *NLM

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE 70MPH, FELT THE FRONT STARTING TO VIBRATE. HAD PULLED OVER AND CHECKED TIRES. THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE HAD A LARGE BUBBLE. THE TREAD WAS STARTING TO SEPARATE. WENT TO AN INDEPENDENT TIRE DEALER AND THE SPARE TIRE REPLACED THE BLOWN TIRE. NOT ORIGINAL TIRES. FIRESTONE FR 480 P215/70R14 TS

BOTH MIRRORS FOLDED UP AGAINST THE VEHICLE WHEN DRIVING. DRIVER'S SIDE WAS REPLACED THREE TIMES, AND THE PASSENGER'S SIDE TWICE. HOWEVER, DRIVER'S SIDE MIRROR MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. *AK TRUCK IS IN GARAGE FROM 11-1 TOMAY 1. AND I STIKK ONLY GET1 YEAR TO 18 MONTHS PER MIRROR. I REALIZE THE VEHICLE IS 13 YEARS OLD AND REDESIGNING THE MIRROR IS NOT ANOPTION. HOWEVER, FORD MOTOR CORP SURELY COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE PRICE! RETAIL IS CLOSRE TO $7500 PER PIECE. I KNOW REDESIGNING IS OUT OF QUESTION, BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT INTEND ON KEEPING OUR VEHICLES, THE COMPANY COULD REDUCE THE PRICE. *AK

BOTH MIRRORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED MORE THAN ONE TIME BECAUSE THEY DO NOT STAY POSITIONED. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. NLM CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN THE MIRRORS DO NOT STAY IN POSITIONED DRIVERS HAVE NO VIEW OF REAR LANES, THE MIRRORS FOLD BACK AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. *YH

CONSUMER STATES HE WAS UNABLE TO STOP VEHICLE BECAUSE OF A HIGHLY CORRODED RUPTURED BRAKE LINE, VEHICLE REAR ENDED ANOTHER VEHICLE AND CONSUMERS VEHICLE WAS DEEMED TOTALED, CONSUMER IS SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FROM MANUFACTURER FOR THE REPAIRS OF THE BRAKES.*YH

BRAKE LINE WAS CORRODED, AND WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED, IT BLEWOUT BRAKE LINE. AN ACCIDENT OCCURRED BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM. *AK *JB

SHIFT LEVER WAS PLACED IN PARK POSITION AND THE TRANSMISSION REMAINED IN THE REVERSE GEAR. I BELEIVE THAT THIS IS AN FMVSS VIOLATION OF THE SHIFT /INDICATION SYSTEM.*AK

CLUTCH WAS BAD DUE TO CRACK IN FIREWALL NOT ALLOWING FULL TRAVEL OF MASTER CYLINDER AND PROBLEMS SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION BEARINGS AND GEARS WORN OUT BEYOND REASONABLE REPAIR.

WHILE STATIONARY IN MY 1991 FORD RANGER EXTENDED CAB PICKUP WITH THE SEAT BELT BUCKELED I ENDURED A 50+ MPH REAR END COLLISION. THE MOMENTUM OF THE COLLISION THREW ME FORWARD AND AS I RECOILED BACK AGAINST THE SEAT, THE SEAT COLLAPSED AND ALLOWED ME TO BE THROWN BACKWARDS WITH SUCH FORCE AS TO BREAK THE REAR WINDOW WITH MY HEAD.

WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY, INSTRUMENT PANEL MELTED TO THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. *AK

AT HIGHWAY SPEED THROTLE STUCK AT FULL.SCARED THE SH__! OUT OF ME . WAS GOING OVER 90 MPH BEFORE GETTING IT PULLED OVER. HELP !*AK

I NOTICED I DID NOT HAVE PASSING GEAR SO I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR AND COULD NOT STOP THE VEHICLE. CONSIDERING THAT YOU HAVE HAD REPORTS ON THIS PROBLEM SINCE 1990 (RE:ODI ID:402614) AND CONSIDERING THAT I COULD HAVE LOST CONTROL OF MY VEHICLE AND KILLED SOMEONE AND MYSELF, I THINK FORD SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND COMPENSTE ME FOR THE NEW THROTTLE BOX I HAD INSTALLED (295.56). BY THE WAY, THE MECHANIC WHO TESTED MY TRUCK SAID HE THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO DIE BECAUSE HE HAD A HARD TIME STOPPING THE TRUCK EVEN AFTER BEING BRIEFED ABOUT THE PROBLEM.*AK

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1991 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAP BECAME CORRODED AND WAS PARTIALLY FRACTURED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT IT WOULD CAUSE THE FUEL TANK TO DETACH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE STRAP WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS TO THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 142,800 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.

FIRE ON THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE, NEAR REAR GAS TANK. *AK

WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE DISENGAGES. DEALERS NOTED PROBLEM WAS NORMAL WERE AND TEAR. *AK

THE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RELEASE FROM THE RETRACTOR MECHANISM WHEN TRYING TO PUT ON BELT. PLEASE PROVIDE DETAILS. *AK

CONSUMER PURCHASED MANUAL LOCKING HUBS FROM DEALERSHIP TO REPLACE AUTOMATIC LOCKING HUBS THAT WERE ORIGINAL EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLE. AFTER MANUAL LOCKING HUBS WERE INSTALLED ON FRONT WHEELS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN FOR A TEST DRIVE. AFTER DRIVING FOR FIVE MILES AT A SPEED OF 10 TO 15 MPH, HOUSING FOR RIGHT/FRONT HUB CRACKED AND DISCONNECTED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION / DOCUMENTATION.*AK

CLUTCH WAS BAD DUE TO CRACK IN FIREWALL NOT ALLOWING FULL TRAVEL OF MASTER CYLINDER AND PROBLEMS SHIFTING. TRANSMISSION BEARINGS AND GEARS WORN OUT BEYOND REASONABLE REPAIR.

WHEEL SEPARATED FROM THE TRUCK RESULTING IN VEHICLE CRASH, THREAD WORN INSIDE NUT CAUSED FASTENER FAILURE.

THE ENTIRE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL ASSEMBLY SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE, RESULTING IN A CRASH. THE SPINDLE NUT, SEALS, AND BEARINGS WERE FACTORY INSTALLED. THREADS ON THE NUT HAD WORN AWAY, THE NUT CAME OFF THE SPINDLE THREADS.

THE EXTERIOR MIRRORS FAILED. NLM