2000 Ford Ranger Transmission Problems

I HAVE A 2000 FORD RANGER XLT EXTENDED CAB 4X4 I FIRST STARTED HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE ALTERNATOR IT JUST STOPPED WORKING, TOOK TO SHOP AND THE BRUSHES ON IT WAS WORE OUT HAD THE REPLACED AND IT LASTED 2 DAYS AND SAME PROBLEM SO HAD TO BUY A NEW ALTERNATOR AT 300.00 IT LASTED 4 DAYS TOOK IT BACK TO PARTS STORE GOT A REPLACEMENT AND IM STILL USING IT BUT IT STILL ISN'T WORKING AS GOOD AS IT SHOULD GOT STRANDED AT 1230 AM BESIDE ROAD WITH MY DAUGHTER WITH ME THE FIRST TIME, AND WHEN THAT HAPPENED THAT WHEN MY OD LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULDN'T SHIFT INTO THE RIGHT GEARS HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT IT TO GET IT TO MOVE TOOK TO SHOP NOONE COULD FIND THE PROBLEM EVEN PUTTING IT ON THE COMPUTER NO CODES WAS FOUND ENDED UP GETTING STRANDED AGAIN WHEN TRAIN COMPLETELY QUIT PULLING HAD TOWED TO SHOP AND HAD TO BUY ANOTHER TRAIN AT 600.00 AND THAT IS 3 WEEKS PAY FOR US BUT ITS THE ONLY VEHICLE WE HAVE SO HAD TO GET IT FIXED LOOKED TO SEE IF ANY RECALLS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS BUT NONE HAVE BUT HAVE SEEN MANY MANY COMPLAINTS I THINK FORD NEED TO LOOKING TO THIS PROBLEM SOON, IT COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT AND SOMEONE COULD GET SERIOUSLY HURT. THANKS HAVE READY EVERYONE'S ISSUES AND HAVE ALOT OF THE SAME WITH MY TRUCK. *TR

NHTSA ID

10283843

Incident

Feb 18, 2008

Mileage

86,000 mi

THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO ODI #10217638. TRAVELING APPROX 60 MPH, TRUCK SEEMED TO LOSE UPPER TRANSMISSION GEAR, ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND COASTED UNTIL A HARD UPSHIFT . TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER ( OUT OF WARRANTY). WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM DEALER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10217642

Incident

Feb 10, 2008

Mileage

86,000 mi

EARLY MORNING, DRIVING APPROX 40MPH ,OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND HAD A HARD UPSHIFT. TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER AND RAN DIAGNOSTIC TEST ON TRANSMISSION ... FRONT PUMP FAILED AND BURNED CLUTCHES NEED TO OVERHAUL TRANSMISSION. THIS WORK WAS COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BY DEALER. *TR

NHTSA ID

10217638

Incident

Feb 18, 2005

Mileage

48,500 mi

IN OCTOBER OF 2006 THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY 2000 4X4 FORD RANGER BEGAN TO NOT ENGAGE IN PARK WHEN I WOULD STOP AND PARK THE TRUCK. THE INDICATOR WOULD ALSO NOT STOP ON THE GEAR THAT THE TRUCK WAS IN. AFTER CHECKING THE TRANSMISSION SELECTOR CABLE RUN AND ADJUSTING IT WHERE IT ENTERS THE TRANSMISSION THE PROBLEM WAS A LITTLE BETTER. IN ABOUT TWO WEEKS THE PROBLEM BEGAN AGAIN AND I LOOKED AT THE COMPONENTS I HAD LOOKED AT BEFORE AND EVERYTHING WAS THE SAME. AT THAT TIME I ALSO GOT A MIRROR AND LIGHT AND LOOKED UNDER THE DASH AT THE BACK OF THE GEAR SELECTOR AND SAW TWO STAR DRIVE SCREWS. I PUT A STAR DRIVE ON MY DRIVER AND FOUND BOTH SCREWS TURNED EASILY. AFTER TIGHTENING THE SCREWS THE SHIFTING MECHANISM STAYED ON EACH GEAR AS IT SHOULD HAVE AND ENGAGED ALL GEARS AND PARK. THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE CONSEQUENCES OF THIS WERE, THAT, BEFORE IT WAS FIXED I WOULD STOP THE TRUCK "PUT IT IN PARK" GET OUT, AND THE TRUCK WOULD START ROLLING. FORTUNATELY, I BEGAN USING THE PARKING BRAKE BEFORE I FIGURED OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS. I ONLY USE MY TRUCK ON ROUGH ROADS ABOUT 5% OF THE TIME. SINCE THIS PART IS IN A REALLY OUT OF SIGHT PLACE THE SCREWS SHOULD HAVE SOME EXTRA LOCKING MECHANISM OR ADHESIVE ON THEM BECAUSE THE CONSUMER OR MECHANIC IS NOT GOING TO LOOK FOR THE PROBLEM WHICH IS OUT OF SIGHT AND IN A HARD TO REACH PLACE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10173107

Incident

Oct 1, 2006

Mileage

73,500 mi

TRANSMISSION ACTED AS IF IN NEUTRAL. HAD TO MANUALLY SHIFT DOWN TO BE ABLE TO MOVE VEHICLE OFF ROAD. THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE PRESENTED A REAL TRAFFIC HAZARD HAD IT OCCURRED WHEN I NEEDED TO PULL OUT QUICKLY, OR IF THERE WERE LOTS OF TRAFFIC. RESEARCHED PROBLEM ON THIS SITE AND FOUND SERVICE BULLETINS WHICH MENTION THE PROBLEM: 10013414, 10014086 AND 10013369. *JB

NHTSA ID

10160725

Incident

Jun 24, 2006

Mileage

130,000 mi

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *NM

NHTSA ID

10145870

Incident

Dec 20, 2005

Mileage

50,000 mi

ON OR ABOUT 8/1/05 I PARKED MY 2000 FORD RANGER XLT IN MY DRIVEWAY AND GOT OUT TO OPEN THE GATED PARKING SPACE AT MY RESIDENCE. VEHICLE JUMPED INTO REVERSE AND BACKED INTO THE STREET. MANAGED TO STOP IT BUT INJURED MY KNEE. FOUND PIN FROM SHIFTER MECHANISM ON THE FLOOR UNDER STEERING COLUMN THAT HAD FALLEN OUT OF SHIFTER. SHIFTER WOULD NOT STAY IN "PARK" AFTERWARDS BUT KEPT JUMPING INTO "NEUTRAL" AND "REVERSE". SPRING TENSION OF THE SHIFT INDICATOR WOULD PULL IT OUT OF "PARK" AS SOON AS THE LEVER WAS RELEASED. SHIFTER WOULD GO INTO "NEUTRAL" AND "REVERSE" AT RANDOM. HAD TO SHUT OFF THE VEHICLE AND RESTART WHEN I LEFT CAR EVEN BRIEFLY - NOT SOMETHING DRIVERS NORMALLY DO. VEHICLE POPPED INTO "NEUTRAL" ABOUT 75 TO 100 TIMES AND INTO "REVERSE" ABOUT 50 TIMES. HAD TO HOLD THE LEVER IN "PARK" TO RESTART. ABOUT A WEEK OR SO AFTER THE INITIAL FAILURE, I HEARD A LOUD "SPROING" AND A "SNAP" SOUND. SHIFT INDICATOR WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT IN "D1" POSITION. IT NEVER WORKED AGAIN. SHIFT LEVER NOW STAYS WEAKLY IN "PARK" BUT POPS INTO GEAR SOMETIMES. FORD DEALER HAD NO INTEREST IN PROBLEM AND MERELY REFERRED ME TO MANUFACTURER. MANUFACTURER REFERRED ME BACK TO THE DEALER. SHIFTER MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVELY DESIGNED AND NOT FIT FOR ITS INTENDED USE. VEHICLE DOES NOT MEET FMVSS BECAUSE CRITICAL SHIFTER MECHANISM IS DEFECTIVE AND WILL FAIL CATASTROPHICALLY. GEAR SHIFT OUGHT TO WORK WITHOUT FAILURE FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE. FORD AND ITS DEALERS DO NOT HAVE ANY MEASURES IN PLACE TO ADDRESS THIS FAILURE AND INSTEAD TRY TO PUSH OFF CORRECTIVE ACTION, LEAVING THE VEHICLE OWNER WITH A HAZARDOUS CONDITION. THIS FAILURE HAS PROBABLY HAPPENED TO OTHERS AND IS BEING UNDERREPORTED BECAUSE OF THE ACTIONS OF FORD AND ITS DEALERS. IF THIS DEFECT IS NOT CORRECTED, IT WILL ULTIMATELY KILL SOMEBODY. NHTSA HAS A DUTY TO CALL FORD AND ITS DEALERS INTO ACCOUNT AND REQUIRE A RECALL TO CORRECT THE DEFECT.

NHTSA ID

10134092

Incident

Aug 1, 2005

Mileage

89,000 mi

THE VEHICLE HESITATED FOR 5-30 SECONDS BEFORE ACCELERATING WHEN THE GAS PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TAKEN NUMEROUS TIMES TO DEALERSHIP FOR THIS PROBLEM, BUT THE DEALERSHIP WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. THEREFORE, NO SOLUTION WAS PROVIDED. *AK *SC *JB

NHTSA ID

10113468

Incident

May 20, 2000

Mileage

5,000 mi

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES. THERE WAS MOISTURE BUILDING UP ON THE BRAKES, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO MAKE A LOUD" BOOM WHEN TRYING TO MOVE FORWARD. OWNER CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THE MANUFACTURER WHO IS TELLING THE OWNER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE AND ENGAGED THE CLUTCH HE HAD TO ACCELERATE AS MUCH AS 3500 RPM'S TO MAKE THE VEHICLE MOVE FORWARD OR BACKWARDS. *BF *NM

NHTSA ID

10111769

Incident

Jan 18, 2005

Mileage

35,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING MY FORD RANGER THE TRANNSMISSION DID A COUPLE OF LOUD BANGS AND SUDDENLY THERE I WAS STUCK ON THE HIGH WAY THE TRUCK HAS 68THOUSAND MILES ON IT NO NEED FOR A TRANNY TO GO.*AK

NHTSA ID

10110518

Incident

Jan 16, 2004

Mileage

68,000 mi

TRANSMISSION GEARS WOULD NOT SHIFT INTO LOW. VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALERSHIP, AND GAVE CONSUMER TRANSMISSION CODES, CIDE P0732, P1756E, AND OBD PLUG RATIO. SHIFT GEAR WAS NO LONGER OPERATIVE. ALSO, TOLD CONSUMER THAT SPACER PLATE WAS AN ISSUE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. *AK

NHTSA ID

10080122

Incident

Jun 3, 2004

Mileage

61,000 mi

I WAS COMING TO A STOP AT A RED LIGHT AND IT TURNED GREEN I STEPPED ON GAS PEDAL TO GO AND TRUCK SLAMMED FORWARD TOOK TRUCK TO DEALERSHIP 3 TIMES AND THEY SHIPPED IT 60 MILES AWAY TO THIER FORD DEALER FOR 2 DAYS AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG TRUCK CONTINUES TO DO SAME THING. *AK

NHTSA ID

10075046

Incident

May 2, 2004

WHILE DRIVING AND SHIFTING GEARS, TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD AND JERK THE VEHICLE FORWARD WITHOUT WARNING. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

NHTSA ID

10063437

Incident

Mar 11, 2004

Mileage

36,000 mi

MY 2000 RANGER HAS JUST 50K MILES, WHICH EXCEEDS THE WARRANTY, AND ALREADY HAS MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHICH HAS COST ME $3000 DOLLARS TO REPAIR. ACCORDING TO THE TRANSMISSION SHOP WHOM REPAIRED MY TRANSMISSION, SAID "THE DAMAGE DID NOT HAPPEN OVER NIGHT; IT WAS DUE TO POOR QUALITY PARTS USED BY THE MANUFACTURER OF THE TRANSMISSION. THE DAMAGE BEGAN SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES PRIOR TO, THEN RESULTED IN TRANSMISSION FAILURE." BEING THAT HUNDREDS OF OTHERS HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AS I HAVE, AND THAT IT IS OBVIOUS THAT FORD IS AWARE OF THESE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, WHICH EXPLAINS THEIR SAD WARRANTIES, AND CONTINUES TO USE THEM IN THEIR NEW VEHICLES, WHICH WILL LEAD TO MORE ROBBING OF INNOCENT CONSUMERS, FORD NEEDS TO REPAIR THE PROBLEMS AT NO COST TO THE CONSUMER, AND OR STOP USING SUCH POOR QUALITY PARTS IN THEIR PRODUCTS. SINCE THESE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS BEGAN AT THE MFG. LEVEL, I BELIEVE THAT FORD SHOULD REIMBURSE THE COST TO REPAIR MY TRANSMISSION. *CB

NHTSA ID

10054320

Incident

Jan 16, 2004

AT LESS THAN 36,000 MILES, AND AT JUST 4 YRS OLD, THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE COMPLETELY REBUILT AND A CELANOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IN ADDITION, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE AT LEAST 2 SENSORS. FORD SAYS THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO AT THIS TIME AND WILL NOT RELEASE ANY DATA AS TO HOW MANY FORD RANGERS HAVE REQUIRED THE TRANSMISSION TO BE REBUILT OR REPLACED. IN ADDITION, FORD WILL NOT COMMENT AS TO WHETHER THE ISSUE IS EVEN BEING INVESTIGATED BY THE ENGINEERS. I FEEL THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT FORD IS AWARE OF BUT IS NOT WILLING TO CORRECT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO BY LAW.*AK

NHTSA ID

10052486

Incident

Dec 30, 2003

Mileage

35,450 mi

TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 70749 MILES. PURCHASED 04/11/2003. ON 09/15/2003 NOTICED TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, MADE APPT FOR 09/18 WITH DEALERSHIP WHERE I PURCHASED IT USED. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT ON A BUSY INTERSECTION AND HAD TO BE PUSHED TO THE SIDE BY POLICE AND TOWED TO DEALERSHIP TO MAKE MY APPT. COST $3113 TO REPLACE - DEALER BASICALLY "TO BAD FOR YOU". ALSO - AC CONDENSER NEEDS REPLACING AT A COST OF $570 CANNOT AFFORD TO DO CONDENSER YET.... THIS HAS BEEN A VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLE SO FAR, WE'VE OWNED IT LESS THAN 6 MONTHS!

NHTSA ID

10039527

Incident

Sep 18, 2003

Mileage

70,749 mi

THIS IS THE SAME COMPLAINT AS I FOUND ON YOUR SITE UNDER REF: 718274, FILED FEB 3, 2002. TRANSMISSION ISSUES INCLUDE CLUNKING INTO GEAR, HESITATION. I JUST PURCHASED THIS USED, HAD BRAKES, BELTS (4X IN REPAIR!!) AND REAR DRIVE SHAFT REPLACED. DEALER REFUSES TO LISTEN TO ISSUE. FILED COMPLAINT WITH FORD TO NO AVAIL. ASKED FOR $ BACK, REFUSED. STILL IN DISPUTE, VEHICLE NOT FIXED. *NLM

NHTSA ID

10036641

Incident

Jul 17, 2003

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AND WITHOUT PRIOR WARNING TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT DOWN OR REVERSE. *AK

NHTSA ID

10031465

Incident

Jul 29, 2003

AT 50,000 MILES, MY FORD RANGER BEGAN EXPERIENCING A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION AND FAILED TO START. THE PROBLEMS WERE DIAGNOSED AS A FAILED GASKET IN THE TRANSMISSION, AND A FAILED VALVE BODY PART IN THE MOTOR (WHICH WAS FIXED WITH AN "UPDATE KIT"). THE DEALER ALSO INDICATED THAT THE BALL JOINTS WERE BEGINNING TO FAIL, AND A FRONT PINION SEAL HAD BEGUN TO LEAK. *AK

NHTSA ID

10025730

Incident

Jun 27, 2003

Mileage

50,000 mi

WHILE DRIVING AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOESN'T SHIFT PROPERLY. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

NHTSA ID

10024098

Incident

Jun 16, 2003

WHILE DRIVING TRANSMISSION WOULD REV, THEN VEHICLE WOULD LURCH FORWARD. DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION. 6 WEEKS LATER , SAME THING HAPPENED. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AGAIN, TRANSMISSION LASTED LESS THAN ONE HOUR. CURRENTLY, TRANSMISSION IS BEING REPLACED FOR THE THIRD TIME.*AK

NHTSA ID

8014025

Incident

Jun 5, 2002

CONSUMER HAD TRANSMISSION REPLACED IN NOVEMBER 2001. HER HUSBAND FOUND TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL OVER THE GARAGE. AFTER CHECKING CAREFULLY DISCOVERED THAT OIL PAN GASKET WAS LEAKING. CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT OIL GASKET KEPT POPPING OUT.*AK

NHTSA ID

8010703

Incident

Nov 15, 2001

WE WERE ON VACATION IN AUGUST, 2001.ODOMETER WAS APPROX.7,000MI. COMING DOWN A STEEP, WINDING ROAD IN THE SIERRAS WE PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN LOW GEAR ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT THERE WAS NO EFFECT. IT WAS AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WERE IN NEUTRAL. THE DEALERSHIP HAS VERIFIED THE PROBLEM AND SAYS IT IS A TORN GASKET. FORD HAS ISSUED A TSB # 14405 ACKNOWLEDGING THE DEFECT BUT SAYING THEY DON'T HAVE A PERMANENT SOLUTION. THE DEALER WILL CHANGE THE GASKET BUT IT MAY FAIL AT ANY TIME. WHAT USE IS A TRUCK THAT WE CAN'T HAUL ANYTHING IN WITHOUT RISKING OUR LIVES?*AK

NHTSA ID

760292

THE SHIFT SOLENOID WENT ON THIS VEHICLE AT 55000 MILES...WHICH IS OUTRAGEOUS...I CAN'T SEE A VEHICLE THAT HAS NOT BEEN USED TO IT'S FULLEST EXTENT (NO TOWING OR PLOWING) AND IT'S TRANSMISSION IS ALREADY FAILING..I DON'T KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER'S REPORTED LIKE THIS BUT I JUST WANTED TO NOTIFY YOU IN CASE!*AK

NHTSA ID

758433

Incident

Feb 16, 2002

WE TOOK OUR RANGER IN ON 11/28/01 BECAUSE THERE WAS A SQUEALING NOISE, SERVICE DERPART. COULD NOT HEAR IT. TOOK IT BACK ON 01/07/02 BECAUSE NOISE GOT WORSE. THEY FOUND THAT THERE WAS NO GREASE IN THE INNER BEARING ON BOTH SIDE OF THE FRONT WHEELS "SEE OTHER COMPLAINT ODI ID: 734299 FROM SOMEONE ELSE" IT HAS FEATHERING AND CUPPING ON THE TIRES ALSO THEY CANT SEEM TO FIX. . THEY ALSO FOUND ON 01/07/02 THAT THE SEAL ON THE ASSEMBLY TRANSMISSION EXTENSION WAS LEAKING. IT HAD A FLANGE SEAL PUT ON THE DIFFERENTIAL AT 2945 MILE, THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DRIVE LINE. SEE MY OTHER COMPLAINT ODI ID: 754342. TRANSMISSION WENT OUT AT 2945 MILES. WE FEEL THIS RANGER IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.*AK

NHTSA ID

756836

Incident

Jan 7, 2002