Ford Ranger Change Vehicle

"Alarm system would not allow the vehicle to start. No way to fix except through dealership"

"Was hit and miss for awhile, but has finally quit working. Had it looked at by ford people, possibly the on/off switch, cost $350, was told it might or might not fix problem, told them to forget about it if they couldn't guarantee a fix for $350!"

"Turn signal switch in the steering column caused multiple problems"

"i have the fx4 package. the rear pumpkin, axle tubes and drive axles are specific to this year and trim package (along w/ fx4 level2 for 2003). there are NO replacement axles to be had. OEM or aftermarket. NONE. all that $ spent due to a bad batch of"

"U joints bad"

"For some reason my car must be in "overdrive" at all times my mechanic had to disable the switch for "overdrive" because he was unable to find out why a fuse would always blow when shifting gears (automatic)"

"heating hose bursted"

"12 year old Ford ranger had failing/leaky water hose(s), and radiator leak. All due to 12 years of age"

"heavy rain will cause passenger side floor to get extremely wet! Not sure where it is coming from. too much to be just a seal, but it isn't mechanical. maybe a drain is clogged. frustrated!!"

"Caused warning light to come on the dash, had to replace"

"The fuel pump went at 80K. It cost over $1200 to replace. They had to pull the bed!"

"Car would not start so fuel pump replaced"

"Nothing special. Just worn out"

"Since I have had another Ford ranger with a manual transmission this seems to be the normal mileage to expect before replacing the clutch. Both were replaced between 145000 and 150000 miles"

"Transmission worn out replaced along with shifter and clutch"

"i replaced heating hose myself ,and everything is ok now"

"tailgate latch breaks easily, made of plastic"

"Power lock no longer works probably in passenger side door. It is possible this resulted from removal of panel for installation of a speaker, but it occurred some time after I did this"

"Clutch pedal mechanism needed to be replaced"

"See earlier answer"

"When I bought the truck it had a noise from the clutch. It was a known issue that Ford ignored. Years later I lost the slave cylinder coming back from Montana to LA. It cost over $1500 to repair. Now the noise is gone"

"difficulty in starting"

"Engine makes pinging noise when under load"

"The engine leaks oil and it drips on the ground under the vehicle"

"It quite working. Was replaced"

"blown AC fuse and AC needed recharging"

"Needed to be replaced"

"CD player stopped working"

"the lights on the dash are dim. also the check cruise light blinks continously"

"Volume control does not work properly"

"One of the cylinder heads went bad and had to be replaced"

"Broken valve spring resulted in a dropped valve getting stuck. Auto shop said that there was a Ford memo, though, not a recall on this problem. Auto shop and their machinist recommended a new engine considering the low mileage on truck"

"The timing chains tensioners have all failed. It's a ridiculously expensive job to pull the motor from the truck for replacement. After doing some research this is a very common problem of part failure. My current decision is to replace motor or not"

"Camshaft distributor bushing had worn out"

"cam synchronizer assy. failed"

"Old & cracked wires. Eventually resulted in coil failure"

"The exhaust leak occurred at around 145000 miles and was inexpensive and to repair. This is the original exhaust system and is still intact"

"had to replace radiator as it developed leaks due to the way it was designed. Could not be repaired"