I have had no major problems with this truck. We replaced the front shocks at 93000 miles. The rear shocks are going bad, so we will need to replace them.
This Ford Ranger has been extremely reliable. It starts up every time, even of the coldest of Wisconsin winters.
We added a K&N high performance air filter, which gave a slightly noticeable difference in performance. It does 0-60 in about 8.3 - 8.4 seconds which is pretty respectable for a 4500 lbs. truck. The 225 ft. lbs. of torque give it a quick start off.
It burns about a quarter of a quart of oil between oil changes (Mobil 1 synthetic of course), which isn't that much for a truck over 100,000 miles on it.
On Friday October 13, I got into an accident with it. We totaled the Ford Tempo that we hit, but the police found it to be 100% his fault. When we took it to the Ford dealership to have it fixed, it came back to us with the alignment not done, a scratch not painted, and a dent not pounded out. They gave us no trouble when we brought it back to have those fixed, but it was an all around hassle.
As of June 26, 2001 we have installed Monroe Sensa-track shocks in the back, which make a huge difference in the ride compared to the original shocks. The ride is stiffer than the old ones but the back doesn't bounce around as much as it used to.
Do you have a stub on that 0-60 time? Last time I saw a stock Ranger at the drag strip, it ran in the mid 70's and took half a minute to do it.
Maybe it needed a special air filter package, ya think?
Yeah, on that 0-60, they must be looking at the little orange numbers on the inside. I could believe 0-60 km in 8.4 seconds -- that's about 40 mph.
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