Both front diff seals (twice).
Horn stopped working.
Fan rattles at 2500 rpm.
Bad screech on cold start.
Front left sway bar broke going 10 mph.
CV axle went bad.
Electric driver side lock does not unlock.
Fuel injector needed replacing.
Idles at 1500 rpms when you first start it.
The truck has averagely comfortable seats; that's about all the good.
It's slow, horrible fuel economy (12 mpg, 13 if I'm lucky), and I've had to spend entirely too much money on it.
The handling is sad, even for a truck. The power is pathetic, and something new breaks every month.
To listen to the pathetic engine grind and squeak all the time is embarrassing. If you're looking for a real reliable truck, I would recommend looking elsewhere, or maybe I just got a bad one.
Either way, I'll never own another Ranger.
Hey I'm the original poster of the review and I'm making an update. I noticed a really bad rattling noise coming from the front end when I go over any kind of bump now, it sounds like I have a bag of chains tied to my front bumper! I'll let everyone know what it was after I take it to the shop, AGAIN!
I just heard recently that Ford is discontinuing the Ranger because nobody wants to buy one. I wonder why that is? Sorry you have the misfortune of owning one. Trade it in now, if you can get it to stop sounding like it's going to blow up long enough for a dealership to take it off your hands.
Original poster again: I plan on trading it in as soon as possible, but the truck depresiated fast and now I have to pay it down before I can trade it in. On my way to work today while making a left turn there was a loud electrical buzzing sound coming from the dash. I'll add that to the thing to have my mechanic look at and the reasons I will never own another ranger. I really am trying mot to hate Ford due to all these problems, but it's hard not to hate them after all this crap. I know every company has it's bad ones that come off the line and this cannot be helped that no car is perfect, but this way beyond reason!
I have a 02 Ranger extended cab 4x4 with 4.0.nothing but a host of problems since brand new,3 drive shafts, pinging noise from engine which the dealer never could fix, four power window motors,bad rear door latches on both sides, core support rotted out after 2.5 yrs.,2 front crank seals,3 front wheel bearings,
AC condenser, odometer stops when it wants to. Destroys front tires which I notice is a problem on most rangers.
This ranger is driven to and from work rarely tows anything and is driven easily, almost never even on a dirt road.
My question if any one can answer. This truck eats heater cores like they are free 4 in the last year it has had excellent cooling system care and system is clean. What could cause the cores to continually crack.I have tried different brands every time aluminum and copper.
On a lighter note I have got it down to 3.5 hours. to change one.
I have no idea what could cause the, but it does suck to have all these problems. I feel your pain man I get to spend my first commission check from my new job fixing this hunk of crap.
Original Poster: I took my truck into the shop about the rattling and the squeak, first the squeak was something stupid and cheap. The dealer put the wrong size belt on, it was too big and caused the tension arm to stretch too far, fixed no problem since. On a worse not the rattling is a bad bearing in the transfer case quoted $700-$800 total repair costs. if this keeps up I might never get my own place, and the cab is way too small to live in. I hate ford right now.
Original poster: I decided to let everybody know exactly how bad these trucks are so I added up all of what I have had to spend on my truck in the last 7000 miles. 1. bad tube caused check engine light- $100 2. wrong belt caused bad screech $100 after parts and labor. 3. sway bar broke and bad front diff seals $400. 4. bad fuel injectors $300. 5. cv axle went bad $300. Total $1200. next on the list is the bad bearing in the transfer case $800. Total of $2000, plus the horn is still broke and the lock messed up. minor things, but the fan grinds at 2500 rpm, maybe my next $500-800 dollar repair to add to this list.
Original poster: hey just wanted to keep you guys updated my sprdometer lights went out up to 40 miles an hour so at night I can only see my speedometer past 40. the tac gage lights also went out and now my o/d light flashes at me every couples days when I start it, then I shut it off and restart it and it goes away my mechanic said has something to do with the transmission and I will need a new one in the next year or so (he said it was a common problem in the 4.0's) . hopefully I won't have it that long, the repair cost on this truck have set me back several month and I can guarantee that this will be the last ford I ever own.
I have an 02 XLT and I have had no problems with it. Quite frankly I love the truck and am probably gonna keep it til' it dies.
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