The only time it's failed to start on me is when the battery terminals broke.
Just normal repairs.
This truck has a sorry lack of power, so don't try to haul anything with it.
You can't even get rubber with first gear, which is pathetic. I could get rubber in first, second, and third with my S-10, and the engine isn't even that much bigger.
The interior lasts a long time.
I have a 97 Ranger with the 2.3 EFI manual and I don't what there doing wrong, but I can get rubber in first easily and on a good day into second (dry conditions). Plus, with a puny 2.3, what do you expect, it isn't a hauler or a work truck, it is simply a truck to get around in.
We have a 87 with a 2.9 and it will burn the tires off. It also has a lot of torque (pulling power) at low revs. So if you buy another one get a V-6.
I have a 95 with the 2.3 and I don't know what your doing wrong or what iam doing right I can get my truck to burn out really easy in first second and sometimes third. stock engine with 160,000 thousand miles on it so something is wrong with your truck.