2000 Ford Ranger Powertrain & Transmission Problems

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that the gear shifter had to be shifted into neutral to start the vehicle. The gear shifter was not matching with the actual gear that was selected. While the vehicle was in park, the vehicle would roll backward before the park was engaged. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the shift range bracket and ignition lock cylinder were replaced however, the failure recurred. The dealer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and referred the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign Number: 01V062000 (Power Train) however, the VIN was not included. The failure mileage was 91,264.

VEHICLE BOGGED AND STALLED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARALLEL PARK, TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AND RIGHT END POINTS. AFTER ENGINE DIED, IT DID NOT START AGAIN AND NEEDED TO BE TOWED TO MY HOME. HAPPENED ON HILO TOWN ON HOLOMUA STREET.

TRANSMISSION FLUID ALL LEAKED OUT GOOD THING I WASN'T DRIVING HAD TO REPLACE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN GARAGE AT THAT TIME

2000 FORD RANGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY WENT INTO LOW 4 WHEEL DRIVE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WENT INTO LOW 4 WHEEL DRIVE IT RESULTED IN HIM CAREENING OFF THE ROAD TO THE RIGHT AND TOTALING THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED. *JB

WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 05 [AKA] GOLDEN STATE HIGHWAY WHEN TRUCK MADE A FUNNY NOISE AND ENGINE FROZE ? NO ENGINE PROBLEM LIGHT,S CAME ON NO WARNING LIGHT OFF ANY KIND CAME ON WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY ID WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE SINCE THIS IS A STICK SHIFT TRANSMISSION WHEN ID TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE THE STARTER WOULD NOT TURN .HAD THIS BEEN A AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION WE WOULD SURLY WITH NO DOUBT BEEN INVOLVED IN A DEATH ACCIDENT STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT FAILED IN MY TRUCK BUTT ENGINE IS COMPLETELY FROZEN [CAN YOU HELP ME LOCATE THE SOURCE OFF THE FAILURE SINCE THIS VEHICLE IS A MUST KEEP VEHICLE I9T,S A FAMILY MEMORIAL MUST KEEP VEHICLE. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LINKAGE BECOMES LOOSE DUE TO NO LOCKWASHERS IN MOUNTING PLATE ON STEERING COLUMN UNDER THE DASHBOARD. LINKAGE CAME LOOSE CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION GEARING. CAUSES SPONTANEOUS GEAR SHIFTING UNDER VARIOUS OPERATING CONDITIONS AND PREVENTS PROPER GEAR SETTING. FAILURE COULD CAUSE TOTAL LOSS OF CONTROL OF TRANSMISSION. LOCK WASHERS WERE USED IN ALL PRODUCTS UNTIL RECENTLY. COMPUTERS WERE FIRST TO DISPENSE WITH THEM. NOW MANY ENGINEERS NO LONGER SPECIFY THEM. SCARY TO THINK THAT MAYBE AVIATION HAS GONE THE SAME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY AND EMITTED A LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BOOTS THAT WERE ATTACHED TO THE DRIVE SHAFT FAILED AND THE DRIVE SHAFT DETACHED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S HOME AND WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 114,000.

WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLES TRANSMISSION JUMPED FROM PARK INTO REVERSE MAKING A PEDESTRIAN JUMP OUT OF THE WAY. AND HITTING A CONCRETE BARRIER. *TR

FRAME ROTTED. I FEEL AS THOUGH IT IS A PROBLEM WITH MANY MANY RANGERS WITH THE YEAR AROUND 2000. I HAD A CRACKED FRAME ABOUT 2 FEET FORWARD OF WHERE FROM SUSPENSION FOR REAR TIRES MEET FRAME. CRACKED FRAME COMPLETELY AND WHEN BED WAS REMOVED CAUSE TRUCK TO COLLAPSE AND BE IMMOVEABLE UNTIL FRAME WAS SIMPLY PATCHED TO BE MOVED. HAD TO JUNK TRUCK DUE TO CONDITION AND REPAIR COSTS WERE MORE THAN TRUCK WAS WORTH. VERY UPSET WITH 2000 FORD RANGER I PURCHASED. SPENT ALOT OF MONEY AND DIDNT EVEN GET A YEAR OUT OF TRUCK. NEVER USED TO TOW OR AS WORK TRUCK. NEVER MORE THAN 200 POUNDS IN BED AND STILL HAD FRAME PROBLEMS. SOME THING IS VERY WRONG WITH FORD RANGER FRAMES. WHEN WILL SOMETHING BE DONE . I MAY NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER FORD VEHICLE DUE TO THIS UNFORTUNATE BUT ALL TOO COMMON FRAME FAILURE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAY THE RIGHT REAR AXLE SHAFT BROKE LEADING TO THE WHEEL COMING OFF OF THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE LOSING CONTROL. *TR

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

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

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

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *NM

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.

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

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

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

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

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