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Air Bag Loc Front: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Air Bag Loc Side: 1st Row (Driver & Passenger)
Body Cab Type: Regular
Body Class: Pickup
Brake System Type: Hydraulic
Displacement CC: 2300.0
Displacement CI: 140.35461141788
Displacement L: 2.3
Drive Type: 4x2
Engine Configuration: In-Line
Engine Cylinders: 4
Engine HP: 143
Engine KW: 106.6351
Engine Manufacturer: Ford
Fuel Type Primary: Gasoline
GVWR: Class 1C: 4,001 - 5,000 lb (1,814 - 2,268 kg)
Make: FORD
Manufacturer: FORD MOTOR COMPANY, USA
Manufacturer Id: 976
Model: Ranger
Model Year: 2011
Note: Displacement is 2.3L 4V.
Plant City: St. Paul
Plant Company Name: Twin Cities
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: Minnesota
Seat Belts All: Manual
Vehicle Type: TRUCK
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2004 RANGER 4X4 AOD TRANS SLIPPED AND MISSED SHIFTS WHILE UNDER WARRANTY. TOOK TO WINNER FORD NEWARK DE, WAS TOLD "NO CODES CAME UP, IT'S OK". SLIPPING CONTINUED, GOT WORSE, NOW, WITH 40,000 MILES TRANS WILL SHIFT LATE TO 2ND, MAKES THE SHIFT VERY ROUGHLY, THEN O/D LIGHT FLASHES AND TRANS WILL NOT SHIFT INTO OD. THESE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME AS MANY OF THE COMPLAINTS WITH 2003 EXPLORER AUTO TRANS. NHTSA SHOULD HOLD MANUFACTURER ACCOUNTABLE. *JB
2011
WHEELS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD RANGER EXTENDED CAB XLT. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 45 MPH WHEN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT A NUT HAD DETACHED FROM THE WHEEL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 3,000. UPDATED 03/16/12 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED AS HE WAS DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL SUDDENLY JERKED ITSELF OUT OF HIS HANDS AND PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE CONSUMER ENDED UP IN A MUDDY DITCH WHERE HE SLID TO A STOP AGAINST A FENCE AND SOME SMALL TREES. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO COTTER PIN THAT SAFE TIED THE NUT THAT HELD THE WHEEL ON THE SPINDLE. UPDATED 04/20/12