Six problems related to turn signal have been reported for the 1998 Ford Ranger. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
This is a 98 Ford Ranger XLT with 73,000 miles, my problem is the turning signals from my 98 Ford Ranger, everytime that I turned my truck on it makes a squeaking sound around my steering wheel, then right away my left turning signal light turns on by itself, right away when the left turning signal light turns on by itself the squeaking sound goes away, so now to quit my left turning signal light from keeping lighting on by itself I have to push down the emergency button on top of my steering wheel which turn both turning signal lights on, then right away I have to push it down again to turn them off, at that time there is no squeaking sound, but after 5 or 10 more minutes the annoying sound comes back on and I have to do the whole process again to turn off the squeaking sound, it just started to happened 3 months ago.
The contact owns a 1998 Ford Ranger. While driving approximately 45 mph, the contact noticed smoke coming from the hazard switch. The vehicle was taken to the garage and the turn signal switch was replaced. The manufacturer informed the contact that there were no recalls. The current and failure mileages were unknown.
Turn signals failure at times, does not happen all the time.
I hit a deer while comming home from work at 45 mph and bent bumper, dented left quarter panel,broke left turn signal lens and cracked plastic grile. Airbags did not apply or engage. I also have taken my truck to the local dealership 4 times to get my door alarm chip replaced @ 50 dollars each time. On last attempt my extended waranty had expired and they refused to honer the problem and promise to replace. Even though it was an exsisting problem. This was prior to hitting the deer.
Signal lever is 15-20 degrees to right or left of center, it does not stay engaged when turning have to hold the lever and turning with the other hand. Two dealers indicated problem was due to a design flaw. Dealer cannot duplicate the problem.
Consumer complained about a turn signal problem. Consumer was driving and noticed a puff of smoke, and a crackling sound behind the dashboard. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, and dealer determined that multi-function module had an electrical short.