general problems of the 2000 Ford Ranger

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.

The frame rails at the rear of the vehicle where the shocks bolt up has completely cracked through the metal on passenger side & the driver side has completely rusted away and frame cracked.

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.

2000 Ford Ranger. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle spontaneously went into low 4 wheel drive. 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.

Well the frame looks very cheap now and is really flaking badly almost to the point where I don't know if I should even drive the vehicle. There is a huge hole in the frame that went unnoticed until now.

While parked the vehicles transmission jumped from park into reverse making a pedistrian jump out of the way. And hitting a concrete barrier.

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.

My frame is rusted out, 110,000, miles, replaced transmission, brake lines, gas lines, and a # of other things, due to a rusted out under carriage, the motor is great, things on the frame are breaking off all the time, so much rust cant even see a bolt.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. While driving 65 mph, the vehicle suddenly stopped accelerating. The transmission shifted into neutral and the abs indicator illuminated on the instrument panel. If the contact immediately activates the hazard lights, the failure will correct itself. The failure has occurred more than 30 times within one month. The vehicle has not been diagnosed by the dealer. The current mileage was 86,000 and failure mileage was 85,000. Updated 11/12/08 updated 11/18/08.

While driving 60 mph speedometer started to go from 60 to 0 constantly, abs light came on, and vehicle had delays in shifting. Vehicle at dealer at this time.

I bought my truck on Dec. 10,1999. On Dec. 21,while driving the speedometer dropped rapidly down to10(there is no zero on the speedometer). It did it agin a few minutes later. Between that date and Jan. 3. It has hppened at least 10 more times. I brought it to the Ford dealer. They could not fix it since it did not happen while the truck was in their possesion. On Jan. 3,2000,I was driing and agin it happened. But this time the needle did not go back up it stayed down. I lost power and cruised to a stop. I brought it back to Ford on mondy and they still have not found the problem. I will not pick it up because I am too afraid to drive it. What if I should lose power and I get rear ended?/they promise to try and find it but I am not happy. This truck is brand new(not quite 4 weeks). I am paying big payments on something I won't drive. Please help!.