general problems of the 2000 Ford Ranger

Three problems related to service brakes have been reported for the 2000 Ford Ranger. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2000 Ford Ranger based on all problems reported for the 2000 Ranger.

1 Service Brakes problem

Failure Date: 09/15/2015

Tl-the contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving at approximately 35 mph, when the brake pedal was depressed the brakes would make abnormal noise and hesitated to stop the vehilce. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not taken to dealer or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 143,000. Ak.

2 Service Brakes problem

Failure Date: 07/15/2005

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. Brake shoes on the rear, has a safety defect. The spring on the bottom of the brake shoes have a self adjuster the spring at the bottom rubbed the self adjuster. It did not rub brake shoes . It started making a noise in the wheel. The contact took it off and found the broken spring . While driving on highway it made a rattling noise on July, 15 2005. No crash involved. No police report taken. No injuries reported. The bottom brake shoe retaining spring was installed on the outside of the self adjuster, which eventually rubbed the spring and broke. About 2 months later the other side started making a noise an it had also broke. After installing the new brake shoe the consumer found that the spring should have been installed behind the self adjuster. The consumer has one of the springs in his possession.

3 Service Brakes problem

Failure Date: 06/03/2002

I have a 2000 Ford Ranger XLT 3. 0 liter at 39,000 miles my antilock brakes went out. They stop working and made my stops during bad weather more dangerous. My speedometer and odometer stop working at around 64,000 miles and was not able to afford the repair. I have been calculating the speed over the past 7 years and the mileage.




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