general problems of the 2001 Ford Ranger

The contact owns a 2001 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle failed to restart. The check gages warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to contact's family member's residency the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

My 2001 Ford Ranger 3. 0 has a idle idle when im depressing the clutch idle would stay around 1,300 rpm. Happens usually more when ac is on.

Intermittent starting as if there is no fuel going to the engine. Shut off valve checked, basic trouble shooting done, as I understand doing research, this has been on-going issues with Ford Rangers doing this. Is there a fix for such?.

I was driving approx. 40 mph when my vehicle suddenly sped up and the rpm went from 1. 5 to 4. 0 without my pushing harder on the gas. I tapped my brakes and it took a few moments to disengage. In the course of 40 minutes it did this 5 times. I checked to make sure the floor mat had not gotten pushed under and it was not. The vehicle just sped up on its own.

Truck vehicle was shifting into reverse and a brake failure prompt the driver to switch into drive and suddenly the vehicle span off out of control(burning tire) and it took off very fast without even touching the gas pedal. Driver tried to stop it but nothing work.

This situation has occurred at least a half a dozen times, when the vehicle is running and in gear with the vehicle at or near stopped, the engine rpm increases dramatically, if the driver is not on the ball, the truck will surge forward, so far I have been lucky and there has been noting in front of me or I have been able to turn off the engine. Today the rear tires started squealing when this happened.