Seven problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2004 Ford Ranger. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Ford Ranger based on all problems reported for the 2004 Ranger.
Truck surged forward while braking at red light if some one was in front of me I would have hit them.
If I left the engine idle more than two minutes it would not pass the state emissions test. Now the emission light came on and it will not go off anymore. Almost got an accident vehicle will not drive over 20 mph anymore. I must have the same problems of thousands of other people. I was told I have to change the heads on the engine because of poor quality cast iron heads that was used for like three years. My Ford truck is one of these years they had the issues. Now I have to spend thousands of dollars fixing it this is nonsense with the low miles I have on it. These Fords should be recalled because of the safety issue. I have taken such good care of this truck and it still looks like brand-new I have to fix it! please help!!!.
Ford sold this truck with defective cylinder heads.
This complaint is regarding the very common problem with the 3. 0 v6 motors that Ford produced known as the "valve recession" Ford released over 200,000 vehicles with these faulty cylinder heads. Ford is aware of this problem as they sent out a TSB (service bulletin) regarding this issue but yet they wont recall this problem.
I was approaching a intersection with this vehicle and I attempted to stop. As I was braking the truck suddenly accelerated, while my foot was on the brake pedal. The rpms increased,and the only thing I could do was to maintain pressure on the brake and to keep my hands on the steering wheel. The truck pushed another vehicle into the intersection,as I was braking. I did not receive a ticket,and a police officer confirmed what I described.
While driving with passenger, the inertia switch can be easily unattached or loosened. This causes the truck to randomly die. If the manual vehicle dies while driving at high speed, in bad traffic, or turns requiring power steering, the vehicle can be dangerous.
Consumer complained about a starting problem. Vehicle was taken to dealer on several occasions. Dealer replaced the fuel pump, but problem recurred.