general problems of the 2005 Ford Ranger

Driving on freeway approximately 30 to 40 minutes at 55-70mph and engine shuts down with no warning. Pull over wait a few minutes and engine starts. Drive another 30 to 40 minutes and engine shuts down. Pull over wait a few minutes - engine starts. Went to put gas in truck and engine would not start. Reset fuel inertia/shut down switch and truck started.

Driving on freeway approximately 30 to 40 minutes at 55-70 mph and engine shuts down with no warning. Pull over wait a few minutes and engine starts. Drive another 30-40 minutes and engine shuts down. Pull over wait a few minutes engine starts.

Fuel inertia switch malfunction, switch shorted out and caught fire. The inertia switch would trigger and shut off the fuel supply to the truck, this happened about 25times since purchasing the vehicle new, the last time it happened I was sitting still in bumper to bumper traffic and it just shut off. I reached under the passenger side of the dash board to reset it and could feel the heat from the electrical fire. I quickly shut off the vehicle and the fire died out. The safety switch is totally fried.

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact was driving 55 mph when the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact stated that the fuel cutoff switch continuously caused the vehicle to stall without warning. The contact was able to reset the switch and resume driving. The dealer was contacted but provided no assistance. The manufacturer was contacted and advised that there were no recalls for the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 138,000.

The inertia switch on my 2005 Ford Ranger cut the fuel supply at 55 mph on a busy highway. After pulling the switch out and pulling out the connector, I found evidence of temperatures high enough to melt the plastic. This problem first started in November of 2008 and has gotten steadily worse since then. This evidently a design flaw that needs to be fixed by Ford.

Inertia switch tripped while driving 55 mph on smooth road.

Normal driving on rough pavement, also normal driving at highway speed. In both cases the fuel system shut-off switch (inertia switch) tripped shutting off the engine.

Repaired car in shop three times for a safety fuel switch which kept going off. Switch shut off on the freeway and crashed into the middle divider.

The inertia switch on my 2005 Ford Ranger keeps tripping. I have brought it in 3 times now. Sometimes it doesn't start and sometimes it dies while I'm driving. I do not feel safe in this vehicle. I have had the inertia switch replaced once. The dealership showed me how to reset it so that I would be able to continue on my way when it dies while I'm driving.

Dt: 2005 Ford Ranger edge supercab while driving on dirt road about 25 miles per hour, turning left onto my street the engine just shut off. A friend of mine that is a mechanic said that this was a problem with fuel inertia switch. The consumer knows that this problem has happened to at least 2 other people. The vehicle would not restart back. The vehicle was towed back to the consumer's house. We read the owners manual. The reset switch for the fuel inertia switch was pushed and then car started back up. The consumer drove the car for about a half hour and this problem did not occur again.