1998 Ford Ranger lights problems

Filed Jun 25, 2015 · Airbags, Body · 40,000 miles · OR · crash

I hit a deer while comming home from work at 45 MPH and bent bumper, dented left quarter panel,broke left turn signal lens and cracked plastic grile. Airbags did not apply or engage. I also have taken my truck to the local dealership 4 times to get my door alarm chip replaced @ 50 dollars each time. On last attempt my extended waranty had expired and they refused to honer the problem and promise to replace.even though it was an exsisting problem. This was prior to hitting the deer.

Filed Jun 8, 2015 · Lights, Steering · TX

1998 ford ranger. Consumer writes in regards to vehicle steering wheel issues. *smd the consumer stated the steering wheel melted. Also, the head lamp switch and connector was replaced.

Filed Jan 14, 2013 · Electrical, Lights · 50,000 miles · CA

Turn signals failure at times, does not happen all the time.

Filed Feb 6, 2012 · Electrical, Lights · 119,000 miles · WA

Upon activating turn signal on a dark morning, the headlights completely failed. Activating the dim/bright lever provided intermittent activation. Upon release of the dim/bright function the headlights would not remain on in either dim or bright mode. Other users of vehicle report complete headlight failure. They too have been able to restore headlight function intermittently after several frantic seconds operating the light switch or the dimming lever while traveling in the dark.

Filed Feb 20, 2011 · Lights, Seat belts · 160,000 miles · CO

98' ford ranger: has a cracked frame on the rear right side. Truck makes loud noises when driving and I am afraid it may become worse over time or completely break down in unsafe speeds. I can not sell it, as I was trying to use the money for a new vehicle due to a new baby in our family. No one will buy such a defective vehicle. Also seat belts will not stay latched? Also the inside dome light melts right through the covering, where temperatures make the plastic cover bubble and melt.

Filed Oct 7, 2009 · Lights · 73,000 miles · UT

This is a 98 ford ranger xlt with 73,000 miles, my problem is the turning signals from my 98 ford ranger, everytime that I turned my truck on it makes a squeaking sound around my steering wheel, then right away my left turning signal light turns on by itself, right away when the left turning signal light turns on by itself the squeaking sound goes away, so now to quit my left turning signal light from keeping lighting on by itself I have to push down the emergency button on top of my steering wheel which turn both turning signal lights on, then right away I have to push it down again to turn them off, at that time there is no squeaking sound, but after 5 or 10 more minutes the annoying sound comes back on and I have to do the whole process again to turn off the squeaking sound, it just started to happened 3 months ago.

Filed Nov 6, 2008 · Lights, Visibility · 40,000 miles · LA

The plastic headlight lens are severely cloudy, a lot worse as time time goes on....years ago, when I bought the truck they were clear, now they are very - very opac, cloudy, so bad that you can't even see the headlight bulb ! There are many vehicles that have the same problem! So many, in fact that the part store aftermarket industries have come out with a restoration kit . I am sure that the cloudy, opac lens do severely lessen the amount of light emitted through the lens. My opinion on this is that the type of plastic selected by ford seemed fine back in 1998 but over a period of years the plastic deteriorates. My recommendations is to have the manufactures replace them. By, I did buy the kit from a parts store and it is called headlight restorer / defogger kit. Myheadlight.com . My brother and I hand buffed his 2001 jeep headlights and it took us almost 2 hours ! It did help the amount of lighting! P.s. Sorry, haven't got spell-check....

Filed Aug 13, 2007 · Lights · PA

Tl*the contact owns a 1998 ford ranger. While driving approximately 45 MPH, the contact noticed smoke coming from the hazard switch. The vehicle was taken to the garage and the turn signal switch was replaced. The manufacturer informed the contact that there were no recalls. The current and failure mileages were unknown.

Filed Jan 24, 2007 · Lights · CO

Tl* the contact stated while driving his 1998 ford ranger the interior doom light came on and off frequently. The vehicle was repaired on several occasions, but the problem recurred.

Filed May 1, 2004 · Lights, Locks · KY

I had to replace all four door jam switches due to switches getting gummed up and failing. Also latches on the bottom of the rear doors where the switch is mounted had alot of corosion on them.