Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. The contact received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control. He called the manufacturer several times about when the parts will be available and they continue to state that the parts will be available in a few months. There had been no failure to date. The recall number was unknown. The current mileage was 81,000.
1999 Ford Ranger acceleration complaints
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I was sent a recall notice for my truck in august 2007 and the part to repair the problem is still not available on february 4, 2008.
I have a recall on a ford ranger 1999 pickup for the speed control. The recall notice was sent to me in august. The part is still unavailable at my local dealer - bitterroot motors and when I call the ford hotline, they also say the part will be unavailable until may or later. I think if this is a safety issue, they should be required to deal with the recall a little sooner than 10 months after they issue the recall. Now it is my responsibility to keep calling the ford dealer to find out when I can schedule a repair. They don't keep a list to contact me when they get the part in.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. The contact received a ford safety recall notice for the vehicle speed control in august of 2007. On august 27, 2007, the vehicle speed control was disconnected. At that time, the contact was informed that he would be called when the part arrived in october. He has been calling every month since october and is being informed that the parts will be available the following month. There had been no failure to date. The purchase date and recall number were unknown. The current mileage was 66,000. Updated 01/24/08 *bf updated 01/24/08
Failure to install fused wiring harness as required by recall 05s28 in reasonable period of time (four months and counting). Dealer claims that ford does not have adequate quantities of replaced harnesses in stock.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. The contact stated that his vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control). While driving 60 MPH, the cruise control overheated. The purchase date was unknown. The current mileage was 81,214 and failure mileage was approximately 75,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. He received a safety recall notice for the vehicle speed control (the federal safety agency campaign id # 07v336000) in august of 2007. The dealer stated on three occasions that the part was unavailable. As of january 3, 2008, the dealer had not repaired the vehicle. The current mileage was 56,000 and there had been no failure to date. The purchase date was unavailable.
Recall since august and still no resolution.
Ford has an active recall, begun about 3 months ago, but doesn't have the parts available to fix this problem. At the very least this is extremely poor customer service, at the worst it is fraud - depriving me of the vehicle I originally paid for! This is the recall for cruise control, a feature I use frequently and specifically bought with this model. Ford knew they had a problem and they would need the parts to fix it - why don't they have it, or have responsibility for compensating for failing to have it?
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. Recall notice#05s28 indicated the speed control switch should be deactivated. The vehicle was parked in a parking lot, it caught fire and burned other vehicles. The fire began under the hood. A fire department report is available. The current and failure mileages were 115000.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. While driving 65 MPH with the cruise control engaged, the vehicle shut off without warning. Approximately two weeks later, the failure recurred. As of september 17, 2007, the dealer had not inspected the vehicle. The federal safety agency campaign id number 07v336000 (vehicle speed control) was referenced. The dealer stated that the part was unavailable and they would disconnect the vehicle speed control. The contact was dissatisfied with the remedy. The failure mileage was 50,000 and current mileage was 60,000.
1999 ford ranger sport truck 4 cyl 5 speed stick power steering , brakes, air conditioning , cruise control. Once in a while it will accelerate by itself. With foot off of the pedal it will keep accelerating . Then it will gradually come back down in speed. I can never tell how long it will last. Usually it is a matter of 10-15 seconds it can happen whether the vehicle is hot or cold. It seems to accelerate up to about highway rpms 2500-3000 . It can be a little nerve wrecking.
Tl*the contact owns a 1999 ford ranger. While driving 30 MPH the vehicle caught fire under the hood. She received a recall notice for the vehicle speed control (the federal safety agency campaign id #07v336000) on august 17, 2007. The current and failure mileage was unknown.
Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle suddenly accelerated rapidly while attempting to slow down. The vehicle's engine revved suddenly without warning. The transmission was placed in the neutral position in order to prevent from hitting the vehicle in front. The dealership determined this was a common problem with this vehicle and was caused by faulty wiring chafing from the wiring harness.
Incident #1:approaching a stop sign doing approx 10-15 MPH. Vehicle engine started surging 3-4 times. Rpm went up to approx 2100 then the problem went away. Foot "did not" slip from brake pedal to gas pedal. If my foot was not on brake vehicle would have shot through the stop sign. Incident #2: 11/12/2005: vehicle was moving approx 5 MPH in front yard when the engine RPM surged up to approx 2100. Had to firmly apply brake or vehicle would have jumped forward. Problem lasted aprrox 3-4 seconds.
All of a sudden the vehicle accelerated on its on. It did it when driving and when pulling off after a stop. Vehicle was repaired by replacing the air sensor and the computer at a cost to consumer.
Consumer stated when the engine was hot it was difficult to disengage the clutch . Vehicle accelerated to 4000 rpms. When the clutch was engaged engine continued to operate excessively. When driving vehicle did not slow down. Manufacturer's recall was issued. However, this vehicle was not included due to VIN. The initial problem started some time ago when the cruise control was engaged. The problem ceased for a while. However, consumer was afraid to drive. And had it repaired.
While sitting in traffic the vehicle accelerated without warning and both airbags deployed without contact with another vehicle. The driver had the vehicle towed to the dealer for analysis.
While driving on the highway the throttle housing broke which caused immediate deceleration.
99 v 062 001/cruise speed control cable: vehicle has cut off on five separate occasions while driving at 45 MPH , vehicle restarted on each time. Dealer and manufacturer have been notified. Feel free to provide any further information.
Vehicle is at a complete stop and it will not move. After a while it will start. Contacted dealer, and dealer was not willing to do anything.*ak consumer also states that the throttle sticks and will hang when applied off idle position. When it unhangs itself a metal sound can be heard from the engine. The problem worsens when engine is hot, and suggests that ford companys are apethetic about the situation and that this is a very serious & dangerous problem.
Vehicle was going 55mph and the engine started racing. Rpm's shot up to 6 on the gauge. Vehicle acceleration stop, and there was no throttle control. Brakes were not affected. The ABS, over drive ,and engine check light illuminated. Consumer got to a local gas station and diagnostic reading read rear sensor was malfunctioning. The dealer was not notified. Please provide more informtion.
Ford has a technical service bulletin that describes the "high idle" condition when depressing clutch or shifting gears for the ranger. This should be reevaluated for "recall" action as the throttle position sensor will remain at high RPM while in nuetral unless you place the vehicle back in gear. You can pull up on the accelerator or push it further down in attempt to get it to return to idle but all that does it make the condition worse (high idle is one thing but an engine racing with throttle position sensor thinking accelarator is pushed way down is another). This condition is caused by a poor electrical connection at the wire harness to throttle position sensor. It is a safety recall issue vice a technical service issue.
Vehicle was going 70mph and shut down. Speed sensor signals is not to move at low and high speeds. Once it shuts down, it can start back up. It cost the consumer $200 to replace speed sensor.*ak transmission failed too.
When applying accelerator pedal will stick. Has to press very hard to get vehicle to respond. This happened before, in april 1999. At that time, dealer replaced throttle box. A bolt was stripped and caused throttle cable to stick. This was done under warranty.
Throttle will not drop to idle when clutch is depressed, or when in gear at any speed.
Gas pedal sticks, mostly after first starting vehicle, consumer has to step on pedal hard to get it unstuck. Then, it will lurch forward, rpms will stay at about 2000 after that. Dealer unable to remedy problem. *ak dealer attempted to fix problem, however vehicle is still experiencing sudden acceleration and dealer can not duplicate problem.
While driving then coming to a to stop and vehicle will almost stall without a prior warning, droping the RPM, then coming back up.
While driving at 40 MPH vehicle will start to hold that speed. The only way to get it to come down is to shut off motor. Consumer does not have cruise control. Consumer feels this is unsafe because when shutting motor off there is a loss of power steering and power brakes.
Vehicle is experiencing problem with engine acceleration whenever vehicle comes to a stop intermittently. Vehicle been in/out of dealer shop on four occasions, and problem still reoccurring.
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