2000 Ford Ranger engine problems

Filed Jul 19, 2020 · Acceleration, Engine · 158,000 miles · VT

I looked up my VIN on the federal safety agency website and there are recalls that have not been fixed.

Filed Dec 2, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 72,000 miles · TX

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford ranger. While driving at 70 MPH, the vehicle lost all acceleration without warning. The accelerator pedal was depressed, but the vehicle failed to respond. The service engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle could be restarted; however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the electronic throttle body needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 72,000.

Filed Nov 6, 2015 · Engine · 70,000 miles · FL

The engine was 'not right' one day so the hood was opened in the bank parking lot and it appeared to be overheated. The temperature gage did not indicate this but the radiator was indeed without water. The radiator was filled and later checked out at the shop. It was determined that the temperature gage was not accurate and an external gage was added (a separate gage not part of the dashboard). The engine was never the same and has since needed to be replaced (with a remanufactured) due to being overheated. This was preventable if the temperature sensor had been operating properly. It was not broken (ie registered zero all the time), it was . . Bad or wrong sensor for the gage? Don't know really. The vehicle had less than 90000 miles.

Filed Jan 13, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 159,000 miles · CA

Was driving northbound on interstate 05 [aka] golden state highway when truck made a funny noise and engine froze ? No engine problem light,s came on no warning light off any kind came on with great difficulty id was able to pull to the side since this is a stick shift transmission when id tried to start the vehicle the starter would not turn .had this been a automatic transmission we would surly with no doubt been involved in a death accident still don't know what failed in my truck butt engine is completely frozen [can you help me locate the source off the failure since this vehicle is a must keep vehicle i9t,s a family memorial must keep vehicle.

Filed Sep 10, 2013 · Body, Engine · 200,000 miles · OH · fire

Approx 10 minutes after I had gotten home I heard a noise and looked outside.. It was 1:20 a.m; I called the fire department because the whole front end of the truck had caught on fire. An explosion completely blew off the hood. The temperature of the fire was hot enough that the alternator had melted off of the truck itself. No injuries occurred from the fire. Fire is still under investigation.

Filed Jun 8, 2013 · Engine · 173,000 miles · VA · fire

On 06/03/2013 at approximately 0830 hrs, my son was driving my 2000 ford ranger extended cab 4x4, taking his sister to the dentist office. While enroute the RPM gauge spiked to 5000 RPM's so he let off the gas and it went back to normal. He continued a short distance to the dentist office and as he was pulling into the parking lot, the vehicle lost all power and coasted to a stop. Just as the vehicle stopped, my daughter saw smoke coming from under the hood on the driver side so she exited the vehicle. My son exited the vehicle and went to look under the vehicle when he saw fire dripping down to the ground. The fire department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire. Fire engulfed the entire engine compartment and spread to interior of the cab, vehicle was a total loss. I've owned this vehicle since april 2004 and received numerous letters from ford motor co. Wanting to sell me an extended warranty but never the first notice of any factory recall. Other than routine care for the vehicle, I never had any issues with this vehicle until the fire.

Filed Apr 4, 2013 · Body, Engine · 77,995 miles · NY

I took the truck to have muffler replaced and behind both front wheels the frame is rotten to the point it is no longer safe to drive. 3 years ago I had the tie rod end fall out in the driveway. The truck runs great, body is still shiny and in good shape but the frame is totally rotten. When the truck was about 4 years old the oil pan rotted out and to replace it the motor has to be pulled. I maintained the truck well only to find out it is junk at 78,000 miles and only worth junk price. Seem I am not the only one with this happening. I have always bought ford trucks but not anymore.

Filed Sep 14, 2009 · Engine, Transmission · 86,000 miles · WV

I have a 2000 ford ranger xlt extended cab 4x4 I first started having trouble with the alternator it just stopped working, took to shop and the brushes on it was wore out had the replaced and it lasted 2 days and same problem so had to buy a new alternator at 300.00 it lasted 4 days took it back to parts store got a replacement and im still using it but it still isn't working as good as it should got stranded at 1230 am beside road with my daughter with me the first time, and when that happened that when my od light started flashing and the transmission wouldn't shift into the right gears had to manually shift it to get it to move took to shop noone could find the problem even putting it on the computer no codes was found ended up getting stranded again when train completely quit pulling had towed to shop and had to buy another train at 600.00 and that is 3 weeks pay for us but its the only vehicle we have so had to get it fixed looked to see if any recalls have been issued for this but none have but have seen many many complaints I think ford need to looking to this problem soon, it could cause an accident and someone could get seriously hurt. Thanks have ready everyone's issues and have alot of the same with my truck.

Filed Jun 5, 2009 · Engine · OH

I was driving in my truck, which is a 2000 ford ranger, and the engine totally failed on me while merging onto the highway. Upon further investigation, I noticed my cam synchro was almost entirely stripped of it's teeth. Luckily, I was still in an exit lane, so pulling over to safety was not an issue (thank god, my power steering and brakes were gone at this point). I have heard of this incident happening in many other rangers as well. However, this incident has set me back on my daily driving vehicle, now I must make new travel arrangements to my 30-mile commute to work. I believe this is a faulty part, which has caused me to have a motor under seizure. It is locked up. Now I must buy a new motor or vehicle.

Filed Nov 17, 2008 · Engine · 22,000 miles · CA

At 56,000 miles, this is the third time my truck has developed engine spontaneous racing even while in gear. This is a hazardous condition with potential injury/fatality. Occurred at 22 k mi, 45 k mi, and now at 56 k mi. When it occurs vehicle wants to race ahead and crash unless taken out of gear when the engines races and sometimes won't stop unless I intentionally stall or turn off the engine while in traffic. It is not an incident, it is ongoing. I have used the dealer repair shop exclusively. They replaced the throttle position connector at 22k mi. They referred to technical service bulletin 00-3-5. I, of course, would like this fixed permanently as it gradually recurs more and more often to the point of several times a day.