2000 Ford Ranger: headlights failing or too dim

Filed Feb 28, 2011 · Airbags · 135,000 miles · CA · crash · 2 injuries

I was east bound doing 50 MPH when a west bound chevy made a left turn into my lane, I pushed brakes turned right impacting the chevy head on spinning it 180 degrees and back into the west bound lane. Both the chevy's air bags deployed and it broke it's wind- shield. The air bags in my truck failed to deploy; I'm the original owner of the ranger. My truck as well as the chevy were totaled; $8,988. To fix my ranger. My wife suffered a broken left wrist and she broke a titanium rod in her back. She had to undergo a six hour surgery to remove the broken rods parts in her lower back and the surgeon had to add more rods in her upper back to stabilize two vertebrae , which were damaged in the crash. I send ford the accident report, body shop estimate and 20+ pictures of the truck and accident scene. Ford said the impact was not enough to set off the air bags. Both fenders were buckled, radiator was pushed into the fan, frame was bent, it took several minutes to open the pass. Side door to get my wife out of the truck. Bumper, grille and headlights were totaled. Ford offered to check the restraint control module and report their own lab findings to me, I felt this was like hiring the fox to guard my hen house. I would like to send you all photos, the accident report, body shop estimate as well as the before and after x-rays of my wife's back. My son worked at a ford dealer for 18 years as a mechanic and told ask ford what went wrong in the air bag system. I hope you'll get back to me I just want to know why the bags failed.

Filed Oct 17, 2010 · Airbags · 133,000 miles · ME · crash

I was involved in a front end crash at approx 50 MPH and the air bags did not deploy. I have a 2000 ford ranger xlt extended cab. The front impact occurred on the passengers side front head light area. A car pulled out in front of me. The other car took an angled impact on the front drivers side corner and the door and drivers side air bag deployed on their car. The passenger side air bag was turned on in my truck but neither that or my drivers side bag deployed. My head impacted the steering wheel from the crash.

Filed May 3, 2010 · Lights · 81,300 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 ford ranger. While traveling at speeds of 65 MPH, the contact began to smell an unusual burning odor. The headlights failed moments after noticing the odor. The contact stated the failure had occurred at least three times. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for further inspection of the headlight failure. The failure mileage was 81,300 and the current mileage was 81,318.

Filed Mar 7, 2003 · Lights, Visibility · 61,000 miles · IN

The windshield wipers failed, and the headlights cut off intermittently. *jb the headlights would go out 40-50 seconds at a time. The consumer stated that he has experienced the same problem as recall #b00b40. The dealer stated that the recall doesn't pertain to his vehicle and they would have to diagnose the problem to determine how to assist him. Scc

Filed Feb 4, 2003 · Lights · 68,000 miles · WV

The headlights went out, and wouldn't come back on. The dealership indicated the headlight switch might have a short in it. Please provide more details. Ph

Filed Oct 19, 2001 · Brakes · MI

When ABS brake system is activated, headlights/ horn and windshield wipers become inoperable, cause unknown. *ak consumer stated the dealer replaced the ignition but the problem still exists.