Transmission failure; 2001 ford ranger edge- have had problems with prior to warranty expiring. A tsb for the initial problem was performed by the dealer, but the problem persisted and when analyzed, the same error code came up.
2001 Ford Ranger transmission complaints
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Failure occured while coming to a stop in heavy traffic. There was no heavy application of break or hard stop. There was the metal clunk sound, then while moving from a stop, there was heavy rattaling and bumping felt up through the shift lever. Same complaint as documented by 10119127.
We purchased a 2001 ford ranger in october of 2000. In 2004 the pinion seal began leaking and there was an intermittent clicking/squeak in the drivers front side. The pinion seal was replaced and fluid was topped off. As well the excluder seals were replaced and lubed to repair the clicking squeak. This was all done under the warranty. On 05/24/05 the trucks check engine light came on. It was taken back to crater lake ford and this emissions issue was fixed and we were told we would have to pay 203.39. After much discussion regarding the warranty and the fact that though this is not covered there should have been no issues this soon, we were finally told that there was a possible problem with this and they adjusted the bill to 18.49, did not charge the warranty an amount. However, they put on the receipt that the pinion seal was again leaking, though they did not mention this to us and did not state that they would fix it and that it would be covered. We have the best warranty that was available to purchase when we bought the truck. We tried several times to get the truck in, our schedules being very hectic. We took the truck in today, and were told that the pinion seal was not part of the warranty, that there was only a 12 month 12,000 mile warranty on it, even though they had fixed it under warranty over 3 years after purchase and it has begun leaking by there estimates less than a year after they replaced it. Of course this did little for our disposition and we took the truck and left. We have contacted customer service at crater lake ford and at ford motor corp. Now we receive a call stating that the services we were being seen for are covered and that we need to bring it back in. However, the seal is obviously an ongoing issue. We want them to fix the problem that is causing the pinion seal leak. They want to simply change the seal again. We want them to fix the problem, not the symptom.
Automatic transmission started shifting hard, overdrive off warning light came on and started flashing. Took car to dealer and they said transmission was bad. This vehicle only has 79000 miles on it. Showed them maint. Records, they said there was nothing they could do. $2800 repair bill for new transmission.
Dt: contact states: she bought a brand new ford ranger in 2000 and she has had to put 2 transmissions and 2 torque converters on the vehicle within 70,000 miles. The dealer said there was nothing they were going to do about it. She wrote a letter to the president of ford and to the new motor vehicle board and to consumer affairs. She has talked to consumer affairs at ford. She has also talked to the representative in dearborn mi. There was 34,000 miles on the first transmission she replaced. The second transmission was rebuilt. *nm the consumer began to feel a slipping sensation when going up an incline. The brakes were replaced.
While driving at approximately 40 MPH on a country road the vehicle began to vibrate. The driver pulled over, got underneath the vehicle, and pushed on the universal joint which was tight. The circular sound damper broke off. The driveshaft caused the vehicle to shake. The owner later contacted the manufacturer, and was told that there was nothing they could do. *ak this problem caused rattling and the vehicle would become hard to control on the highway. The consumers warranty had expired and there was nothing that ford would do to help with the problem. *sc
Consumer stated: there was a rattling noise, primarily in the power train area, it made noise when the accelerator was applied. It would happen when the consumer reached up to 2000 rmp's.
2001 ford ranger--automatic transmission, remove ignition key and it can easily be taken out of park. Key in ignition with engine running, I no longer have to press the brake to get into any gear. I have experienced this same problem in february 2003 when it was repaired by local ford dealer.
While driving, the 4-wheel drive engaged. Please provide more information. Please provide more information.
The clutch pedal gets almost to the floor before the clutch will disengage. This problem comes and goes. I am concerned that it will not disengae at all at some point. There has not been an accident because of this yet. I have not fixed it yet.
The gear shifter stuck in park. Consumer had to giggle the shifter to remove it from park into drive. Two days later, while making a left turn, the steering wheel locked up. When this occurred consumer heard something break loose in the column, followed by a rattling noise. The steering wheel unlocked after breaking loose, and a rattling noise occurred. Prior to this failure when the steering wheel was turned there was an abnormal clicking noise. Dealership refused to take the steering column apart to inspect it until they could duplicate the failure. They were only willing to replace the steering pump, but the failure was in the steering column.
Transmission failure
While slowing down at a stop light I tried to engage my clutch pedal and gear became stif, and I could not shift out of 4th gear. The clutch pedal would travel down to almost the floor and not come back up. I got the gear shift into netural and sat for the light. The clutch pedal slowly returned to it's normal position, I depress it again and there was alot of free travel, but I did get it into gear and drove right into a earnhardt dealership that I was going by. I had taken my vehicle into have a similar clutch problem check out last month at the same dealership earnhardt and they could not fine any thing wrong through computer testing. They are saying now that it could be the clutch master or a clutch slave component. The vehicle a ford ranger 2001 has under 36,000 miles and just over 3 yrs old. I have an extended warranty with western national warranty scottdale, az 85255 they say they don't cover these components. I never recieved a copy of the policy. I am waiting on this information to be sent to me. I do not under stand how these component with less than 36,000 miles and mostly highway driving go out.
While driving and approching a freeway entrance the vehicle stick shift became very difficult to shift. Finally when entering 5th gear the vechile slipped into neutral and the stick shift froze up. I had to coast of to the side of freeway and be towed to nearest ford dealer. The diagnosis was a faulty master and slave cilinder and a faulty clutch system. This vehicle is only 3 year old and has 53,000 mi. I feel that this is a premature system failure.
I have a 2001 ford ranger 4-wheel drive off road. It has 22.000 miles on it. I have driven it approximately 10 (ten) miles in 4-wheel, never off-road. I had all oils changed and analysed to ensure no hidden problems. The results are: transfer case (first test) abnormal amount of copper--critical amount of aluminum--critical amount of silicon. Secont test--sikicon levels high--wear metals high--front differential--modearqate levels of dirt--wear metals high--rear differential--nickel level appears high---transmission--test indicate no corrective action--engine--tests indicate no corrective action (I have changed oil and filter 7 times). Ford motor company claims if no problems are current there is no problem. Oil contamination leads to problems. Ford motor comapny is selling defective equipment doomed to fail.
Ford ranger xlt 2001 transmission problems. I have owned this vehicle from new and now just outside of warranty based on mileage, the transmission is needing rebuilding or replacement. The vehicle has only 38412 miles total on it, warranty coverage only lasts until 36000 miles or 3 years. Vehicle was purchased in august of 2001. No special operating conditions have existed for this vehicle (I.e. Towing, heavy equipment or item hauling). This vehicle began very early saturday april 10, 2004 flashing the o/d off indicator light on the dash panel. I took this vehicle to a local ford dealership where they indicated that the obdii system was registering 3 different codes having to do with the powertrain system. The codes registering were p0731, p0733 and p0735. According to the service technician who was working on the vehicle there is a tbs for the code p0733 registering. The service manager who I ended up receiving the bad news from only gave me the option of installing a remanufactured transmission at an estimated cost of roughly $2600. I have also taken this vehicle to an independant transmission mechanic to investigate the issue and see what is actually happening. This mechanic has confirmed that the transmission needs to be rebuilt, but also commented that he is seeing more of this happening with this particular transmission model in this vehicle. He also noted that the trend is that between 30-40,000 miles is the range at when this problem happens. I placed a call to ford motor company's customer relations and they are 'researching' possibilities of financial assistance to repair this issue. The main concern that I have with this 'fix' is that it will be replaced with the same model of transmission and that the problem will occur again in 30-40,000 miles.
2001 ford ranger 4.0 automatic. Erratic shifting during cold weather until the vehicle warms up. Have talked to many others and the problem according to some dealers is the transmission cooler is placed to far foreward of the radiator and the transmission fluid gels during cold weather. Talked to our ford dealer in town and they say alot of the escapes that use the same transmission and cooling system have lost transmission due to this. The same transmission is also used in the mazda and my boss at work just had his go out at 15,000 miles on the vehicle. It seems ford knows about the problem but is not inclined to do anything about it. My vehicle during cold days ( below 30 ) acts like someone is putting the clutch in and out very rapidly when the automatic transmission attempts to shift when it is first driven. Had it at the dealer last year before my ford warrenty expired and they found nothing. Of couse if was above 40 that day. Any influence that could be brought to ford to address this issue would be helpful. It seems on the vehicles they are fixing now, ford is putting in another safety valve in the cooling system to address this issue so all of the transmission fluid won't blow out. Thanks for listening and I hope you can help. Ford won't.
I have a 01 ranger 4x4 with 4.0l engine and 4.10 rear end. I continue to have an intermitant shudder problem from 1-2 and then again from 3-4 (around 2500 rpms) and 4-5 (around 2100 rpms). I have had the transmission serviced several times and had the following repairs performed: 1. Replaced driveshaft 2. Overhaul valve body 3. Pcm reprogrammed 4. Replaced valve body 5. Replaced valve body again 6. Overhauled transmission replace overdrive drum due to an uneven surface so far, I have had over $2,500 in repairs (all under warranty luckily). However, the shudder is still there, although it is not as harsh as it once was. A new problem has begun in the last few weeks, now when you put it in gear, it takes several seconds before it engages. In fact, you can sit there with your foot on the gas and it won't go. Once the truck is warmed up, this is not a problem. The shudder that is felt is erratic, but can be made to shudder if driven at the correct speeds.
The shift knob of my stick shift slips off leaving me in neutral as I shift from 1st to 2nd or 3rd to 4th gears. This has nearly caused 2 accidents where I was almost rear-ended as the knob came off while I was trying to accelerate into traffic. This prevented me from accelerating into the traffic flow. Because I was stuck in neutral I had to coast (one time while merging onto a freeway) until I could get the knob back on and complete the shift into a gear.
The automatic transmission performed erraticly. Transmission had a tendency to not shift into overdrive upon cold a start. After several minutes of operation, the transmissions performed normal. Please describe details.
Consumer states that the front cv joints are making a "cracking" noise when turning corners or applying the brakes. Dealer diagnosed that the seals were defective and replaced them. 1 week later cv joints began cracking again.
The consumer had problems with engine acceleration. It happened at different times. Dealer was contacted, and stated they were not able to find anything wrong with vehicle. *ak consumer added, the transmission shifted before the vehicle accelerated uncontrollably. *tt
When I look up my ford ranger 2002 pickup truck and attempt to look at the power train option it comes back with a error on the screen with the commands "get-in-......." it does not give me any search results.
This complaint is about a ford ranger edge supercab 4x4. I have had this truck barely over 2 years and it has 45,000 miles on it. About one year after purchasing the vehicle I started having transmission problems, the "overdrive off" light flashing and funny shifts from first into second as well as a hesitant acceleration followed by a small jerk. I took it in to have it fixed and apparently it was. About 3 months later the transmission started acting up again in the same fashion. I took it in and once again thought it was fixed until a few months later it started doing the same thing. By this time since I thought the truck was finally fixed I decided to add a 4" suspension lift and 33" tires. When I took it in they told me I need either a new transmission or to have this one rebuilt and that the warranty would cover the cost. After about a week in the shop and torn apart they called and told me the warranty co. Did not want to pay for the rebuilt transmission because of the "extensive suspension mods" and larger tires. Let me remind you, I had it in 2 times before the lift was put on for this same problem that has not yet been fixed. After a bit of arguing I decided that I wasn't going to win and that I need a truck. So I am now paying $150 a month for the $3000+ for the work and rebuilt transmission. Now, after about 4 months after the work, I am experiencing the same problem yet again...can someone please advise me on how to take care of this problem ??? Thanks, aaron.
I'm driving a lemon that I purchased from crain ford in benton ar. After 20 months of hassles from crain and ford motor, I am still driving a faulty vehicle that the maker can't diagnose, yet I'm told that it is safe to drive the vehicle. Ford closed my case and neither party has been helpful at all.
Consumer states while driving clutch pedal fell to the floor, and would not come back up. Took to dealer and they stated the pin on master cylinder fell out. Please provide any further information. Ts
Consumer states the vehicle experienced transmission problems.
While trying to shift from second to third gear clutch pedal moved freely, consumer unable to use clutch to shift. Gear lever had to be forced into gear. Please add further information.
The clutch would not go into gear when it sat for long periods of time, the vehicle was taken to the dealer twice but they were unable to find the problem. *mj
The tires have been a problem ever since I bought the car. I have asked the dealer to replace them to no evail. The battery went out, the power window on the driver side died, the brakes have been repaired twice the seat belts on both driver and passanger seats replaced the tramission has gone out twice the computer/brain to run the truck has gone out three times. I dont think I can take this truck breaking down all the time for to much longer. Iam in a rental car more then in my truck. Help. *ak (dot number: w2uu ifo tiresize: p225/70r15)
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