2004 Ford Ranger: check engine light

Filed Jul 10, 2017 · Acceleration, Engine · 66,330 miles · CA

Was driving and suddenly, my vehicle started to lose power. Was very scary because it was at night. Engine light came on and power was lost. Pulled off freeway into gas station. Checked fluids, etc.. Upon trying to leave, vehicle was sputtering with no compression. I did not think I was going to make it home. After a few minutes, I tried again, this time giving vehicle more gas. It seemed to do a little better. But, every time I had to slow down or stop for a stop sign or traffic light, vehicle was sputtering and acting like it was going to stall out. Was very nerve racking, as I was afraid of being rear ended by cars that were behind me. Now every time I slow down to where vehicle is in idle, it acts like it is going to stall out on me, which makes me very nervous. Had a mechanic install new plugs, new injector, coil package and vehicle is still doing badly and running very rough. Engine light still comes on after having all these new parts installed. Mechanic also recommended using a gas additive and filling tank with premium gas, which I did. Still running rough. Upon further research, have found out that ford rangers, years 2004 through 2006 are having the same problem. My vehicle only has 66,362 miles on it and I have kept maintained at all times. Ford has known about this but has not done a recall yet. I feel that they are responsible and that there should be a recall on these vehicles. Either I will have to buy a new engine or a new vehicle, which I can not afford. Ford needs to recall and pay for what needs to be done to fix this problem, as they were aware of this problem and have done nothing about it. I should not have to pay for new engine or new vehicle, when my 2004 ranger has low mileage and has been well maintained the whole time that I have had it. It is the 3.0 vulcan engine. Please help.

Filed Oct 27, 2015 · Engine · 150,000 miles · CO

Come to a stop light engine idles rough and hesitates at take off wont go over 3mph for 1/4 mile check engine light flashing.

Filed Jul 29, 2015 · Engine · 125,000 miles · AZ

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. While the vehicle was stopped at a red light, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle started to idle independently. The accelerator was depressed and the vehicle failed to accelerate. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 125,000. Updated 12/13/2017

Filed Nov 29, 2010 · Engine · 90,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. While driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle began making a noise. The vehicle then lost all power and the check engine light flashed. The contact turned the vehicle off and restarted it; the failure continued. The vehicle was towed to a local repair shop. The mechanic rebuilt cylinder one. 36,000 miles later, the failure occurred again. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where the contact was informed that cylinder one failed again. The vehicle had not been repaired again. The failure mileage was approximately 90,000 and the current mileage was approximately 126,000.

Filed Mar 12, 2010 · Engine · 68 miles · CA

Check engine light came on...called the ford hotline no help there they said we where a few miles over the warranty to cover that part. So we took it to our mechanic and he new in five minutes what was wrong we had paperwork showing the problems ford was having with theses trucks. So I called the nearest for dealer and asked them about it and they wanted to charge us so much to see if they can find the problem we told them we know the problem. They wanted to charge us over 2000 dollars to repair the truck.so we had to hold off due to the economy so bad. So we took it 1 week ago to our mechanic fixed the problem cost us 1900 for everything they where defective heads values where sinking into the heads cylinders had no compression ,so know we are out 1900 to have this truck repaired where all of this is due to fords bad parts they put in the truck. Ford said they could not help us do to we had a few miles over 70,000 that is bull if they would have told us about this problem we would have taken it in we never received anything from them telling us about this defective parts.

Filed Dec 24, 2008 · Transmission · 66,000 miles · AL

I took my vehicle to have the diagnostics checked on it , because my engine light kept coming on , after having the plugs changed. The diagnostics said it was a fix it problem, with the valves, I then called the dealership, it seems the warranty has expired because of the mi. Being 66,000 my wife and I were planning to go out of town to visit our grandchildren, but cannot now. The dealership says they are aware of the problem but says there are not enough complaints to make a recall. I will be contacting everyone about this problem, please help us by telling everyone you know!! Merry christmas ! Who stole our christmas ford ! Call your gov, officials help make this a recall not a fair warranty 3yrs or 36000 mi. Buy a foreign car from now on.

Filed Nov 1, 2007 · Engine · 77,000 miles · CA

My 2004 ford ranger started idling rough and the check engine light came on. I took it to the dealer and they could not find a problem. They reset the check engine light and a few months later it happened again. This time the dealer found that there was no compression in three cylinders do to the valves not seating properly. The correction is to have both heads replaced, a cost that neither ford or my extended warranty company is willing to pick up. I am a 3rd generation ford owner and extremely irate that ford has not issued a recall considering that this is a very expensive mistake on their part, and that they are making the consumer pay for this. Ford is very much aware of the problem as they have issued a technical service bulletin for it.

Filed Mar 20, 2007 · Engine · LA

2004 ford ranger, 3l v6, engine light came on and dealer said was an injector prpoblem. Took to another mechanic shop, who found zero compression on 5 and 6 cylinders, and the valve seats were damaged. Injectors were okay. Both cylinder heads need replacing with the new . Cylinder heads which would replace the defective, original cylinder heads ,per the technical bulletin ford released on 05-26-2003, but failed to notify owners or recall the vehicles. This was very expensive, and ford could be identified as a crap company for defrauding the public and robbing me. Light came on at 55, 000 miles.

Filed Jan 5, 2006 · Engine · 45,000 miles · MI

The check engine light on my 2004 ford ranger kept coming on, I was told by one dealer that it was an emission signal and that it would reset. It did but kept coming back. The truck then started running bad, so I took it to another dealer, who told me that there was a technical service bulletin out about this problem and they had to replace both of my engines heads. And of course because of the miles on my truck, I would have to pay for these repairs. I said that if ford knew about this defect then why haven't they recalled these engines.

Filed Jan 27, 2005 · Fuel system, Transmission · 22,184 miles · MS

Truck has been sent to the shop three times already; 1. Transmission problems, back window popped out, check engine light remained on-----put in new valve body in, put window in and reset check engine light.*ak 2. Transmission problems, check engine light on------new purge valve canister in engine, fuel pump, new fuel tank. 3. Transmission problems(transmission slips), rear window out again. 2. Transmission problems, check engi