Driving on freeway approximately 30 to 40 minutes at 55-70 MPH and engine shuts down with no warning. Pull over wait a few minutes and engine starts. Drive another 30-40 minutes and engine shuts down. Pull over wait a few minutes engine starts.
2005 Ford Ranger electrical complaints
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The fuel inertia switch would malfunction for no reason. The car would just die, losing all power (many times happening at 65 MPH on freeway). It happened at least 15 different times. The "reset" button would have to be used to get vehicle started again. Eventually, the component "melted," and had to be replaced. I was told at the dealership not to let the fuel level get lower than 1/4 tank, to prevent this from happening again. Very dangerous issue, which ford is aware of< but does nothing!
Two times in 2 days I was driving when the vehicle suddenly stalled/shutoff. Fortunately both times I was able to pull over out of traffic. It felt like my pedal went dead, I lost my power steering as well. Since I was able to connect to the internet through my phone I was able to search "ford ranger suddenly dies while driving." an overwhelming amount of results indicated to reset my inertia fuel shutoff switch. I found it, reset it and the truck started again. After the second time this happened I researched ford ranger recalls, only to find this was not one of them. I feel very apprehensive about driving my truck, not knowing why it suddenly decides to trip the fuel shutoff switch. This is extremely dangerous and it needs to be recalled.
Fuel shut off switch - the wire harness connecting to the fuel shut off switch are melted. Ford replaced one of these switches during my warranty period and since then I have replaced this switch twice. I now notice that the harness connected to this switch has wires that are melted. This switch has activated numerous times while I have been driving and when this happens the vehicle fuel is interrupted and vehicle stalls. I have had this happen on interstate 4 and on various other roads. I find it hard to believe that my vehicle is the only one this happens to. I recently picked up a new switch which has been revamped with an additional wiring harness and a new connection bracket. The problem is that the old harness that this will be attached to has bare wires exposed with no insulation covering them. I am concerned that this constitutes a fire hazard. I have spoken to the ford service department in lakeland, fl. But have had no reasonable explanation on this problem.
2005 ford ranger edge. Engine stalling due to faulty fuel cutoff switch which got hot enough to melt the plastic switch itself. Truck stalled 20-30 times total with half of those times at freeway speeds.
I was driving 65mph on the freeway (which was smooth) and my inertia switch went out. This shut off my power steering, my power brakes and I was almost killed by a semi truck because of this. It happened 10 times today, usually when coming to a stop. This has happened multiple times, and ford has not yet issued a recall. About two weeks ago, the same thing happened (on the freeway), and once again almost caused an accident. They have already tried fixing this before and it continues to occur. I have read multiple instances of this occurring and believe this is an extremely dangerous defect, and almost cost me my life. I have a 2005 ford ranger. Thank you for reading my problem, I am very disturbed by this and hope ford will fix this.
My 19 year old son owns a 2005 ford ranger we purchased through a dealer last year. For the last month or so he had to reset the fuel pump inertia switch to get the vehicle started again. This is very dangerous since one time he was on the expressway going 65 and the truck turned off on him. It's happened to him about 5 times and now he is afraid to drive it. Don't know if the inertia switch is bad or if something else is causing this. I hate to take it to the dealer since they tend to throw parts at it and not fix the problem. I think this is so dangerous it should be recalled by the ford dealer.
Driving east on I-10 near ontario, cal at 70 MPH 5/22/2010 9pm, truck died the inertia fuel switch was open . Had to drive with son holding down on the button to keep truck running to get off freeway at 4th st. Inertia switch is dead used a paper clip on wires to drive home. Also the wire connector to the inertia was melting some. First time this happen is in oct 14 2005 and 4 or 5 times sense.
Inertia switch tripped in 2008 while parked!? Walked home, looked up on internet, found out how to reset. February 2010 the inertia switch tripped again while coasting down smooth road. Pulled over and reset switch. Daughter reports inertia switch tripped a couple of weeks later, fortunately I told her how to reset it. This could be very dangerous and life-threatening, especially if it happened on a crowded freeway! I feel that ford knows this is a problem, have created a relocation kit. For a hundred bucks! I feel ford should pay for it. I have only 7k miles on this truck, in five years!
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford ranger. The contact smelled plastic burning in the engine. He took the vehicle to the dealer who advised him that he needed to replace the alternator at his expense. The manufacturer stated that they were unable to offer him any assistance. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was approximately 50,000. The failure mileage was approximately 38,000. Updated 02/26/10 *bf updated 06/14/10.
On may 6,2005 our truck just died, towed to dealership and was told the inertia needed to be reset. The switch was sensitive and went off. Usually inertia switches are to prevent fuel from getting to the engine when involved in an accident. Our truck was not involved in an accident and just died. The dealer just reset the switch. On june 28 our truck died while driving. Dealership decided to put a new inertia switch in. On august 29, 2005 our inertia switch kept switching off. Now we have a history of this problem according to the dealerships paperwork. Waited 3 days until july 1, 2005 for a new inertia switch. Replaced switch. On august 23,2005 inertia switch kept turning off again! Furious my wife and I called the manager 10 minutes before closing and asked where the location of the switch is so we could turn our truck on again. They told us and said to call in the morning to set up an appoint to replace the inertia switch again. A week later they replaced the part again! We told the dealership that we were concerned about this situation because we bought this truck brand new for our son to drive to school/work and now we were worried for his safety. Unfortunately on september 9,2005 are fears came true. Our son was on the highway and the engine died and he avoided another vehicle and hit the center divider going around 70 MPH. Our son was injured and now this truck is under litigation. *jb ..updated 10/22/12 *bf updated 10/22/12
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