2005 ford ranger pick up. Dies without any notice and at any speed or just at a stop sign. Has been to the shop and had fuel pump, vent tube, inertia switch and a circut replaced. Still once in a while (not weekly or daily) it will still fail. Service department even said they were only guessing when it went in for repairs as it was showing a computer sign (sometimes) of a secondary fuel failure. This is a very unsafe truck and should be taken back as a lemon! Dealer even stated that ford does not even know the cause. My family members will not even drive this truck in fear of getting in a wreck or stranded. Should be returned and crushed before someone gets killed in it. Does no good to continue to take it to the dealership or call ford as they don't know how to fix it!
2005 Ford Ranger fuel system complaints
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Dt*: the contact stated while stopped at an intersection, the vehicle stalled and an odor of smoke was detected. The contact looked in the rear view mirror and noticed flames. A passerby extinguished the fire. The vehicle was towed to the dealership who determined the chemicals being hauled caused corrosion to the fuel tank, causing the fire. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop who determined the fire was a result of the design of the fuel tank.
Stopped at a traffic signal when the engine shut off. Tried to restart engine when we smelled smoke and saw flames of fire behind us between the cab and bed of the truck. The gas tank caught on fire.
The inertia switch on my 2005 ford ranger keeps tripping. I have brought it in 3 times now. Sometimes it doesn't start and sometimes it dies while I'm driving. I do not feel safe in this vehicle. I have had the inertia switch replaced once. The dealership showed me how to reset it so that I would be able to continue on my way when it dies while I'm driving.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving on the highway at 60 MPH the vehicle stalled. The vehicle coasted off the road and was towed to the dealer. The dealership replaced the fuel pump sensor.
The emergency fuel cut-off switch on our new 2005 ford ranger is easily broken by a 6 foot tall person sitting in the passenger seat. We have already broken the switch just by having my 6' 3" son sitting in the passenger seat. It is right where the feet of a tall person would naturally go. This could be a serious safety issue if it was broken on a crowded freeway.
Repaired car in shop three times for a safety fuel switch which kept going off. Switch shut off on the freeway and crashed into the middle divider.
Normal driving on rough pavement, also normal driving at highway speed. In both cases the fuel system shut-off switch (inertia switch) tripped shutting off the engine.
Dt: 2005 ford ranger edge supercab while driving on dirt road about 25 miles per hour, turning left onto my street the engine just shut off. A friend of mine that is a mechanic said that this was a problem with fuel inertia switch. The consumer knows that this problem has happened to at least 2 other people. The vehicle would not restart back. The vehicle was towed back to the consumer's house. We read the owners manual. The reset switch for the fuel inertia switch was pushed and then car started back up. The consumer drove the car for about a half hour and this problem did not occur again.
3 times going down the road the truck died and had to be towed. All 3 times was the inertia switch. The other time they replaced part of the transmission. All this on a new truck I've had for 6 weeks. The truck isn't safe. Go out into heavy interstate traffic going 65 and shut your vehicle off. It isn't good. They want me to try it again. I can't put my family or myself in that position again.
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