1998 Ford Ranger

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A STOP VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. CONSUMER PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL, TURNED IT AROUND, AND WENT BACK HOME. AT HOME CONSUMER RAISED THE HOOD AND DISCOVERED THAT THE THROTTLE CABLE SEPARATED. CONSUMER WAS SCARED BECAUSE HE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 45-50 MPH. *AK

CONSUMER WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPACE AND ATTEMPTED TO DEPRESS BRAKE PEDAL. DUE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL'S POSITION AND PROXIMITY TO THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONSUMER DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL ALSO, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. *AK CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DEPRESS BRAKE, THE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND THERE IS FOOT CONTACT WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AT THE SAME TIME. *YH

AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 -15 MINUTES AFTER A COLD START AND RUNNING IN CITY TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE SPEED INCREASES TO 2500 - 3000 RPM WITH THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. THIS OCCURS WHEN I AM SLOWING TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC SIGNAL. WHILE MY FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE, THE ENGINE RPM REMAINS CLOSE TO 1000 - 1200 RPM, ABOUT WHAT YOUR WOULD EXPECT. AS SOON AS I DEPRESS THE CLUTCH, THE ENGINE RPM RAPIDLY INCREASES TO NEARLY 3000. WHEN THE PROBLEM OCCURS, THE ENGINE RPM WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS OR UNTIL I RELEASE THE CLUTCH OR TURN OFF THE ENGINE. AS SOON AS THE ENGINE HAS STOPPED, I RESTART THE ENGINE THE ENGINE. IT STARTS NORMALLY WITHOUT INCIDENT AND CONTINUES USUALLY WITHOUT INCIDENT ALTHOUGH IF THE TRAFFIC IS EXCEPTIONALLY HEAVY, THE PROBLEM MAY REOCCUR IN APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES. THIS IS SORT OF LIKE REBOOTING A COMPUTER. BOTH TEAM FORD AND THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY TELL ME THAT THIS IS NORMAL FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE AND NOT TO WORRY ABOUT IT. I CONSIDER IT TO BE A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY HAZARD BECAUSE I MUST STOP AND RESTART THE ENGINE IN HEAVY TRAFFIC. ACCORDING TO THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY, ALL FORD RANGERS (1998 - 2000) WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND 3.0LITER ENGINE EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM. THE PROBLEM NEVER OCCURRED UNTIL I HAD DRIVEN THE TRUCK FOR OVER 45K MILES.*AK

WHILE DRIVING WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ENGAGED, I ATTEMPTED TO PASS ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY VEHICLE ENGAGED IN AN UNCONTROLLED ACCELLERATION. DEPRESSING THE BRAKE OR ACCELLERATOR DID NOT DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL. USING THE "OFF" BUTTON ON THE CRUISE CONTROL DID NOT DISENGAGE IT. ONLY SHIFTING INTO NUETRAL AT A SPEED OF APPROX 70 MILES PER HOUR DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL. THIS HAPPEND AT LEAST THREE TIMES IN A 200MILE ROUND TRIP. THE VEHICLE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN MODIFIED BY THE DEALER BASED ON A RECALL NOTICE WHICH I RECEIVED ABOUT THE CRUISE CONTROL.*AK

VEHICLE IDLES VERY ROUGHLY. THEN IDLE WILL GO AWAY FOR AWHILE. VEHICLE TURNED OFF WITHOUT PRIOR NOTICE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AK CONSUMER STATES THAT AFTER ROUGH IDLE GOES AWAY, VEHICLE WILL HESITATE OR STALL, MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS REPLACED, HOWEVER PROBLEMS STILL EXISTS. GAS PEDAL GETS STUCK. PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDSHIELD WIPER ARM WAS LOOSE. PWER STEERING PUMP WAS REPLACED DUE TO WHEN TURNING WHEEL IT WOULD MAKE ANOISE. *SLC