1999 Ford Ranger

FORD RANGER 1999.WHEN TRUCK HIT 100-150 MILES ,IT STARTED PULLING TO THE LEFT WHEN YOU WOULD BRAKE. AT 1000 MILES,IT STARTED PULLING TO THE RIGHT. BY 1500 MILES IT WOULD PULL EITHER WAY, OR MAYBE NOT AT ALL! NOW IT IS PULLING HARD HARD LEFT. IF UNAWARE OR CAUGHT OFF GUARD, IT WILL YANK THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF YOUR HANDS.VERY DANGEROUS!! I HAVE ALMOST HIT OTHER VEHICLES AND EVEN THE CEMENT FREEWAY DIVIDER. I WILL LET NO-.ONE ELSE DRIVE.IT IS TOO UNSAFE...I ALSO HAD A 1998 EXACT SAME TRUCK-EXACT SAME PROBLEM, EVEN AFTER 7 SERVICE VISITS/ AND DAYS TAKEN OFF WORK. EARNHARDT WAS UNABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM AND FORD DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS.FORD FINALLY BOUGHT THE 1998 BACK FROM ME AND PUT ME IN THIS 1999....THE '99 HAS NOT BEEN IN THE SHOP, YET, UNTIL FORD MANUFACTURE CAN FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION..ON THE 1998 THAT EARNHARDTS TRIED TO FIX EVERYTHING THEY COULD THINK OF WITH NO SATISFACTION!!! THIS PROCESS IS VERY HARD ON MY NERVES AND MY LOVE OF FORD VEHICLES.IT IS AN EXPERIENCE I NEVER WANTED TO HAVE TO GO THRU AGAIN. IN SHORT: I BELIEVE THIS TRUCK IS VERY VERY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD NOT BE ON THE HIGHWAYS OR STREETS! *AK( DOT NUMBER: )

WHILE TRAVELING WITHIN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT AND APPROACHING A GREEN LIGHT AT AN INTERSECTION, TWO VEHICLES TRAVELING AT A SAFE DISTANCE AHEAD OF ME DECIDED TO STOP AT THE GREEN LIGHT TO ALLOW A POLICE CAR THROUGH THE INTERSECTION TRAVELING PERPENDICULAR TO US. I BRAKED TO STOP THINKING I HAD PLENTY OF TIME. THE BRAKES DID NOT FUNCTION AS I THINK THEY SHOULD. EVERYTHING LOCKED UP AND I BUMPED INTO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT WAS NOT A HARD HIT AS I ALMOST STOPPED. THE CAR WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT MY TRUCK HAD THE BUMPER RUINED AND OTHER RELATIVELY MINOR DAMAGE. I FEEL THE BRAKES DID NOT WORK AS DESIGNED AND THE GENTELMAN AT THE BODY SHOP SAYS HE HAS HEARD SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM NUMEROUS FORD RANGER OWNERS. IS THERE A HISTORY OF THIS REPORTED?

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS I HAVE EXPERIENCED BRAKE PULLING PROBLEMS AND AT LEADT THREE OCCASIONS A COMPLETE BRAKING FAILURE. I HAVE TAKEN THE 1999 FORD RANGER TRUCK TO THE DEALER WITH A COMPLAINT OF BRAKE PULL AT LEAST THREE TIMES BEFORE TODAYS VISIT. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ALWAYS WRITES "NO PROBLEM FOUND" ON THE REPAIR ORDER. I HAVE NOTIFIED FORD MOTOR CO. TWO TIMES ABOUT THE BRAKE PULL, BRAKE FADING, AND NUMEROUS OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRUCK. I MUST ALWAYS INITATE CONTACT WITH THE DEALERSHIP EVEN AFTER FORD TOLD ME THAT THE DEALER WOULD CALL WITHIN THREE BUSINESS DAYS. ON NUMEROUS OCCASSIONS THE STEERING WHEEL PULLED OUT OF MY GRIP HARD TO THE LEFT WHILE BRAKING. ON THREE DIFFERENT OCCASSIONS I LOST ALL BRAKING ABILITY COMPLETELY. THE LAST INCIDENT ALMOST RESULTED IN ACRASH WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE BRAKES BECAME VERY HARD AS IF THE BRAKE LININGS WERE EXPERIENCING BRAKE FADE. THE BRAKES WERE NOT HOT AND I HAD PLENTY OF HIGHWAY TO STOP BEFORE MEETING THE STOPPED TRAFFIC AHEAD. I HELD TIGHT TO THE STEERING WHEEL, ALMOST STANDING UP ON THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE SMALL TRUCK BEFORE A CRASH. I HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO MENTAL THINK "THIS TRUCK IS NOT STOPPING." I WAS NOT HAPPY AT THE EXPERIENCE. FORD MOTOR CO. WAS NOTIFIED OF MY CONCERNS DURING AUGUST1999. NO ONE SEEMS TO TAKE ME SERIOUSLY. IF I HAVE A CRASHN AS A RESULT OF THIS FAULTY BRAKING SYSTEM, I WANTTO AT LEAST HAVE IT ON RECORD THAT IT WAS REPORTED SEVERAL TIMES TO MANY DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED, ADAM CINGEL