1993 FORD RANGER Electrical System Problems

TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE FOR NO REAOSN. IT WAS BEING WARMED UP. *TR

Mileage: 163,000

VEHICLE KEEPS ENGAGING TRYING TO START ITSELF WITHOUT A KEY. VEHICLE BOUNCES FORWARD UNTIL IT HITS SOMETHING TO STOP IT. MANUFACTURER, AND DEALER NEVER HEARD OF PROBLEM TO FIND A REMEDY. CONSUMER ADDED A TOGGLE SWITCH ON WIRE THAT RUNS FROM SOLENOID RELAY TO STARTER TO KEEP IT FROM STARTING ITSELF.*AK

VEHICLED HAD BEEN PARKED FOR ABOUT 7 HOURS AND ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. FIRE INSPECTOR SAID IT MAY HAVE BEEN BLOWER RESISTOR. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE WILL STOP, AND THERE ARE NO POWER BRAKES OR POWER STEERING. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO DEAELR, AND THEY REPLACED PARTS FOR CAMSHAFT AND DISTIBUTOR . SECOND TIME A MECHANIC SAID IT WAS SAME PROBLEM, AND THAT THOSE PARTS THAT WERE REPLACED SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN REPLACED UNLESS THERE WAS A MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT. *AK

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A UNDER HOOD FIRE WHILE TRAVELING AT 30 MPH ON THE STREET, LOCAL FIRE DEPT. ARRIVED TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. DEALER/MFR'S WAS NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS:

VEHICLE CONTINUALLY EXPERIENCES ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS CAUSING LIGHT FLICKERING, ON TWO OCCASIONS THE DASHBOARD HARNESS SHOWED SIGNS OF MELTING AND BURNING DUE TO FAILURE. *MJS

HAD PARKED & LEFT VEHICLE. WINDOWS WERE ROLLED UP. VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE OVER NIGHT & WAS TOTALED. DASHBOARD WAS BURNED BADLY. *AK

WHILE DRIVING, SMOKE IN PASSENGER COMPARTMENT, NO INTERIOR LIGHTS OR RADIO. LATER DISCOVERED NO STOP LIGHTS OR RUNNING LIGHTS. REPLACED HEADLIGHT SWITCH AND UNDERDASH FUSES. HEADLIGHT SWITCH BURNED AND BROKEN, VEHICLE HEADLIGHT WIRE HARNESS MELTED NEAR ONE CONNECTOR. FORD SERVICE SHOP HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT SWITCH TWICE BECAUSE OF FIRST REPLACEMENT DIMMER RHEOSTAT FAILURE.

IT IS VERY HARD TO GET THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION AND HARD TO GET KEY OUT OF IGNITION. THE IGNITION SWITCH IS VERY LOOSE AND MOVES IN AND OUT. THE DEALER HAS NOT BEEN NOTIFIED ABOUT THE PROBLEM. *AK

WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILURE.

IGNITION SYSTEM DIED WITHOUT WARNING, SENSOR AND MODULE FAILED

WHEN DRIVING AND UPON TURNING THE HEADLIGHTS ON, THE HEADLIGHTS WILL FLASH OFF AND ON FOR NO APPARENT RESASON. CONSUMER HAS YET TO CONTACT THE DEALER. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

A SHORT IN IGNITION COIL, RESULTED IN AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *AK

SHORT IN STEERING COLUMN WIRING CAUSES TURN SIGNALS TO OPERATE ON AN INTERMITTENT BASIS. *AW

STARTING PROBLEMS. *SD

SMOKE ODOR FROM WIRING HARNESS, CAUSING VEHICLE TO FILL WITH SMOKE/POOR VISIBILITY. *SD

ELECTRICAL SHORT OR SHOCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH, WHEN YOU TURN THE SWITCH OFF THE SWITCH STAY ON CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DIE. *AK