The contact owns a 1997 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that one minute after starting, the vehicle failed to shift into gear and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer, however the manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 181,000 and the current mileage was 181,760.

- Koloa, HI, USA

My '97 Ford Ranger standard transmission exhibits high idle conditions while shifting between gears. My dealer was never able to fix the problem since I bought the vehicle new. My vehicle is no longer under bumper to bumper and emissions warranty but I have saved receipts of their attempts to fix the problem during time vehicle was warranted back in 1997. I recently discovered that the Ford Motor Company has found the exact same high idle problem with their 1998 to 2000 model Ranger and they issued a technical service bulletin tsb00-3-5. when I called my dealer to inquire and ask them to include my '97 Ranger in the bulletin, they were evasive and wouldn't help. I would like to know what my options are. Any help greatly appreciated. Thank you. P.S. for your info, the technical service bulletin can be found at ( case sensitive, please type exactly) V8sho.com/sho/tsb00-3-5.html.

- Seymour, CT, USA

No summary.

- Bellevue, ID, USA

Rear brakes pulled, serviced, reported unverifiable, began locking up in short bursts when stopping, reported, found faulty, replaced complete rear assembly. Windshield cracked across center while driving freeway at 65 mph, started at top strip passenger side spreading across to drivers side in just minutes. Door ajar switches failed causing dome light to remain on making night time visibility imposible. Transmission began shifting rough in second gear hard to downshift, verified, repaired bearings in shifter. Reoccured a few months later, service claimed unverifiable, worsened stuck in fourth gear in traffic, had to be pushed to shoulder, and disengaged. Found to be faulty, and transmission was rebuilt, no noticable correction, returned to service, claimed unverifiable, contacted Ford Motor Company corporat office, advised to go to diferent dealership, while investigated internally. Did so, dealer reports unverifiable, drove with supervisor of service dept, was then verified, and ordered rebuilt for 2nd time.epair, same time as extended warranty took effect, repairs done, no noticable difference, in fact now worse, all gears now effected.and at times, difficult to shift. Contacted Ford Motor Corporation once more, in effort to get help with extensive rental car costs while vehicle being serviced, was told now that two incidences were in no way related now that extended warranty was in effect too much time passed, though even only less vthan 1000 miles, is still unrepaired today.

- Hesperia, CA, USA

Transmission failed, engine surged while traveling on highway, sounded like the transmission shifted out of overdrive and fourth gear, followed by loss of power in gear. Nlm

- Farmington, CT, USA

When trying to pass other cars or when going into passing gear transmission goes into netural, you have to take foot of gas padel and step on gas pedal and the truck goes back into gear. Transmission has been replaced and dealer will not make any more repairs.

- Oakhurst, CA, USA

While the key is out of the ignition, the defective manual transmission malfunctioned, the vehicle rolled away which almost caused an accident.

- Edgewood, KY, USA

When the vehicle is parked in 1st gear and on an incline the truck jumps into nuetral and rolls.

- Meredith, NH, USA