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Old 02-08-2011, 11:18 AM
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went out and started my ranger this morn let it warm up for 10 minutes went out to go to work , it would not go into gear couldnt get it out of park! turned it off to look at the manual and tried it again now it wont even turn over, had to have it towed to dearler waiting to hear from them.
Piece of crap FORDS
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Old 02-08-2011, 11:24 AM
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Dude, that's crazy... keep us posted on what is going on.
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Old 02-08-2011, 11:34 AM
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scenario: brake release switch might have failed and did you yank on the shifter force fully damaging it? you may have forced it out of position, now its telling the ECM that its in reverse, and will not crank..

if this is correct, being ignorant to the situation, caused more damage, "snow ball effect".. you could have easily gotten it out of gear by few simple tricks..
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Old 02-08-2011, 11:44 AM
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They arent all pieces of crap, Stuf happens to every vehicle out there dude. I hope its a simple thing for you though
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Old 02-08-2011, 11:47 AM
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They arent all pieces of crap, Stuf happens to every vehicle out there dude. I hope its a simple thing for you though
fo-sho!... If it wasn't a ford you would be use to walking already
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Old 02-08-2011, 11:51 AM
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Thats crazy, especially since its a 2011. Good thing for warranties though.
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Old 02-08-2011, 12:16 PM
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Thats crazy, especially since its a 2011. Good thing for warranties though.
Yes....warranty is a good thing FO SHO!
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Old 02-08-2011, 05:16 PM
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scenario: brake release switch might have failed and did you yank on the shifter force fully damaging it? you may have forced it out of position, now its telling the ECM that its in reverse, and will not crank..

if this is correct, being ignorant to the situation, caused more damage, "snow ball effect".. you could have easily gotten it out of gear by few simple tricks..
No i did not yank on the shifter, I did the manual release for the shifter but still did not crank over.. got word that the instrament cluster is bad and will need to be replaced..3 days till they get one in that sucks! I have been having problems with my cluster from day one all icons would light up and all gauges would go dead for just a second then it would reset, they could not find a problem with it because it was so intermittent, at least now both problems will be solved. excuse me for calling ford crap i was just mad at the time i wrote it,
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Old 02-08-2011, 05:24 PM
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should be in your contract to get a loaner vehicle
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Old 02-08-2011, 05:44 PM
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S H (Shit Happens) it'll get fixed. and then you'll love your truck again. But, when you get it back, you'll need to appologize to it for calling it a piece of crap. Afterall, your truck has feelings too. ;-)
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Old 02-08-2011, 05:47 PM
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Didn't you post a thread about the gauges being all weird. You took it to ford and they said you were crazy.
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Old 02-08-2011, 05:50 PM
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No i did not yank on the shifter, I did the manual release for the shifter but still did not crank over.. got word that the instrament cluster is bad and will need to be replaced..3 days till they get one in that sucks! I have been having problems with my cluster from day one all icons would light up and all gauges would go dead for just a second then it would reset, they could not find a problem with it because it was so intermittent, at least now both problems will be solved. excuse me for calling ford crap i was just mad at the time i wrote it,
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that sucks, Glad it's being resolved..
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Old 02-08-2011, 06:09 PM
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Didn't you post a thread about the gauges being all weird. You took it to ford and they said you were crazy.
Yes I did and Yes they did... thought i was crazy, I miss my ranger
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Old 02-08-2011, 06:27 PM
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I understand you may be having some mechanical issues with your ranger, However let me give you one word of advice, Since this is a 2011 Ranger, Than I suggest getting a independent diagnostic done to see if their may be more in depth issues, The reason I state this is every year there are so many "Brand new Vehicles " that turn out to be lemons and if you don't look into it now, It will become a nightmare. Just a heads up, If it's a lemon than you have the right to a full replacement or monies returned.
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Old 02-11-2011, 06:59 PM
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goter back today... all seems ok, only 6 miles on the speedo, they had to replace the instrament cluster, so i guess ill gets some free warranty miles out of it.
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