What did you do to your Ranger today?

[MannyS]

Hi Folks,

Took the Ranger to the UPS store today as more meds delivered to the mail box and not our home...sheesh!

Anyway...post reflash of the PCM has shown that I have a very different Ranger than before relative to cold starts. It is a totally different vehicle. No surging...silky smooth operation. Why the vehicle could not have been delivered with this calibration is beyond me. I am saddened that 2019 Rangers suffered needlessly with marginal driveability. I place the blame for this poor performance on the same manager that accepted the abomination of an owners manual with its ommissions and inaccuracies and inconsistencies.

I could have sat in my office and never driven a Ranger during my time as head of Ranger...drive into work in my Lincoln...Drive home in my Linconl...totally clueless to driving a truck. I chose to drive Rangers every day almost. When something was not right....I gave direction to diagnose and to fix... it is called passion for the product...

Anyone with a 2019 should take advantage of the TSB 20-2339 if you have any cold start driveability concerns..be they engine or transmission.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co.

How do I go about doing this?

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[Chris M]

Hi Folks,

Took the Ranger to the UPS store today as more meds delivered to the mail box and not our home...sheesh!

Anyway...post reflash of the PCM has shown that I have a very different Ranger than before relative to cold starts. It is a totally different vehicle. No surging...silky smooth operation. Why the vehicle could not have been delivered with this calibration is beyond me. I am saddened that 2019 Rangers suffered needlessly with marginal driveability. I place the blame for this poor performance on the same manager that accepted the abomination of an owners manual with its ommissions and inaccuracies and inconsistencies.

I could have sat in my office and never driven a Ranger during my time as head of Ranger...drive into work in my Lincoln...Drive home in my Linconl...totally clueless to driving a truck. I chose to drive Rangers every day almost. When something was not right....I gave direction to diagnose and to fix... it is called passion for the product...

Anyone with a 2019 should take advantage of the TSB 20-2339 if you have any cold start driveability concerns..be they engine or transmission.

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co.

The fine folks at Peoria Ford have refused twice to address the TSB, even though I printed it out and handed it to them to show them what I was talking about. Is this something I could just pay for out of my pocket and get them to do, do you think?

 

[AzScorpion]

The fine folks at Peoria Ford have refused twice to address the TSB, even though I printed it out and handed it to them to show them what I was talking about. Is this something I could just pay for out of my pocket and get them to do, do you think?

I'm surprised they're refusing this. I bought my Ranger there and so far they've been great to deal with. I'm wondering if there's a different service manager? Hope you can get this taken care of, have you tried Sanderson Ford? I've never dealt with them but have heard others say they were happy.

One thing I really dislike about this state is the lack of customer service out here....It's like the bottom of the barrel that they hire! I'm going through this now with ac companies. Several have not even shown up and most just show up late, like 30 minutes late. This is for a new complete system too not just a repair. You'd think if someones spending $7000-$8000 you'd show up for the estimate?

 

[Chris M]

I'm surprised they're refusing this. I bought my Ranger there and so far they've been great to deal with. I'm wondering if there's a different service manager? Hope you can get this taken care of, have you tried Sanderson Ford? I've never dealt with them but have heard others say they were happy.

One thing I really dislike about this state is the lack of customer service out here....It's like the bottom of the barrel that they hire! I'm going through this now with ac companies. Several have not even shown up and most just show up late, like 30 minutes late. This is for a new complete system too not just a repair. You'd think if someones spending $7000-$8000 you'd show up for the estimate?

We deal with Howard Air, and have for the last 7-ish years.
Techs seem to know their stuff, and the customer service we've received is very good.
They put new AC on the house we just sold a few years ago, and were awesome with it. They do our bi-annual service on our units, and will be replacing them when the time comes.

As for Sanderson...I've never used them. My service writer at Peoria is a nice guy, and gives me good service otherwise, so maybe I just need to lean on him a little harder to see about getting this done. I'm happy to pay for it out of pocket...

 

[KnightRanger]

Installed compact Air horn (Stebel Nautilus)
Louder than stock, but not obnoxious.
Found a perfect spot for it, just under the top hood shroud/fascia.

Also installed Baja Designs Amber S2 fog lights. ( awesome mini but powerful ligths)

 

[JG13]

Put the raised lettering on the tailgate today

 

[T Bone]

Installed compact Air horn (Stebel Nautilus)
Louder than stock, but not obnoxious.
Found a perfect spot for it, just under the top hood shroud/fascia.

Also installed Baja Designs Amber S2 fog lights. ( awesome mini but powerful ligths)

how did you wire up those fogs, and that stebel, had a stebel on my motorcycle years ago, scared the shit out of people. thanks in advance
tony

 

[snorlax]

Got the email from Livernois that my tune was ready so installed that before my long drive home. Truck feels perfect now power wise.

 

[KnightRanger]

how did you wire up those fogs, and that stebel, had a stebel on my motorcycle years ago, scared the shit out of people. thanks in advance
tony

I installed a 6 gang auxiliary box with switch previously,
(see a few posts above) so when I add accessories and lights, The red wire 12+ goes to the box/ circuit I chose and negative to the ground bolt by d/s engine bay. The box itself is protected by relays and fuse.
It also has a wire hooked up for ACC/ ignition only.
(prevent accidental battery drain).

 

[armoredpig]

Did some preliminary wiring for my side lights. I sure hate wiring..

 

[Stevo56]

Had it rust-proofed, detailed, and I installed the Livernois tuner. Ready for winter.

 

[nutzNboltz]

Thought it would be fun to just take the whole thing apart. Not really, the aftermarket headlights just do not fit properly so she got buttoned back up as stock.

 

[forestale]

Thought it would be fun to just take the whole thing apart. Not really, the aftermarket headlights just do not fit properly so she got buttoned back up as stock.

Curious which headlights you tried. Is it the Mustang style w/ sequential turn signal? I want those real bad but I haven't seen anyone swap them in successfully yet.

 

[nutzNboltz]

Curious which headlights you tried. Is it the Mustang style w/ sequential turn signal? I want those real bad but I haven't seen anyone swap them in successfully yet.

Yeah, the Mustang/sequentials. Lower outer fender mount does not line up. Almost a 2" miss.

 

[forestale]

Yeah, the Mustang/sequentials. Lower outer fender mount does not line up. Almost a 2" miss.

Dang. Well that sucks. I applaud your efforts though!

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