mine went 93,000 miles straight to the scrap yard. that thing was a HOT mess. the last straw was the bed falling offNissan's are highly-reliable and will go to 200k without much if any drama
if you get lucky and its one of the trucks that came with the correct amount of transmission fluid then its worth fixing. check the transmission fluid asap. if its low - wash hands of it asap.After ordering another $1.5k or so in parts today, I happen to see a thread about problems with the Ranger. A pricey faulty EGR valve was brought up along with some other things making the Ranger sound like it was a lemon.
I suspect and hope these are isolated incidents because I'm the guy who usually drives my vehicles at least 100k miles whether they were purchased with low miles or not.
One of the reasons I purchased the 120k mile Frontier with new clutch before getting the salvage Ranger is because the Nissan's are highly-reliable and will go to 200k without much if any drama, at least for those who know how to properly operate a manual transmission, and do proper maintenance.
How have all of your experiences been so far? I'm just putting a lot of money and effort into this one and would like a little encouragement, or maybe an escape plan.
coming up to 47,000 miles and going strong, by this point the check engine light never went off in the frontier, every seal was already leaking, the radio was stuck on 99.5- here it's a country station, I hate country. 85,000 was gas tank replacement and the3rd fuel sending unitNow what about your Ranger?
long story but transmission issues are slowly creeping up for a few people. typically harsh shifting, shifts slipping or lagging a few not shifting to center gears etc. a handful of tsb are out about it. most of them are fixed easily with a pcm update and others valve body replacement and pcm update. some are sorta in limbo waiting on dealers or ford to fix or admit its an issue. I think the main problem is a run of the trucks left the factory a quart or more low on transmission fluid. which is not good as the level is a %$@# to check and get too. plus ford manual says it basically never needs service until a crazy amount of miles. so by the time folks check or change the fluid the damage is done.That's something I haven't heard of yet.
this will not be a popular comment and i really do not mean to start issues... however, do not expect the same durability and quality you had with jap brand trucks in a ford. it simply is not present. im not a hater or fan boy. never even owned a Nissan. but I can tell you i will most likely never ever buy a ford again unless its a used play toy i intended to thrash and have fun with. ford dealers, service, and warranty is pretty much as bad as it gets. to others reading i dont need your story of how whatever ford ran 6 million miles with no issues and got 45 mpg etc... save it.Very good to know. Thank you for the explanation.