Glad you are willing to tolerate a brake pedal feel thatās worse than my 1968 Lincoln Continental... but Iām not. If you donāt share the sentiment or want to discuss it instead of being an obvious Ford fanboy/internet bad ass, get out of this thread.
Did You test Drive the Ranger Before you Purchased It? You should Have Made a More Logical Decision about the Mechanics of the Vehicle before you committed to Buy....Furthermore, who in the hell are you to tell me to "Get Out Of This Thread"....I Absolutely Love My Ranger & everything About it and Your assessment is your opinion. Go share it on the Internet with all the other Negative Idiots Out There!
...this is the internet.
Exactly. And I know this is a fact because I have been sponsored by two aftermarket parts companies in the recent past and part of that sponsorship was to make people who made complaints on forums - which shows up easily in Google searches - look like idiots so the complaint/criticism is made too look "one off" or "silly". I refused to do that and instead PM'd them with suggestions and, in my area, helped install parts for free or reduced cost as long as I could make videos on the proper way, etc., with their car and then post that correction to help others. It was a lot of work, which is why brands just have people go on forums on belittle complaints or criticisms instead of listening and considering corrections (or at least speaking as the brand, not some internet sleuth). And, what's even more hilarious, is the people that do that work for free.
Paid shills you say? ? Nope, just our longtime members that really donāt care about anyoneās feelings. To their point, over 100K Rangers built to date. How many have you heard of having brake failures to date? Nada, zip! Zilch!!! Now do some of these trucks have the āspongeā feel. Statistics would say a certain percentage most likely would.
Huh, sorry i don't have a higher post count. Didn't realize it was related to automotive knowledge. I'm very busy with work , and not much of a poster. Glad you straightened me out. Hope i can avoid hurting your feelings in the future. Meh, i'm done here.
Rotors being "glazed" has nothing to do with the pedal travel. I shouldn't have to bleed the brakes on a new vehicle. My dealer won't do it (under warranty). The proper way to do it on vehicles with computer actuated ABS is to use a scan tool/dealer tool to actuate ABS for a complete bleed. This isn't something you just go do in your garage to do a proper bleed procedure, sorry. To do a proper bleed on my Mustang track car, we have to follow a Ford process that includes running the ABS module. Folks at home can't do that.
One many vehicles, you can indeed push the pedal all the way to the floor at a stop, but it should be quite difficult to get ALL THE WAY. It's not on the Ranger. You're halfway depressed before it does any braking in the first place. Go to a trail and use the trail descent control, if you have it. Use the brakes manually while that feature is active. The brakes feel PERFECT - tight, good initial grab. Then when that feature is turned off, the system deprimes and the brakes go back to awful. Sad.
It's the whining. It's feeding on itself. It's become a pity party. I have sympathy for those like the member whose Ranger crapped out after 100 miles. He was calm, collected and handled it better than me. It's the other people who complain about things they should have known before they purchased the vehicle.
