Reliability and new owner advice

[wanted33]

Gotta ask - how did you manage to hit a cow and did you enjoy the meat ? No mention of cow kill though in the state regs below.

"Colorado is actually one of 27 states where it is legal to harvest meat from roadkill, though it's not as simple as taking the meat home after you've processed it with your bumper. According to Lewandowski, if you want to harvest meat from a deer or elk or moose carcass (or anything bigger than a raccoon or skunk — you don't have to worry about reporting those), you should call the nearest Colorado Parks and Wildlife field office within 48 hours and let them know that you took some or all of the animal carcass home. "Then we ask that, within a reasonable amount of time, like a week or two, you come in to your nearest office and get a permit," Lewandowski continues.

The permit is free, but will require you to describe where and when you picked up the roadkill, if you were responsible for hitting it, and what kind of animal and gender it was (deer vs. elk, buck vs. doe).

"That's only if you pick it up," Lewandowski qualifies. "If you hit something and drive off, you don't need to call.”

As I undersand the story, it all started right after Chris @Frenchy said "Open the gate, and hold my beer". The story becomes a little foggy after that..............

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[TdotReckless]

I’m looking at buying a 22 ranger Xlt fx4 next week but can’t find many high milage examples and I put on a lot of miles as a electrician for work and want to make sure this will be reliable. Along side if it is reliable what are some helpful hints or suggestions for a new owner u wish u knew? Thank you.

I put 45k on my 2019 Ranger and it actually drove better with age, never had a single issue. Also have 20k on my newer Tremor and runs like a dream so far! *knock on wood*

 

[YaBoiNewton]

I’m looking at buying a 22 ranger Xlt fx4 next week but can’t find many high milage examples and I put on a lot of miles as a electrician for work and want to make sure this will be reliable. Along side if it is reliable what are some helpful hints or suggestions for a new owner u wish u knew? Thank you.

You know, nothing was wrong with my ranger at 49k - I even chirped about how well my alternator was doing - and it's currently at the dealer with a thrown rod awaiting a new engine. Saturday night the truck died at a light, had to jump it to start it back up and it was knocking like crazy.

It's safe to say this doesn't happen to the majority of Rangers, but I'm bummed. I like the truck well enough otherwise that I'll keep driving it once the repairs are completed.

 

[BrassSlinger]

2022 Tremor - 0 miles

Plan on changing out the rear shocks. The OEM ones are not very good. Also consider getting a few extra tie-down rings and stainless bolts from the local hardware store, as the bed will have the empty bolt holes that Ford was too cheap to fill.

I found that a tray for the center console storage area to be handy. You can find them on Amazon.

What is the correct tie down bolt size?

 

[Megawatt]

You know, nothing was wrong with my ranger at 49k - I even chirped about how well my alternator was doing - and it's currently at the dealer with a thrown rod awaiting a new engine. Saturday night the truck died at a light, had to jump it to start it back up and it was knocking like crazy..

Yeahowzza! That sux!

 

[mailbox4449]

You know, nothing was wrong with my ranger at 49k - I even chirped about how well my alternator was doing - and it's currently at the dealer with a thrown rod awaiting a new engine. Saturday night the truck died at a light, had to jump it to start it back up and it was knocking like crazy.

It's safe to say this doesn't happen to the majority of Rangers, but I'm bummed. I like the truck well enough otherwise that I'll keep driving it once the repairs are completed.

What the heck!! Now that IS an issue. Any reason from service department how/why this happened?? Sorry to hear about this

 

[YaBoiNewton]

What the heck!! Now that IS an issue. Any reason from service department how/why this happened?? Sorry to hear about this

No, the dealer didn't have much information other than what I could confirm myself. It will be towed to another dealer 15minutes away that has mechanics actually willing/able to open up the engine and answer some questions. I have the extended 100k mile warranty so I haven't touched anything myself except to run my OBD2 scanner, which read normal operation.

I'm not 100% on what happened yet, but I was driving in sport mode right before. I noticed the jolt of engine braking, super high rpms and saw the trans had dropped into first gear. I shifted immediately up to 4th so idk if it actually hit redline, but it was spinning fast. At the next light the truck turned off as usual, then never turned on. A guy in an old Silverado stopped to help me push the truck to a side road my dad arrived to help jump the truck with his F150. The truck started and we all cringed at the loud knocking, so I bumped it over the curb into a parking lot and called a tow.

 

[CPDKRX]

I’m looking at buying a 22 ranger Xlt fx4 next week but can’t find many high milage examples and I put on a lot of miles as a electrician for work and want to make sure this will be reliable. Along side if it is reliable what are some helpful hints or suggestions for a new owner u wish u knew? Thank you.

2019, 70,000 KM and no issues.

 

[mailbox4449]

were you select shifting?

I'd say you're lucky Ford is doing a warranty replacement if that was the case.

I've clicked to the wrong gear before and had that high rpm wake the fuck up idiot sound as the revs climbed fast.

Kinda surprised THAT doesn't have a safety feature to protect over rev in Select Shift mode??

 

[YaBoiNewton]

were you select shifting?

I'd say you're lucky Ford is doing a warranty replacement if that was the case.

I've clicked to the wrong gear before and had that high rpm wake the fuck up idiot sound as the revs climbed fast.

Good point, but I only started select shifting after I noticed high engine speeds. Up to here the only manual input from me was to shift into sport mode.

 

[Squatchranger]

Kinda surprised THAT doesn't have a safety feature to protect over rev in Select Shift mode??

It upshifts automatically in select shift mode if you try to redline it

 

[YaBoiNewton]

I'd say you're lucky Ford is doing a warranty replacement if that was the case.

The first dealer didn't even look due to staffing problems in service so the warranty discussion hasn't even popped up yet. I get the feeling an ECU scan will have a very telling data set that might explain what happened at the time - fingers crossed I didn't fuck this up, but acknowledge its a real possibility!

 

[WNCblueridge]

Only have 7000 miles on the 21 xL scab thus far but reliability was my concern as well, because I can rack up miles quick. Every other month, I take the Ranger approx 650 miles roundtrip. Also used for work commute driving additional 560 miles within 2 week span.

 

[AzScorpion]

It upshifts automatically in select shift mode if you try to redline it

There's two different "areas" of select shift mode. One where you first drop it into S mode and it shift automatically. If at any time you press the side + button it puts it into manual mode and it doesn't shift at red line. I hit the button once by accident and it shot up to redline quickly in first gear and I was like wtf but then realized it was my mistake.

 

[rcairflr]

g - and it's currently at the dealer with a thrown rod

I assume covered by warranty?

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