Consumer Complaint Detail

FORD / RANGER / 2000

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0 Injured
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0 Death
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No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 004283147 Incident Date: Apr, 30 2004
Consumer's City: BETHALTO Consumer's State: IL
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Ford Motor Company
Model Name: RANGER Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:disc:rotor
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1FTYR10V6YP Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Jun, 07 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Mar, 12 2000
Was Original Owner: Yes Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: When applying the brakes the front brakes are making a growling noise. took the front wheel off the truck, checked the brake pads and rotors. the back side of the rotor is deteriorating and in return is eating up the brake pad. took truck to roberts ford in wood river, il. in may 2004 and notified the dealer of the defect. the shop manager refused to fix the problem, told me this was general maintainance. i realize that brake pads are general maintainance but when the brake rotor is eating up the pads this is not general maintainance this is a defect.*ak