Ford Ranger BUYERS GUIDE | Reliable OR Rust Bucket?
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Hello, watching from Zambia 🇿🇲. Got a Ford ranger Wildtrak in 2021 with the 3.2L engine with the 6 Auto. Excellent vehicle no issues whatsoever.
I also have a 2014 XLT Ranger with the same engine but 6 speed manual. I had the clutch changed, both front wheel bearings, and the tensioner.
No turbo issues, no engine issues whatsoever. I have taken note of the things to look out for thanks to your video. Another thing the Rangers we get here in Africa do not have adblue and DPFs.
Great video 🙌🏾💯
Nice
Also from
Zambia 🇿🇲
In the market looking for a double cab
Thinking about the wildtrack vs the legend 50 hilux
Did you manage to get one? Which one did you go for?
@@lombe-andrewmusonda17Go for Toyota you’ll thank me later
tulibonse pano
Yup my Ford is from south Africa. Comes with no EGR or dpf . Doing 160,000km works like a dream. Just take care of it and it will take care of you
Excellent review!
Just got myself the 2.0L Thunder version. Love it so far but I come from driving a hatchback, so it feels like amazing looking over everyone rather than up at everyone. Seems to be quite nimble when in S mode, but have been using the normal mode as no need for that.
Great job
Great review but somethings I have experienced are rusty oil pan/sump there made from thin metal and horrible to change. They the newer ones snap front springs regularly. But the thing to be most aware of on the newer ones the 2.0 is the cambelt wet belt problem. They are meant to last 150k but regularly snap at 60k. They suffer with the same problem as the transit Ecoblue
Got a 2014PX1 Ranger 3.2 love it, got it side dumped, 3 inch lift 33s & the only things that’s failed me is a 6 auto…had some plugs with loose connections giving me gearbox errors. Other then that it’s a weapon on the tracks and they flex great with good shocks
Great video very informative I own a Ranger and honestly love it however the oil pump is very well known to be an issue, on both the 2.2 and 3.2 defo worth buying an upgraded one! As the oil pumps fail very common. I believe Ford did a recall for allot of them in 2014
Yep, mine went on my 2.2 at around 85k.
Stop the truck as soon as you see the red light and at least the engine is saved.
Sold her on with 120,000. Only things that’s went wrong from new were the oil pump and a broken coil spring.
I would 100% love a raptor but justifying that cost for a work vehicle is very difficult. Great summary of issues thanks 🙏
They aren’t business friendly as they can’t carry 1ton payload
I'm currently in the market for a pick-up for work, and found the video informative. Do you have a 'top 5' recommendations for pick-ups? I'm UK based (Aberdeen, Scotland actually)
Hi, from South Africa.
I own a 2018 single cab 2.2 with a sixspeed manual. 153 000 kilos on the clock, and no problems at all. Rust is something we don't know about, dry climate of course. I converted my truck's interior to black from the original Ford off-white, by spray painting the off-white interior panels. The result is no glare in the sun inside the cab. It is my daily driver, so it is a work truck and not used by mom for the school run.
Oh my, no rust but the problem of sun glare in the cabin, you’re really NOT from UK!😅
I’ve done 90,000 in my 2019 ranger, & haven’t had any problems yet. I have it serviced as per the scheduling. As I live in the sticks, I drive 3 miles on a narrow lane before I do any sort of acceleration, so the engine, gearbox & turbo are well warmed up, then a 3 mile low speed cool down before it gets turned off.
Should change the oil every 8000 miles if you I tend to keep it.
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my 2012 px1 ranger has done 588000km 1 lot of injectors 1 trans witch was replaced at 500000, then the oil cooler split and filled the cooling system with oil.
Hi there, this is the second highest sellling vehicle ( full stop out of ANY vehicle) in Australia, behind toyota hilux, SO easier to call the reliability numbers here where they are more commonly used for what they were built for , probably a lot more than in the UK, i am sure. Well, like all cars, some are lemons, however mostly they are a pretty good bit of kit. My first 3.2L 6 speed was pretty much put through the paces, towing, off road and load carrying for about 25% of its 190,000kms , no issues outside of a slight engine oil leak at 103,000Ks ( fixed under warranty) then nothin else ever wrong. My second, i stayed with the 3.2 ( rather wait a few years to see how the twin turbo smaller donk 10speed stacks up) if ya dig it, buy it, like any car, u may get a shitter or u may get 300,000 + out of her. ( yes there are plenty of those here), definitely get a near nearly used one with about 40,000ks with an excellent service record and a genuine reason for being sold, if one of these things is a lemon, they usually display fuckedness early, if smooth and healthy at 40,000ks, then they should be good for next hundred ( my own experience based opinion only)- to me, getting a bit dated, but got great character, great fun to drive and capability plus. Very cool trucks, both washed and filthy
I bought mine sept 22 second hand with 17500 miles it's a 2019 3.2 wildtrak auto no trouble so far. Are you saying that I will most likely get the problems you mentioned or not??.
2018 love it but my navara auto seems faster than my wildtrak 3.2
Upgrade water pipes all of them.
Keep oil clean and only 5w30 full synthetic cauz oil feeder pipe to turbo is very thin.
Keep an eye on injectors when they start smoking alot at start up even hot eng.
Fit the water sensor in to the water bottle. For it only has one sensor in the junction pipe.
Weld up the torque converter flex plate. C02 Mig weld..
Fit a bigger oil cooler to the auto transmission.
These are the main issues I've had and repaired on these rangers here in SA. Take my advise or leave it up to you. These issues cauz complete engine failure and transmission replacement 😢
Have you come across issues with the transmission jumping into limp mode, a hard jerk?
Hi I have a 2016 wildtrack at 16000 and not much trables,,,,
This week I’ve passed two broken down in live lanes on M5! One was in the middle of the Avonmouth bridge… we have one at work plus 3 old land rovers and the Ranger has had lights on dash, both front shocks leaking just out of warranty and a new add blue pump and various recalls!
Out of all our trucks this has needed the most with the old Land Rovers being very reliable..
I was looking at buying a ranger 2017-18 plate so should I not bother if there’s so many issues
Gear box & electrical are most common
Hi. Thanks for your video. I own a Ford Ranger Wildtrack and I have the same exact problem at the moment. My car was bought brand new, and I only managed to get it to run up to about 74,000 km then a leak of the coolant into the engine, which I was even unaware of. I’m extremely disappointed with Ford; however, they’ve agreed to fix my car at a discount for most of the spare parts. In total, I’ll pay about $1,300 but my concern is whether it’ll be fixed to never happen again. What are the chances of it not happening again if the parts like gear box, EGR etc are replaced?
Also, do you think it’s best to change the engine to a completely new one? But again, change it with what? I’m really gutted and want to sell it off once I get it back.
74000Ks, ? Somethin doesnt seem right, brand new- warranty?? - discount??- is there something more to this story?
Sorry I couldn’t understand did ford fix the rust issues or do they still rust like there is no tomorrow?
If you’re looking at used trucks chances are it’s got a new chassis or at least had the extra coating added - I’d ask the seller about that. If you’re buying new it’ll have extra coating already on there so should be a bit better than they used to be.
@@ScottishCarClan thank you🙏 love your content, keep it going
Osi'yo from the Cherokee Nation's Oklahoma USA 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
I have the 2019 Ranger XLT Sport 4×4 302a options pack. 2.3 i4 Ecoboost 270hp 310ft lbs torque.
If you ever have a chance to jump on an American Ranger, jump all over it. Jump on it like a f*cking trampoline!!! I love my Ranger and this is my forever truck.
From what I've seen of the European models for the Ranger, I am not entirely impressed with the diesel engine.
I am stoked about the new American Ranger Raptor. I have one on pre-order. 3.0 EcoBoost 405hp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤣🤣🤣
Wish I'd seen this video before I bought mine 😢
Service on time and you will have no issues. My ford is 5 years old with no issues.
I bought a brand new 22 plate 2.0BiTDI ranger wildtrak, after 16K mi, 6 months of ownership and just after its first service cylinder #4's injector decided to fail and cut the piston off the small end. The engine now has a large hole in the side of the block where the rod escaped and even took out both turbo chargers. Minimum waiting period for a replacement engine and turbos is a month. Save your money folks and buy an Amarok or Hilux.
My hilux, ( new) blew turbos and gearbox at 40,000 ks- ya get lemons no matter what tree they were made from, - Amarock???? Well howbout NO! ( unless for a soccer mum)
Why should ay new vehicle have ANY issues?? Do people ask for vehicle issues before they buy vehicles, is that a popular thing to do now?
i do. That's called research. You don't want to buy something that is known to have problems.
I absolutely love my 3.2 wildtrak. However I've been waiting nearly 1year for the chassis to be sorted out...
All cars rust and rot in UK, for most of us who don't experience rainfall and lack of sunshine daily the ranger won't rust. Even cars from the 70s are still on the road with original chassis.
To be frank in every country there are 70s cars on the roads. The problem is shoddy manufacturing. A 2002 Skoda Octavia with 400k miles on the clock and basically no care wont be as rusty in the UK as my 2023 Skoda Scala with 6k miles. New cars are made like shit.
Sometimes you think best just to drive a beater, the problems new cars are having is ridiculous, it's a wonder they last for a test drive.
Do they design these cars just to mess with mechanics and buyers.
Just had a new chassis fitted to my 3.2 Ranger under Ford`s goodwill gesture, the scheme has now ended.
Thanks for commenting. How was the process? Did you get a courtesy car and roughly how long did they take ?
@@ScottishCarClan Ford loaned me a brand new Ranger and the chassis replacement was carried out at Dagenham, I`d been on the waiting list for around 3 months although many have had to wait much longer. The job took approximately two weeks and I couldn`t be happier, I`m not concerned about a marker on my V5. I`ve no complaints at all but consider myself lucky as others have had a few complaints.
Ford Ranger v Toyota Hilux. I know which one I'd choose!
That's great, but on the second hand market, rangers are way cheaper than hiluxs, so if you have a budget, like most people, it might not be a choice. It's like saying 3 bed house with a patio, or 6 bed house with acres of land, no brainer....unless you have a budget.
I had one of these as a work car when they were new. The transmission would lock up occasionally at high speed causing car to go sideways. Terrifying. Ford denied a problem so we just traded it in for a Toyota.
Very common problem and issue with this brand. Too unreliable no matter what Ranger owners say. I don't blame you for switching to the Hilux. Many of my workmates have done the same and even our company who use to own 7 Rangers but all switched to the Hilux. Good decision mate.
no matter what Ranger owners say lol , toyota's fan boy@@sullivanl3305
And you now can drive that Toyota until 150.000 miles with no major issues.
Toyota is what am thinking about in my head , but my heart loves Ford more, and looks like i can put up with a few of its problems , seriously its a lovelier place to be in , sound systems are great, dash looks beautiful , hilux is alittle bit crambed up inside for my liking but yes its a serious debate right now in my soul, reliability and resale value (hilux) vs beautiful truck and all round driving experience ( ranger)
I'm after a new Ford Raptor...so really I shouldn't bother?
There's no big reason not to get one. The new ones have the extra coating on the chassis to help prevent the rust. Every car has its problems and comparatively the Raptors don't really have that many.
@@ScottishCarClan thank you 👍🏼
People tells me mpg on this crew cab truck sucks😢 i almost bought one to be my daily driver.
I got one as a daily driver, (2 litre bi turbo) the fuel consumption was 26mpg over 2000 miles, could probably get about 30mpg on a long motorway run but they're heavy trucks, I used mine to tow a 1600kg caravan and fuel consumption wasn't really affected too much with or without the caravan, so if 26mpg is a figure you're happy with, that's fine
If you want to go for a drive chose the Ford, if you want to drive to the outback chose a Land Rover if you want to drive to the outback & then drive back chose a Hilux👌
I’ve had two, both 3.2 manual.
Great looking trucks, very eye catching, BUT, I’m afraid they are not much good for doing a decent hard days work as the electronics in these are ridiculous……Come 40,000 + miles and expect agro!
Buy a Toyota Landcruiser pick up !
I will choose a Toyota HILUX 2010 over a 2019 Ford ranger. I go for reliability over luxury. Ford always leaking oil, Gearbox failure you can name it all once it’s over 100 000km it’s a money pit👎🏾
I own a 2013 Ford focus and its the worst rust bucket u could have
Had a Ranger 2019 2 litre bi-turbo 213ps, was just oit of manufacture warranty when i purchased it, within my 6 months of ownership it had the following issues:
Engine oil leak
Fromt parking sensors repeat failure
Fromt coil spring snapped
Fuel filling system disintegration when i took the fuel hose out
ABS sensor failed (common problem) results in the loss of all kinds of systems including warning lights (hill start, parking mode, parking sensors, feont facing camera, ABS, traction control etc)
Got most of it fixed and part exchanged it, was a nice truck but an absolute money pit
In other words. Steer clear!
All cars have their issues.
@@sheismyoriginstory2877 True not just ford They said that Toy-ota is reliable then why my friend Fortuner 2019 clutch problem and no parts available just 5 yrs got a problem.Also Isuzu they said reliable then I see many in the shop. My sis bought Ford Everest 2007 4x2 AT. Still working today. After 12 yrs we experience sensor and reverse wont function and we overhaul the engine and now its working
I really want a ranger. Can they fit into a regular car parking space?
Yes they mostly do, dont be afraid of larger standard vehicles, they get smaller and smaller as u get used to them ( couple of days) - i always reverse in at shopping malls, easier for a start and your set to leave like batman when you done, straight out, no worries of blind spot hidden folks pushin trollies, kids or clipping other parked ( or parking) cars. Rangers and the like are not that big and not that wide- but the long wheel base might mean a 4 point, rather than a 3 point turn every now and then, no biggie! , take the tip- reverse in tight spots, it will impress, but its easy
The front or back will stick out a bit, I used to pick my parking spaces carefully so the rear overhang wasn't too bad, width ways they're pretty much the same as a normal SUV apart from massive mirrors
The clan has taken ranger issues that have already been sorted out by ford.
Where is your critisism of the 200 serious, transmission overheating, exessive oil consumption ect. All cars have issues, toyota owners just dont share theirs because they always bragging about their reliability.
Then it's better to buy a Dacia... :D
Ford, gm , an ram. An most auto makers. Have become so lazy at fat. That. They should prosecute an send to jail ) for creating crap) an that's an understatement)
Being South African I would advise people to go for the Toyota Hilux, their turbo & gearbox are guaranteed to break. With the Hilux there are zero issues none whatsoever even at high mileage.
You dont know what you are talking about, typival hilux driver talking about issues that happened years ago. Ford is outselling hilux double cabs in south africa and the ranger is the most po0upar 2nd hand vehicle sold in sa.
Let’s face it they are not reliable
Get a tocoma...southern americans think they are crap..no one knows trucks more than the south in america
These vehicles would seen to be turds 💩.... Buy a decent 4wd (not a pick up) and get a quality trailer if you need to move big loads..
Well I saw this video, added to watch later, bought the truck then came back to watch. Let me buckle up 🥲
Haha mate, I own a 2013 Ranger 3.2 manual , I know the Hilux will be more reliable but the Ranger isnt that bad at all, the only thing it when wrong was a boost pipe crack, nothin else but than my Ranger has EGR block off & DPF delete which was a very good choice to do
My Ranger now has 340k km on the clock