# 1994 Ford Ranger keeps dying

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-ranger-keeps-dying/156519>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ranger, ford\
**Created:** [January 14, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-ranger-keeps-dying/156519 "2020-01-14T19:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Jon38](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7c8e57/32.png) [@Jon38](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jon38)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-ranger-keeps-dying/156519/1 "2020-01-14T19:29:41Z")

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94 ford ranger. keeps dyeing. changed many censors, now transmission trouble. could the tranny be the problem from the star?

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**Author:** ![Purebred](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/purebred/32/46796_2.png) [@Purebred](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Purebred)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 8:40pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-ranger-keeps-dying/156519/2 "2020-01-14T20:40:07Z")

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You won’t like my answer.  
The problem- -26 year old truck not properly diagnosed before throwing parts at it.

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**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2020, 4:28am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/1994-ford-ranger-keeps-dying/156519/3 "2020-01-15T04:28:13Z")

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> [@Jon38](#):
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> could the tranny be the problem from the star?

A problematic transmission could potentially cause stalling. Still it seems an unlikely cause. Is this a manual or automatic transmission?