# Ford Ranger Issue

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-ranger-issue/69166>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** ford, ranger\
**Created:** [November 2, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-ranger-issue/69166 "2011-11-02T20:05:43Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![DebraDickerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@DebraDickerson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DebraDickerson)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-ranger-issue/69166/1 "2011-11-02T20:05:43Z")

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Husband has 2002 Ford Ranger, 140K miles, meticulously maintained. Suddenly would not start on a Friday, fine on Saturday, not start on Sunday, started on Monday. Took to mechanic, all week everything started just dandy. They drove and hooked up to computer, nothing; cannot diagnose until actual problem occurs when they have vehicle Not ready to trade in.

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**Author:** ![Rod-Knox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Rod-Knox](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Rod-Knox)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-ranger-issue/69166/2 "2011-11-02T20:24:58Z")

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Does it crank?

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**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-ranger-issue/69166/3 "2011-11-02T20:51:41Z")

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Echoing Rod Knox here: Does it crank (turn over)? If not then shift to neutral if it’s an automatic when it does not start and see if it starts. If it does then it’s a bad neutral safety switch. If it’s a manual shift then the clutch interlock switch may be bad.

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**Author:** ![DebraDickerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@DebraDickerson](https://community.cartalk.com/u/DebraDickerson)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 2011, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/ford-ranger-issue/69166/4 "2011-11-02T23:32:16Z")

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Great and thank you. I’ll tell him when he gets home from work - if and when he does.