I just bought a 97 Ranger to use for my commute to work to save some milage on my newer car (I have an 03 Taurus with 83000 miles). This is the second car I've gotten for the purpose, the last being a 90 mustang. I drive about 35000 a year. I got a very good deal on the price for this truck, $2995, with the extended cab, 145000 miles.
The first night I had it, the tensioning pully for the serpentine belt let go, and I had to have it towed back to where I bought it. They fixed it first thing in the morning, with no charge.
This past Saturday morning, it started making a pinging noise, so I drove it back down to the garage. It's about 8 miles from my house and the problem got really bad, real fast. I had to shut it off and coast down the hills most of the way, and by the time I got there, I had barely enough power to pull into the lot. After a full day of tearing it apart, they discovered the problem to be a warped head. It is currently at the machine shop awaiting diagnosis. They are also going to fix this problem at no cost to me, even though I technically have a
30 day 50/50 warranty. They're going to repair the truck, even if it means replacing the engine!I have no complains about the truck breaking down, as long as the garage is going to stand behind what they sold me, they are certainly more than holding up their part of the deal. My question is that I have noticed that the selecter switch for the heater is not working. No matter what position I put it in, the heat only comes out of the defroster, I get no vents, or floor. Since they are doing all this work for me, I don't want to bother them with something I can fix easily on my own. When the switch is off, the fan stops, it just won't blow from anything other than the defroster. I have done a couple of other little things with the truck already, like changing the dash lights... If this is something more complex, then I will ask them to fix it. I used to have an identical 95 ranger, and had very good luck with that one as well!
Thank you for any advice!
-Mike