CONSUMER REQUESTING INFORMATION ON 2003 RANGER DEFECTS. *TS A FRIEND OF THE CONSUMER'S DOWNLOADED COMPLAINTS THAT WERE SIMILAR TO THE PROBLEMS THE CONSUMER EXPERIENCED WITH HIS VEHICLE. *NM WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ON THE TRUCK BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE SPED UP TO APPROXIMATELY 80 MPH BEFORE THE CONSUMER COULD GET IT TO STOP. THREE MONTHS LATER WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED SUDDENLY AND STRUCK SEVERAL VEHICLES. THIS ACCIDENT CAUSED SERIOUS INJURIES TO FOUR PEOPLE. THE CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO PROVE THAT THE VEHICLE CAUSED THE ACCIDENT THEREFORE HE WAS SENTENCED TO 70 MONTHS IN JAIL. *NM