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Can you print to PDF and share that?
 


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Scores aren't posted for me, but there are a lot of nit picky complaints from people that probably don't know what they're doing.

One complaint was for vibration in 4wd...
 

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I believe I know just where to file that information....

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Attempt #2. Does it work?
 

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Dont work for me, the PDF works but the info/text is all jumbled and just unreadable nonsense?
 

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Time to try the Microsloth Windblows machine and see if it's a Linux/Adobe issue.
 

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Eh I'm trying to read it on my phone so may be an Android issue on my end. I'm too lazy to open my laptop. It's like waaaaay over on the other side of the couch.

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Eh I'm trying to read it on my phone so may be an Android issue on my end. I'm too lazy to open my laptop. It's like waaaaay over on the other side of the couch.

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Android phones often use a form of Linux for their operating system.
 

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Yes I can usually read, make and print PDF's just fine on my phone so I dunno. I'm no scientist though. The PDF opens but it's formatted all weird or something so there's big gaps and text missing that makes it no more useful than the website you posted. Consumer reports probably just doesn't want you giving out their information for free.
 

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Eh I'm trying to read it on my phone so may be an Android issue on my end. I'm too lazy to open my laptop. It's like waaaaay over on the other side of the couch.

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Yes I can usually read, make and print PDF's just fine on my phone so I dunno. I'm no scientist though. The PDF opens but it's formatted all weird or something so there's big gaps and text missing that makes it no more useful than the website you posted. Consumer reports probably just doesn't want you giving out their information for free.
Same on iPhone.
 

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Yes I can usually read, make and print PDF's just fine on my phone so I dunno. I'm no scientist though. The PDF opens but it's formatted all weird or something so there's big gaps and text missing that makes it no more useful than the website you posted. Consumer reports probably just doesn't want you giving out their information for free.
It's possible. I'm going to see what happens on the Windows 10 Machine with actual Adobe Acrobat and see if things are any better. If not, CR did something to prevent non members from seeing what they have to offer for free.
 

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It's the same on my laptop too.
 

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No luck with windows either. I tried Brave, Chrome, and Firefox both with save to PDF and Microsoft Print to PDF and the report is next to useless. The same when just trying to do a regular print. Sorry guys. They are making people either subscribe to their web service or buy one of their print products.

The 2019 Ranger gets a 1 out of 5 for reliability and 3 out of 5 for owner satisfaction.
The 2020 Ranger gets a 4 out of 5 for reliability and 4 out of 5 for owner satisfaction.
The 2021 Ranger gets a predicted reliability of 2 out of 5 and predicted 4 out of 5 for owner satisfaction.

I can look up any particular items you may be interested in but all three are the same damn truck. The variances in rating makes no sense unless there is some kind of agenda on their end.
 

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Yeah. There are some formatting issues with the pdf. With a bit of effort, you can figure out most of the ratings. Sometimes html pages are difficult to translate into other document formats simply because of the way html pages are written.

The link to CR works for me except that it doesn't show the ratings.
 

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