Rear Suspension Springs Problems of Ford Ranger

The contact owns a 2008 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that after lending the vehicle to a neighbor, the neighbor informed the contact that the vehicle was making an abnormal noise. Upon inspection, the contact became aware that the rear spring hangers had detached. The vehicle was not taken to an independent mechanic or dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 80,000. Invalid VIN.

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Rear end of frame completely rusted out. Leaf springs broken. Spring shackle broke off. Brought the truck in for service unaware there was so much irreparable damage. Damages occurred while driving on a city street. Pieces of the body were missing. Exact date damages occurred is unknown.

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The rear bumper frame has rusted out and detached from vehicle. Loading brush into truck bed, stepped on bumper, and it collapsed. Checking the rear frame, springs, and suspension shows extended rust, making the vehicle unsafe to drive.

Frame rotted away in the back side, rear leaf springs fell off, spare tire ready to fall off.

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The rear spring shackle, bracket rusting and falling off. The gas tank brackets rusted and causiing tank too fall off the rear frame rotted making truck unsafe for driving on the road the front frame of truck is ok no problem. It is just the rear frame rusted thru. The truck was makeing a thumping noise and when I stoped I had noticed that the springs had broke thru bed of truck prompting me too inspect further why this happened and that is when I found all the other issues with the frame. And the tank.

The rear shackles rusted through and broke off from the leaf springs. This happened while driving home from work on city streets. When turning corners the sound of the broken shackle rolling back and forth on the back of the bumper alerted me to the situation. I am third owner and this truck has been taken care of very well.

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Rear leaf-spring shackles and hangers on my 2006 Ford Ranger are rusted out, one of the shackles broke free from the frame while I was driving, made it harder to steer because the truck felt nowhere near as stable as it was before it broke, it caused me to swerve into the lane beside me which very well could have caused a serious accident if someone were to be there. The rest of my frame seems to have excessive rust which is not to be expected from a 10 year old truck, especially by the shackles and hangers for the leaf springs, and also all around the spare tire mount which I could see to become a very serious safety concern while driving. I mean who wants a spare tire in their windshield while following someone down the road? my vehicle was in motion on the highway when all of this happened im very certain that cheap frame metal was the cause of it breaking, because im generally pretty easy on my truck.

I bought my Ranger new, it currently has 232,000 miles. Frame rust is so bad it is unsafe to drive. Rear spring shackle mounts rusted away, bed is resting on springs. Rust rains from underneath when hood is allowed to close. Brake line mounts are nearly gone, as is gas tank straps. I have never seen frame rot this bad, even in northern states where road salt is used.

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that upon inspection, it was found that the rear leaf springs had failed. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where the failure was confirmed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 124,000. The VIN was unavailable.

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The frame on my 2001 Ford Ranger has completely rusted through just in front of the rear springs on the drivers side. The truck only has 80,000 miles on it and is otherwise in excellent shape. There is no rust on the body. It is now unsafe to drive.

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I noticed a hole in the rear of my truck bed. Upon further inspection I found spring shackles and frame mounts were rusted away and not holding the springs anymore. They were coming through my truck bed! this made my truck unsafe to drive. The rest of my truck is in very good shape. This kind of rust is not normal and is not safe! as I checked on the internet I've found that I'm not the only one that has had this problem with the 1999 Ford Ranger!.

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I attached a yard trailer to the receiver hitch and as I pulled out of the yard the hitch pulled right off the back of the truck. I looked under the truck and saw about a foot of the rear frame rails were completely rusted away on both sides. Both rear leaf spring mounts were broken away and the springs were pushed up onto the bed of the truck. This truck has less than 60,000 miles on it and no apparent rust. If this had happened on the highway the trailer would have gone sailing down the highway possibly causing an accident. Both rear springs detached from the frame and if I had been on the highway, there is a good chance I would have lost control of the truck.

2001 Ford Ranger was taken into auto shop for routine maintenance. The mechanic inspected the vehicle and found the rear spring shackles and the frame rotted and about ready to fail completely. The springs were found to be pressing up on the bottom of the frame. Also noted bumper was about ready to fall off. All of this due to severe corrosion of the frame. No maintenance was performed on the vehicle and a recommendation from the mechanic to remove the vehicle from the road was advised.

Went to rear of truck and found bumper had broken free on the drivers side. Looked under the tuck and found that the entire frame in the rear is rotted and the leaf springs are in danger of coming completely off. The bumper is entirely free from the truck. The passenger side of the frame directly over the tire is cracked completely through. This is the worst frame I have ever seen and have lived through the 70's american car manufacturers mess.

Rear wheel assembly (wheels, axle, leaf-springs) became detached from frame due to severe and premature frame and leaf-spring bracket corrosion (failure caused abrupt pull to center of highway at speed, fortunately no accident, since I am a pretty good driver). Subsequent inspection revealed extensive corrosion associated with vehicle frame and critical suspension components. Leaf spring brackets and various other suspension components noted to be manufactured from ultra-low carbon steel (known to turn to dust when exposed to weather). Vehicle is a 2001 with only 113,000 miles; truck is basically junk at this point with no chance of replacing the numerous components effected. I replaced the leaf-spring brackets; however I am fearful to drive the vehicle since it may kill me. Good job Ford instilling customer safety, satisfaction and quality engineering. Hope the few bucks you saved by using sub-standard materials on critical suspension components was worth it. I guarantee my family will never purchase another Ford product. -husband, father of two. . .

First failure was where leaf springs attach to frame (rear shackles) failed due to rust and put hole in truck bed. Replaced parts. Second failure is when filling tank with fuel; gas has started to run out on the ground at the gas station. Just received filler neck today to replace current rusted one. While under vehicle noticed tank strap is hanging loose not attached due to connection point rusted off (similar failure to NHTSA recall campaign #11v385000 fuel tank strap failure). Also noticed severe rust like little or no rust inhibitor was applied to frame and components. Shield above muffler is almost non-existent, frame cross member is flaking away due to rust. I am not qualified to provide full details of problems or cause but rust is becoming a safety issue with this vehicle. Contacted Ford and they say vehicle is not part of recall.

Went for vehicle inspection and much frame rot noted from rear of cab to the rear bumper. Rear spring shackle mounts rotted off. Frame is now splitting at the front hanger points of the rear springs due to rot. I am the original owner who bought this truck new. Now it is junk at 60,000 miles.

I have a 2000 Ford Ranger 4x4. The frame is rotting away towards the back end of the truck. In 2011, the rear bumper was falling off. I had to remove it before it completely came off. I was afraid it would fall off while I was driving. In 2008 I towed a car a couple of hundred miles on the highway. I shudder to think how weak that bumper was and what could have happened if the car I towed was a bit heavier. Around the same time I had to remove the spare tire from its holder under the truck bed - the spare tire and bracketry was slowly sagging to the ground. Again, it was removed before it completely fell off. Most recently both rear leaf springs and their brackets completely rusted away from the frame. The whole rear end of the frame needs to be replaced. This truck has become unsafe to drive - it oinly has 135,000 or so miles on it. The rest of the truck is in excellent condition - no rust on the body. The engine runs fine. Just the rear 1/4 or so of the frame is disintegrating.

While driving, vehicle swerves or pulls to the left over road. More speed the worse it gets. Vehicle originally brought in dealer for dog tracking, dealer replaced rear springs and bushings, but consumer states dog tracking still exists, dealer could not find anything further and states that vehicle is well within specs.