Structure Problems of Ford Ranger

The contact owns a 2024 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that while trying to purchase a diamond back bed cover, upon further investigation, it was found that the vehicle was missing the load box reinforcement bracket. The missing bracket might cause the structural performance of the bed to fail. The vehicle was taken to the dealer; however, the vehicle was not inspected or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact was advised to contact the NHTSA hotline to report the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 10,000.

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The contact owns a 2004 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while doing routine maintenance at a local mechanic, the mechanic found that the rear sub frame assembly was rusted through and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Upon investigation, the contact associated the failure with NHTSA campaign number: 04v331000 (structure) however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was informed of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in the recall. The failure mileage was approximately 129,000.

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Rear of truck is rotting away to nothing. Had the rear of the frame plated a few years ago where the shackle brackets bolt on. Now I noticed one of the fuel tank straps hanging. The crossmember that holds it is rotted away to nothing. Took the truck to my mechanic. He called me after about an hour & told me the truck was junk. The whole frame & crossmembers from the cab back are rusted horribly. He told me not to even drive the truck because it wasn't safe.

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2001 Ford Ranger. Consumer writes in regards to defective tire mount. The consumer stated the full sized spare tire on the truck, was mounted under the cargo bed. It was being held in place by a stranded steel cable, one end of which was attached to a swaged steel fitting which went through the central hole of the spare, the other end to a winch which lowered and raised the spare. Recently while driving, the consumer heard a thump and saw the spare tire had fallen out of its storage place and was sitting in the roadway behind him. When he inspected the mechanism, he found the swaged joint between the steel fitting and the cable had corroded and failed. Fortunately, when the failure occurred he was driving at a slow speed through a parking lot and no damage was done.

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I have a extang encore tonneau cover on my 2010 Ford Ranger that flew backwards while driving down the road damaging the rear fiberglass panel. The front latch assembly has a poor design in which water drains down inside of the latch assembly and freezes and ice builds up. You think the panel is secured when it is not. Extang needs to redesign the latch assembly to prevent water from getting inside the latch assembly. When I contacted extang they said they haven't had anyone else complain about this. They sent me a new plastic washer and o-ring for the latch but water still drains into the assembly.

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Rear section of frame that hold spare tire fell off while driving, tire and frame section just missed a vehicle behind me, at this same time the frame broke off just in front of the rear spring hanger on the driver side.

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The contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. The contact stated during an annual inspection he was notified that the frame and under carriage were corroded. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who confirmed the failure and decided to weld the frame and place patches on the under carriage as a temporary fix. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 62,000.

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2001 Ford Ranger with 86866k. In around sept 2010 I heard a thump and banging from the back. Upon home I looked under I saw that the shackle mount rotted and broke on the driver side. The passanger side did not break but not fair any better then the one that broke. I bought the shackle and the shackle mounts. After I removed the shackle mount on the passanger side I saw rot through the frame as well heavy flaking rust thro-out the entire frame. I called Ford and they said in a nut shell too bad.

I have a 2000 Ford Ranger XLT with excessive rust / rot on the frame. I have had to replace both frame ends with new steel as they had rotted away causing the rear bumper to fall off the truck. I also had to buy and replace new leaf spring mounts because the old ones had rotted away. I am now wondering if I can repair or replace other segments of the frame because there is excessive rust and rot in certain areas. The majority of the problem seems to be the rear half of the frame, both sides. I do not see any excessive rust in the forward frame rails. I will have to replace shock mounts, spare tire carrier which rotted off, and the cross members which also rotted off.

First, with the non-tilting steering wheel located where it is, with a taller person it is difficult-to- impossible to lift the foot off of the gas and transfer it to the brake pedal as the drivers knees ends up impacting the bottom of the steering wheel. This makes it necessary to just do a sort of heel-on-the-floor-foot-tilt-or-slide to go from the gas to the brake without steering wheel/knee interference. This is not a problem in the Fords we have which have tilt steering wheels second, a visual check shows that the brake and gas pedals are close together at nearly the same height. From a step over point of view this should be a good thing, but it results in little feel for where your foot is actually placed when one goes to stop the vehicle by using the heel-to-the-floor-foot-tilt-or-slide method necessitated by the low steering wheel position. This can and does result in pressing both pedals simultaneously. In one day of driving I managed to do the both pedal press three times, any one of which could have resulted in an acceleration into another vehicle object.

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When it rains gallons of water comes through the right front door, though the dashboard, down the floor board. This could result in an electrical system fire. The dealership indicated that this was a common problem with these vehicles. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer would repair the vehicle.

The cab of my 1998 Ford Ranger truck leaks when it rains. At first, I thought it was the seal over the passenger door, but the water is running in the cab above the rear window and the seal is tight on the window. As far as I can tell, the water is getting in along the seam of the cab roof just behind the door on both sides of the cab. The water has found its way up into the felt and roof insulation and left water marks but (thankfully) no separation of the roof felt from the cab body yet. I did use ge silicone caulk to fill in the seams on the outside of the cab, and it did reduce the amount of water getting in, but yesterday it rained and I noticed that the water is still getting in on the passenger side of the cab roof. I really don't know how to fix this problem. I have inspected the door seals and they seem pliable and firmly affixed to the body of the truck. The truck has 61,000 miles on it and I am the only driver. If there is a recall for this, I would really appreciate knowing because the water has resulted in two shorts in the truck's interior lighting causing me to pull the fuse for the interior lights. When the cab gets wet inside, the "door ajar" light stays on and the interior lights will not shut off when l turn the truck off. The removal of the fuse, although giving a remedy to the dome light problem, has made it difficult to drive the truck at night with no interior lights on the floor or dome. Quite frankly, I am concerned about a fire with all this dampness in the cab.

The consumer was unable to see odometer. The consumer stated the odometer could not be seen in daylight or at night. They can't do anything about it until the manufacturer has a recall. Manufacturer said they would report it to engineering.

The silver coating on the dash board around the radio and ac unit is rubbing off.

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After it rains I have a pool of water on the driver side floor. It seems to be coming from behind the dash board (fire wall). Help! potential electrical hazard.

1996 Ford Ranger, 4. 0, standard cab, standard shift, 2whl drive. The accelerator pedal mounting bracket, which is spot welded to the firewall, broke the welds. This left the vehical without the ability to increase speed above idle. Although the bracket had potential fastener holes that lined up with holes in the firewall, the bracket does not bolt on. Refer to Ford cpd 2000 version 15. 04--January 2003, p-29097 item 9a762 for a "blow up" of the item. No accident occured and since I am a mechanic, I drove the vehical home and repaired it myself.

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Consumer states his father in law had an accident with his 1998 Ford Ranger and had it to roll over 4 times, breaking his neck. Consumer also states his father in law lived but he thinks it is the structure of the truck that caused the was the fact that Ford manufacturer took b pillar out of the 2001 model. Ts.

Running boards are unsafe. They are located too far under the vehicle, making them very awkward and dangerous to use, forcing the occupant to twist their ankle to enter the vehicle. When exiting the vehicle, they are not visible from the interior, forcing the occupant to guess where they are, which makes them useless and dangerous. Because the steps are not visible from inside the vehicle, small children can easily miss the step and fall from the vehicle.

2007 Ford Ranger customer states that there is an violent uncontrollable shaking and shimmy between 45 to 65 mph* the dealer informed the consumer they were aware of the problem, but there was nothing they could. The dealer advised the consumer to contact the manufacturer. The consumer also stated, that ice and snow would build up in the groove of the wheel. The consumer was told that since he lived in a city with severe winter weather, there was nothing they could do.

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Consumer complaint regarding, when making a left turn at or onto a road that angles, he can not see approaching vehicles. 2005 Ford Ranger. The consumer stated the truck has very high seats and small windows, the seats block the consumers view. The consumer stated the seats should have been designed with adjustable head rests.

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Consumer feels that bracket on vehicle is a safety hazard. When the rear door was opened, at the top of the door opening a bracket extended from the frame which was used as a closing device. The consumer's wife was hit in the head by the extended bracket while trying to get in the back seat of the truck.

Consumer callled complaining about having problems with the dashboard, cannot be visible if there is a shadw hitting the dashboard. Manufacturer was contacted, and stated that there was nothing they can do.