Suspension Problems of Ford Ranger - part 2

The rear half of the truck frame is rotted to pieces. The brackets that are supposed to hold the shocks are rusted off and missing. .

Takata recall. My vehicle was stationary when I got to work I nothing my rear bumper fell off with no given warning and I didn't hear it hit the ground I got home and looked under the frame and noticed the whole frame was rotten away and is not safe to drive.

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Frame is very rusted and big holes in the frame. I think there is a gas leak as well but the frame is very bad.

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The frame has rusted so severely that the rear suspension is detaching from frame and frame is almost rusted completely through and will separate soon. The spare tire and carrier have fallen off where is was attached to the frame due to the excessive rust and the bed mounts have rusted away and no longer attach to the frame leaving the bed with no solid mount. Spare tire and carrier fell off on interstate while driving.

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The frame on this truck has rusted to the point where it is unsafe to drive. The rear bumper actually fell of the vehicle while it was being driven. I took off the bed and cut off the rear part of the frame and welded on a new rear section and put on new leaf spring hangers and re installed the bumper a few years ago and re coated the frame with paint but now it has gotten worse to the point where I can no longer drive it as there are actual holes rusted thru. It needs a frame replacement or it just a parts vehicle.

Severely rusted frame. While the spare tire has not fell off yet, I had the truck up on a rack at patrick airforce base to change the oil. I've known for a while that the frame is bad. The truck only has 81,000 miles on it, but looking at the frame, it won't last much longer.

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Frame rail not formed correctly defective.

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The passenger side rear shackle rusted completely off and the leaf spring almost went through the bed of the truck. The truck was not drivable until the passenger side rear shackle was replaced. This was discovered after driving over a bump in the road, hearing a loud bang and experiencing a jolt. Once parked the truck was completely looked over, which lead to more discoveries. A giant rust hole has formed in the frame behind the shackle on the driver's side rear area of the truck. This truck has been well maintained throughout the years and was professionally under coated a couple years ago with no holes in the frame or visible rust at that time. The frame has deteriorated rapidly. Luckily I did not try to tow anything with this truck because the rear part of the frame likely would have been ripped off, losing what was being towed and potentially causing an accident. There is also a large hole forming in the bed of the truck.

Takata recall, still has not been resolved. My transmission reverse band went bad at 99,985 miles. . . On a light driven car the shackles that hold thereat suspension has completely rotted out. The truck bed is dust, completely shot the passenger door is rotted out on the bottom and the drivers door is right behind it. The frame is rotted out. . . And other than that its good.

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Frame is rotted everywhere for the most part spare tire is about to fail off isn't safe to haul anything in the bed.

While driving, the spare tire started to fall off due to rusting away of the mounting apparatus. Luckily I noticed it when I stopped for gas (it was hanging by only a bit of still attached rusted metal below the truck) so I cut the cable with some bolt cutters to remove the spare and prevent an accident while driving. Driver's side cab mount separated due to excessive rust. Driver's side floor board fell out due to excessive rust - my foot went through the floor. Frame cracked near rear shackle due to excessive rust. Frame cracked near driver's side rear shock mount due to excessive rust - excessive play and noises caused be to discover this. Bed rusted completely out - above wheel wells on both sides, center of bed, front corners. It came off the truck in several pieces after I put my foot right through the center. The frame rust issues and spare tire falling off could be serious safety problems. I have driven a number of vehicles for many years and never experienced rust issues like on this truck. Way beyond what is reasonable and expected.

As I was driving, the bumper and spare tire came off almost causing an accident.

I recently replaced rotted parts of the underside of my Ford range, spring shackles, schocks and schock mount brackets. I did this repair to make mu truck safer, after 3 weeks of driving with the new repairs the frame began to crack and is about to split in half. . . Not so safe. The body is in great shape, but I can't drive the truck with the frame in its current condition. Back road driving 3 days a week.

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The under carriage of my vehicle has a lot of rust underneath and on the dorrs I have seen a few complaints not sure if this is safe or not.

Frame is rusting away. Both rear shock mounts. Gas tank holding straps. Both chasis rails are rusting away with big chunks of steel falling off. Trans cross member rusting away.

The leaf spring bushings pushed threw the rotted frame and poked holes in the bed of the truck . The spare tire was hanging on the ground when I got home one day. Now my inspection station wont put a inspection sticker on it because they say its to dangerous. Toyota had this problem and etther repaird thevehicle or replaced it.

I was driving my truck down a main road and there was a small pothole. It was only about an inch deep by about a foot and all of a sudden my truck started making very loud noises going down the road and almost seeming like the truck didn't want to go straight. I pulled over because I wanted to check it and here was a massive crack in the frame behind the shackle mount in the front of the wheel well. This was caused by the gas tank mount that the strap connects do holding dirt and moisture behind it and rotted out a hole in the frame. Also the gas tank mount rotted compleatly out and is no longer there on the drivers side the same place that the frame rotted out. This is a big defect by Ford as there is no way to clean it out and the frame will just rot even though the body of the truck is spotless and rust free because I wash the undercarriage every week as well as the whole truck. This is extremely unsafe because the moisture and dirt consistaintly eat away at the frame. Also it is bad enough that I possibly need to take the truck off the road even though the rest of the truck is perfect. It is very unsafe to drive and I can't believe Ford could have over looked this.

I was going down the highway spare tire dropped down on the road causing me to lose control of my truck got the truck home and found the frame rotted only has 62,000 miles.

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Rear bumper and spare tire holder rotted off . . Rear shackles on both sides. . Gas tank straps and crossmember that holds it up. . . Now the frame has rotted in half right in middle of truck. . . Spare tire fell off while driving.

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The passenger side frame rail rusted out.

Gas petal is too close to brakes. . . And if not careful right foot hits both. Causing a roaring of acceleration , while trying to stop vehicle. Very dangerous!.

Frame rusted even thou we paid for undercoating no accident trying to prevent accident without scraping the vehicle can send pictures, but this form does not work.

Frame rot rusted rear frame.

The contact owns a 2000 Ford Ranger. While driving 55 mph, the contact heard a rattling noise underneath the vehicle. Suddenly, the rear driver's side shock detached from the vehicle. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that the entire frame was rotted. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the frame needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 177,000.

The entire frame is rusted, the rust on the frame around the rear spring shackle rusted enough that the shackle is broken free. This was noticed due to the noises the shackle makes when moving. The vehicle has less than 108,000 miles. In addition the side steps rusted through and were hanging down, I had to remove them to prevent them from falling off.

"frame recall ? " while driving frame broke in half, both sides. Since owning I have replaced leaf spring and shock bracket,and also removed spare tire bracket before it fell off in roadway. This needs to be addressed before someone gets killed!!!.

Severe rust entire back half of truck. First the spare tire fell off while driving and the evap canister was broken. The bed rotted out and my gas tank was in danger of falling off. The cross members broke while driving on a town dirt road causing the cross member to rub against the drive shaft. I had to use a cargo strap to hold up the gas tank so I could get home which luckily was only about a mile.

Frame and chassis has severe rot frame is also cracked. Bumper fell off while driving rear bumper. This is a 2003 Ford Ranger 5 speed 2 wheel drive it has less than 81000 miles on it. The bumper fell off while the vehicle was being driven. I do not have picture of frame but if asked I could get some.

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Rear bumper mount frame rot.

Had a right rear spring shackle replaced from being broken in half from corrosion of rust. Auto repair shop said "rear frame rails are paper thin from rust. " "especially the right side". They told me the vehicle wouldn't pass inspection even after the inspection had just been renewed less than a year ago. Rust doesn't happen that fast.

Rear tire fell out onto road, rotted carrier , frame rotted at axle, cracked in half while driving on highway, rear end shifted, can know longer drive vehicle safely, had to buy new truck days later! body in good shape, frame totally rotted! so many other complaints about same thing on google search. Toyota Toyota had same thing, we called all their trucks and replaced all truck f we called all their trucks and replaced all truck frames frames, still to this day Ford has not recognized a major problem with their frames!!! these vehicles are a major safety hazard on the road and a recall needs to happen !!.

The frame under the truck especially the rear is literally rusting away. The cross members that hold the fuel tank are severely rusted and over halfway gone on the right side of the vehicle.

Vehicle has 37850 miles looks like new and the frame has rotted away spring hangers and the complete frame itself you can put your fingers through it and gas tank straps also gone.

The frame, underbody, shocks, axels have rusted. The frame has almost completely rusted through. The upper body has been well maintained and is in great condition. This vehicle only has 84,000 miles on it.

Bought a used 2001 Ford Ranger after driving it for a month or so shocks were really bad looked underneath to find two clean cracks through from near back shocks not sure if bad shocks are to blame or weak frame.