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1992 Ford Ranger

Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (2)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1998-04-08 98E010000 SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR 23,500 Details
1996-02-05 96V024001 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:HYDRAULIC 108,000 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2015-07-22 ENGINE No 0 OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY WENT TO ZERO.ENGINE BEGAN TO CLATTER.I RETURNED HOME.
2011-09-02 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 WHEN VEHICLE STARTED IN NEUTRAL, IT WAS PUT IN REVERSE AND THROTTLE WENT TO FLOOR WITHOUT ANYONE TOUCHING IT, VEHICLE T…
2010-09-02 SUSPENSION:FRONT Yes 0 I HAVE A 1992 FORD RANGER THE PASSENGER SIDE SPRING TOWER MOUNT IS COMPLETELY RUSTED AND THE FRONT SHOCK AND SPRING HAV…
2009-01-26 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM MY COAST GUARD DUTY MY TRUCK STARTED TO FILL WITH SMOKE. I PULLED OVER AND LOOKED IN MY DASH A…
2009-01-12 VISIBILITY No 0 TRUCK WAS WARMING UP WITH ME IN IT AROUND JANUARY. I WENT TO OPEN THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE, THEIR WAS NO RESPONSE AND W…
2008-06-25 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 JUST THIS PAST TWO WEEKS, WE TRADED TRUCKS. WE RECEIVED A 1992 FORD RANGER. DURING THE SMOG TEST IT WAS DISCOVERED TH…
2007-05-29 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS No 0 OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT TWO DAYS, I NOTICED A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL. ON THE SECOND DAY, I …
2006-11-16 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH THROUGH AN ALLEYWAY, A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDERNEATH THE LEFT FRONT DRIVER S…
2006-11-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 TRUCK OIL PRESSURE SUDDENLY DROPPED VERY LOW. TRUCK BEGAN MAKING KNOCKING SOUND COMING FROM ENGINE HEAD AREA. DISASSE…
2006-06-06 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL No 0 MY 1992 FORD RANGER SPONTANEOUSLY COMBUSTED ON THE MORNING OF JUNE 6, 2006. THE CRUISE CONTROL WENT OUT UNEXPECTEDLY A…
2005-02-11 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 1 THE CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN HE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, AND CRASHED INTO TW…
2004-10-18 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID No 0 THE STARTER SOLENOID CLIP CONNECTOR FAILED. AS A RESULT, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT START UP AGAIN UNTIL PART IS REPLACED. P…
2003-11-11 TIRES No 0 WHILE DRIVING AT 70MPH, MY REAR TIRE CAME APART AND TOTALLED THE BED OF MY TRUCK AND BROKE THE BRAKE LINE AND NEARLY CA…
2003-10-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 1992 FORD RANGER HAD FIRE IN IGNITION WIRING HARNESS, BELOW DASH AND MOUNTED TO STEERING COLUMN. *LA
2003-09-15 SEATS No 0 RIGHT FRONT UPPER SPRING SEAT BRACKET (PART NO. 5A318) HAS PREMATURELY RUSTED THROUGH ALLOWING BODY TO DROP ONTO FRONT …
2003-09-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 WHILE DRIVING AND/OR IDLING SMOKE COMES FROM BOTH THE STEERING COLUMN AND UNDER THE HOOD. NO FIRES AS OF YET BUT I WOUL…
2003-07-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 IGNITION SWITCH CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE DRIVING. *AK
2003-06-17 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH No 0 DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE SNAPPED OFF FROM THE INSIDE CABLE. WHILE OPENING THE DOOR TO THE VEHICLE. *AK
2003-05-19 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 WHILE DRIVING THE LEFT LEAF SPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER FELL APART DUE TO RUSTED MOUNT ATTACHMENTS. *NLM
2003-05-14 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 I OWN 92 FORD RANGER. LAST THURSDAY,5/15/2003, WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I NOTICED MY PASSENGER SIDE FRONT LOWER THAN THE R…
2003-05-09 SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER No 0 WHILE DRIVING MY 1992 FORD RANGER XLT PICK-UP TRUCK THE DRIVERS SEAT MECHANISM WITHOUT WARNING OR ANY ACTION TO INITIAT…
2003-04-22 WHEELS No 0 THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEEL WAS RUSTED. *JB
2003-03-25 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS No 0 MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK WHEN SHE HEARD A LOUD NOISE IN THE RIGHT FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TRUCK DR…
2003-02-17 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 SUSPENSION FAILURE. RIGHT FRONT SPRING SEAT ON MY 1992 FORD RANGER HAS COMPLETELY CORRODED. COIL SPRING AND SHOCK ABS…
2002-11-14 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS No 0 WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD A NOISE FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE SHORTLY AFTER THE NOISE THE BRAKES FAILED. CONS…
2002-09-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK
2002-08-23 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 FAILURE OF THE RIGHT SUSPENSION, COLLAPSED. UPPER SPRING SEAT AND SHOCK MOUNTING BRACKET RUSTED OUT AND BROKE OFF. DEAL…
2002-08-02 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING No 0 A FIRE STARTED ON RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH. VEHICLE TOWED TO A REPAIRSSHOP FOR REPAIRS. MANUFACTURER …
2002-06-28 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS No 0 FRONT COIL SPRINGS BRACKET BROKE AFTER CONSUMER PARKED THE VEHICLE. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER WASAWARE OF PROBL…
2002-05-08 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 WHILE DRIVING, THE IGNITION SWITCH WIRES LOCATED IN THE STEERING COLUMN CAUGHT FIRE. THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT WAS FIL…
2002-04-30 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER No 0 SPRING TOWER DETERIORATED PREMATURELY AND COLLAPSED WHILE DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY, CAUSING VEHICLE TO SWERVE ALMOST LOSIN…
2002-04-29 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 WHILE VEHICLE WAS PARKED SAW SMOKE COMING FROM INSIDE OF VEHICLE. CONSUMER SAW FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER DASH. SOUND LI…
2002-01-21 STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS No 0 CONSUMER STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FRAME DROPPED FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SHOC…
2002-01-15 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 TIRE TREAD SEPARATED.*AK (TIRESIZE: P215/75R15)
2001-09-19 TRAILER HITCHES No 2 IN JULY OF 2001, WE WERE GIVEN A 92 FORD RANGER, TO GIVE TO OUR OLDEST SON WHEN HE GOT OLDER, BY MY MOTHER IN-LAW (WHO …
2001-09-13 SUSPENSION No 0 TIE RODS ARE BENT. ALSO, VEHICLE IS OUT OF LINE, AND WILL NOT GO STRAIGHT ON ROAD. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORM…
2001-08-26 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 HOUSING FOR SHOCK AND COIL SPRING BROKEN ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. *AK
2001-07-04 TIRES No 1 WHILE MAKING A RIGHT TURN RIGHT TIRE FELL OFF. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO TRAVEL. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. *AK CONSUMER …
2001-05-17 AIR BAGS:FRONTAL Yes 1 A SMALL TOYOTA CAR WAS TRAVELING AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND IMPACTED DRIVERS SIDE OF CONSUMER'S VEHICLE, CAUSING VEHIC…
2001-05-01 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP No 0 ABS COMPUTER FAILED AGAIN AFTER FORD DEALER REPLACED ORIGINAL. UPPER SHOCK/SPRING MOUNT COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY CAUSING …
2001-04-04 TIRES No 0 DRIVING NORTH ON I-35. TIRE EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. OTHER NUMBERS ON TIRE: 22625 UPRW-156E 0114 (PJHY PKKR 488). *A…
2001-03-23 SUSPENSION No 0 CONSUMER WAS PARKED AT HIS DRIVEWAY AND NOTICED THAT RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE AND WHEEL WERE TILTING OUT FROM VE…
2001-03-10 SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER No 0 SHOCK ABSORBERS WERE MAKING NOISE. CONSUMER CHECKED UNDERNEATH VEHICLE AND FOUND RIGHT UPPER SPRING MOUNT HAD RUSTED *…
2001-03-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 WHILE DRIVING NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF DASHBOARD . CONSUMER TURNED AROUND AND DROVE ABOUT A BLOCK, PARKED CAR AND …
2001-02-01 SUSPENSION:FRONT No 0 I NOTICED THAT MY TRUCK WAS BEGINNING TO LEAD TOWARD THE RIGHT. AFTER CLOSE EXAMINATION , I DISCOVERED THAT THE SHOCK A…
2001-01-23 VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES No 0 MIRRORS FLOP OVER DUE TO WIND / SLIPSTREAM; BAD DESIGN; MANY CLOSE CALLS CHANGING LANES ON FREEWAY; CANNOT FIND A BETTE…
2000-12-06 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY No 0 IN DECEMBER 2000, OUR '92 RANGER RECEIVED A DIAGNOSIS THAT THE BRAKE POWER BOOSTER HAD FAILED BUT WHEN THE POWER BOOSTE…
2000-11-03 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH No 0 VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AT IGNITION WHILE DRIVING. DEALER WANTS $125 BEFORE LOOKING AT THE VEHICLE. CONSUMER FOUND THAT…
2000-11-01 TIRES:TREAD/BELT No 0 CONSUMER WAS INSPECTING TIRES AND NOTICED THAT DRIVER'S SIDE REAR TIRE TREAD HAD BEGAN TO SEPARATE ON INNER SIDEWALL…
2000-10-17 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 OIL PUMP PICK UP SCREEN CLOGGED WITH GASKET MATERIAL AND SILICONE SEALANT FROM OIL PAN GASKET RESULTING IN LOSS OF OIL …