Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-07-28 | 99V204000 |
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | 326 | — | Details |
| 1998-09-01 | 98V201000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | 330 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-09-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I was driving to the store around 1 month ago and I noticed the truck was trying to tail to the side as I was driving. … |
| 2021-07-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | When washing the truck I noticed a crack in the left rear frame just aft of the forward leaf spring shackle.Vertical cr… |
| 2021-05-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Motor rattling, knocking in transmission, exhaust sounded louder than usual, motor cut off and unable to start |
| 2021-04-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION BUT TRY IS FRAME IS VERY WORRISOME. THE RUST MAKES ME AFRAID TO DRIVE TH… |
| 2020-11-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING WAS ABOUT 20 MPH AND HIT A SMALL POT HOLE. I HEARD A LOUD POP BANG NOISE AND THE LEFT SIDE OF TRUCK DROPP… |
| 2019-07-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | 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. |
| 2019-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | RUSTED OUT STRAPS AND MOUNTS TO THE GAS TANK AND OTHER MAJOR RUST DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF TRUCK DO NOT KNOW IF S… |
| 2019-02-28 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I AM UPSET THAT THIS TIRE SHOP SOLD ME TIRES THAT HAVE BEEN DISCONTINUED. I PAID 312.00 FOR TWO TIRES AND WHEN I WENT … |
| 2019-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I HAVE A 1999 FORD RANGER AND THE FRAME IS SHOT STARTING TO CRACK IT'S SO THIN AND LIKE POST I CAN ALMOST BEND IT WITH… |
| 2018-12-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDER THE HOOD AND FLAMES SUR… |
| 2018-11-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | SPARE TIRE FELL OFF IN STREET, THEN GAS TANK, WHOLE FRAME IS ROTTEN, WAS DRIVING DOWN A ROAD, |
| 2018-08-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT ROLLED INTO A NEIGHBOR'S YARD WITHOUT WARNING… |
| 2018-05-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" WE CONTINUE TO RECEIVE NOTICE THAT AIR BAGS NEED REPLACEMENT. HAVE BEEN TOLD WE ARE ON WAITING LIST AN… |
| 2018-01-26 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | GAS PETAL IS TOO CLOSE TO BRAKES...AND IF NOT CAREFUL RIGHT FOOT HITS BOTH.CAUSING A ROARING OF ACCELERATION , WHILE TR… |
| 2018-01-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUST UNDER DRIVERS AND RIDERS DOORS. REST OF TRUCK LOOKS BEAUTIFUL AND I TAKE GREAT CARE OF THE TRUCK!!! |
| 2017-11-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DRIVERS SIDE FRAME HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH. FOUND DURING INSPECTION. |
| 2017-08-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR SECTION OF THE S… |
| 2017-07-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS RUSTING AWAY. BOTH LEAF SPRING SHACKLES RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH, MUFFLER HANGERS ALL RUSTED OFF LOST MY… |
| 2017-06-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REAR FRAME OF TRUCK HAS RUSTED SO MUCH THAT SPARE TIRE FELL OFF WHILE DRIVING, AND HAS A HOLE NEAR REAR DRIVER'S SIDE L… |
| 2017-04-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME ROT... THE FRAME HAS RUSTED FROM THE INSIDE-OUT IN THE SAME PLACE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE: UNDER THE MOST-FR… |
| 2017-03-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 1999 FORD RANGER JUST FAILED INSPECTION FOR STRUCTURAL REASONS. TRUCK RUNS PERFECT WITH ONLY 107K MILES ON IT. THE T… |
| 2017-01-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME RUSTED INTO |
| 2016-11-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE BED IS RUSTING OFF THE FORD RANGER PT . TO WHERE , THE BED NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE BACK , AND REDONE !!! THI… |
| 2016-11-02 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE SUBFRAME … |
| 2016-11-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR FRAME AND REAR CROSS MEMBER HAVE RUSTED OUT.. THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER IS UNUSABLE. VEHICLE SHOULD BE RECALLED FOR … |
| 2016-10-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | WEBSITE SAY 99 FORD RANGERS ARE UNDER FORD AIRBAG RECALL. PER NHTSA RECALL INFO IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO JAN 1, 99 OWNERS S… |
| 2016-09-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MECHANIC TELLS ME THAT VEHICLE IS UNSAFE DUE TO EXTREME RUST/CORROSION ON CHASSIS FRAME (LEFT SIDE) OVER AND NEAR GAS T… |
| 2016-09-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PERFORATED FRAME ON THE LEFT REAR FRAME NEAR THE FRONT OF THE LEAF SPRING, REAR FRAME HORN WHERE BUMPER ATTACHES IS PER… |
| 2016-08-13 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | THIS IS MY MOTHERS PICKUP BUT SHE ASKED ME TO REPORT IT AND TRY TO FIND AN ANSWER. SHE HAS HAD THE PICKUP FOR YEARS (SH… |
| 2016-08-07 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME AT THE RIGHT FRONT SUSPENSION POCKET RUSTED OUT. UPPER CONTROL ARM REAR BRACKET IS COMPLETELY DETACHED. DROVE… |
| 2016-07-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | FRAME RAILS ARE ROTTING OUT MORE ON THE LEFT SIDE THAN THE RIGHT, CRACKS AND ROT HOLES NEAR ALL THE CHASSIS /SUSPENSION… |
| 2016-07-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TAIL LIGHTS OPERATE INTERMITTENTLY. WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT, THIS COULD POSE A SAFETY HAZARD.… |
| 2016-07-01 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | LIKE MOST OF THE OTHER COMPLAINTS, REAR FRAME IS JUST DISCENTERGRATING. FIRST NOTICED AT ABOUT 54000 MILES, DID SOME R… |
| 2016-05-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME AND FRAME SUPPORTS HAVE RUSTED QUICKLY OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. MORE THAN I WOULD EXPECT. |
| 2016-05-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 1999 FORD RANGER 3.0 V6 FRAME IS COMPLETELY ROTTED AND FALLING APART FRAME OF A TRUCK THAT HAS BEEN PARKED IN A GRADGE… |
| 2016-03-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD OVERHEAT AND THE TEMPERATURE GAUGE W… |
| 2016-01-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY FRAME IS RUSTING OUT! I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS FILLING MY GAS TANK SO I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE SHOP TO FIND THAT WHERE TH… |
| 2015-12-05 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL FOR PRODUCE A 1999 MODEL 4WD PICK UP LAST NOVEMBER I WENT TO LOOK AT IT HERE WERE NO STICKERS … |
| 2015-11-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE FRAME IS ROTTING AWAY AND I AM AFRAID OF IT NOW. IT IS ABOUT TO BREAK. |
| 2015-10-27 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. I HAD A ACCIDENT WHERE I HIT ANOTHER CAR WITH THE FRONT LEFT BUMPER OF MY TRUCK. THE LEFT QUARTER PANEL… |
| 2015-10-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY COMPLAINT IS JUST HOW RUSTED AWAY THE FRAME IS ON MY 1999 RANGER, THE BODY OF THE TRUCK IS REAL NICE. BUT THE FRAME … |
| 2015-10-06 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | SEVERE FRAME RUSTING, BED HAS SEVERE RUST, REAR LEAF SPRING SHACKLES RUSTED OUT AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE. … |
| 2015-09-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | REPLACED REAR SHACKLES DUE TO ROT, SPARE TIRE FRAME ROTTED OFF AND SPARE FELL OUT, WAS FIXING TRUCK AND NOTICED ROT HOL… |
| 2015-09-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRAME AND CROSS MEMBERS ALONG WITH THE SPARE TIRE CARRIER ALL ROTTED OUT?, AS DO ALL THE FORD RANGERS AND FORD WILL NOT… |
| 2015-08-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 1999 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WAS LOST CAUSING A CRASH WITH AN… |
| 2015-08-12 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | 99 FORD RANGER XLT SPORT PACKAGE. 5 SPEED MANUAL. TRUCK BODY IS RUST FREE BUT FRAME HAS ROTTED OUT. RUST BEGAN ON LEFT … |
| 2015-08-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY 1999 FORD RANGER FRAME IS RUSTING IN SEVERAL LOCATION WHICH WILL MAKE IT VERY UNSAFE THE BODY LOOKS BRAND NEW BUT TH… |
| 2015-08-03 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY FRAME HAS RUSTED/ ROTTED ALMOST COMPLETELY OFF WHERE IT CONNECTS TO MY REAR BUMPER. THE BUMPER IS NOW ATTACHED BY ON… |
| 2015-07-21 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY REPAIR GARAGE CALLED ME IN TO LOOK AT THE FRAME ON MY 1999 FORD RANGER. THE FRAME WAS DETERIORATED SO BADLY FROM RUS… |
| 2015-07-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | UPON INSPECTION MECHANIC SAID "SHACKLES , FRAME, LEAFSPRINGS, ALL RUSTED AND TRUCK WILL NOT LAST. MOTOR RUNS GREAT, BO… |