Safety Score
66
Average
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002-02-04 | 02V035000 |
POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT | 1,096 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-28 | WHEELS | No | 1 | Steel rim came apart while adding air to tire causing severe injuries to hands leg and foot only 20 psi in tire pressur… |
| 2021-11-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Extreme rusting of the entire frame and underside steel components. Attachments are rusting to the point of failure an… |
| 2021-11-15 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2002 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH and attempting to switch lan… |
| 2021-08-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2002 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving 30 MPH, the air bag warning light was illuminated… |
| 2021-06-17 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | Rear shake bracket rusted off |
| 2021-04-10 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TRUCK FAILED NH SAFETY INSPECTION 4/10/2021 DUE TO BADLY RUSTED FRAME. |
| 2020-11-24 | STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | No | 0 | 2002 FORD RANGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRAME ON RANGER VEHICLE. *LD *JS |
| 2020-09-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | WHILE PULLING UP TO A SECURITY GATE WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. AND I RAN INTO THE GATE. I COU… |
| 2020-08-06 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | RECENTLY MY TRUCK UNINTENTIONALLY ACCELERATED AS I WAS BACKING UP IN DRIVEWAY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. WHEN I PICKED UP TRU… |
| 2020-07-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE REAR STRAP THAT HOLDS THE FUEL TANK IS HANGING DOWN. ON CLOSER INSPECTION, THE MOUNT THAT IS CONNECTED/PART OF THE … |
| 2020-05-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE FRAME HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THE SPARE TIRE RUSTED OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR |
| 2019-10-31 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | HARD FRONT END COLLISION WITH TELEPHONE POLE. ICE ON ROAD. TOTAL DAMAGE, VEHICLE STATUS IS SCRAP. DRIVER INJURY. HEAD A… |
| 2019-08-29 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WE ARE ORIGINAL OWNERS OF A 2002 FORD RANGER XLT NOW WITH 57,000 HIGHWAY MILES, ALWAYS GARAGED/WASHED/MAINTAINED, LITTL… |
| 2019-01-03 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION STUCK IN 4X4 LOW |
| 2018-11-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MPH, THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL SEIZED WITHOUT WA… |
| 2018-11-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | DRIVING TO WORK REAR END LOCKED UP AND EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING. MY HEAD HIT THE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS A RECALL ON 20… |
| 2018-07-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | AT THE ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR FRAME HAS BEEN PERFORATED BY RUST. I WAS INFORMED THAT … |
| 2018-06-28 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | THE SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE DOES NOT LOCK, AND AS A RESULT IT'S CAUSING THE AIRBAG LIGHT TO GO OFF AND IT FLASHES … |
| 2018-03-04 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR BUMPER AND SPARE TIRE HOLDER ROTTED OFF .. REAR SHACKLES ON BOTH SIDES.. GAS TANK STRAPS AND CROSSMEMBER THAT HOLD… |
| 2018-01-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE OCCASIONALLY ROLLS AFTER BEING PUT IN PARK. TOLD THAT THE PARKING PAWL MAY BE DEFECTIVE CREATING A SAFETY H… |
| 2017-12-19 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRONT FRAME SPRING POCKETS ARE CRACKED.MAIN FRAME NEAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT BRACKET CRACKING,BACK REAR FRAME SPARE TIRE … |
| 2017-11-09 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME IS RUSTING AWAY. FRONT COIL SPRING POCKETS CRACKING.FRAME NEAR FRONT CONTROL ARMS ARE RUSTED,AND CRACKING.BACK FR… |
| 2017-08-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM) | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE MAKING A TURN, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT ST… |
| 2017-08-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR TIRE FELL OUT ONTO ROAD, ROTTED CARRIER , FRAME ROTTED AT AXLE, CRACKED IN HALF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, REAR EN… |
| 2017-02-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CV JOINT PROBLEMS |
| 2016-12-31 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | FRAME HAS EXTENSIVE ROT RESULTING IN AN UNSTABLE HANDLING FEEL TO THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. ALSO THE LEAF SPRING MOUNTS … |
| 2016-11-12 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR SPRING HANGERS ROTTED AND FAILED AND BOTH SIDES OF FRAME RUSTED BAD..SPARE TIRE HOLDER RUSTED ROTTED AND BROKE LE… |
| 2016-10-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE RUST UNDERNEATH. LEAF SPRING HANGERS FAILED AT 11 YEARS/120K MILES. SPARE TIRE WINCH SEPARATED FROM TRUCK A… |
| 2016-10-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TRUCK EXHIBITED A 'CLUNK' NOISE FROM LEFT REAR WHEN TRAVERSING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I… |
| 2016-09-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY RANGER NEW, IT CURRENTLY HAS 232,000 MILES. FRAME RUST IS SO BAD IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. REAR SPRING SHACK… |
| 2016-08-25 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 8 | THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN A HEAD ON COLLISION TRAVELING 50 MPH |
| 2016-08-05 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WAS PULLING INTO FRIENDS DRIVEWAY WHEN I HEARD A CRACKING NOISE WHEN I CHECKED THE LEFT REAR SPRING HANGER PULLED OUT O… |
| 2016-07-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY WIFE AND I WERE DRIVING ON HWY 79FROM PALISTINE TX TO JACKSONVILLE TX THURSDAY 7/11/2016 WHEN WE NOTICED SMOKE COMIN… |
| 2016-05-13 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY DURING AN OIL CHANGE, THE VEHICLE'S F… |
| 2016-04-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE TRUCK FRAME HAS MULTIPLE SPOTS OF SEVERE RUST THAT CAUSED IT TO SNAP IN 2 MAKING THE TRUCK UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ONE OF … |
| 2015-12-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE ERROR CODE P303 DISPLAYED AND ENGINE MISSING ON THAT CYLINDER. FORD TSB 05-26-3 STATES HEAD REPLACEMENT NECESSA… |
| 2015-11-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | FRAME IS RUSTED OUT. JUST NOTICED DURING SERVICING VEHICLE. |
| 2015-08-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE SLOWLY BACKING UP THE THROTTLE UNEXPECTEDLY WENT TO WIDE OPEN THROWING GRAVEL, DIGGING HOLES AND LEAVING RUBBER B… |
| 2015-08-13 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | 2002 FORD RANGER XLT, FAILED INSPECTION BECAUSE OF SEVERE RUST THAT DEVELOPED ON THE FRONT LEFT SUB FRAME, A ARM BOLT P… |
| 2015-06-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | REAR LEAF SHACKLES REPLACED, ROTTED FROM FRAME, LAST AUG 2014 TO PASS INSPECTION. THIS WINTER 2014-2015, THE SPARE TIR… |
| 2015-06-02 | TIRES | Yes | 1 | THE TIRE IS BF GOODRICH P245/75 R16 109S. I WAS UNABLE TO SELECT THE CORRECT TIRE ON DROP DOWN BOX. REPORT AS FOLLOWS. … |
| 2015-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT PASSED INSPECTION DUE TO RUSTING O… |
| 2015-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER CAR IS STARTED AND INTERIOR LIGHTS STAY ON FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES AFTER VEHICLE IS STOPPE… |
| 2015-03-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CANT COTROL CAR WANT TO LUNGE FORWARD OR STALL HARD TO DRIVE LIKE THIS I AM TOLD IT IS THE (ETB) ALSO DOOR WILL NOT STO… |
| 2015-01-30 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | BRACKET FOR SPARE TIRE ROTTED, TIRE DROPPED OFF, NO CAR IN BACK OF ME, DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPEN AT THE TIME, THAT HAPPEN… |
| 2015-01-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE EJECTED SPARK PLUG FROM CYLINDER NUMBER THREE. MECHANIC SAID IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORD VEHICLES MANUFACTU… |
| 2015-01-13 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND THEN HESI… |
| 2015-01-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS TRUCK FROM A DEALERSHIP IN JAN 2010. TRUCK WAS IN GOOD SHAPE, HAD FRAME CHECK OUT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT AND … |
| 2014-12-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | I RECENTLY CHECK THE UNDERSIDE OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND OUT A MISSING SPARETIRE AND ALSO A VERY LOOSE REAR BUMPER AND T… |
| 2014-12-13 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | MY SON WAS DRIVING HIS FORD RANGER XL 2002 WHEN DUE TO A PEDESTRIAN, THE CAR IN FRONT OF HIM SLAMMED ON THEIR BRAKES C… |