1996 Ford Cargo

Routine

Owners filed 2 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the steering. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Tires › Tread/Belt1
000
Steering1
000

What owners reported

Newest filings
Tires › Tread/Belt
Filed Jul 28, 200344,000 milesPA

THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING, THE TIRES EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. SIZE#LT22575R16 . DOT NO. WAS UNAVAILABLE. *AK THE TIRE WAS AN M/S LOAD RANGE E. *SCC *JB

Steering
Filed Aug 14, 2000AK

FORD TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH WHICHED DESTROYED A NUMBER OF FRONT END PARTS.

2 of 2 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1996
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
1996 — this page2000Routine
19952000Routine
19941000Routine
19901000Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.