Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 1999 record →
THE BACK WINDOW LEAKS WATER ON MY NEW 99 FORD RANGER. THIS MAKES ALL OF THE WINDOWS FOGGY/EXTEMELY BAD, FOR THE ADDED MOISTURE, AND IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO DRIVE AT NIGHT. I HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH A FORD DEALER FOR 2 WEEKS, BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME TO WAIT FOR THE PARTS TO ARRIVE. *AK
WHENEVER CONSUMER TRIES TO GET INTO THE VEHICLE OR TOUCH THE VEHICLE, HE WILL GET AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK. ALSO, WHEN DRIVING CAN HEAR A KNOCKING AND CLICKING NOISE, AND WHEN PUTTING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE THE NOISE GETS VERY LOUD. *AK
VEHICLE HAD HYDROPLANED & HIT GUARDRAIL AT 40MPH. UPON IMPACT, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER INJURED, RECEIVED BROKEN BONES. FATHER TOOK VEHICLE TO BODY SHOP & MECHANIC NOTICED NO AIR BAG SENSORS IN VEHICLE. FORD DEALER WILL NOT TOUCH VEHICLE DUE TO BEING AT BODY SHOP.
FIRST THE BRAKING SYSTEM STARTED TO VIBRATE WHEN BRAKE APPLIED, ROTORS WERE MACHINED, THEN BRAKES CONTINUED TO LOCK UP AND CALIPERS WERE REPLACED AND NOW VIBRATION HAS RETURNED. SECOND THE ENGINE HAS HAD A RUNNING PROBLEM SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE AND NOW HAS LOUD KNOCKING AND RATTLING COMMING FROM ENGINE. THIRD, TWO OF THE STEEL WHEELS BECAME WEAK AND BEGAN TO WARP AND TRUCK COULD NO LONGER BE DRIVEN. AS OF NOW, VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR 22 CONSECUTIVE DAYS AND I HAVE ONLY OWNED IT FIVE & A HALF WEEKS. SO FAR, NO REPAIRS HAVE BEEN MADE TO MAKE THE VEHICLE DRIVABLE.
CONSUMER SAYS WHEN MAKING LEFT AND RIGHT TURNS THE POWER STEERING STICKS AND MAKES IT HARD TO RETRACT THE WHEEL. CONTINUED PROBLEMS WITH SUSPENSION, UNUSUAL NOISES AND BUMPY RIDE. *AK.ET.
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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