LEAF SPRINGS ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF PICKUP,HAVE COLLAPSED BEFORE. THE FACTORY REPLACED THEM... NOW IT HAS DONE THIS AGAIN. I DON'T TOW ANYTHING BEHIND THIS TRUCK THAT COULD CAUSE THIS, THE HEAVIEST THING THAT I HAVE CARRIED IN THE BACK OF MY PICKUP IS 350 CHEVY BLOCK. THEY FORD DEALER SAYS THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL... I HAVE NOTICED QUITE A FEW OF THESE FORD RANGERS WHEN U DRIVE BEHIND THEM THEY ARE SQUATTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE, MOST PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NOTICE THIS... BUT I LIVES AROUND A BODY SHOP AND CAN NOTICE IT BY LOOKING AT MY TRUCK... I HAVE HAD MY SHOCKS REPLACED THINKING THIS MIGHT BE THE CAUSE, THE DEALER WHO CHANGED MY SPRINGS SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OLD FACTORY ONE HE REPLACED... COULD THERE BE A PROBLEM THAT NOBODY HAS NOTICED... YOU CAN TELL THE WAY IT RIDES... WHEN U HIT A BUMP THE REAR OF THE TRUCK JUMPS TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE... PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT WE FIND OUT ON THIS... I CANT AFFORD TO BUY A TRUCK AND IT HAS A PROBLEM NOBODY HAD NOTICED... THANK YOU... *LA
2000 Velvet-Ride Rear Suspension System
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the equipment. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsEquipment
Filed Dec 10, 2003AR
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
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.