2009 Ford Ranger
This year drew an ordinary 168 complaints for a Ford Ranger — the model's median is 125. What they were about is the unusual part: 66.1% of them mention takata, against 25.6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 168 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 125 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Recalls | 8 |
| EPA combined | 17.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- takata — 66.1% of this year's complaints, against 25.6% across the model's other years (2.6×).
- become — 12.5% of this year's complaints, against 4.4% across the model's other years (2.8×). Owners wrote it as: become, become available, time frame.
- july — 11.3% of this year's complaints, against 4.5% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: july, july 2016, anyone, ford customer.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
TAKATA RECALL , I RECIEVED A RECALL NOTICE JULY 2016 , DEALER SAID NO PARTS AVAILABLE , I CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE, CASE # 10830344-F3J2K9 DATED 10/17/16 TOLD AGAIN NO PARTS AVAILABLE. IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHY IS FORD ALLOWED TO NOT DO MY SAFETY BAG R…
TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V384000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE WITHIN A REASONABLE TIME FRAME TO SCHEDULE THE RECALL REPAIR FOR MONTHS. THE DEALER DID NOT GIVE A…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V158000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21E013000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 21V081000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 18V046000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 17V024000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V384000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 09V040000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 11V352000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Ford Ranger was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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