2019 Ford Ranger
This year drew an ordinary 264 complaints for a Ford Ranger — the model's median is 125. What they were about is the unusual part: 8.7% of them mention hot, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation.
First year of a new generation. The Ford Ranger was redesigned for 2019. A first year carries problems nobody has found yet, and they are found by the people who buy it — which is worth knowing before you become one of them.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 264 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 125 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 11 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- hot — 8.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the other years of this generation (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: hot, hot air, conditioning, air conditioning.
- leaf — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 1.8% across the other years of this generation (3.8×). Owners wrote it as: leaf, rear leaf, spring, leaf spring.
- motor — 6.8% of this year's complaints, against 2.7% across the other years of this generation (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: motor, heavy, motor company, ford motor.
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
both rear springs broken at the front eye mounts. the rear leaf springs hold the rear axle in place need I EXPLAIN MORE? I have not had the truck inspected, I have been in the automotive industry for over forty years. I first heard a noise from the springs whe…
The front eyes of both leaf springs were broke. Took truck to local shop to repair a tire leak and they called me to ask me how I drove the truck there as they never saw anything like it before. This is a major component that maintains the rear axle geometry a…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V839000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 20V137000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 21V811000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V071000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 19V518000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V726000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 19V366000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 23V379000 EQUIPMENT Fixed free of charge.
Showing 8 of 11. The rest are on NHTSA's site.
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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