Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEATS | |||
| 09/15/2003 | 71470 | 1 | 04/14/1992 |
| Right front upper spring seat bracket (part no. 5a318) has prematurely rusted through allowing body to drop onto front tire. it appears as though a thick plastic coating on the part allowed moisture to be trapped causing premature rusting. upper part of spring seat bracket pushed through fender liner into engine compartment. in viewing the complaints for this model year truck there appear to be numerous similar events on the apparent defective right front upper spring seat bracket. *jb | |||
| 11/13/1998 | 1 | ||
| During a front impact collision, the seat detached from the frame while an eight (8) year old child weight 80-90 pounds was belted into the seat. this seat failure resulted in multiple facial injuries to the occupant. *ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| Front seats dislodged during a rear end collision, braking seat backs and flinging passengers into rear window, causing injury. | |||
| SEATS - FRONT ASSEMBLY - RECLINER | |||
| 05/09/2003 | 1 | 02/15/2001 | |
| While driving my 1992 ford ranger xlt pick-up truck the drivers seat mechanism without warning or any action to initiate the failure emitted a noise and suddenly failed. my torso immediately fell backwards as the drivers seat reclined completely. fortunately i was able to control the vehicle and avoid any accident, collision or injury save for a bit of a strain on my abdominal muscles which was not serious. the seat will not return and stay in the upright position nor will it latch down securely (to prevent from sliding forwards and backwards). the failure has rendered the vehicle unusable without repair or replacement of the drivers seat. i am concerned that should the failure have occurred at any other time i might not have been able to control the vehicle and serious injury or damage could have occurred. if this event can happen in other such vehicles owners should be warned to inspect this mechanism for wear or whatever caused it to fail. also i am reluctant to have it repaired by replacing it with a used seat since a used part may be just as unreliable. i understand that new parts are no longer available from ford in order to replace the inoperative drivers seat. *jb | |||
| 11/27/1996 | 2 | ||
| While driving the back support on drivers seat gave out, falling backwards.dealer has been contacted. the next month the passengers seat broke in the same location causing the seat back to collapse also. *ak | |||
| 2 | |||
| Both seat latches are broken (driver and passenger) causing seats to fall back. | |||
| While stopped rearended, resulting in both front seats dislodging from their tracks, and both seatbacks broke and collasped. *ak | |||