Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||||
| 05616 | 04/01/2005 | 10017894 | Squeak or rattle from the passenger air bag. *tt | 12/06/2005 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/12/2010 | 60000 | 1 | 10/01/2003 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. he stated that the passenger on and off switch remains in the on position and that it has failed. the light air bag light is illuminated on the dashboard; however, no one has turned the air bag switch on. the mechanic performed a diagnostic test and confirmed that the switch has failed. the contact stated that the air bags have also malfunctioned. the ford manufacturer has been contacted and they stated that there were no related recalls for his year, make and model vehicle. ford has also stated that the repair parts are not available. the failure continued to occur. the repairs will be done at the owners expense. the failure and current mileages were 60000. updated 02/17/10. | |||
| 12/15/2008 | 60000 | 1 | |
| While driving my 2004 ford ranger, only had 60,000 km's on it, down the highway at about 80 kmph, the left side of the rear axle broke, as i was going over a bridge causing loss of control and striking a bridge, tearing up 20 feet of guard rail and railing 5 times. the air bags also did not deploy as they should have as front bumper hit bridge rail directly. was cleaned up by police and tow company. insurance company had the vehicle and believe they may have scraped it as they did not want it on the road again. *tr | |||
| 04/15/2009 | 139000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle crashed into a tree. the contact was not wearing a seat belt since the vehicle is used to deliver mail. the air bags did not deploy. due to medication, the contact fell asleep while driving. there were no passengers in the vehicle. the contact was injured. the insurance company was notified. the failure mileage was 139,000. | |||
| 04/05/2009 | |||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. while driving approximately 20 mph, the contact struck a patch of ice. her vehicle crashed into the passenger side of another vehicle. her vehicle was completely destroyed and none of the air bags deployed. the contact sustained moderate injuries. she did not notify the dealer or the manufacturer. she has a copy of the police report and pictures of the failure. the vin and mileages were unknown. | |||
| 06/26/2008 | 60000 | 1 | 09/01/2003 |
| Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger. the contact stated that the cruise control and horn worked intermittently. the dealer stated that the clock spring needed to be replaced. the contact did not notice any differences beforehand. the current and failure mileages were 60,000. updated 10/16/08 *bf updated 10/15/08.*jb | |||
| 01/15/2007 | 60805 | 2 | 12/02/2004 |
| I had an accident at stowe mtn. resort on route 108 that involved a front end collision about 20 degress from front center of the ford ranger truck. i hit a stone wall at about 25 to 30 miles an hour and the frame of the truck has to be replaced by insurance. damage was 6922.77 before the repair has been completed in damage. hit a wall and ford says no problem with truck as far as air bags, but they did not deploy. the driver nor front passenger air bag deployed! contacted dealer and ford and they say there is no complaint because the air bag did not malfunction. hit wall with truck, ford motor co. consumer complaint in florida (800 number),and dealer, formula ford of barre, vt. *nm | |||
| 12/02/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving at 50 mph consumer's vehicle collided with another vehicle head on. upon impact, the airbags failed to deploy, resulting in minor injuries.*ak | |||
| 10/03/2004 | 0 | 1 | 06/09/2004 |
| 2004 ranger xlt pickup truck had frontal collision with a stump at 35 mph on oct 3 2004 doing $10,400 damage including bending the frame. neither driver's or passenger's air bag deployed. driver has head, neck, facial,shoulder and abdominal injuries. defective air bags. *nm | |||
| 07/08/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving 45 mph vehicle suddenly accelerated. consumer applied both feet to the brake pedal and vehicle continued to accelerate, causing the vehicle to hit an embankment and roll over more than twice. driver and passenger sustained neck and back injuries and were transported by ambulance to the hospital. vehicle was totaled out by the insurance company. upon impact, the air bags did not deploy. *ak | |||
| 01/07/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving 45 mph driver applied the brakes and pedal went to the floor. this caused the driver to hit a tree. upon impact, both air bags did not deploy. driver sustained back and neck injuries and was transported by ambulance to the hospital. vehicle was totaled.*ak consumer was driving 45 mph, when he rounded a curve, hit an ice, vehicle fish tailed, hit an ice and went over an embankment and collided head on with a tree. upon collision with the tree, the airbags failed to deploy. consumer suffered severe bruising of the chest. ford tested the vehicle and said that the vehicle was fine. *la | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 06/01/2008 | 55000 | 1 | |
| I have a 2004 ford ranger p/u that has a problem with the cruise control. from time to time (and getting more frequent)the cruise will not work and when this happens also the horn is inoperable. i know that ford has a recall for certain vehicles with cruise problems , but my truck vin does not fall under those being recalled. i contacted ford customer service ,they informed me to take it to a dealer as it wasn't covered.i called a local dealer service and the service manager said to me oh yeah we get that problem and 9 out of 10 times it's a spring in the steering column that wraps the wires and along with no cruise or horn you also lose your driver air bag protection!!!now this is a real problem,as how many people do you know test their horn before driving out the drive and for that matter really how many people even use cruise control on a regular basis? i know in my case that if it does go in cruise and i am going down the nys thruway and have to tap my brake for slow traffic and then tap resume after traffic clears and cruise does not function that tells me my horn isn't going to work and my life could be in danger if i was involved in an accident because my air bag is also inoperable. *tr | |||
| 06/09/2004 | 1 | 03/01/2004 | |
| Dt: the contact owns a 2004 ford ranger and the vehicle was involved in a major accident in the front end. upon impact, the driver's air bags did not deploy. the speed at the time of accident was around 35-40 mph. the passenger's air bag was turned off. *ak *sc | |||
| 04/23/2004 | 3600 | 1 | |
| While driving at 40 mph, another vehicle pulled in front of consumer's vehicle from an intersection. the front of consumer's vehicle collided dead center of the other vehicle. consumer was wearing seat belts at the time of collision but the air bags did not deploy. there was one injury in each vehicle. consumer was treated by the paramedic at the scene. *ak *nm | |||