Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AIR BAGS | |||
| 01/28/2009 | 44000 | ||
| Tl*the contact owns a 2006 ford ranger xlt. while driving between 35-40 mph down a two-lane, dry mountain road, the vehicle began to sway uncontrollably across the road when the brake pedal was depressed. the vehicle failed to slow down and the vehicle veered off the road and traveled 60 feet down the snow covered mountain. the vehicle then rolled over four times. the failure occurred without warning. the air bags failed to deploy. the police and ambulance were called to the scene and a police report was filed. the driver was transported to the hospital and sustained moderate injuries. the vehicle was towed to a collision center. the insurance company has not determined the damages that the vehicle sustained. the failure and current mileages were 44,000. | |||
| AIR BAGS - FRONTAL | |||
| 08/03/2006 | 1 | 06/06/2003 | |
| I was driving my 2003 ford ranger xlt when i lost control and rolled the vehicle 4 - 5 times. i was wearing my seat belt/shoulder harness, but the airbags on neither side deployed, even thought the front end and cab was destroyed. the truck was considered a total loss and i am now faced with rehab for up to four weeks for sprains and tissue damage to my right shoulder. *jb | |||
| 06/13/2006 | 1 | 05/19/2006 | |
| On june 13, 2006 approx. 3:00 pm my father was critically injured in a rollover accident just outside of moses lake washington. my father still remains hosptalized after having to have an ear reattached, severe head lacerations, a broken eye socket, and broken breast bone, and having the skin torn off his left hand. the washington state patrol says according to witnesses that his truck flipped 3-4 times causing total destruction of the truck. at no time during the rollover and destruction of the trucks frontend did the air bags deploy. this was a brand new 2006 ford ranger with less than 2,500 miles on it. if it was not for a passing nurse and emt the state patrol says my father would have likely died. i called both the dealer, and sent an email to the ford motor company, both declined to comment. i am very disturbed that vehicles are being sold with such problems. sincerely, patrick martin. *nm | |||