1992 Ford Ranger problems
NHTSA has received 231 complaints about the 1992 Ford Ranger, and 18% of them involve electrical system. After that come suspension (15%) and wipers, windshield & visibility (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 231 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 18% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 35
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 97,000 miles 26 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 1 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 9 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 26 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 97,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 16 complaints mention a crash; 35 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 88% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1992 ranks 19th most-complained-about out of 28 model years of the Ford Ranger with enough data (78 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Front seats dislodged during a rear end collision, braking seat backs and flinging passengers into rear window, causing injury.
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.
Pe00 020; consumer was traveling about 76MPH on highway and heard a loud noise, vehicle swerved and flipped on the highway. Driver's side front tire tread separated from the rim. Firestone, p21575r15. Firestone, was notified, and there were injuries.
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.
Tl*the contact owns a 1992 ford ranger. The vehicle has futura gls super sport, size p225/60r15 tires. The front driver side tire had tread separation. The tire was also bubbling, splitting, and had cracks on the side. The contact stated that the tires bounced and squeaked more while driving greater than 40 MPH. The other three tires on the vehicle were experiencing the same failure, but the front driver side tire was the worst. The purchase date was unknown. The tire failure mileage was 15,000.