1996 Ford Ranger air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 25 complaints for the 1996 Ford Ranger, 5% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 25 5% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 19 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 18 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 19 crashes, 18 injuries.
What owners wrote
Truck was involved in a head-on crash traveling at 35 MPH, and there was no deployment of the air bags. The truck has been repaired.
I hit a small deer doing about 35 miles per hour and pulled over to the side of the road about three minutes later another auto came up from behind and rear ended me my air bag deployed then. Why did it deploy then and not when I hit the deer. The only damage I did to the front end to my truck was cracked the gill and others around it. The damage that the other auto did was bent the bumper under my truck along with the brackets too, the impact from the other auto was loud and was heard from about a mile away.
Other problems reported for the 1996 Ford Ranger
- Brakes 83 complaints
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 54 complaints
- Tires 47 complaints
- Electrical system 39 complaints
- Fuel system 39 complaints
- Cruise control 36 complaints
- Engine 32 complaints
- Lighting 30 complaints