1998 Ford Ranger air bags problems
Owners reported air bags problems in 34 complaints for the 1998 Ford Ranger, 5% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 34 5% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 28 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 28 crashes, 3 fires, 11 injuries, 1 death.
What owners wrote
Consumer's son was killed when airbags failed to deploy. Vehicle was going 45 MPH and hit a tree on the passenger's side. Also, fire broke out, and vehicle was totaled.
I was involved in a 20-25MPH rear end colision. I had ran into the back of an old GMC pickup causing $4000.00 worth of damage to the front end of my truck. Both the driver and the passenger airbag never deployed. While the truck was in the shop for repairs the shop had found out the airbag sensor was bad. They tried to replace the sensor but was informed by ford that the sensor on that make and model has been changed and the location of the sensor(s) are in now located in a different spot other then on the…
Other problems reported for the 1998 Ford Ranger
- Tires 146 complaints
- Cruise control 75 complaints
- Brakes 71 complaints
- Suspension 57 complaints
- Engine 53 complaints
- Body & structure 45 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 42 complaints
- Lighting 35 complaints