2004 Ford Ranger fuel system problems
Owners reported fuel system problems in 22 complaints for the 2004 Ford Ranger, 5% of the complaints on file.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 22 5% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When fuel system problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 2 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 1 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 21 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
While driving with passenger, the inertia switch can be easily unattached or loosened. This causes the truck to randomly die. If the manual vehicle dies while driving at high speed, in bad traffic, or turns requiring power steering, the vehicle can be dangerous.
This complaint is regarding the very common problem with the 3.0 v6 motors that ford produced known as the "valve recession" ford released over 200,000 vehicles with these faulty cylinder heads. Ford is aware of this problem as they sent out a TSB (service bulletin) regarding this issue but yet they wont recall this problem.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Ford Ranger
- Air bags 189 complaints
- Body & structure 48 complaints
- Suspension 29 complaints
- Brakes 24 complaints
- Engine 24 complaints
- Cruise control 19 complaints
- Electrical system 17 complaints
- Tires 17 complaints