2004 Ford Ranger body & structure problems
48 complaints about body & structure have been filed for the 2004 Ford Ranger, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 48 10% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 84,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When body & structure problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 5 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 8 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 4 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 38 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 84,000 miles, and 21% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 injuries.
What owners wrote
1)there had been a light rain a short time earlier. 2)on a 2004 ford ranger 4x4 pick up; there is a tube step with a rubber step area. As I went to get into the vehicle, I made sure that I was on that rubber area (since it had just rained). As I went to step in, my foot slid off the rubber area; my toe went between the door and the door jam, my heel locked to the tube. I then fell back and hit the ground, while my foot stayed locked in the door jam area.
I purchased this 2004 ford ranger this past winter in hopes to pull my boat to the lake with it. Yesterday. I pulled my small bass boat to lake chickamauga and back which is about a 40 minute drive. It was a straight drive on a highway only going 50 MPH. When I got back my hitch, bumper and all was hanging. The frame is so rusted it broke in half.
Other problems reported for the 2004 Ford Ranger
- Air bags 189 complaints
- Suspension 29 complaints
- Brakes 24 complaints
- Engine 24 complaints
- Fuel system 22 complaints
- Cruise control 19 complaints
- Electrical system 17 complaints
- Tires 17 complaints