2004 Ford Ranger suspension problems
29 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2004 Ford Ranger, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 29 6% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 81,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 2 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When suspension problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 3 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 3 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Of the 24 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 81,000 miles, and 29% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 2 crashes, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
While driving my 2004 ford ranger, only had 60,000 km's on it, down the highway at about 80 kmph, the left side of the rear axle broke, as I was going over a bridge causing loss of control and striking a bridge, tearing up 20 feet of guard rail and railing 5 times. The air bags also did not deploy as they should have as front bumper hit bridge rail directly. Was cleaned up by police and tow company. Insurance company had the vehicle and believe they may have scraped it as they did not want it on the road again.
Frame rusted out on passenger side behind front leaf sprinf mount. Also the cross member holding fuel tank where it connects to the frame is rusted out. Its only the back half of the truck rusting out this bad. Where the spare tire goes is also completly rusted out and fell off. This happened while driving on smoothly paved roads to and from work
Other problems reported for the 2004 Ford Ranger
- Air bags 189 complaints
- Body & structure 48 complaints
- Brakes 24 complaints
- Engine 24 complaints
- Fuel system 22 complaints
- Cruise control 19 complaints
- Electrical system 17 complaints
- Tires 17 complaints