2007 Ford Ranger problems
NHTSA has received 286 complaints about the 2007 Ford Ranger, and 83% of them involve air bags. After that come body & structure (5%) and electrical system (2%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 286 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 83% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 12 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 61,000 miles 70 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 13 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 9 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 10 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 10 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 1 |
What the data shows
Among the 70 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 61,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (37 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 12 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 25th most-complained-about out of 28 model years of the Ford Ranger with enough data (37 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Crash: 3 weeks ago on I-24, eddyville, ky, involving one occupant, driver, no air bag deployment w/frontal impact with bridge, resulting in numerous rollovers, causing significant injury to driver and demolished the vehicle.
2007 ford ranger air bag failure in a front end collision. Consumer states that the air bag did not deploy causing permanent injury to her right hand.
Takata airbag recall in effect on my vehicle for several years with no further contact by ford or my area dealers to replace the air bags.
Takata recalli tried to talk to ford they brushed me off telling me too bad. They said don't drive it and they just not doing anything for me. I don't want the truck if they have no plans on getting it fixed, that was their comment. I can't sell it to anyone like that, I an wife have plans on driving across the states this summer. What is left for me to do??