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2010 Ford Ranger air bags problems

Owners reported air bags problems in 128 complaints for the 2010 Ford Ranger, 75% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
128 75% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
66,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
6 and 0
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When air bags problems show up

Air bags complaints by mileage, 2010 Ford Ranger Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 66,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 66,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 43% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 21 air bags complaints that report mileage, the median is about 66,000 miles, and 43% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

Takata recall this vehicle was involved in a single care crash that left the highway and went airborne and crashed into an embakment head on. Air bags inflated passenger received injuries to left wrist broken severe laceration on left hand broken right ring finger, broken rib left side and back. Compressed fractures of the vertibra wihich required hospitalization. Accident happened 08-18-16 driver was also injured.

Reported at 118,537 miles, August 2016 CrashInjury

Waited a significant amount of time for ford to respond to the airbag recall but still have no word on replacement parts. Authorized dealer confirmed that there were none available anywhere.

Reported at 80,000 miles, June 2018

Air bags problems in other years

Air bags problems across all Ford models