2010 Ford Ranger problems
NHTSA has received 171 complaints about the 2010 Ford Ranger, and 75% of them involve air bags. After that come body & structure (4%) and brakes (3%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 171 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 75% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 6 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 45,000 miles 57 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 | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 12 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 3 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 2 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 3 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 57 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 45,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 66,000 miles (21 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 6 complaints mention a crash; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 82% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2010 ranks 26th most-complained-about out of 28 model years of the Ford Ranger with enough data (36 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 8 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.
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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2010 ford ranger. While driving 30 MPH, the contact crashed into the passenger side door of another vehicle and the air bags failed to deploy. A police report was filed. The contact was taken from the scene by ambulance and taken to a nearby emergency facility. The contact sustained whiplash and strained muscles on both sides of the neck and shoulders. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 114,000.
Driving on int 10 san bernardino calif, slammed into vehicle barely moving and I was doing about 60MPH. Horrible impact and drivers airbag did not deploy. Severe rt hand trauma including broken index finger.
I have a 2010 ford ranger. It has 54,000 miles and the heater has stopped working. Apparently the heater in rangers has been a problem for years. They break and they don't repair them because of the mileage. They also charge a fee to find the problem. I know it's electric and I'm not sure if it can cause a fire.
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.