FORD RANGER · model year

1993 FORD RANGER

272 NHTSA complaints, 40 crash reports for this specific cohort.

NHTSA overall rating

Not crash-tested

New Car Assessment Program

The 1993FORDRANGER carries 272 consumer safety complaints in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 40 crashes, 16 fires, 31 injuries, and 2 fatalities. No NCAP 5-star crash-test rating is available for this model year in the federal database.

Component-level analysis is where model-year complaints become actionable: the top complaint category for the 1993 RANGER is tires with 19 filings, followed by vehicle speed control (18) and service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip (16). Concentration in one or two component groups is the classic signature of a systemic defect; a flat distribution usually reflects normal aging, warranty complaints, or isolated build-plant variability.

NHTSA currently has 177 investigation files overlapping the 1993 RANGER, and 8 remain open. Owners comparing this cohort against neighboring years should pair the counters above with the complaint-by-year trend on the parent model page — a spike in a single year often tracks to a platform refresh, a new transmission supplier, or an updated ECU calibration. Use the related-complaint feed below to read raw owner narratives before deciding whether any pattern here affects your specific use case.

272
Complaints
40
Crashes
16
Fires
31
Injuries
2
Deaths

Total Complaints

272 filings

Crashes Reported

40 reports

Source

NHTSA ODI

Federal complaints database

Complaints vs. fleet median (215)

Above median complaint volume — review patterns below.

Complaints by Component

ComponentCount
TIRES19
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL18
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP16
TIRES:TREAD/BELT15
PARKING BRAKE:CONVENTIONAL12
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER8
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY8
UNKNOWN OR OTHER7
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION6
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE6
PARKING BRAKE6
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH5
SUSPENSION:FRONT4
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE4

Recent Complaints

20190728ENGINE

THROTTLE STUCK AT HIGH RPMS AND GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE IT BLEW UP MY TRUCK. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN JANUARY BY FORD IN VENTURA AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SO MANY RANGERS AND ONE OF US OWNERS OF WILL WIND UP KILLED. FIX THIS PLEASE

20190728POWER TRAIN

THROTTLE STUCK AT HIGH RPMS AND GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE IT BLEW UP MY TRUCK. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN JANUARY BY FORD IN VENTURA AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SO MANY RANGERS AND ONE OF US OWNERS OF WILL WIND UP KILLED. FIX THIS PLEASE

20190728VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THROTTLE STUCK AT HIGH RPMS AND GAS PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR HAD TO TURN OFF THE IGNITION BEFORE IT BLEW UP MY TRUCK. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED IN JANUARY BY FORD IN VENTURA AND NOW IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SO MANY RANGERS AND ONE OF US OWNERS OF WILL WIND UP KILLED. FIX THIS PLEASE

20170807FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

GAS TANK CRACKED AT 86000 MILES CAN'T HOLD MORE THEN HALF A TANK. TRANSMISSION WEARING OUT AND DRIVEN LIGHTLY NEVER USED THE BED OF TRUCK TO CARRY THINGS MAINLY FREEWAY MILES

Mileage: 86,000

20170807POWER TRAIN

GAS TANK CRACKED AT 86000 MILES CAN'T HOLD MORE THEN HALF A TANK. TRANSMISSION WEARING OUT AND DRIVEN LIGHTLY NEVER USED THE BED OF TRUCK TO CARRY THINGS MAINLY FREEWAY MILES

Mileage: 86,000

20160906STRUCTURE:BODY

HOW CAN THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK RUST OUT FASTER THAN THE BED OR CAB. THE CAB MOUNTS ARE GONE. THE SHACKLES OF THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE PAPER THIN AND READY TO COLLAPSE. WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND HIT A BUMP IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAB IS GOING FALL TO THE GROUND. I AM AFRAID ONE OF THESE DAYS , I'LL GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE ENTIRE CAB IS GOING TO FLY OFF THE TRUCK. THE MOTOR HAS OUTLASTED THE FRAME. MAKE LAUGH.

Mileage: 139,000

20160906SUSPENSION

HOW CAN THE FRAME OF MY TRUCK RUST OUT FASTER THAN THE BED OR CAB. THE CAB MOUNTS ARE GONE. THE SHACKLES OF THE LEAF SPRINGS ARE PAPER THIN AND READY TO COLLAPSE. WHEN I DRIVE DOWN THE ROAD AND HIT A BUMP IT SOUNDS LIKE THE CAB IS GOING FALL TO THE GROUND. I AM AFRAID ONE OF THESE DAYS , I'LL GET IN AN ACCIDENT AND THE ENTIRE CAB IS GOING TO FLY OFF THE TRUCK. THE MOTOR HAS OUTLASTED THE FRAME. MAKE LAUGH.

Mileage: 139,000

20150722SUSPENSION

1993 FORD RANGER SEVERE FRAME / SUSPENSION RUST. ON THE REAR LEAF SPRING HAVE HAD TO REPLACE FRONT AND REAR HANGERS / SHACKLES. THE OEM ONES RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND LET THE LEAF SPRINGS BREAK LOOSE. ONLY CONTACT WAS ON THE SPRING EYELET HITTING THE BOTTOM FOR THE TRUCK BED. HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE CAB MOUNTS, ALSO RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH SO THAT THE REAR OF THE CAB WAS SITTING ON THE FRAME. THE FRAME IS ALSO SHOWING SEVERE CORROSION. THE FARTHER BACK THE WORSE IT IS.

Mileage: 130,000

20140416STEERING

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE STEERING COUPLER WAS FRACTURED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 176,000.

Mileage: 176,000

20131121VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL

THE GOVERNOR FOR THE 90 MPH GOVERNOR WAS RECALLED BY THE CONSUMER AGENCY RESPONSIBLE FOR RECALLS. THE PROBLEM WAS THAT IT WAS A POTENTIAL FIRE HAZARD. I CALLED UPON FORD SEVERAL TIMES OVER A PERIOD OF YEARS, AS WELL AS WENT BY THE FORD SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS NOT PERTAINING TO MY 1993 FORD RANGER. NOT UNTIL AFTER THE TRUCK BROKE AND WOULD NOT SHIFT DID FORD PRETEND TO FIX THE PROBLEM AS A RECALL, BUT, ALSO CHARGED 1000 DOLLARS. THE TRUCK DID NOT FILL LIKE IT WAS FIXED PROPERLY I APPROACHED THE LANDERS FORD COLLIERVILLE OF COLLIERVILLE TENNESSEE AND HE STATED IT WAS FIXED. THEY THEN TRIED TO SELL ME ANOTHER TRUCK. ANY WAY THE TRUCK DID NOT GO ANOTHER 500 MILES BEFORE BREAKING AND GETTING REAR ACCIDENT BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER. FORD TOOK MY 1000 DOLLARS AND DID NOT FIX MY TRUCK AND ARE STILL IGNORANT TO THE DAY ABOUT MY TRUCK AND RECALL. I AM A COMMERCIAL TRUCK DRIVER AND IN THE PERIOD OF 11 YEARS HAVE NOT PUT BUT 57000 MILES AND DO NOT NEED A NEW TRUCK FROM FORD THEN OR

Mileage: 56,790

20120904CrashTIRES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD RANGER WITH FIRESTONE TIRES, SIZE: P225/70/R14. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE TIRE, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO A HIGHWAY DIVIDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

Mileage: 93,000

20120630POWER TRAIN

WAS DRIVING AROUND 50 TO 55 MPH WHEN I SEEN SMOKE COMING FROM TRUCK SO I PULLED OVER TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG AND SEEN TRANSMISSION FLUID POURING OUT OF TRANSMISSION ONTO EXHAUST PIPE THIS HAS HAPPEN TWICE NOW DON,T KNOW WHY COMING FROM FRONT OF TRANSMISSION AUTO 3.0 ENGINE ONLY WHEN I KICK IT IN OVERDRIVE IT HAPPENS. *TR

Mileage: 120,251

20120217STRUCTURE

THE FRAME HAS RUSTED UNTIL THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE. IT IS FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES WHEN THEY RUSTED OUT IN 2006. I BOLTED A PIECE OF ANGLE TO THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT TO REPAIR IT AFTER IT RUSTED INTO AND DROPPED THE TRANSMISSIOM AND TWISTED THE DRIVE SHAFT INTO WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I TOOK IT UP ON 2/9/2012 TO GET A NEW EXHAUST PUT ON IT AND AND GOT A CALL FROM THE SERVICE GARAGE TO COME LOOK AT THE UNDER CARRAIGE OF THE TRUCK. THE BED HAS A RUSTED OUT SUPPORT, THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER IS RUSTED INTO ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM WHERE I REPAIRED IT BEFORE AND THE FRONT SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER UNDER THE RADIATOR IS RUSTED OUT. THE SUPPORT FOR THE SPARE TIRE RUSTER OUT YEARS AGO. THE ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN WORK GREAT BUT THE TRUCK IS SCRAP NOW BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THE FRAME AND BODY SUPPORTS. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

20120217STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

THE FRAME HAS RUSTED UNTIL THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER DRIVABLE. IT IS FOUR WHEEL DRIVE AND I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES WHEN THEY RUSTED OUT IN 2006. I BOLTED A PIECE OF ANGLE TO THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT TO REPAIR IT AFTER IT RUSTED INTO AND DROPPED THE TRANSMISSIOM AND TWISTED THE DRIVE SHAFT INTO WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD I TOOK IT UP ON 2/9/2012 TO GET A NEW EXHAUST PUT ON IT AND AND GOT A CALL FROM THE SERVICE GARAGE TO COME LOOK AT THE UNDER CARRAIGE OF THE TRUCK. THE BED HAS A RUSTED OUT SUPPORT, THE TRANSMISSION SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER IS RUSTED INTO ON THE OTHER SIDE FROM WHERE I REPAIRED IT BEFORE AND THE FRONT SUPPORT CROSSMEMBER UNDER THE RADIATOR IS RUSTED OUT. THE SUPPORT FOR THE SPARE TIRE RUSTER OUT YEARS AGO. THE ENGINE AND DRIVE TRAIN WORK GREAT BUT THE TRUCK IS SCRAP NOW BECAUSE THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THE FRAME AND BODY SUPPORTS. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

20110617STRUCTURE

ON MY 1993 FORD RANGER,MY BRAKE & CLUTCH MOUNTING BRACKET FAILED DUE TO STRESS FRACTURE OF WELDS. THIS CAUSED LOSE OF BRAKES AND USE OF CLUTCH. FORD HAS A RECALL ON FAILURE OF STUDS ON THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER THAT IS MOUNTED ON THIS BRACKET, BUT NOTHING ON THE FAILURE OF THE BRACKET. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

20110617SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC

ON MY 1993 FORD RANGER,MY BRAKE & CLUTCH MOUNTING BRACKET FAILED DUE TO STRESS FRACTURE OF WELDS. THIS CAUSED LOSE OF BRAKES AND USE OF CLUTCH. FORD HAS A RECALL ON FAILURE OF STUDS ON THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER THAT IS MOUNTED ON THIS BRACKET, BUT NOTHING ON THE FAILURE OF THE BRACKET. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

20110617POWER TRAIN

ON MY 1993 FORD RANGER,MY BRAKE & CLUTCH MOUNTING BRACKET FAILED DUE TO STRESS FRACTURE OF WELDS. THIS CAUSED LOSE OF BRAKES AND USE OF CLUTCH. FORD HAS A RECALL ON FAILURE OF STUDS ON THE POWER BRAKE BOOSTER THAT IS MOUNTED ON THIS BRACKET, BUT NOTHING ON THE FAILURE OF THE BRACKET. *TR

Mileage: 93,000

20110531STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT FRAME WAS CORRODED AND RUSTED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACT AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,761. UPDATED 07/08/11*LJ UPDATED 08/05/11

Mileage: 138,761

20110323STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS

FRAME IS ROTTING - REPAIRED THE REAR SECTION AND NOW THE FRONT IS ROTTING WHERE THE SHOCKS/SPRINGS ARE MOUNTED TO THE FRAME. THE ENTIRE FRAME IS A MESS BUT THE REST OF THE BODY IS GOOD. *TR

Mileage: 70,000

20101208PARKING BRAKE

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 1993 FORD RANGER. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT TRIED TO APPLY THE PARKING BRAKE AND IT WOULD LOCK IN PLACE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE REPAIRED. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THAT YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL BUT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

Mileage: 130,000

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many complaints does the 1993 FORD RANGER have?
The 1993 FORD RANGER has 272 NHTSA complaints, 40 crashes, 16 fires, 31 injuries, and 2 deaths reported.
What are the most common problems with the 1993 FORD RANGER?
The most-complained component for the 1993 FORD RANGER is TIRES with 19 complaints. Other frequently reported areas include VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL and SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP.
Is the 1993 FORD RANGER safe to buy?
Review the complaint history, crash and fire reports, safety ratings, and recall status on this page to make an informed decision. No NHTSA crash test rating is available for this model year. Compare with other model years using the links above.
Where does this data come from?
All complaint, recall, and safety rating data is sourced from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Complaints are filed by vehicle owners through NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation.

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Data as of 2025. Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) complaints database, NHTSA recall campaign API, NHTSA NCAP crash-test ratings, and NHTSA FARS for fatality cross-reference.