Total Complaints
1 filings
FORD RANGER ELECTRIC · model year
1 NHTSA complaints for this specific cohort.
NHTSA overall rating
Not crash-tested
New Car Assessment Program
The 1999FORDRANGER ELECTRIC carries 1 consumer safety complaint in NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation database for this specific model-year cohort. Within that volume, owners reported 0 crashes, 0 fires, 0 injuries, and 0 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 1999 RANGER ELECTRIC is structure:frame and members with 1 filings. 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 1999 RANGER ELECTRIC, 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.
Total Complaints
1 filings
Crashes Reported
0 reports
Source
NHTSA ODI
Federal complaints database
At or below the fleet median complaint volume.
| Component | Count |
|---|---|
| STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS | 1 |
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 FORD RANGER ELECTRIC. WHILE DECELERATING TO 30 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE AND THE VEHICLE JERKED SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WOULD TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.
Mileage: 97,000
Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
Timing Belt Failure
Underbody shields detachment
B-Pillar Trim Detachment
Unintended Transmission Downshift and Rear Wheel Lock-up
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.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.