Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1987 Ford Ranger

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

5
Open recalls
50
NHTSA complaints
4
Defect investigations
21
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

50 filed
4
Crashes
14
Fires
8
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE Assembly
    8
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    4
  • Electrical System
    3
  • TIRES:TREAD/BELT
    2
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT Underhood
    2

Recalls

5 campaigns
98E010000·SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:DISC:ROTOR1998-04-08

EQUIPMENT DESCRIPTION: AFTERMARKET BRAKE ROTORS FOR USE ON CERTAIN FORD AND MAZDA TRUCKS. CRACKED CASTINGS CAUSED CRACKS TO APPEAR ON THE OUTER DIAMETER OF THE ROTOR HAT OR AROUND THE STUD HOLE.

RiskLOSS OF BRAKING CAN RESULT.

FixAIMCO WILL REIMBURSE CONSUMERS/INSTALLERS FOR THE COST OF REPLACEMENT ROTORS AND INSTALLATION. CONSUMERS ARE REQUESTED TO RETURN TO THE LOCATION WHERE THE ROTORS WERE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED/INSTALLED FOR REPLACEMENT.

87V139000·FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS1987-09-04

SPRING LOCK FUEL LINE COUPLING MAY NOT BE PROPERLY ENGAGED.

RiskCOUPLING COULD DISENGAGE DUE TO FUEL PRESSURE,VIBRATION, AND ENGINE MOVEMENTS; THIS WOULD CAUSE LOSS OF FUEL WHICH, INPRESENCE OF AN IGNITION SOURCE, CREATES A FIRE RISK.

FixINSTALL RETAINER CLIPS OVER THE COUPLINGS TO PREVENT COUPLING SEPARATION AND FUEL LEAKAGE.

87V140000·WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS1987-09-04

WHEEL LUG NUT CONE ANGLES DO NOT MATCH LUG NUT SEATING ANGLES.

RiskNUTS COULD LOOSEN IN SERVICE CREATING POTENTIAL FORWHEELS TO SEPARATE FROM TRUCK.

FixREPAIR TO PREVENT LOOSENING OF LUG NUTS.

87V075000·SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE1987-05-26

THE BUCKLE PORTION OF THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN PROPERLY ANCHORED TO THE FLOOR.

RiskIF THIS CONDITION EXISTS, THE SEAT BELT ASSEMBLY WOULDNOT WITHSTAND A SUBSTANTIAL IMPACT LOAD AND WOULD BE A POTENTIAL FOR PERSONALINJURY.

FixINSPECT AND MAKE PROPER INSTALLATION OF SEAT BELT AND BUCKLE ANCHOR BOLTS, IF NECESSARY.

87V070000·EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS1987-05-18

STICKERS CONCERNING HANDLING AND MANEUVERABILITY WHICH ARE AFFIXED TO DRIVERS SUN VISOR SLEEVES DO NOT MEET CRITERIA FOR PERMANENT ADHESION.

RiskVEHICLES DO NOT MEET FORMATS SPECIFIED BY PARTS 573 AND579 OF 49CFR.

FixOWNERS WILL BE MAILED NEW SUN VISOR SLEEVES WITH ALL APPLICABLE DECAL INFORMATION PERMANENTLY AFFIXED.

NHTSA investigations

4 actions
PE92029·SUSPENSION1992-03-16 → 1992-08-31

WHL SEPARATION/TORQUE LOSS

EA90042·VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES1990-08-31 → 1991-12-31

THROTTLE STICKING

PE89129·STEERING1989-06-07 → 1990-03-23

GEARSHIFT LEVER BREAKS

EA88033·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1988-05-11 → 1989-01-23

UNDER SEAT FIRES

Led to recall88V145000

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