68 complaints reported

1999 Ford Ranger Air Bags

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
68
Crashes
53
Fires
1
Injuries
31

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Apr 2002 Crash Injury

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Apr 2002
Nov 2001 Crash Injury

WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH ANOTHER VEHICLE DRIVING 4O MPH HIT CONSUMER'S VEHICLE ON FRONT END. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED. VEHICLE WAS TOTALLED, CONSUMER SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2001
Aug 2001 Crash Injury

WHILE DRIVING 25 TO 35 MPH VEHICLE HIT A TELEPHONE POLE HEAD-ON, AND AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE HAD A FRONTAL IMPACT.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 2001
Jun 2001 Crash

STRUCK THE SIDE OF A CAR THAT TURNED BLIND IN FRONT OF ME AT 50 MPH TOTALLING BOTH VEHICLES. HAD MY HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL AT 10 AND 2 OCLOCK. BENT STEERING COLUMN FORWARD SLIGHTLY FROM IMPACT. AIR BAGS DID NOT GO OFF!! HAD SEATBELT STRAP SORENESS FOLLOWING. POLICE AND FIRE RESCUE PERSONNEL WERE SURPRISED THAT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. REPORTED TO MORRIES MANAGER - TOLD THEY WOULD CONTACT ME - THEY NEVER DID. ALSO REPORTED TO INSURANCE REP.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: May 2001
May 2001 Crash Injury

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AT 40 MPH. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: May 2001
Jan 2001 Crash Injury

WAS TRAVELING 35MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE "T" BONED RANGER, THIS CAUSED RANGER TO HIT A CEMENT PLANTER AND GAS PUMP, VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CAUSING 2 PEOPLE TO SUSTAIN INJURIES. *AK *SLC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Feb 2000
Jan 2001 Crash

CONSUMER'S HUSBAND HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISON AND PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT FAILED TO DEPLOY. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Mar 2001
Jan 2001 Crash

FRONTAL COLLISION AT 30 MPH WITH A TOYOTA CAMRY. UPON IMPACT, BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. BOTH VEHICLES WERE TOTALED DUE TO THIS ACCIDENT, AND NO INJURY WAS REPORTED. DEALER/MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME. FEEL FREE TO PROVIDE ANY FURTHER DETAILS ON THIS MATTER. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 2000
Jan 2001 Crash

AIR BAGS DIPLOYED AT A SPEED OF LESS THAN 10 MPH AND THE FRONT BUMPER WAS NEVER TOUCHED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Dec 2000
Dec 2000

LEFT FRONT AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOYED DURING VEHICLE ACCIDENT. YH

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 1999
Oct 2000 Crash Injury

WHILE DRIVING AT 12 MPH VEHICLE WAS STRUCK AT AN LEFT FRONT ANGLE BY AN 18 WHEELER AT 75 MPH. FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. DRIVER OF THE FORD RANGER SUSTAINED A CONCUSSION.VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 1999
Sep 2000 Crash Injury

THE DRIVERS SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY WHEN THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE SQUARELY IN THE REAR.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 2000
Aug 2000 Crash Injury

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A DIRECT FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN MINOR INJURIES. MANUFACTURER WILL BE NOTIFIED.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Aug 2000
Jun 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING 30 TO 40MPH FRONT RIGHT END OF VEHICLE HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. NETHER DRIVER'S SIDE NOR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. DEALER HAS NOT SEEN VEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
May 2000 Crash

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED, AND DRIVER'S AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
May 2000 Crash

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING 10MPH AND WAS HIT IN THE FRONT HOOD TO THE CENTER OF LEFT SIDE. VEHICLE SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES. FRONTAL AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED. CONSUMER HAS BEEN GOING BACK & FORTH WITH FORD.THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 1999
May 2000 Crash

WHEN TRUCK CRASHED INTO THE BACK OF DRIVER'S SIDE OF A FORD EXPLORER TRAVELING ABOUT 40 MPH, THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. OWNER NOT SURE OF DAMAGE TOTAL. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2000
May 2000 Crash Injury

HAD A FRONT END COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY- CONSUMER SUSTAINED SOME MINOR INJURIES. FORD WILL TEST AIRBAG SYSTEM AFTER REPAIR IS DONE. AS OF NOW THEY SAY THE VEHICLE WAS NOT HIT IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE SENSOR WOULD SET OFF. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2000
Apr 2000 Crash Injury

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOV EVEHICLE. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2000
Feb 2000 Crash Injury

HAVING HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT THE SAFETY OF AIRBAGS I WAS VERY SURPRISED NOT TO HAVE EITHER OF THE AIRBAGS IN MY TRUCK DEPLOY WHEN I WAS INVOLVED IN THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON 6/21/00. I WAS TRAVELING BETWEEN 40 AND 45 MPH WHEN SOMEONE PULLED OUT, FROM A STOP SIGN, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME. I WAS UNABLE TO REACT, IT HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS SITED BY A POLICE THAT WITNESSED THE ACCIDENT. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jun 2000
Jan 2000 Crash

WHILE DRIVING ON A TWO LANE RURAL ROUTE, TRAVELING 10MPH A DER RAN OUT IN FRONT, VEHICLE SWERVED TO AVOID HITTING THE DEER, AND HIT A TREE INSTEAD. UPON IMPACT, NEITHER AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. CONTACTED DEALER. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Jan 2000
Jan 2000 Crash

VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION. UPON IMPACT, AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, RESULTING IN EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Feb 2000
Dec 1999 Crash Injury

DRIVER APPARENTLY FELL ASLEEP BEHIND WHEEL& CRASHED INTO A DITCH. THEN INTO SEVERAL TREES HEAD-ON WHILE TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPH. THERE WAS NO DEPLOYMENT OF DRIVER'S SIDE OR PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAGS. ALL THREE PASSENGERS WERE INJURED. TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Nov 1999
Dec 1999 Crash Injury

WHEN TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH, THE AIRBAG ON THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DEPLOYED, EVEN THOUGH THE AIRBAG SWITCH WAS TURNED OFF. TRUCK WAS TOTALLED. THE DEALER / MANUFACTURER WERE NOT AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK *YC

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company
Incident: Sep 1999
Dec 1999 Crash Injury

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH ,HIT VEHICLE WITH FRONT END ,DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY, CAUSING MINOR INJURIES. *AK

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 1999 FORD RANGER, Manufacturer: Ford Motor Company

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Quick Summary

The 1999 Ford Ranger has 68 Air Bags complaints on file. 53 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.