2002 Ford Ranger Structure

Extreme rusting of the entire frame and underside steel components. Attachments are rusting to the point of failure and falling off the vehicle.

TRUCK FAILED NH SAFETY INSPECTION 4/10/2021 DUE TO BADLY RUSTED FRAME.

2002 FORD RANGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FRAME ON RANGER VEHICLE. *LD *JS

THE FRAME HAS COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. THE SPARE TIRE RUSTED OFF WHILE DRIVING. *TR

FRONT FRAME SPRING POCKETS ARE CRACKED.MAIN FRAME NEAR TRANSMISSION MOUNT BRACKET CRACKING,BACK REAR FRAME SPARE TIRE MOUNT GONE..MATEL MISSING NO BACK BUMMER.BOTH MAIN FRAME UNDER CAB ARE RUSTED STARTING TO CRUMBLE .

AT THE ANNUAL SAFETY INSPECTION IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REAR FRAME HAS BEEN PERFORATED BY RUST. I WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM DUE TO HOW THE FRAME IS SHAPED WHERE THE SPARE TIRE ATTACHES. AN OTHERWISE MECHANICALLY SOUND AND SOLID VEHICLE IS NO LONGER DRIVEABLE.

FRAME IS RUSTING AWAY. FRONT COIL SPRING POCKETS CRACKING.FRAME NEAR FRONT CONTROL ARMS ARE RUSTED,AND CRACKING.BACK FRAME SPEAR TIRE BRACKET ARE GONE.FRAME RUSTED BACK LEAF SPRING SHACKELS NO MATEL FRAME FOR BACK BUMPER MOUNT.

TRUCK EXHIBITED A 'CLUNK' NOISE FROM LEFT REAR WHEN TRAVERSING A BUMP IN THE ROAD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT NEW AND HAVE HAD ALL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR WORK DONE. SERVICE MANAGER SAID NO REPAIR WAS POSSIBLE'FRAME RUST WAS SO BAD A NEW LEAF SPRING, ETC. COULD NOT BE ATTACHED AND IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. SEE ATTACHED INVOICE. I HAD THE TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOME AND IT HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN SINCE. (DATE OF OCCURRENCE IS APPROXIMATE. IT BECAME WORSE AS TIME WENT ON AND OCCURS AT ANY SPEED.)

REAR SPRING HANGERS ROTTED AND FAILED AND BOTH SIDES OF FRAME RUSTED BAD..SPARE TIRE HOLDER RUSTED ROTTED AND BROKE LETTING SPARE TIRE AND REAR BUMPER TO DROP DOWN. I CAUGHT IT BEFORE IT MADE IT TO THE ROAD.WE WERE ON THE ROAD WHEN THE RIGHT HAND SIDE CAME DOWN.LEFT SIDE HAPPENED A YEAR BEFORE THE RIGHT SIDE[ESTIMATE].

FRAME HAS EXTENSIVE ROT RESULTING IN AN UNSTABLE HANDLING FEEL TO THE TRUCK WHILE DRIVING. ALSO THE LEAF SPRING MOUNTS ARE RUSTED THROUGH AND ABOUT TO FALL APART, I FEEL THE TRUCK IS NO LONGER SAFE TO DRIVE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STATIONARY DURING AN OIL CHANGE, THE VEHICLE'S FRAME BEDDING WAS DISCOVERED TO BE SEVERELY CORRODED. UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE, THERE WAS A NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND THE FRAME ENCOUNTERED THE BEDDING CAUSING THE FAILURE TO PROGRESS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 123,546.

THE TRUCK FRAME HAS MULTIPLE SPOTS OF SEVERE RUST THAT CAUSED IT TO SNAP IN 2 MAKING THE TRUCK UNSAFE TO DRIVE. ONE OF THE AREAS IS NEXT TO THE GAS TANK (WHERE IT SNAPPED) AND THE RUST DOES NOT AFFECT ANY OTHER SPOT AROUND THE FRAME IN THIS AREA. I WAS MAKING A WIDE RIGHT HAND TURN ON A HIGHWAY ON RAMP AND IT SNAPPED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD NOT PASSED INSPECTION DUE TO RUSTING ON THE AXLE AND THE SUBFRAME ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE FRONT FRAME WAS UNABLE TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS TRUCK IS RUSTING FROM FRONT TO BACK.THE MAIN FRAME AND ALL CONNECTING PARTS. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE NUMEROUS METAL PARTS. THERE HAS TO BE SOME KIND OF DEFECT EITHER IN THE METAL OR THIS TRUCK WAS NEVER UNDERCOATED. IT HAS 84000 MILES AND I HAVE BEEN REPLACING PARTS SINCE 75000 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH OVER A ROAD BUMP, THE REAR FRAME BECAME DETACHED ALONG WITH THE CROSS MEMBER, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO FRACTURE. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE TWO CROSS MEMBERS, THE FRAME BEDDING AND THE REAR FRAME WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER FRACTURED, CAUSING THE TIRE TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE SPARE TIRE BED WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

SPARE TIRE MOUNT FELL OFF TRUCK GOING 50 MPH. COULD HAVE KILLED SOME ONE. MOUNTS WERE TOTALLY RUSTED OFF. SINCE THEN HAVE HAD TO WELD FRAME SEVERAL TIMES TO PASS INSPECTION. FRAME IS NOT GOING TO PASS AGAIN THIS YEAR ON A TRUCK WITH GREAT ENGINE, TIRES, BRAKES, ETC. LAND FILL HERE WE COME. SOMETHING WAS VERY WRONG WITH THE STEEL USED IN THIS FRAME. THERE IS NOTHING LEFT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. WHILE PERFORMING MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FRAME WAS RUSTING. OVER THE COURSE OF A FEW YEARS, THE RUSTING HAD PROGRESSED AND WORSENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 81,000. UPDTATED 2/17/11 *CN UPDATED 04/29/11

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER FRAME HAD RUSTED. BOTH THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED WHO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RELATED RECALLS AND DID NOT PROVIDE ANY OTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 92,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, HE NOTICED THAT THE FRAME WAS CORRODED AND RUSTED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. SUDDENLY, THE SPARE TIRE WELL DETACHED FROM ITS FRAME AND ONTO THE ROAD. A REPLACEMENT SPARE TIRE WELL WAS INSTALLED AT A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE FRAME EXHIBITED SEVERE RUST AND CORROSION. THUS CAUSING DEFECTS IN THE FUEL TANK STRAP AND TRANSMISSION CROSS BEAM. THE BRAKE LINE AND SHACKLES WERE ALSO DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED WHEN THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

MY SON WAS TRAVELING ON A 4 LANE STATE HWY AT ABOUT 65 MPH IN THE OUTSIDE LANE WHEN THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK TIRE FLEW OFF. HE SAID ALL HE REMEMBERS WAS THAT THE TRUCKS REAR DROPPED ON THAT SIDE, SPINNING THE TRUCK TO FACE THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, AND CAUSING IT TO ROLLOVER NUMEROUS TIMES UNTIL IT LANDED IN THE DITCH ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE HWY. NOT TO MENTION IT HAD TO GO UP AND EMBANKMENT TO GET THERE. HE COULD HAVE BEEN KILLED OR SERIOUSLY INJURED. DPS , WRECKER DRIVER, MY HUSBAND AND MY SON COULD NOT FIND THE TIRE, WHICH STILL HAS THE BRAKE DRUM ON IT. UPON INSPECTION IT WAS NOTED THAT LEFT REAR AXLE BROKE BEHIND THE FLANGE WHERE THE LUG NUTS GO. I AM TOLD THIS MUST BE A DEFECT BECAUSE YOU RARELY HEAR THIS HAPPENING. DPS AND WRECKER DRIVER STATED THAT VEHICLE HAD GOOD TIRES AND LOOKED AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN WELL TAKEN CARE OF. IT IS A 2002 FORD RANGER EDGE. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD RANGER. WHEN LOADING ITEMS INTO THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT BOTH TAILGATE CABLES FAILED AND CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO SLAM DOWN. THE TAILGATE STRUCK THE BUMPER AND WAS DAMAGED. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS INJURY. SHE SPOKE WITH THE FORD DEALER AND MANUFACTURER AND THEY BOTH DECLINED TO ASSIST. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 86,000.

WHILE LOADING A GENERATOR ONTO THE FLAT BED OF A PICK UP TRUCK WITH THE TAILGATE DOWN BOTH OF THE SUPPORT CABLES BROKE AND CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO FALL DOWN. BOTH SUPPORT CABLES SHOWED SIGNS OF CORROSION. NO INJURY, EXCEPT MINOR BURNS ON CONSUMER'S ARM AND LEGS. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED. BOTH INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT PROBLEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER A RECALL.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH THE FIBER GLASS CAP THAT COVERS THE PICK UP BED FLIPPED UP IN THE FRONT, CAUSING THE HYDRAULIC PISTONS TO BREAK FREE AND FLING INTO THE ROAD. THIS INCIDENT CAUSED THE COVER TO SPLIT STRAIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. *AK