2005 Model Year

Ford Ranger

NHTSA Complaints & Reliability Data

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Complaints
289
Recalls
0
Crashes
23
Severe
46

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Latest owner reports

PARKING BRAKE,POWER TRAIN
Apr 2025

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated that upon arriving to the residence and applying the parking brake and exiting the vehicle, th...

Air Bags Crash
May 2024

The contact owned a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle was rear-ended by a driver who ran the stop sign. The im...

Air Bags
Apr 2024

See attached document for complaint

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
Dec 2023

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact received notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V306000 (Air Bags) and requested to be removed from...

Air Bags Crash
Dec 2023

The contact owned a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 MPH, the vehicle struck the rear of another vehicle causing a...

Air Bags Crash
Dec 2023

I was in an accident and the airbags did not inflate. I was going 30-35 MPH, there was a patch of ice, and I hit a tree. The truck was totaled. I smas...

Air Bags
Oct 2023

The contact owns a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact had taken the vehicle to be repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V125000 (Air Bags). The contact s...

Air Bags Crash
Oct 2023

The contact owned a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH during rain weather conditions, the contact lost control of the vehicle...

AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Feb 2023

At 200k miles I got an air bag light on my guage cluster. The blinking code corresponded to a bad connection at the CLOCKSPRING. I also noticed my cru...

UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Jan 2022

My daughter called me screaming when her 2005 Ford Ranger FX4 Level 2 had unexplained runaway throttle while driving back to college in January 2022....

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Data updated: March 4, 2026

Summary

The 2005 Ford Ranger has 289 complaints and 0 recalls on record. The most commonly reported issue is Air Bags. 23 crash-related incidents have been reported.

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