Owner-reported complaints naming the brake system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1992 Ford Ranger submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 17 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ABS COMPUTER FAILED AGAIN AFTER FORD DEALER REPLACED ORIGINAL. UPPER SHOCK/SPRING MOUNT COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY CAUSING LOSS OF STEERING AND SUSPENSION. LOCAL DEALER REFUSED TO REVIEW FOR POSSIBLE MANUFATURERS DEFECTS. *AK
MAIN BRAKE LINE RUPTURED DUE TO RUBBING ON PARKING BRAKE CABLE, CAUSING COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. *AK
RIGHT FRONT SAGGED.PULLED OVER SAW FLUID LEAKING LOOK IN FENDER WELL SAW SPRING HANGER RUSTED OUT AND SPRING PUSH UP INTO INNER FENDER AND BRAKE LINE BROKE
WHILE DRIVING RIGHT FRONT OF VEHICLE WENT DOWN. THEN, BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON, AND THERE WERE NO BRAKES. PULLED UP TO A LIGHT TO CHECK, AND NOTICED BRAKE FLUID RUNNING OUT,. TRUCK WAS SITTING LOW BECAUSE THE SHOCKS HAD DROPPED DOWN ON THE BRAKE LINE. *AK
BRAKE PEDAL DROPPED TO THE FLOOR, AND BRAKES FAILED. CONSUMER LOST CONTROL, RESULTING IN A COLLISION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. *AK
TRANSMISSION MANUAL FAILED OUTPUT SHAFT AT 20 MPH REPLACED INTERNAL GEARS GAVE OUT AT 65 MPH.//ABS BRAKES BECAME SPONGY & LOCK IN REAR PULL TO RIGHT IN FRONT .//HEADLIGHTS BEGAN BLINKING OFF &ON AFTER 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING.//TRANSFER CASE SPLIT WHILE IN 2 WHEEL DRIVE AT 35 MPH.//FRONT SUSPENSION GIVING OUT CAN'T ALIGN FRONT END ,ERATIC STEERING & WORN TIRES.//REAR SPRINGS SLIPPED OUT ON LEFT SIDE AXLE SLID FORWARD TO BODY.//HEATER BEGAN RATTLIING ,MORE AS YOU TURN FAN UP.
WHILE MAKING A NORMAL BRAKE APPLICATION THE MASTER CYLINDER ATTACHMENTS STUDS FAILED, RESULTING IN A COLLISION, DUE TO LOSS OF CONTROL, PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE (96V024). *YC
READ BRAKE DRUMS HAVE WARPED 3 OR 4 TIMES EACH SIDE, MAKES BRAKE PEDAL PULSATE. TURNED BY DEALER ONCE AND POSSIBLY REPLACED ONCE, CONSTANT PROBLEM. HAVE SMELLED MELTING WIRE INSULATION SEVERAL TIMES. OUTSIDE MIRRORS FOLD BACK OVER 55 MPH. REPLACED ONCE, STILL PROBLEM. GAS TANK DRIPS GAS, PLASTIC TANK IN CONTACT WITH METAL CROSSBAR. APPEARS TO BE ORIGINAL INSTALLATION PROBLEM. NEED WARRANTY FIX ON THIS.
ABS LOCKS UP.
ANTI-LOCK BRAKING SYSTEM FAILURE IS INDICATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. DEALER STATED THAT IT WAS ONLY A TEST SYSTEM FAILURE.
THE WHEEL HUB BROKE, CAUSING THE WHEEL BEARING TO BE CHEWED UP AND PUSHES THE BRAKE PAD AWAY, CAUSING GRINDING. *AK
RIGHT REAR BRAKES FAILED 3 TIMES. *AK
MASTER CYLINDER FAILED DUE TO BRAKE FLUID CONTAMINATION. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SD
ABS BRAKES FAILED. TT
EXCESSIVE WEAR ON THE BRAKES. ROTORS ARE WEARING AWAY. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
FRONT DISC BRAKE ROTORS FAILED. *SD
ABS, WHEN SURFACE WET OR SIT FOR PERIOD 0F 6 HOURS EXPERIENCE BRAKE LOCKUP. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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