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2000 Velvet-Ride Rear Suspension System Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Dec 10, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
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Reports on file since Dec 10, 2003

What this page shows

Our database holds 1 NHTSA owner-reported complaint for the 2000 Velvet-Ride Rear Suspension System. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

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Other / unspecified
Filed Dec 10, 2003

LEAF SPRINGS ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF PICKUP,HAVE COLLAPSED BEFORE. THE FACTORY REPLACED THEM... NOW IT HAS DONE THIS AGAIN. I DON'T TOW ANYTHING BEHIND THIS TRUCK THAT COULD CAUSE THIS, THE HEAVIEST THING THAT I HAVE CARRIED IN THE BACK OF MY PICKUP IS 350 CHEVY BLOCK. THEY FORD DEALER SAYS THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL... I HAVE NOTICED QUITE A FEW OF THESE FORD RANGERS WHEN U DRIVE BEHIND THEM THEY ARE SQUATTED ON THE DRIVER SIDE, MOST PEOPLE MIGHT NOT NOTICE THIS... BUT I LIVES AROUND A BODY SHOP AND CAN NOTICE IT BY LOOKING AT MY TRUCK... I HAVE HAD MY SHOCKS REPLACED THINKING THIS MIGHT BE THE CAUSE, THE DEALER WHO CHANGED MY SPRINGS SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE OLD FACTORY ONE HE REPLACED... COULD THERE BE A PROBLEM THAT NOBODY HAS NOTICED... YOU CAN TELL THE WAY IT RIDES... WHEN U HIT A BUMP THE REAR OF THE TRUCK JUMPS TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE... PLEASE LET ME KNOW WHAT WE FIND OUT ON THIS... I CANT AFFORD TO BUY A TRUCK AND IT HAS A PROBLEM NOBODY HAD NOTICED... THANK YOU... *LA

NHTSA ID
10049546
Incident
Jul 5, 1999

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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