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2000 Velvet-Ride Rear Suspension System Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 2000 Velvet-Ride Rear Suspension System, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Other / unspecified1100.0%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Other / unspecified

Reports whose component NHTSA recorded as unknown, or that do not map to one of the categories above.

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From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Dec 10, 2003

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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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