2000 Ford Ranger Air Bags & Restraints Problems

I LOOKED UP MY VIN ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND THERE ARE RECALLS THAT HAVE NOT BEEN FIXED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING, THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT CALLED PLANET FORD (20403 I-45, SPRING, TX 77388, (281) 719-3700) AND SCHEDULE A DIAGNOSTIC APPOINTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,900.

TANAKA RECALL - AIR BAG INDICATOR ON DASHBOARD STAYS ON FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME INTERMITTENTLY

TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V036000 (AIR BAGS). THE PART TO DO THE REPAIR WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

SEAT BELT RECEIVER STOPPED ACCEPTING THE SEATBELT. WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE AND NOT AS A RESULT OF AN ACCIDENT, AT APPROXIMATELY 120,000 MILES THE SEATBELT MECHANISM HAS FAILED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, A DEER JUMPED INTO THE ROAD CAUSING THE CONTACT TO CRASH INTO IT. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER AND THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELTS DID NOT RETRACT DURING THE IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 00V228001 (SEAT BELTS). THE DRIVER SUSTAINED NECK AND BACK PAINS WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL TREATMENT. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED PAINS DUE TO THE SEAT BELT NOT SECURING AND KNEE PAINS. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TOWED TO A DEALER TO DETERMINE WHY THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 143,600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 FORD RANGER. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH ON A DAMP ROAD, THE VEHICLE SKID, SPIN OUT AND CRASHED INTO A GUARDRAIL. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED NECK, RIB, AND BACK INJURIES THAT REQUIRED SERIOUS MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED A BODY SHOP. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. ..UPDATED 10/18/16 *BF *CN

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER SPR CAB 4X2. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT UN-LATCHED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE WAS A RECURRING ISSUE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 205,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 207,000. FORM RETURND NO CHANGE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT STRAP WAS LOOSE AND THE BUCKLE WOULD NOT LOCK. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 00V228001 (SEAT BELTS) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. UPDATED 04/22/14 MA UPDATED 04/24/14

I WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONT END CRASH AT APPROX 50 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I HAVE A 2000 FORD RANGER XLT EXTENDED CAB. THE FRONT IMPACT OCCURRED ON THE PASSENGERS SIDE FRONT HEAD LIGHT AREA. A CAR PULLED OUT IN FRONT OF ME. THE OTHER CAR TOOK AN ANGLED IMPACT ON THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE CORNER AND THE DOOR AND DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED ON THEIR CAR. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG WAS TURNED ON IN MY TRUCK BUT NEITHER THAT OR MY DRIVERS SIDE BAG DEPLOYED. MY HEAD IMPACTED THE STEERING WHEEL FROM THE CRASH. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT WAS SEVERELY WORN AND ON THE VERGE OF FRACTURING ALTOGETHER. THE DEALER INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND STATED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE PART WAS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,200 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 63,270.

I WAS EAST BOUND DOING 50 MPH WHEN A WEST BOUND CHEVY MADE A LEFT TURN INTO MY LANE, I PUSHED BRAKES TURNED RIGHT IMPACTING THE CHEVY HEAD ON SPINNING IT 180 DEGREES AND BACK INTO THE WEST BOUND LANE. BOTH THE CHEVY'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED AND IT BROKE IT'S WIND- SHIELD. THE AIR BAGS IN MY TRUCK FAILED TO DEPLOY; I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THE RANGER. MY TRUCK AS WELL AS THE CHEVY WERE TOTALED; $8,988. TO FIX MY RANGER. MY WIFE SUFFERED A BROKEN LEFT WRIST AND SHE BROKE A TITANIUM ROD IN HER BACK. SHE HAD TO UNDERGO A SIX HOUR SURGERY TO REMOVE THE BROKEN RODS PARTS IN HER LOWER BACK AND THE SURGEON HAD TO ADD MORE RODS IN HER UPPER BACK TO STABILIZE TWO VERTEBRAE , WHICH WERE DAMAGED IN THE CRASH. I SEND FORD THE ACCIDENT REPORT, BODY SHOP ESTIMATE AND 20+ PICTURES OF THE TRUCK AND ACCIDENT SCENE. FORD SAID THE IMPACT WAS NOT ENOUGH TO SET OFF THE AIR BAGS. BOTH FENDERS WERE BUCKLED, RADIATOR WAS PUSHED INTO THE FAN, FRAME WAS BENT, IT TOOK SEVERAL MINUTES TO OPEN THE PASS. SIDE DOOR TO GET MY WIFE OUT OF THE TRUCK. BUMPER, GRILLE AND HEADLIGHTS WERE TOTALED. FORD OFFERED TO CHECK THE RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE AND REPORT THEIR OWN LAB FINDINGS TO ME, I FELT THIS WAS LIKE HIRING THE FOX TO GUARD MY HEN HOUSE. I WOULD LIKE TO SEND YOU ALL PHOTOS, THE ACCIDENT REPORT, BODY SHOP ESTIMATE AS WELL AS THE BEFORE AND AFTER X-RAYS OF MY WIFE'S BACK. MY SON WORKED AT A FORD DEALER FOR 18 YEARS AS A MECHANIC AND TOLD ASK FORD WHAT WENT WRONG IN THE AIR BAG SYSTEM. I HOPE YOU'LL GET BACK TO ME I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHY THE BAGS FAILED. *TR

I WAS IN A HEAD ON COLLISION INVOLVING MULTIPLE IMPACTS (TWO TREES AND THEN A IRON FENCE HEAD ON) I WAS ESTIMATED AS GOING 50 MILES PER HOUR AT TIME OF CRASH WITH OUT BREAKING BY POLICE ON SCENE. BOTH AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. PASSENGER AIRBAG WAS TURNED ON. I WAS WEARING MY SEATBELT HOWEVER I DID SUFFER A NECK INJURY AND HAVE STARTED HAVING HEADACHES 2-3 DAYS AFTER ACCIDENT. TRUCK WAS TOTALED IN ACCIDENT. *TR

SEAT BELT NOT LATCHING FULLY MOST OF THE TIME AND COMES LOOSE WHILE DRIVING ON A 2000 FORD RANGER. UNLATCHES AFTER PULLING ON THE BELT BY MOVING IN THE SEAT. CONTINUES TO BE ONGOING. *TR

AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY IN FRONT END COLLISION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT WAS USING HIS VEHICLE TO PULL ANOTHER VEHICLE OUT OF A DITCH, WHEN BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE HIS VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZED FORD DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. THE DEALER WOULD NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE EXCEEDED 50,000 MILES AND WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE COST FOR THE DIAGNOSIS WAS OVER $2,000; THEREFORE, IT WOULD NOT BE DONE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THE DEPLOYMENT WAS NOT DUE TO A COLLISION AND THEY WERE NOT WILLING TO INVESTIGATE. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO HIS LEFT ARM. THE SPEED WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 130,000.

MY AIRBAGS NEVER DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT I WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS AND ALSO BROKE MY CHIN I HAVE A PERMANENT SCAR. SOME ONE IS GOING TO FIX IT. IT IS VERY ABNORMAL AND GROSS TO LOOK AT IT. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 FORD RANGER. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS TRYING TO FASTEN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT IT WOULD NOT LATCH. THE CONTACT INSPECTED THE LATCH , AND THERE DID NOT APPEAR TO BE ANYTHING LODGED IN THE LATCH TO CAUSE IT NOT TO LOCK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE SEEMED TO BE PLASTIC PART OF THE SEAT BELT THAT BROKE OFF. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A DEALERSHIP YET, BECAUSE WHEN THE CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP THEY STATED THAT IT WOULD COST APPROXIMATELY $100 TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THERE WAS A FIVE YEAR, 50,000 MILE WARRANTY ON THE SEAT BELTS, AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO REPLACE THE SEAT BELT WITHOUT THE CONSUMER COVERING THE COST.*AK UPDATED 11/29/2005- A LOCAL GAS STATION WAS ABLE TO REPAIR THE SEAT BELT FOR UNDER $60. THE CONSUMER STILL HAS THE BROKEN BELT IN HIS POSSESSION. *NM

DURING A 40 MPH FRONTAL VEHICLE COLLISION FRONT AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. VEHICLE WAS TOWED. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK *TC

CONSUMER'S VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION AT 40 MPH AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY.*AK