1999 Ford Ranger Recalls, Complaints & Specs

4 safety recalls list the 1999 Ford Ranger, and owners have filed 755 complaints with NHTSA. Check your own VIN below.

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4 safety recalls for the 1999 Ford Ranger

Most recent first. Recall repairs are free at any authorised dealer. Click a recall for the full defect, consequence and remedy text.

1. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 07V336000 Reported August 3, 2007 3,600,000 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   On certain pickup trucks, passenger vehicles, sport utility vehicles, and motor homes chassis, the speed control deactivation switch may, under certain conditions, leak internally and then overheat, smoke, or burn.

   Remedy: Dealers will install a fused wiring harness. Owners of the passenger cars included in this campaign will be instructed to return their vehicles to their dealers to have the speed control deactivation switch…

2. Automatic transmission (power train)

   NHTSA 99V204000 Reported July 28, 1999 326 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: electric vehicles. The transaxle may have been manufactured with the park detent spring misaligned. If the spring is misaligned, the park mechanism may not engage when the shift lever is placed in the park position.

   Remedy: Dealers will inspect the transaxle and any with misaligned park detent springs will be replaced.

3. Vehicle speed control

   NHTSA 99V062001 Reported March 30, 1999 898,739 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: certain 1997-1999 rhd explorer equipped with 4.0l ohv/sohc engines and cruise control built from may 29, 1996 through march 4, 1999; 1998-1999 explorer/mountaineers equipped with 4.0l ohv/sohc or 5.0l engines or 1998-1999 rangers equipped with 2.5l, 3.0l ffv/efi or 4.0l engines and cruise control built from january…

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the cruise control cables. At the present time, the replacement cables are not available. Customers are being advised not to use the cruise control system until a replacement can be made.

4. Fuel injection system (fuel system)

   NHTSA 98V201000 Reported September 1, 1998 330 vehicles potentially affected FORD MOTOR COMPANY

   Vehicle description: light duty pickup trucks with 3.0l engine. An 'o'-ring seal in the fuel injection pulse damper to fuel rail joint could be damaged allowing fuel leakage.

   Remedy: Dealers will replace the pulse damper.

755 owner complaints filed with NHTSA

Owners of the 1999 Ford Ranger have filed 755 complaints with NHTSA; 96 describe a crash and 14 describe a fire. Reports cite 61 injuries and 0 deaths. The average mileage at failure in those reports is 96,006 miles. Complaints peaked in 2000 with 190 filed that year.

Most-reported components

• Tires98
• Tires: tread/belt69
• Air bags: frontal54
• Suspension46
• Vehicle speed control43
• Visibility: windshield wiper/washer41
• Structure: body39
• Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip38

What owners are reporting

“I was driving to the store around 1 month ago and I noticed the truck was trying to tail to the side as I was driving. I thought nothing of it until my Uncle Bobby noticed my rear shock was scraping t”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, October 22, 2021 · Suspension

“When washing the truck I noticed a crack in the left rear frame just aft of the forward leaf spring shackle.Vertical crack approx, 6" long and separating, frame severely rusted while the rest of the b”

Owner complaint to NHTSA, July 24, 2021 · Structure

Fuel economy and specs

EPA ratings for the 1999 Ford Ranger (Ranger 2WD FFV, Ranger 4WD FFV, Ranger Pickup 2WD, Ranger Pickup 4WD). Ranges cover every tested configuration.

Compare Ford Ranger model years

Recall and complaint counts for every Ford Ranger model year in NHTSA's database.

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Other Ford models

• F-15037,961 complaints
• Explorer34,566 complaints
• Escape27,430 complaints
• Fusion22,405 complaints
• Focus22,096 complaints
• Taurus18,159 complaints
• Windstar14,158 complaints
• Edge14,065 complaints

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.