Airbags complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2005 Ford Ranger has 130 NHTSA airbags complaints and 8 airbags-related recalls.
130
Complaints
8
Recalls
10
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
21V076000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles that may be equipped with a driver or passenger frontal air bag inflator used...
21V081000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2005-2014 Mustang, 2004-2011 Ranger, 2009-2011 Mercury Milan, 2006 Ford GT, 2008-2012 Fusion, 2007-2010...
17V787000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is superseding a previous recall for certain 2004-2006 Ford Ranger trucks to implement a final repair. Upon deployment of th...
17V788000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is superseding a previous recall for certain 2004-2006 Ford Ranger trucks to implement a final repair. Upon deployment of t...
16V036000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles manufactured March 24, 2003, to May 4, 2006. Upon deployment of t...
15V322000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain model year 2004-2006 Ranger trucks manufactured March 24, 2003, to May 4, 2006. The affected vehicles ...
23V125000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles that received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous ...
23V306000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
Ford Motor Company (Ford) is recalling certain 2004-2006 Ranger vehicles that received replacement front passenger air bag inflators under a previous ...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2024 | AIR BAGS | The contact owned a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving at 50 MPH, the vehicle was re... |
| Sep 29, 2023 | AIR BAGS | See attached document for complaint |
| Sep 23, 2023 | AIR BAGS | The contact owns a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact had taken the vehicle to be repaired under NHTSA Ca... |
| May 2, 2023 | AIR BAGS | The contact owned a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving approximately 10 MPH, the veh... |
| Mar 15, 2023 | AIR BAGS | I was in an accident and the airbags did not inflate. I was going 30-35 MPH, there was a patch of ic... |
| Nov 18, 2022 | AIR BAGS,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | At 200k miles I got an air bag light on my guage cluster. The blinking code corresponded to a bad co... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | AIR BAGS | The contact owned a 2005 Ford Ranger. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH during rain weather co... |
| Oct 16, 2020 | AIR BAGS | TAKATA AIRBAG RECALL REPLACEMENT PARTS ARE STILL BACKORDERED FOR MY 2005 FORD RANGER WHEN IT WAS TAK... |
| Feb 14, 2019 | AIR BAGS | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER:... |
| Jan 31, 2019 | AIR BAGS | RECALL ON AIRBAGS, RECEIVED REGISTERED LETTER FORM FORD STATING THAT AIR BAG PARTS WERE AVAILABLE. M... |
| Jan 30, 2019 | AIR BAGS | 2005 FORD RANGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO FAULTY AIRBAGS AND INJURY WHEN AIRBAG WAS DEPLOYED. ... |
| Jan 1, 2019 | AIR BAGS | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA C... |
| Dec 21, 2018 | AIR BAGS | TAKATA RECAL. FORD DEALER IS REFUSING TO DO THE WORK TO REPLACE THE AIRBAG. FORD IS BEING NOTIFIE... |
| Aug 10, 2018 | AIR BAGS | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA C... |
| Aug 4, 2018 | AIR BAGS | I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM FORD FOR SAFETY RECALL NOTICE 17S42/NHTSA RECALL 17V787 &17V788 FOR MY 2005... |
| Jul 23, 2018 | AIR BAGS | THE PASSENGER SIDE MODULE - AIR BAG WAS REPLACED TWICE FIRST 3/17/ 2017 AND 8/23/2018 AND THE 2ND TI... |
| Jun 29, 2018 | AIR BAGS | TL* TAKATA RECALL. THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 FORD RANGER. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA C... |
| Jun 4, 2018 | AIR BAGS | 2005 FORD RANGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PARTS NOT BEING AVAILABLE FOR AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL R... |
| Jun 1, 2018 | AIR BAGS | 2005 FORD RANGER. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THE... |
| May 9, 2018 | AIR BAGS | TAKATA RECALL - STARTED RECEIVING RECALL NOTICES IN FEB 2016- JAN 2018 (SEE ATTACHED ) AFTER NUMERO... |