NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Ford Ranger Recalls
The 2000 Ford Ranger has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 3, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Ford Ranger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 670
- Crashes reported
- 86
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
12 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Ford Ranger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2000 Ford Ranger
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 07V336000
- Reported
- August 3, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,600,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Ranger, 7 other models
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 00V228001
- Reported
- August 18, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 144,435
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- also 9 other models
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system
- Campaign
- 00V094000
- Reported
- March 28, 2000
- Vehicles affected
- up to 49
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 103, windshield defrosting and defogging
- Same campaign
- only the 2000 Ford Ranger
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 00T005000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01X001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Ranger, 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2003 Ranger, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2005 Ranger, 46 other models
2000 Ford Ranger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 670 owner complaints about the 2000 Ford Ranger, the newest on August 22, 2022. Of these, 86 describe a crash (13%) and 12 a fire; owners reported 84 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Ford Ranger, the component group named most often is the tires (21%), followed by the structure (16%) and the suspension (11%).
2 of the 2000 Ford Ranger's 8 recalls also concern the tires.
Where 2000 Ford Ranger owners gave the mileage (282 complaints), the median was 82,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires139
- Structure105
- Suspension72
- Power Train69
- Air Bags67
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic65
Complaints received, by year
| 1999 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 147 | |
| 2001 | 104 | |
| 2002 | 72 | |
| 2003 | 54 | |
| 2004 | 39 | |
| 2005 | 28 | |
| 2006 | 10 | |
| 2007 | 15 | |
| 2008 | 19 | |
| 2009 | 11 | |
| 2010 | 18 | |
| 2011 | 27 | |
| 2012 | 16 | |
| 2013 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 23 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 11 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2000 Ford Ranger peaked in 2000, when NHTSA received 147. 56% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Ford Ranger drew 5.2× the complaints of the median Ford Ranger year in the same window: 1st highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2000 one of the Ford Ranger years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
The 670 complaints about the 2000 Ford Ranger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Ranger by model year
Other 2000 Ford models
Newest record on this page: August 22, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted