NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Ford Ranger Recalls
The 2019 Ford Ranger has 11 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 Ford Ranger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 11
- Owner complaints
- 270
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 Ford Ranger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
11 recalls on the 2019 Ford Ranger
Equipment: electrical: engine block heater
- Campaign
- 25V685000
- Reported
- October 10, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 59,006
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Ranger, 8 other models
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 25V572000
- Reported
- September 3, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,456,417
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 12 other models
Back over prevention: software
- Campaign
- 25V442000
- Reported
- June 27, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 200,237
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Ranger, 19 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 23V379000
- Reported
- May 26, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 29,607
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Ranger, 1 other model
Seat belts: front: webbing
- Campaign
- 21V811000
- Reported
- October 15, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 47,683
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Ranger
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system: fan/motor
- Campaign
- 20V137000
- Reported
- March 9, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,384
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Ford Ranger
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 19V839000
- Reported
- November 21, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 72,718
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Ford Ranger
Visibility: defroster/defogger/hvac system: fan/motor
- Campaign
- 19V726000
- Reported
- October 10, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 17,965
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Ford Ranger
Seat belts
- Campaign
- 19V518000
- Reported
- July 10, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,579
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Ford Ranger
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: floor shift
- Campaign
- 19V366000
- Reported
- May 13, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,534
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Ford Ranger
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 19V071000
- Reported
- February 1, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,992
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 114, theft protection and rollaway prevention
- Same campaign
- only the 2019 Ford Ranger
2019 Ford Ranger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 270 owner complaints about the 2019 Ford Ranger, the newest on October 12, 2026. Of these, 13 describe a crash (5%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Ford Ranger, the component group named most often is the power train (34%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the engine (10%).
2 of the 2019 Ford Ranger's 11 recalls also concern the power train.
Where 2019 Ford Ranger owners gave the mileage (99 complaints), the median was 19,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train92
- Electrical System41
- Unknown Or Other34
- Engine27
- Service Brakes19
- Suspension19
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 32 | |
| 2021 | 18 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 44 | |
| 2024 | 42 | |
| 2025 | 58 | |
| 2026 | 36 |
Complaints about the 2019 Ford Ranger peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 58. 33% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Ford Ranger drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Ford Ranger year in the same window: 6th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 270 complaints about the 2019 Ford Ranger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Ranger by model year
Other 2019 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted