NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Ford Ranger Recalls
The 2020 Ford Ranger has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 10, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Ford Ranger. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 130
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Ford Ranger, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2020 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 2019 Ranger, 8 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 2019 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 2019 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 2019 Ranger
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 21V765000
- Reported
- September 30, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 37,625
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Ford Ranger
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 20V575000
- Reported
- September 23, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 620,246
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 11 other models
Power train: automatic transmission: gear position indication (prndl)
- Campaign
- 20V197000
- Reported
- April 3, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 55,158
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2020 Ford Ranger complaints by year
NHTSA has received 130 owner complaints about the 2020 Ford Ranger, the newest on October 12, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (5%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Ford Ranger, the component group named most often is the power train (38%), followed by the engine (12%) and the electrical system (8%).
1 of the 2020 Ford Ranger's 7 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2020 Ford Ranger owners gave the mileage (33 complaints), the median was 20,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train49
- Engine16
- Unknown Or Other14
- Electrical System11
- Service Brakes9
- Forward Collision Avoidance7
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 14 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 26 | |
| 2025 | 32 | |
| 2026 | 24 |
Complaints about the 2020 Ford Ranger peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 32. 37% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Ford Ranger drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Ford Ranger year in the same window: 8th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 130 complaints about the 2020 Ford Ranger are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Ranger by model year
Other 2020 Ford models
Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted