The manufacturer filed it. Here it is, by model.
Ford Ranger: deaths and injuries the manufacturer reported to NHTSA
Ford reported 37 incidents alleging a death or injury in a Ford Ranger, model years 2019–2025, in its quarterly Early Warning reports to NHTSA (49 CFR 579.21), through 2026 Q1. Each is a claim the manufacturer received, not a finding; NHTSA does not verify them.
By model year
Source: manufacturer EWR death and injury reports and production reports| Model year | Incidents | Killed | Injured | Built | Per 100,000 built |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 116,231 | 9.5 |
| 2020 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 88,616 | 9.0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 93,060 | 7.5 |
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 51,871 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 32,726 | 12 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 68,171 | 5.9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 71,642 | 1.4 |
The model year is the one the manufacturer named in the report. A model year with its own page links to it. “Built” is the manufacturer’s cumulative production for the model year from its latest Early Warning production report; the rate is incidents per 100,000 of them.
By the system the claimant named
Source: as the manufacturer reported it| System named | Incidents | Killed |
|---|---|---|
| Other | 9 | 0 |
| Air Bags | 6 | 1 |
| Visibility | 5 | 0 |
| No System/Component Specified | 4 | 1 |
| Power Train | 4 | 0 |
| Seat Belts | 3 | 1 |
| Service Brake System | 3 | 0 |
| ESC | 2 | 0 |
| Fuel System | 2 | 0 |
| Engine and Cooling System | 2 | 0 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 2 | 1 |
| Electrical System | 2 | 0 |
| Fire | 2 | 0 |
| Backover Prevention | 1 | 0 |
| Latch | 1 | 0 |
| Structure | 1 | 0 |
| Wheels | 1 | 0 |
| Seats | 1 | 0 |
| Forward Collision | 1 | 0 |
An incident naming several systems is counted under each. “Fire” and “Other” are categories in the rule, not systems.
Every one of these, dated and numbered
The defect dossier for the Ford Ranger puts each report beside the recalls, investigations, bulletins and owner complaints on the same system, as a PDF and two CSVs: the Ford Ranger, one system, every model year, numbered as exhibits.
The incidents
Source: VIN shown as NHTSA publishes it: the first eleven characters| Incident | Model year | State | Killed | Injured | Systems named | Reported |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-02 | 2024 | OR | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-09-26 | 2024 | IN | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q4 |
| 2025-09-18 | 2023 | GA | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-07-31 | 2025 | MA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2025 Q3 |
| 2025-05-12 | 2024 | VA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-05-07 | 2023 | WV | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-04-14 | 2022 | PA | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-04-11 | 2023 | MN | 0 | 1 | ESC · Fuel System · Engine and Cooling System | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-04-02 | 2021 | CA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2025 Q2 |
| 2025-03-28 | 2023 | CO | 0 | 1 | Other | 2025 Q1 |
| 2025-01-07 | 2024 | PA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2025 Q1 |
| 2024-07-05 | 2021 | GA | 0 | 1 | Air Bags | 2024 Q3 |
| 2023-10-26 | 2019 | GA | 0 | 1 | No System/Component Specified | 2023 Q4 |
| not reported | 2019 | PA | 1 | 0 | Seat Belts · Air Bags | 2023 Q3 |
| 2023-06-29 | 2020 | MO | 0 | 1 | Other | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-06-23 | 2021 | UT | 0 | 1 | Other | 2023 Q2 |
| 2023-03-03 | 2021 | PA | 0 | 1 | Backover Prevention · No System/Component Specified | 2024 Q3 |
| 2022-09-22 | 2021 | UT | 0 | 1 | Latch · Structure · Other | 2022 Q3 |
| 2022-09-08 | 2022 | CA | 0 | 1 | Vehicle Speed Control · Service Brake System | 2022 Q4 |
| 2022-04-21 | 2020 | TX | 0 | 1 | Fuel System | 2022 Q2 |
| 2022-02-09 | 2019 | OH | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2022 Q2 |
| 2022-02-04 | 2021 | NJ | 0 | 1 | ESC · Electrical System · Power Train · Engine and Cooling System | 2022 Q2 |
| 2021-12-10 | 2020 | NC | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2021 Q4 |
| 2021-10-23 | 2021 | TN | 0 | 1 | Seat Belts | 2022 Q2 |
| 2021-08-23 | 2019 | PA | 0 | 1 | Service Brake System | 2021 Q3 |
| 2021-06-23 | 2020 | FL | 0 | 1 | Fire · Electrical System | 2021 Q3 |
| 2021-03-23 | 2019 | IN | 0 | 1 | Fire · Seats · Other | 2021 Q1 |
| 2021-03-22 | 2020 | TX | 0 | 2 | Seat Belts · Air Bags | 2023 Q2 |
| 2021-01-25 | 2019 | MI | 0 | 1 | Wheels | 2021 Q1 |
| 2020-10-29 | 2019 | WA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2020 Q4 |
| 2020-09-19 | 2020 | MD | 0 | 1 | Other | 2020 Q3 |
| not reported | 2019 | ID | 0 | 2 | No System/Component Specified | 2020 Q3 |
| 2020-07-19 | 2020 | IN | 0 | 1 | Power Train | 2020 Q3 |
| 2020-02-20 | 2019 | TN | 1 | 0 | Vehicle Speed Control | 2021 Q1 |
| 2020-01-31 | 2020 | CA | 1 | 0 | No System/Component Specified | 2020 Q3 |
| 2019-10-31 | 2019 | KY | 0 | 1 | Forward Collision · Power Train | 2020 Q1 |
| 2019-06-26 | 2019 | WA | 0 | 1 | Visibility | 2019 Q2 |
Each row above is a claim or notice Ford received alleging a death or injury in a Ford Ranger and reported to NHTSA as 49 CFR 579.21 requires; NHTSA does not verify it, and a Ranger that sold more will have more rows. All Ford models · What these reports are, and are not.