Based on car owner complaints, the most common issues with the 2002 Ford Ranger fall into the category of VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. Below we had classified the complaints into groups by components affected.
We have singled out the top-3 most critical reports that involved victims or injuries.
The airbags failed to deploy in a head on collision traveling 50 mph
My son was driving his ford ranger xl 2002 when due to a pedestrian, the car in front of him slammed on their brakes causing my son to rear end them....
While driving between 40 and 45 mph vehicle hit a patch of black ice, and driver lost directional control of truck. front end crashed into a wall...