AutoUtility currently tracks 264 official NHTSA owner defect complaints for the 2019 Ford Ranger. Powertrain & Transmission issues are the most frequently reported category, appearing in 90 complaints (34.1% of submitted records). Among these NHTSA complaint records, 13 filings cite a crash, 2 cite a fire, 4 report one or more injuries.

Key Problem Findings
  • • Total NHTSA Complaints: 264 reports
  • • #1 Reported Problem Area: Powertrain & Transmission (90 reports • 34.1% of submitted complaints)
  • • Secondary Problem Areas: Electrical System (40), Engine & Cooling (28)
  • • Crash-Citing Complaints: 13 filings
  • • Fire-Citing Complaints: 2 filings
  • • Complaints Reporting Injuries / Fatalities: 4 injury filings • 0 fatality filings
Reporting Methodology: Statistics describe unverified consumer submissions voluntarily filed with NHTSA. Complaint volume is not normalized for vehicle sales volume or miles driven. Multiple components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission.
Total Complaints
264
Submitted to NHTSA ODI
Crash-Citing Complaints
13
Filings citing a collision
Fire-Citing Complaints
2
Filings citing smoke or fire
Complaints Reporting Injuries
4
Filings citing one or more injuries
Complaints Reporting Fatalities
0
Consumer filings citing fatalities

Most Reported Problems for 2019 Ford Ranger

Top automotive subsystem defect categories ranked by unique owner complaint volume in federal records

#1 Problem Area 34.1% of complaints

Powertrain & Transmission

90 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 3 crash reports 🩹 1 injury report entry
#2 Problem Area 15.2% of complaints

Electrical System

40 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 2 crash reports 🔥 1 fire report
#3 Problem Area 10.6% of complaints

Engine & Cooling

28 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 1 official safety recall campaign for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 1 crash report
#4 Problem Area 9.8% of complaints

Driver Assistance & Safety Tech

26 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
⚠️ 2 crash reports
#5 Problem Area 8.7% of complaints

Visibility, Wipers & Glass

23 owner complaints submitted to NHTSA ODI
⚠️ NHTSA Recall Context

NHTSA records list 2 official safety recall campaigns for this model year involving the same broad component area:

*Component overlap means an official recall exists for the same broad vehicle system. It does not establish that an individual owner complaint was caused by, covered by, or resolved through that recall.
✓ 0 crashes or fires cited
Domain Share Note: Share percentage represents the proportion of unique complaint filings referencing each vehicle system. Because single complaints may cite multiple systems (such as engine and electrical simultaneously), domain percentages represent individual category incidence and may sum to over 100%.

Symptoms Mentioned in NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 Ford Ranger

Specific mechanical, electrical, and driver-assist defect symptoms identified via deterministic narrative analysis

AutoUtility uses deterministic phrase matching to identify recurring symptom descriptions within consumer-submitted NHTSA complaint narratives.

Powertrain & Transmission 3.8% of complaints

Loss of Motive Power While Driving

10 complaint narratives describe this symptom
Symptom Identification Method: A complaint may describe more than one symptom, so percentages may sum to more than 100%. Symptom identification reflects text contained in consumer-submitted complaint records and does not establish a confirmed mechanical diagnosis.

Recent NHTSA Owner Reports for 2019 Ford Ranger

Representative defect filings submitted by owners to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation

Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11756686
Filed: 08/13/2026

"The cooling fan clutch control wire is supported by a "wire support hose" between the engine block and the fan clutch. the cooling fan clutch control freely rotates on a raceway on the drive shaft. The purpose of the support hose is to prevent the fan clutch control from freely rotating, but allows..."

Incident Date: 07/29/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11755076
Filed: 08/05/2026

"Auto transmission is failing to shift when taking off from a stop or hesitating to shift to next year causing traffic behind me to get close to rear bumper."

Incident Date: 08/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Powertrain & Transmission NHTSA ODI ID: #11752783
Filed: 07/25/2026

"1st I reported to Ford that when my truck was in park and off, it started rolling down a hill. I jumped in and stopped it. Ford said they see nothing and everything looks fine. Since then I use the emergency break every time. 2nd, you feel the transmission shifting hard. Jerks truck. Also, if you..."

Incident Date: 07/23/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: POWER TRAIN
Suspension NHTSA ODI ID: #11752638
Filed: 07/24/2026

"Weak steel from connection point of rear leaf springs failed, leaving the springs unconnected at front eye of connection point"

Incident Date: 07/01/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: SUSPENSION
Engine & Cooling NHTSA ODI ID: #11747696
Filed: 07/01/2026

"I was driving the vehicle, when I started to fell a " Shuddering " sensation on acceleration. I let off the gas pedal and the Shuddering went away. A few miles down the road the check engine light came on and was flashing. I immediately pulled and shut the vehicle off. After sitting for 10 minutes..."

Incident Date: 05/23/2026 • Raw NHTSA Component: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE
Consumer Narrative Notice: Excerpts are sanitized text descriptions submitted by vehicle owners to the federal ODI database. They reflect the reporting consumer's observations at the time of filing and have not been independently confirmed by vehicle manufacturers or government investigators.

Complaint History for Ford Ranger

Reported defect complaint volume across sibling model years (2019–2026)

Model Year NHTSA Complaints Crash Reports Safety Recalls Detailed Report
2019 Ford Ranger Current Page 264 13 11 Current
2020 Ford Ranger 125 6 7 View 2020 Problems →
2021 Ford Ranger 112 6 6 View 2021 Problems →
2022 Ford Ranger 37 1 5 View 2022 Problems →
2023 Ford Ranger 18 2 4 View 2023 Problems →
2024 Ford Ranger 71 2 13 View 2024 Problems →
2025 Ford Ranger 34 3 13 View 2025 Problems →
2026 Ford Ranger 0 0 6 View 2026 Problems →
Comparative Disclaimer: Complaint totals are unadjusted historical counts and are not normalized for vehicles sold, active fleet size, or total road mileage. Newer model years naturally have had less calendar exposure time to accumulate owner filings.

Detailed NHTSA Component Breakdown for 2019 Ford Ranger

Complete distribution of consumer defect reports across all 70 granular NHTSA system and subsystem classifications

Vehicle Component / System Total Complaints Crash Reports Fire Reports Reported Injury Entries Reported Fatality Entries
Powertrain NHTSA category: POWER TRAIN 74 1 0 1 0
Electrical System NHTSA category: ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 16 0 0 0 0
Suspension NHTSA category: SUSPENSION 16 0 0 0 0
Other / Uncategorized NHTSA category: UNKNOWN OR OTHER 14 1 0 0 0
Service Brakes NHTSA category: SERVICE BRAKES 11 2 0 0 0
Engine NHTSA category: ENGINE 10 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING 10 0 0 0 0
Visibility / Glass NHTSA category: VISIBILITY 10 0 0 0 0
Seats & Restraints NHTSA category: SEATS 6 0 1 2 0
Vehicle Speed Control NHTSA category: VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 6 1 0 0 0
Back Over Prevention / Camera NHTSA category: BACK OVER PREVENTION 5 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 4 0 1 0 0
Seat Belts NHTSA category: SEAT BELTS 4 1 0 0 0
Visibility & Wipers NHTSA category: VISIBILITY/WIPER 4 0 0 0 0
Wheels & Hubs NHTSA category: WHEELS 4 0 0 0 0
Engine & Cooling NHTSA category: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING 3 0 0 0 0
Steering NHTSA category: STEERING 3 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY 3 0 0 0 0
Air Bags NHTSA category: AIR BAGS 2 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 2 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,VISIBILITY 2 0 0 0 0
Fuel & Propulsion System NHTSA category: FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 2 1 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 2 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL 2 0 0 0 0
Structure & Body NHTSA category: STRUCTURE 2 0 0 0 0
Tires NHTSA category: TIRES 2 0 0 0 0
AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 1 0 3 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,AIR BAGS,SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,EXTERIOR LIGHTING,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEATS 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,STRUCTURE,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,LANE DEPARTURE 1 0 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,POWER TRAIN 1 0 0 0 0
ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
EXTERIOR LIGHTING,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
Forward Collision Avoidance NHTSA category: FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,BACK OVER PREVENTION 1 1 0 0 0
LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SEAT BELTS 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,SERVICE BRAKES 1 1 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC),ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
SEATS,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES, AIR 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
STEERING,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,SERVICE BRAKES 1 0 0 0 0
SUSPENSION,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 0 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM 1 1 0 0 0
UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) 1 0 0 0 0
VISIBILITY,VISIBILITY/WIPER 1 0 0 0 0
Data Attribution & Reporting Methodology: Complaints are unverified voluntary submissions to the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI). Because multiple vehicle components can be cited within a single owner complaint submission, component-level rollups may sum to more than the unique complaint count (264). Injury and fatality entries in the detailed table reflect raw values entered by reporting consumers across individual submissions; they are not deduplicated casualty statistics and may include duplicate or unverified entries. Complaint volume is not normalized for sales volume or vehicle mileage and does not represent an audited component failure rate.

Related Official Reports for 2019 Ford Ranger

Cross-reference safety recalls, crash test safety ratings, and EPA fuel economy for this model year

Official US Government Data Provenance

The complaint records on this page are retrieved directly from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) public database.

Local Production Store Compiled: August 2026 • Deterministic Audited Dataset • Zero Dynamic External API Runtime Latency.