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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
1FTYR14U01P••••••2001 Ford RANGER
This build draws 1.9× more complaints than the average 2001 Ford RANGER build (5 vs 3).
5on this build
408on the model
154builds in total
Most reportedFuel System 2Gasoline 1Engine And Engine Cooling 1Vehicle Speed Control 1
What owners of this build wrote
SuspensionMar 2022
The frame has rusted so bad it has completely separated from the body. The Ranger frame rusting is a known problem but it has not been recalled like the Toyota Takoma has been
Fuel SystemAug 2010
Corroded supply and/or return gasoline line leaking gasoline in large volumes, resulting in danger of fire and/or explosion. Vehicle towed to repair center, awaiting a new line to be transferred from one dealer to another because the ford warehouse has zero lines in stock
Engine And Engine CoolingOct 2007
Failure of the camshaft positioning sensor gear. The gear stripped on the camshaft and caused the oil pump to shut down causing the main and rod bearings to seize up
Vehicle Speed ControlAug 2007
The contact owns a 2001 ford ranger. The contact received a safety recall notice in august of 2007, for the vehicle speed control. Since that time, she has been informed every month that the parts for the repair would be available the following month. In january of 2008, the…
Fuel SystemDec 2000
Fuel guage not reading properly, reading empty, it take 12 gals. To fill the 19.5 gal tank, also moving off full after 20 - 30 miles after fill up, dealer says this is normal, please advise
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FTYR14U01PA98502 · decoded Sep 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.