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2020 Ford Ranger

For every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2020 Ranger than about the typical Ranger year. Among the 3 Ranger years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, the 2020 (0.32 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2019 (0.73).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.32 per 1,000

0.8 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 31 complaints filed in the first three years, of 131 ever. 95% lower bound 0.21. Not counted: 1 complaint that reported only that a recall repair was unavailable, not a failure.

Every Ranger model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.40

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20190.7365
20200.3231
20210.4039
20220.2821

Issues owners of the 2020 Ranger report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Power Train 50 complaints

transmission4386%
truck1632%
shifting1632%
hard1122%
shifts1020%

When it breaks

58% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 20,000 miles, from 33 complaints that recorded one).

No clear early or late pattern.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Rearview Camera FMVSS 111 Noncompliance

Questions buyers ask about the 2020 Ford Ranger

Is 2020 a good year or a bad year for the Ranger?

For every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2020 Ranger than about the typical Ranger year. Among the 3 Ranger years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about this one, the 2020 (0.32 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2019 (0.73). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2020 Ranger have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Power Train (50), Engine (16), Unknown Or Other (14). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2020 Ranger reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Ranger years: for every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2020 Ranger than about the typical Ranger year.

Which Ranger year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2020, at 0.32 per 1,000 sold. Every Ranger year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Ranger.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is taken year by year from published US sales figures, each one quoted from a named source.