Home · 2011 Ford Ranger · Complaints
These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.
4 of 235 complaints match · Speed control · clear filters
WORKING ON FRIENDS PU. 2.3L COMPLAINT STICKY THROTTLE. TURNING THROTTLE BY HAND AT JUNCTURE OF THROTTLE CABLE SHOWS OBVIOUS STICKING. DISCONNECT CABLE, STILL STICKS. CAREFUL OBSERVING REVEALED INTERFERENCE POINT BETWEEN THROTTLE ATTACHMENT AND UNRELATED LIFTING METAL IMMEDIATELY UNDERNEATH. FIX WAS TO IMPACT INTERFERING METAL VIA SOCKET EXTENSION AND HAMMER.
NHTSA ODI 11222543
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD RANGER. WHILE COMING TO A STOP, THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE AND THEN TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING AS DESIGNED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 82,500. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
NHTSA ODI 10683222
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AT THE TIME OF POWER LOSE ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING ABOUT 65 MPG. IT ONLY HAPPENS ON THE HIGHWAY TRAVELING AT HIGHER THAN 50 MPG. IT DOESN'T HAPPEN ON SLOWER DRIVES IN THE CITY. WE BE TRAVELING ON/OR ABOUT 65MPG, THAN ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THEN THE ENGINES FEELS LIKE ITS LOOSES POWER, POWER FALLS LIKE YOUR OUT OF GAS. WE PULL OVER, SHUTOFF THE ENGINE , THEN START IT UP AGAIN. CHECK ENGINE GOES AWAY FOR A WHILE THEN COMES BACK. WE PUT IT ON THE COMPUTER, AND IT BROUGHT UP THE CODE PIN POINTING THE PROBLEM. PART #101104000997 NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I REPLACED IT AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY. HAVE YOU HAD ANY OTHER MUSTANGS THAT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM? OR IS THERE A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? *TR
NHTSA ODI 10619465
WHEN BRAKING VEHICLE ACCELERATES IN FORWARD AND REVERSE. OCTOBER 2011, I WAS SLOWLY BACKING AND UPON APPLYING THE BRAKES VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARD ALMOST HITTING TWO MEN DIRECTING ME. THE NEXT DAY I CARRIED VEHICLE TO AN OPEN FIELD AND TRIED UNSUCCESSFULLY TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I ASSUMED DRIVER ERROR. SEVERAL DAYS LATER WHEN BRAKING GOING FORWARD AT ABOUT 25 MPH THE VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD. OVER THE NEXT YEAR THE DEFECT WAS NOTICED IN VARYING DEGREES. FOUR TIMES WHEN STARTING THE ENGINE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED THE ENGINE RACED. APRIL 2013 WHILE SLOWLY BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE I BRAKED TO AVOID A VEHICLE MOVING BEHIND ME. MY VEHICLE SURGED BACKWARD ALMOST HITTING THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME. LOCAL DEALER CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *TR
NHTSA ODI 10512969
Working with the data? Download all 235 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 10, 2026