Recall Register

1983 Ford Ranger: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 5 recall campaigns for the 1983 Ford Ranger. The newest campaign is 84V112000. NHTSA received the report on 25 Sep 1984. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings. NHTSA has 11 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of the newest campaign, 84V112000, in the NHTSA record

The existing fuel hose will be replaced and two new hose clamps will be installed.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

5 campaigns, newest first. 957,286 units in total.

  • 84V112000Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings
  • 84V111000Latches/Locks/Linkages / Hood / Latch
  • 84V082000Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly / Filler Pipe and Cap
  • 83V032000Suspension / Front / Springs / Coil Springs
  • 82V033000Engine and Engine Cooling / Exhaust System / Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe

  1. 84V112000Received . 192,742 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    The flexible hose connecting the fuel pump to the carburetor fuel line may separate from the fuel pump.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The existing fuel hose will be replaced and two new hose clamps will be installed.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  2. 84V111000Received . 460,918 units.

    Latches/Locks/Linkages / Hood / Latch

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Secondary hood latch components may have been improperly positioned during assembly. If the hood is not closed tightly, or is inadvertently released, the secondary latch may not work and the hood may fly up without prior warning.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The hood assembly will be inspected and the hood and latch components will be adjusted, if necessary, without charge to the owner.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 84V082000Received . 302,500 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Storage / Tank Assembly / Filler Pipe and Cap

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    If truck is struck from the side, the cap on the fuel tank could become unsealed, allowing unsafe leakage of fuel. This is a failure to comply with the requirements of federal motor vehicle safety standard 301, "fuel system integrity". Leakage can be caused by an orange-colored plastic diesel fuel information ring which is found around the fuel tank neck, or by the tether.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Upon inspection, fuel cap tethers will be replaced or diesel fuel information rings will be removed.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  4. 83V032000Received . 1,102 units.

    Suspension / Front / Springs / Coil Springs

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Some of the involved vehicles may have been built with improperly heat treated front suspension lower spring seat attaching studs. These studs could fracture during vehicle operation, allowing the lower spring seat to move and possibly slide off the axle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The dealer will replace the lower spring seat studs on both the left and right sides of the vehicle at no charge to owners.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  5. 82V033000Received . 24 units.

    Engine and Engine Cooling / Exhaust System / Manifold/Header/Muffler/Tail Pipe

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On the involved vehicles, the muffler grass shields were inadvertently omitted during manufacture. Without the grass shield, and during certain operating conditions, the muffler surface temperatures could become hot enough to exceed specified standards and create the potential for igniting tall grasses if they were present beneath a standing vehicle.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealer will install grass shields on all affected vehicles at no cost to owner.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

11 complaints, 13 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.

1983 Ford Ranger: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Electrical System5
Fuel System, Gasoline1
Visibility1
Seat Belts1
Service Brakes, Hydraulic1
Structure1
Equipment1
Power Train1
Engine and Engine Cooling1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
2
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
5 Apr 2004

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1983 Ford Ranger, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1996, with 3 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19780
  2. 19790
  3. 19835
  4. 19846
  5. 19851
  6. 19864
  7. 19874
  8. 19881
  9. 19891
  10. 19903
  11. 19912
  12. 19922
  13. 19933
  14. 19944
  15. 19951
  16. 19962
  17. 19971
  18. 19985
  19. 19994
  20. 20003
  21. 20014
  22. 20023
  23. 20031
  24. 200410
  25. 20059
  26. 200612
  27. 20075
  28. 20085
  29. 20097
  30. 20108
  31. 20115
  32. 20140
  33. 20160
  34. 20170
  35. 201911
  36. 20207
  37. 20216
  38. 20225
  39. 20234
  40. 202413
  41. 202513
  42. 20268

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1983 Ford Ranger: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/ranger/1983/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1983 Ford Ranger?
957,286 units in 5 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Ranger have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 102 recall campaigns for the Ford Ranger, model years 1978 to 2026. 5 of them name the 1983 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1983 Ford Ranger name most often?
Electrical System: 5 of 13 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1983 Ford Ranger open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.