Other fuel system problem on the 2006 Ford Ranger
1 crash 1 of the 5 reports for this failure mention a crash, a fire, an injury or a death. Those are the owner's words on the complaint form, not a verified finding, and one report can mention more than one.
Only 5 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other fuel system problem gets reported
There are 5 reports of other fuel system problem on the 2006 Ford Ranger, 5 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 90,000 miles. It is the 10th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 43,000 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Of these reports, 1 a crash is mentioned. Owners write their own complaints and the agency does not verify them, so read this as what the reports say happened rather than as a confirmed count.
Putting it right typically runs $300–$2,200 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 13 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2019, at a median of 10,000 miles, and latest on the 1996 at 115,000 miles.
By volume the 2005 carries the most reports, with 26; the 2006 has 5. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
I own a 2006 ranger 3.0 auto. That has 35,300 mi. The fuel delivery inertia switch has kicked out under normal driving conditions twice. First time at 32,172 mi. And had to be towed to a dealer. The technician reset the switch and I had no problems until 35,100 mi. This time I was lucky enough to be in a parking lot, instead of out in moving traffic. When tis happens, the engine, of course, dies immediately. The switch cannot be reset while sitting in the driver's seat. The dealer will not replace as they cannot fail the switch during " their" road test. *tr
I was pulling into sherry's mini mart in doe run, mo when I realized that my truck was not slowing down as expected, even though I had my foot on the brake. I had little time to react as I was bearing down on the building. I put my other foot on the brake but the truck continued to move forward, even spinning the tires trying to overcome the brakes. I jumped the curb and hit the building at a very low speed. At this time I managed to pop it out of gear. I did not go through the wall, but pushed it in about a foot. My airbags did not deploy. Most of the damage was to the wall and the interior of the building. There was little damage to my truck other than a few scratches on the bumper. Luckily no one was walking in front of me or near the inside of the building. This was the only time this has occurred in the 50,000 miles that I have owned this truck and it has not happened in the days following. I took my truck to my ford dealer the next morning and they claim they could find nothing wrong. They could find no fault codes in the computer and confirmed that there was no damage other than the scratches on the bumper. They did imply…
Approximately eight months ago my vehicle stalled and would not restart. It was towed to a dealer and approximately $300 later I was told that the inertia switch had failed and had been replaced. Two days ago the same symptoms appeared and the vehicle was towed to the dealer again. I did some internet searching and found info and a youtube video that explained where to find the switch and how to reset it. Went to the dealer and attempted the reset in their parking lot before they completed any costly repairs. Vehicle started and has worked fine since. Possibility of stalling in traffic is a concern but I'll take my chances!! Noteworthy that a close friend who owns an older model mazda pickup recently had the exact same problem with the inertia switch replaced. *tr
Also reported on the 2006 Ford Ranger
Airbag inflator rupture
Other body or interior problem
Fuel pump failure
Other suspension problem
Misfire or rough idle
Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 5 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 5 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other fuel system problem happen on the 2006 Ford Ranger?
Across 5 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 45,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other fuel system problem on the 2006 Ford Ranger?
5 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.0 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed