2011 Ford Ranger

small pickup / Extended cab pickup

2011 Ford Ranger Extended cab pickup
2010 Ford Ranger Extended cab pickup shown

Crashworthiness

Rating overview
Moderate overlap front: original test
Side: original test
Roof strength
Head restraints & seats

Key

  • G
    Good
  • A
    Acceptable
  • M
    Marginal
  • P
    Poor
  • Superior
  • Advanced
  • Basic

Some ratings use a scale of Poor to Good. Others range from Basic to Superior.

Moderate overlap front: original test

Rating applies to 1999-2011 models

Tested vehicle: 2005 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab 4x2

The Ford Ranger and Mazda B Series were redesigned for the 1998 model year. Extended cab models with four doors were introduced in the 1999 model year. The Mazda B Series was discontinued after the 2009 model year.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Chest
Leg/foot, left
Leg/foot, right
Driver restraints and dummy kinematics
Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled. After the dummy moved forward into the airbag, it rebounded into the seat without its head coming close to any stiff structure that could cause injury. However, there was too much forward tipping of the driver seat and too much upward movement of the steering wheel.

Action shot taken during the frontal offset crash test.

The dummy's position in relation to the steering wheel and instrument panel after the crash test indicates that the driver's survival space was maintained reasonably well, but steering wheel movement and seat tipping were both excessive.

Dummy movement was reasonably well controlled, despite the excessive tipping of the seat. During rebound, the dummy's head hit the head restraint.

Forces on both lower legs were high enough to indicate the possibility of injuries.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CEF0507
Footwell intrusion
Footrest (cm) 19
Left (cm) 19
Center (cm) 14
Right (cm) 14
Brake pedal (cm) 14
Instrument panel rearward movement
Left (cm) 8
Right (cm) 7
Steering column movement
Upward (cm) 13
Rearward (cm) 3
A-pillar rearward movement (cm) 9

Driver injury measures

Test ID CEF0507
Head
HIC-15 339
Peak gs at hard contact no contact
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.1
Extension bending moment (Nm) 36
Maximum Nij 0.33
Chest maximum compression (mm) 31
Legs
Femur force - left (kN) 1.6
Femur force - right (kN) 4.1
Knee displacement - left (mm) 0
Knee displacement - right (mm) 0
Maximum tibia index - left 0.38
Maximum tibia index - right 0.68
Tibia axial force - left (kN) 4.2
Tibia axial force - right (kN) 6.2
Foot acceleration (g)
Left 102
Right 92

About the original moderate overlap front test

Side: original test

Rating applies to 2010-11 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab 2wd with standard front seat-mounted combination head and torso airbags

The Ford Ranger extended cab models with four doors were introduced in the 1999 model year. Beginning with 2010 models, side airbags for the driver and front passenger became standard (no side airbags were available previously in any Ranger model) and the front door trim was modifed to improve occupant protection in side impact crashes. Structure ratings are based on this test and on an earlier test of a 2008 Ranger model without side airbags. NOTE: the ratings are based only on the driver, and the side-facing rear jump seats weren’t tested because they are not recommended for safe transport.

Overall evaluation
Structure and safety cage
Driver injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Driver head protection
Rear passenger injury measures
Head/neck
Torso
Pelvis/leg
Rear passenger head protection

View of the vehicle and barrier just after the crash test.

View of the vehicle after the crash with the driver door removed, showing the side airbag and damage to the occupant compartment.

The dummy's head was protected from being hit by any hard structures, including the intruding barrier, by a side airbag that deployed from the seat.

The side airbag provides protection for both the head and chest, as seen in this postcrash photo after the dummy was removed from the truck.

Technical measurements for this test

Measures of occupant compartment intrusion on driver side

Test ID CES0820 CES0929
B-pillar to longitudinal centerline of driver's seat (cm) -11.0 -12.5
Negative numbers indicate the amount by which the crush stopped short of the seat centerline.

Driver injury measures

Test ID CES0929
Head HIC-15 222
Neck
Tension (kN) 1.6
Compression (kN) 0.1
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm) 42
Lateral force (kN) 1.3
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm) 47
Average deflection (mm) 41
Maximum deflection rate (m/s) 3.95
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s) 0.97
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN) 2.4
Acetabulum force (kN) 3.1
Combined force (kN) 5.5
Left femur
L-M force (kN) 0.8
L-M moment (Nm) 85
A-P moment (Nm) -23

Passenger injury measures

Test ID CES0929
Head HIC-15
Neck
Tension (kN)
Compression (kN)
Shoulder
Lateral deflection (mm)
Lateral force (kN)
Torso
Maximum deflection (mm)
Average deflection (mm)
Maximum deflection rate (m/s)
Maximum viscous criterion (m/s)
Pelvis
Iliac force (kN)
Acetabulum force (kN)
Combined force (kN)
Left femur
L-M force (kN)
L-M moment (Nm)
A-P moment (Nm)

About the original side crash test

Roof strength

Rating applies to 1999-2011 models

Tested vehicle: 2010 Ford Ranger XLT SuperCab 2wd

Overall evaluation
Curb weight 3,681 lbs
Peak force 12,219 lbs
Strength-to-weight ratio 3.32

About the roof strength test

Head restraints & seats

Seat type: Manual seats

Overall evaluation
Dynamic rating
Seat/head restraint geometry
Technical measurements for this test
Seat type Manual seats
Geometry
Backset (mm) 24
Distance below top of head (mm) 28
Seat design parameters
Pass/fail Pass
Max T1 acceleration (g) 11.2
Head contact time (ms) 65
Force rating 1
Neck forces
Max neck shear force (N) 92
Max neck tension (N) 550

About the head restraint & seat test
Currently, IIHS tests apply only to front seats.