Seems the assembly people at Ford were trying to cut costs. I had the metal tubing of the power steering corrode and begin leaking after about 6 yrs. During repairs, I found no flap guard attached to the inner fenderwell to stop road splash from getting into the engine compartment. The holes were in the fenderwell for the flap guard attachment, but none was installed. The local Ford dealer was happy to sell me one for the driver side location.

Was my situation a fluke? Well, my brothers newer Ranger, by 5 yrs, also had the missing splash shield.

Hmmm, maybe they were an option I never thought to add.

 

those flap gaurds apparently fall off pretty easily.. my ranger had them. but im missing the drivers side now.. so they probably just fell off...

 

My brother's Ranger was only about 2-3 months old when I repaired my Ranger. So, I'm not sure his fell off.

 

If it is on the drive side the quit putting the longer splash guard on a long time ago to keep hood temps down.

 

haha well that would explain alot

 

yep i had to buy one for my 05. you would think that ford would put them on the rangers that will be sold in the northern states...

 

Do they make one for the DS or do you have to flip the PS one?

 

I bought the passenger side one and flipped the pins around. I heard the drivers side ones where smaller in the later years, when they did still have them.

 

2/3 of mine seems to be missing on the drivers side. Doesn't look like the other part just teared offeither. Passenger side is one solid chunk though