A Pillar grab handle on new Ranger

[P. A. Schilke]

I don't miss a LH grab handle. The interior A pillar has enough mass for me to grab in order to stand on the door sill when cleaning the windshield.

Hi Doug,

That is what the steering wheel rim if for...grab handle, It then just happens to be available to guide to the vehicle down the road....

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

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[jblc]

Pull on that column cover with you body weight, it'll come right off. The curtain airbag is installed behind there ...

Hmmm. I didn't see those airbags in any documentation (eg owner's manual), or any IIHS test video. Airbags seems to come from the roof, seat sides, and front...but not the A-pillar.
Eg youtube.com/watch?v=vcCwWNheEwg

Does anyone know if there is there a known list of airbag locations?
If there is one in the pillar, i wonder why it isn't deploying in any videos...

 

[grizzly]

I wouldn't have purchased my truck if it had that handle.

Steering wheel works fine if needed.

 

[Tim Stromberg]

Hmmm. I didn't see those airbags in any documentation (eg owner's manual), or any IIHS test video. Airbags seems to come from the roof, seat sides, and front...but not the A-pillar.
Eg youtube.com/watch?v=vcCwWNheEwg

Does anyone know if there is there a known list of airbag locations?
If there is one in the pillar, i wonder why it isn't deploying in any videos...

Take a peak

 

[ryyck]

I miss my handle...I think Ford did too!

 

[BHunted]

Just grab the steering wheel.

 

[ryyck]

Just grab the steering wheel.

Yup...that's what I use now. I think Ford has to own up to a bit of short sightedness. The wife always grabs her hand hold as a passenger. She has a hard time if she drives. We're pushing 70...but, I do ,like that Tremor!

 

[VAMike]

Yup...that's what I use now. I think Ford has to own up to a bit of short sightedness.

It was deliberate, not an accident. We don't know what the reasons were but they certainly had some.

 

[ryyck]

It was deliberate, not an accident. We don't know what the reasons were but they certainly had some.

I'm sure Ford had a choice...save 20 bucks,

 

[Msfitoy]

Hi Doug,

That is what the steering wheel rim if for...grab handle, It then just happens to be available to guide to the vehicle down the road....

Best,
Phil Schilke
Ranger Vehicle Engineering
Ford Motor Co. Retired

That's what I keep telling the Mack engineers...but they still insist on putting a large floor mounted grab handle even though 9 out of 10 drivers grab the wheel instead...I know...driving class 8 semis was my first (brief) vocation 35 years ago...

 

[Dr. Zaius]

Nissan removed the driver side handle on the 2017 and up Frontier that had been basically unchanged since 2004.

They had to remove it due to an airbag redesign.

My 2011 Frontier had the handle, my 2018 didn't.

 

[AzScorpion]

Maybe they'll add one to the end of the dash like on the new Bronco? Seeing as they share the same platform and made in the same plant I'd bet the next Gen Ranger has these.

 

[ryyck]

Nissan removed the driver side handle on the 2017 and up Frontier that had been basically unchanged since 2004.

They had to remove it due to an airbag redesign.

My 2011 Frontier had the handle, my 2018 didn't.

Well...I suppose, I won't need the airbag either - if I can't get into the truck. LOL... It's just nice to not have to crawl upward and sideways to get in. Steering wheel works...it's the old adage - just make it work.

 

[ryyck]

Maybe they'll add one to the end of the dash like on the new Bronco? Seeing as they share the same platform and made in the same plant I'd bet the next Gen Ranger has these.

WOW...now, that is nice. Somebody must be older then 25...

 

[FoD]

Maybe they'll add one to the end of the dash like on the new Bronco? Seeing as they share the same platform and made in the same plant I'd bet the next Gen Ranger has these.

No, that's the left handle of the twin handle .50 cal parking assist and 'slow driver/fast lane' fixer. You can see where the right one will be...ought to be something by 2024 when they get fully autonomous driving ...

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