NHTSA Complaint #11204948 — 2004 FORD RANGER

I PURCHASED THIS 2004 FORD RANGER THIS PAST WINTER IN HOPES TO PULL MY BOAT TO THE LAKE WITH IT. YESTERDAY. I PULLED MY SMALL BASS BOAT TO LAKE CHICKAMAUGA AND BACK WHICH IS ABOUT A 40 MINUTE DRIVE. IT WAS A STRAIGHT DRIVE ON A HIGHWAY ONLY GOING 50 MPH. WHEN I GOT BACK MY HITCH, BUMPER AND ALL WAS HANGING. THE FRAME IS SO RUSTED IT BROKE IN HALF. HAD I NOT INSTALLED AN AFTER MARKET HITCH ON THIS TRUCK MY WHOLE BUMPER WOULD HAVE COME OFF ALONG WITH THE BOAT THAT WAS ATTACHED AND PROBABLY WOULD HAVE KILLED WHOEVER WAS BEHIND ME OT NOT MYSELF. I CANT IMAGINE WHAT WOUOD HAVE HAPPENED OF I WAS ON THE INTERSTATE AT HIGHER SPEEDS.THE ONLY THING HOLDING IT ALL TOGETHER WAS THE FRONT BOLT ON THE HITCH WHEN I GOT HOME. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNSAFE AND I KNOW THERE ARE MANY OTHERS THAT HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME VEHICHLES FRAME THAT HAVE NOT TAKEN THE TIME OIT OF THEIR BUSY SCHEDULE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT.