2002 FORD F-150 Problems & Recalls

Front seatbelts on 2002 Ford F-150 become unlatched unexpectedly while driving. This has been noticed over the last two or three years occasionally, but has been getting worse. Seat belt has become unlatched about 5-6 times during a 600 mile road trip. Seat belt was confirmed by two passengers that ...

Just learned of recall.

DRIVING DOWN [XXX] THE STRAPS ON MY GAS TANK BROKE BECAUSE THEY RUSTED THRU CAUSING GAS TANK TO DROP AND SPILL FUEL ALL OVER [XXX] IN IOWA CAUSING SO MUCH FUEL SPILLED OUT THEY HAD TO CLOSE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC....THE FIRE DEPT CHIEF OF WHITING, IOWA, STEVEN SNYDER, Can verify what happened....THERE ...

DRIVING DOWN [XXX] THE STRAPS ON MY GAS TANK BROKE BECAUSE THEY RUSTED THRU CAUSING GAS TANK TO DROP AND SPILL FUEL ALL OVER [XXX] IN IOWA CAUSING SO MUCH FUEL SPILLED OUT THEY HAD TO CLOSE ONE LANE OF TRAFFIC....THE FIRE DEPT CHIEF OF WHITING, IOWA, STEVEN SNYDER, Can verify what happened....THERE ...

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made a loud sound. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed and determined that cylinder #3 spark plug had blown out, but no repair was r...

Mileage: 108,000

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated while at a tire shop to have the tires rotated, the mechanic was unable to remove the tires due to the lug nuts being swollen. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and suggested to the contact to call the NHTSA Hotline to report the fa...

Mileage: 100,000

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the rear driver's side and rear passenger's side doors failed to open from inside or outside the vehicle. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure, but no assistance was...

Mileage: 70,000

Systems failed. Recalls incomplete

Systems failed. Recalls incomplete

Systems failed. Recalls incomplete

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH and attempting to pass a slower vehicle, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The contact stated that while depressing the accelerator pedal, the pedal suddenly extended to the floorboard causi...

Mileage: 94,000

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that she observed smoke emanating from under the vehicle near the engine compartment. The contact stated that she opened the hood and flames erupted from the engine compartment near the battery. The contact threw dirt on the engine to extinguish...

Mileage: 200,000

The contact owned a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while his wife was driving at 50 MPH, she crashed into a tree. The air bags failed to deploy upon impact. The contact's wife was taken to the hospital where she was treated for a concussion, multiple hematomas to her right thigh, right abd...

Mileage: 280,000

Speed control deactivation switch

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated while opening the driver’s side rear door, the door failed to unlatch. The contact also attempted to open the passenger’s side rear door; however, the door would not unlatch. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact w...

Mileage: 80,000

Unknown cause of incident. Vehicle is available for inspection. Vehicle spontaneously burst into flames. No reproduction due to incident happening on 09/02/2022. Vehicle inspected by Fire Department and California Highway Patrol. No warnings or symptoms leading up to incident. On 09/02/2022 I attem...

Unknown cause of incident. Vehicle is available for inspection. Vehicle spontaneously burst into flames. No reproduction due to incident happening on 09/02/2022. Vehicle inspected by Fire Department and California Highway Patrol. No warnings or symptoms leading up to incident. On 09/02/2022 I attem...

Unknown cause of incident. Vehicle is available for inspection. Vehicle spontaneously burst into flames. No reproduction due to incident happening on 09/02/2022. Vehicle inspected by Fire Department and California Highway Patrol. No warnings or symptoms leading up to incident. On 09/02/2022 I attem...

I have a 2002 Ford F-150 and The problem is with the transmission my vechile acts like it's going in reverse and when it goes to backup it seems as something is locked I been over the brakes and rear end and yet nothing has came up I even replaced the transmission filter to see if that would help bu...

1. Coils on top of spark plug get moisture in them when there is just the right kind of rain storm. This makes the coil or coils fail until the dry out. This seems to make the coil eventually go bad. Yes, it is available for inspection. 2. Not sure if its a combination of heat and moisture but s...

Left rear passenger door will not open. Door is jammed. This will not allow rear passengers to quickly exit vehicle if pinned in due to crash or fire.

I went to get a state inspection and a code came up Po174

I went to get a state inspection and a code came up Po174

This F 150 has experienced SUA. I have reported it back in June. I have tried to fix the problem but I cannot. I don't know what causes my truck to accelerate full throttle. So, I've come to the conclusion I must move on. Then I realized I really cannot sell the vehicle? Somebody would be killed no ...

SUA sudden unwanted acceleration, at least 4 times. No floor mats. 1st time truck surged back and forth a little then accelerated full throttle. I went to neutral. I kicked gas pedal although gas peddle was not depressed. It stopped. I was shook up but in control. I decided to remove throttle body a...

When it rains the rain is somehow getting into the fuse box under the steering column and causing it to drain the battery, short out some of the instrument cluster, make noise, blow fuses, and rust up. It is a fire hazard and it puts all inside the truck in danger. I have not yet had a fire but if ...

I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN A CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING IN AN EXCESS OF 80+ MILES AND REAR-ENDED MY 2002 FORD F 150. MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK FRAME BROKE FROM RIGHT SIDE AND NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS. I HAD A CONCUSSION, NECK INJURY, KNEES...

Mileage: 300,000

I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN A CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING IN AN EXCESS OF 80+ MILES AND REAR-ENDED MY 2002 FORD F 150. MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK FRAME BROKE FROM RIGHT SIDE AND NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS. I HAD A CONCUSSION, NECK INJURY, KNEES...

Mileage: 300,000

I WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY WHEN A CAR THAT WAS TRAVELING IN AN EXCESS OF 80+ MILES AND REAR-ENDED MY 2002 FORD F 150. MY TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND MY DRIVERS SEAT BACK FRAME BROKE FROM RIGHT SIDE AND NONE OF MY AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. I ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 3 DAYS. I HAD A CONCUSSION, NECK INJURY, KNEES...

Mileage: 300,000

I AM TRYING TO FIND OUT IF THIS TRUCK HAS A RECALL THAT WAS NOT TAKEN CARE OF WITH PREVIOUS OWNER BASED ON REVIEWS.. - THERE APPEARS TO BE IDLE ISSUES.. ENGINE LIGHT INDICATES SENSOR ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 190,000

SPARK PLUG SHOOTS OUT OF MOTOR WHILE DRIVING. HAS BEEN REPORTED ON LOTS OF VEHICLES FOR YEARS.

Mileage: 350,234

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO SHIFT THE VEHICLE OUT OF PARK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY HIS STEP-SON. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CYLINDER VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CALLED SKYLIN...

Mileage: 150,000

WHEN MY TRUCK IS IN IDOL POSITION, THE TRUCK JUMPS AS THOUGH IT IS EITHER TRYING TO SHUT OFF OR TAKE OFF. I ACTUALLY HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE IN A DRIVE THROUGH WHILE SITTING IN IDOL POSITION.

Mileage: 263,773

CERTAIN PICKUP TRUCK, VAN, AND MINI VAN CONVERSIONS EQUIPPED WITH SOUTHERN COMFORT BUILT RUNNING BOARDS THAT CONTAIN CERTAIN COURTESY LIGHTS MANUFACTURED BY AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY COMPONENTS, INC. THESE UNITS CONTAIN A COURTESY LIGHT OR LIGHTS THAT MIGHT OVERHEAT WHEN THE WIRE HARNESS IS EXPOSED TO EXC...

I WAS DRIVING AND THE SPEED WOULD GO UP TO 90 MPH, THE TRUCK WAS NOT GOING THE SPEED IN REALITY. THEN THE RPM'S WOULD GO UP REALLY HIGH, I STOPPED THE TRUCK PUT IT IN PARK AND BACK IN DRIVE TRIED TO DRIVE OFF. THE TRUCK THEN WOULD NOT GO OVER 30 MPH AND THE GAS PEDDLE WAS ALL THE WAY DOWN TRYING TO ...

Mileage: 238,500

THIS IS FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENT TO MY 9/22/2019 CLAIM [XXX]- WHERE I FOUND MYSELF IN A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE RUN AWAY SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY MECHANIC'S FIRST OBSERVATION WHEN TURN IGNITION KEY, THE ENGINE RACED AT FULL THROTTLE OUT OF CONTROL. AFTER...

Mileage: 139,400

THIS IS FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENT TO MY 9/22/2019 CLAIM [XXX]- WHERE I FOUND MYSELF IN A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE RUN AWAY SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY MECHANIC'S FIRST OBSERVATION WHEN TURN IGNITION KEY, THE ENGINE RACED AT FULL THROTTLE OUT OF CONTROL. AFTER...

Mileage: 139,400

THIS IS FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENT TO MY 9/22/2019 CLAIM [XXX]- WHERE I FOUND MYSELF IN A VERY DANGEROUS VEHICLE RUN AWAY SITUATION THAT RESULTED IN A REAR END ACCIDENT WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. MY MECHANIC'S FIRST OBSERVATION WHEN TURN IGNITION KEY, THE ENGINE RACED AT FULL THROTTLE OUT OF CONTROL. AFTER...

Mileage: 139,400

CAR WAS ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 65 MPH. WHEN I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE ACCELERATOR, THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE ON ITS OWN. WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKES I WAS ABLE TO SLOW IT DOWN AND CONTROL THE CAR. WHEN I GOT OFF THE EXIT RAMP AND TRIED TO BRING THE CAR TO A STOP, THE ENGINE WAS RUNNING AT HIGH RPMS A...

Mileage: 139,400

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE CROSS CONTROL WENT INTO A LOCKED POSITION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. WHEN ...

Mileage: 222,112

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE AND THE CROSS CONTROL WENT INTO A LOCKED POSITION. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO BRAKE, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT STOP. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO SLOW DOWN THE VEHICLE. WHEN ...

Mileage: 222,112

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH FOUR TOYO NITTO TERRA GRAPPER TIRES, SIZE: 285/55/20 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 60-65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED BUBBLES IN THE TREAD ON BOTH FRONT TIRES. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 40,000

THE TRUCK SIMPLY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT A MONTH PRIOR TO THIS ACTION, THE TRUCK WOULD SOMETIMES, RANDOMLY, NOT START. AFTER WAITING A PERIOD OF TIME THE TRUCK WOULD START.

Mileage: 150,000

THE TRUCK SIMPLY SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING. FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT A MONTH PRIOR TO THIS ACTION, THE TRUCK WOULD SOMETIMES, RANDOMLY, NOT START. AFTER WAITING A PERIOD OF TIME THE TRUCK WOULD START.

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED BY A DEALER. THE CONTACT KNEW THAT THE FAILURE WAS CAUSED BY A SPARK PLUG. T...

Mileage: 190,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD LIABILITY COVERAGE; THEREFORE, THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE INSU...

Mileage: 204,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AN EXPLOSION OCCURRED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD LIABILITY COVERAGE; THEREFORE, THE FAILURE WAS NOT COVERED BY THE INSU...

Mileage: 204,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. AFTER THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, HE WAS ALERTED BY A PASSERBY THAT THERE WERE FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FLAMES WERE NEAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THE BRAKE SYSTEM. A FIRE INSPECTOR EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. AFTER THE CONTACT TURNED OFF AND EXITED THE VEHICLE, HE WAS ALERTED BY A PASSERBY THAT THERE WERE FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD. THE FLAMES WERE NEAR THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT NEAR THE BRAKE SYSTEM. A FIRE INSPECTOR EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER SR-A TIRES, SIZE: P255/70R16 (NA). UPON INSPECTING THE TIRES, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE TREAD WAS CRACKED ON ALL FOUR TIRES. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S HOUSE, IT CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURING INTO THE BUCKLE TO CLICK, LOCK, AND SECURE THE DRIVER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO MULLINAX FORD OF MOBILE (7311 AIRPORT BLVD, MOBILE, AL 36608, 1-(888) 241-4640) AND AUTONATION FORD MOBILE ...

Mileage: 174,000

STATIONARY CAUGHT FIRE IN STORAGE GARAGE, DAMAGING, EQUIPMENT LAWN MOWERS,MOTORHOME,STRUCTURE.

Mileage: 240,000

PARKING BRAKE DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. CABLES AND ACTUATOR ARE WORKING PROPERLY AND ALSO THE PARKING BRAKE SHOES ARE STILL IN GOOD CONDITION. STILL DOES NOT HOLD TRUCK

Mileage: 202,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED AND THE FUEL TANK DROPPED. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE DRIVEN DUE TO THE FAILURES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) ACCORDING TO THE MANUFACTURER. T...

Mileage: 135,000

WHILE DRIVING (IN MOTION), THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT RANDOMLY DISCONNECTS. THERE IS NO WARNING OR SPECIFIC CONDITION THAT CAUSES THIS TO HAPPEN. OBVIOUSLY THIS CREATES A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION.

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT'S FATHER OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE IN A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. THE DRIVER STRUCK A CURB TO AVOID CRASHING INTO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT. AS A ...

TL* THE CONTACT'S FATHER OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED UNINTENDED ACCELERATION WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE IN A PARKING LOT, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND SPUN OUT OF CONTROL. THE DRIVER STRUCK A CURB TO AVOID CRASHING INTO OTHER VEHICLES IN THE PARKING LOT. AS A ...

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT DOES NOT LOCK AT ANY TIME

Mileage: 283,500

2002 F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ISSUES WITH FRONT TIRES. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THEIR DAD HAD AN ACCIDENT TO DUE POSSIBLE DEFECTIVE TIRES. *TR

WOKE UP AT 1AM ONE 4-1-2018 TO MY FORD F 150 ON FIRE DRIVERS SIDE FRONT UNDER THE HOOD. UNKNOW TO US OUR LOCAL SHERIFF HAD SPOTTED THE FIRE AND ALREADY CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. TOTAL LOSS. BOUGHT THE TRUCK A FEW MONTHS BACK WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE OF A RECALL ON THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH. THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 190,000

THE RECALL IE AN INLINE FUSE ON SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DID NOT WORK IT JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE AND RUINED MY MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE SYSTEM.IT WONT HOLD BRAKE FLUID NOW BECAUSE THE SWITCH MELTED INTO IT.FORD SAYS OH WELL RECALLS BEEN DONE

Mileage: 141,000

THE RECALL IE AN INLINE FUSE ON SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DID NOT WORK IT JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE AND RUINED MY MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE SYSTEM.IT WONT HOLD BRAKE FLUID NOW BECAUSE THE SWITCH MELTED INTO IT.FORD SAYS OH WELL RECALLS BEEN DONE

Mileage: 141,000

THE RECALL IE AN INLINE FUSE ON SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH DID NOT WORK IT JUST CAUGHT ON FIRE AND RUINED MY MASTER CYLINDER AND BRAKE SYSTEM.IT WONT HOLD BRAKE FLUID NOW BECAUSE THE SWITCH MELTED INTO IT.FORD SAYS OH WELL RECALLS BEEN DONE

Mileage: 141,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT UNBUCKLED RANDOMLY. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. THE DEALER (SIMI VALLEY FORD, 2440 1ST ST, SIMI VALLEY, CA 93065) STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ATTACHED TO THE...

Mileage: 180,000

FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLES RANDOMLY UNBUCKLE THEMSELVES. WHEN FASTENED, THE BUCKLES SEEMS SECURE. PULL SEVERE TIMES ON THEM AND THEY DO NOT UNBUCKLE. BUT, WHILE DRIVING, THEY UNBUCKLE THEMSELVES PERIODICALLY. THIS HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME.

Mileage: 215,000

FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED AWAY, AND FUEL TANK STARTING LEAKING AND TANK IS FALLING OUT THIS WEEK., TRUCK HAD BEEN SERVICED AT FORD AND CHECKED FOR RECALLS. CORROSION SEEMS PERVASIVE IN AREA OF FUEL TANK, 4.6L V8 COYOTE SERIES, 2 WD, SHORT BED EXTRA CAB XLT TRIM MILEAGE 197K. TRUCK OTHERWISE IN GO...

Mileage: 196,000

ON 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT RANDOMLY COMES UNBUCKLED.

Mileage: 135,000

FRAME HAS RUSTED TO THE EXTENT THAT THE BED HAS DROPPED AND IS ABOUT TO FALL OFF. WHEN I WAS REPLACING THE FUEL TANK, WHICH HAD RUSTED THROUGH, I DISCOVERED THAT THE ENTIRE FRAME HAS HOLES AND CRACKS FROM RUST.I HAVE NOW BEEN HEARING THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY, BUT NO ANSWER OR RECA...

TWO ISSUES: 1] BOTH REAR DOORS IN THE EXTENDED CAB (SWING COUNTERCLOCKWISE) DOOR LATCHES JAMMED PREVENTING EXITING OR ENTRY. IF EGRESS WAS NEEDED QUICKLY, IT WAS NOT THERE. THE COST TO REPAIR EACH WAS ABOUT $450. (LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING) 2]SPEED CONTROL DOES NOT WORK - FORD SAYS IT IS A MALFUNCTI...

Mileage: 68,000

TWO ISSUES: 1] BOTH REAR DOORS IN THE EXTENDED CAB (SWING COUNTERCLOCKWISE) DOOR LATCHES JAMMED PREVENTING EXITING OR ENTRY. IF EGRESS WAS NEEDED QUICKLY, IT WAS NOT THERE. THE COST TO REPAIR EACH WAS ABOUT $450. (LOCKED UP WHILE DRIVING) 2]SPEED CONTROL DOES NOT WORK - FORD SAYS IT IS A MALFUNCTI...

Mileage: 68,000

GOT HOME FROM WORK PARKED MY VEHICLE IN MY CARPORT AVAILABLE SPACE IN MY APARTMENT. TURN OFF THE TRUCK COMPLETELY, NOTHING LEFT ON OR ANYTHING SUSPICIOUS TO CAUSE A INCIDENT. WHEN TO MY APARTMENT UNIT TOOK A SHOWER AND NOT MORE THAN 20-30MINS WAS ALARMED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS CAUGHT ON FIRE. I IMMEDIA...

Mileage: 190,000

ON 2002 FORD F-150 DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEAT BELTS RANDOMLY COME UNBUCKLED AND ANY GIVEN TIME.

Mileage: 227,287

MY TRUCK FRAME HAS RUSTED THROUGH JUST BEHIND THE RIGHT REAR WHEEL! THIS IS A 2002 FORD F150 SUPERCAB THAT HAS ONLY 75500 MILES ON IT. THE FRAME BROKE JUST AFTER I LEFT THE INTERSTATE AND DROVE TO MY SON'S HOUSE. I INSPECTED THE TRUCK AND SAW THE BREAK IN THE FRAME AS I DESCRIBED. A PICTURE IS ATTAC...

Mileage: 75,500

MY FIANCE AND I HAD TO PLACE ARE FULL SIZE SPARE ON THAT CAME WITH TRUCK IT WAS BRAND NEW WE HAD NO CHOICE BC THIS WAS FRIDAY EVENING AND OUT LOCAL TIRE SHOP WAS CLOSED TELL TODAY (MONDAY) YESTERDAY WE DROVE 7 MILE TO COLLINSVILE TO CHANGE BRAKES AFTER WE FINISH WE LOAD OUR 3 KIDS AND BEFAN TO HIDE ...

Mileage: 141,513

MY FIANCE AND I HAD TO PLACE ARE FULL SIZE SPARE ON THAT CAME WITH TRUCK IT WAS BRAND NEW WE HAD NO CHOICE BC THIS WAS FRIDAY EVENING AND OUT LOCAL TIRE SHOP WAS CLOSED TELL TODAY (MONDAY) YESTERDAY WE DROVE 7 MILE TO COLLINSVILE TO CHANGE BRAKES AFTER WE FINISH WE LOAD OUR 3 KIDS AND BEFAN TO HIDE ...

Mileage: 141,513

MY FIANCE AND I HAD TO PLACE ARE FULL SIZE SPARE ON THAT CAME WITH TRUCK IT WAS BRAND NEW WE HAD NO CHOICE BC THIS WAS FRIDAY EVENING AND OUT LOCAL TIRE SHOP WAS CLOSED TELL TODAY (MONDAY) YESTERDAY WE DROVE 7 MILE TO COLLINSVILE TO CHANGE BRAKES AFTER WE FINISH WE LOAD OUR 3 KIDS AND BEFAN TO HIDE ...

Mileage: 141,513

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CABLE THAT HELD THE SPARE TIRE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE RUSTED AND DETACHED, CAUSING THE SPARE TIRE TO DROP FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STOPPED THE VEHICLE AND PICKED UP THE TIRE. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 100,000

SPARK BLOW BLOW FROM THE HEAD NO. 6 I THE MECHANIC FIX IT AND THAT HAPPENED YESTERDAY I CANNOT REMEMBER THE HOPPING IN VEGAS I CAN REMEMBER ' THE

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 EQUIPPED WITH CAPITOL PRECISION TRAC II TIRES, SIZE: 265/70/R16 (NA). WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED A BLOWOUT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BLOWOUT CAUSED DAMAGE TO THE FENDER WELL. THE TIRE WAS NOT REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTAC...

Mileage: 165,000

WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING AT A LIGHT, ETC, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT WILL DISENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING.

Mileage: 267,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED OUT OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FROM THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. MCMAGHN FORD DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO HAVE A NEW CYLINDER HEAD. THE MANUFACTURER...

Mileage: 120,000

BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS (DRIVER AND PASSENGER) RANDOMLY DISENGAGE EITHER WHILE DRIVING OR SITTING MOTIONLESS. VERY UNSAFE!

MY 2002 F150 TRUCK DROPPED THE FUEL TANK ON 5/26/2017. MIRACULOUSLY, MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WEREN'T KILLED. MY WIFE AND DAUGHTER WERE USING THE TRUCK, HELPING A FRIEND MOVE. LUCKILY, THEY JUST LEFT MCDONALDS RESTAURANT WHEN IT BROKE. THEY WERE ON A SIDE STREET AND WERE FORCED TO STAY WHERE THEY WERE. ...

Mileage: 103,000

PASSENGER SEATBELT RELEASES WITHOUT WARNING. THIS HAPPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS MOVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS ON CITY STREETS OR HIGHWAYS EVERY PASSENGER THAT RIDES IN MY VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEM

Mileage: 176,000

TAKATA RECALL MY SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON # 6 HEADER TODAY ON 3/23/2017 ON MY WAY TO WORK AT 4:00 AM ON ROUT 390 IN PA

Mileage: 210,000

BLEW SPARK PLUG OUT OF HEAD.

Mileage: 155,000

FUEL TANK STRAPS BROKE WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT ON CITY STREETS PUTTING A HOLE IN THE TANK AND SPILLING OUT FUEL WHILE DRIVING. FORD HAD A RECALL ON THE SAME YEAR & MODEL OF VEHICLE, HOWEVER OURS WAS NOT RECALLED.

Mileage: 150,000

SEED CONTRAL.

SEED CONTRAL.

TRUCK WAS PURCHASED AS USED IN OCT, 2016, SO WE HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF PREVIOUS DRIVER'S HABITS OR PROBLEMS. EVERYTHING SEEMED TO WORK FINE. PRIMARY DRIVER IS 5 FEET TALL AND MOVED THE STEERING WHEEL DOWN TO MAKE A MORE COMFORTABLE DRIVING POSITION. LATE DEC, 2016, EARLY JAN, 2017 WHILE PARKED, WE DI...

Mileage: 163,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE CONTACT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V017000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE...

Mileage: 200,000

IN THE LESS THAN 2 YEARS WE HAVE OWNED THIS TRUCK, IT HAS BLOWN SPARK PLUGS 3 TIMES.

I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS PERIODICALLY OVER THE PAST TWO WITH MY VEHICLE(ORIGINALLY THOUGHT TO BE THE BATTERY), RANGING FROM HIGHLIGHT AND FLASHERS INTERMITTENTLY COMING ON WHEN THE VEHICLE IS LOCKED AND TURNED OFF. THE RADIO AND BLOWER MOTOR HAVING ISSUES AND THE INTERIOR DOME LI...

Mileage: 162,473

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE REAR OF A TRAILER THAT WAS STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE STARTED TO BURN. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. A POLICE ...

VEHICLE IN MOTION ON CITY STREET. LOUD NOISE IN DRIVE POSITION, TRANSMISSION WENT OUT OF GEAR, VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR.

Mileage: 58,000

VEHICLE IN MOTION, CITY STREET, SPEED AT 35MPH. SUDDEN LOUD BANG, ENGINE STARTED BANGING. SPARK PLUG #4 BLEW OUT OF ENGINE HEAD.

Mileage: 73,000

PURCHASED USED IN 2004. HAVING SIMILAR ISSUE WITH DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT IN THAT WHILE TRUCK IS IN MOTION MY SEAT BELT WILL COME UNBUCKLED RANDOMLY. THIS LAST HAPPENED NOV 17TH 2016 AND ALWAYS HAPPENS WHEN DRIVING FOR MORE THAN 25 MINUTES OR SO AND DOES HAPPEN ON A CITY STREET OR HIGHWAY.

FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT RANDOMLY DISENGAGES WHILE IN MOTION. REAR PASSENGER SEAT BELT BUCKLE BROKEN - BLACK "SLEEVE" SLIDES DOWN EXPOSING SPRING MECHANISM INSIDE WHICH IS MISSING SOME PLASTIC PIECES. FRONT PASSENGER HAS BEEN A PROBLEM FOR A COUPE OF YEARS. BACKSEAT IS FAIRLY NEW.

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED THE VEHICLE LEAKED FUEL CONTINUOUSLY. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V3850000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. T...

Mileage: 149,000

MY VEHICLE HAD ITS FUEL TANK STRAPS REPLACED UNDER A RECALL. THE CORROSION FROM THE ORIGINAL STRAPS SPREAD TO THE FUEL TANK. NOW, THE CORROSION ON THE FUEL TANK HAS CAUSED THE FUEL TANK TO BEGIN LEAKING UNDER THE REPLACED STRAPS. PERHAPS SOME OF THE ISSUE IS DUE TO THE PROCESS / PROCEDURE USED I...

Mileage: 207,000

STARTED VEHICLE AND HEARD A REAL LOUD BANG FOLLOWED BY A LOAD CONTINUOUS POPPING SOUND. A SPARK PLUG GOT BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE AND IT TOOK THE COP WITH IT SO A FIRE COULD NOT START. WE WERE STRANDED IN BAD WEATHER.

Mileage: 124,729

DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE RELEASES RANDOMLY WITHOUT WARNING. AFTER BUCKLING / LATCHING SEATBELT DRIVER CAN PULL HARD ON BELT AND WON'T RELEASE, THEN AFTER DRIVING FOR A RANDOM AMOUNT OF TIME (30 SECONDS TO 3 HOURS) THE SEAT BELT WILL RELEASE WITHOUT WARNING. REPLACED LATCH WITH ALTERNATIVE (20...

#3SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF RIGHT CYLINDER HEAD . SINCE THE INJECTOR WAS STILL PUMPING FUEL INTO THE OPEN CHAMBER THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ENGINE FIRE INOW HAVE FOUND THIS TO BE SOMEWHAT OF A PROBLEM WITH THE 4.6 LITRE ENGINE DUE TO THE ALUMINUM HEADS.

Mileage: 190,000

DRIVER SEAT BELT LOCKED. UNABLE TO BUCKLE AT ALL. WHEN I PULL THE BELT WILL NOT RELEASE.

THE SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MY VEHICLE EXPLODED OUT OF THE HEAD AS SOON AS I STARTED THE VEHICLE BREAKING THE COIL PACK IN THE PROCESS. I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE USED A YEAR AGO AND SINCE THE PLUG BLEW OUT ON ME I DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MY TRUCK SO ...

Mileage: 159,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER BEING INVOLVED IN A CRASH, THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AND STARTED EMITTING SPARKS. THE CONTACT DID NOT SUSTAIN ANY INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MAD...

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE PULLING UP TO A STOP LIGHT MY TRUCK STARTED POPPING AND SHAKING. I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD TO FIND OUT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE MOTOR. IT EXPLODED WITH SUCH FORCE IT BROKE THE COIL OVER HOUSING ON THE HEAD. I HAVE CALLED FORD AND THEY SAY THEY DON'T KNOW OF ANY ISSUES OF TH...

Mileage: 123,000

VEHICLE CAB ROCKER PANELS RUSTING OFF REAR WINDOW LEAKING CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING VEHICLE RUSTING AND BEEN IN AREA WITH NO SALT ON ROADS

Mileage: 85,000

VEHICLE CAB ROCKER PANELS RUSTING OFF REAR WINDOW LEAKING CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING VEHICLE RUSTING AND BEEN IN AREA WITH NO SALT ON ROADS

Mileage: 85,000

VEHICLE CAB ROCKER PANELS RUSTING OFF REAR WINDOW LEAKING CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING VEHICLE RUSTING AND BEEN IN AREA WITH NO SALT ON ROADS

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE WALKING PAST THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE CORRODED AND CREATED A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK, WHICH CAUSED FUEL TO LEAK FROM THE TANK. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT ...

Mileage: 201,593

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 5 HOURS. ALMOST BURNT MY BUILDING DOWN.

VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 5 HOURS. ALMOST BURNT MY BUILDING DOWN.

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE I WAS DRIVING I NOTICED A LOUD POP AND MY TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND SPUN ME SIDEWAYS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAD FOUGHT IT UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND COME TO A STOP. (I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS HEADING IN MY DIRECTION BECAUSE THE TRUCK TOOK UP ...

Mileage: 136,500

TAKATA RECALL. WHILE I WAS DRIVING I NOTICED A LOUD POP AND MY TRUCK STARTED VIBRATING AND SPUN ME SIDEWAYS GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. I HAD FOUGHT IT UNTIL I WAS ABLE TO GET IT UNDER CONTROL AND COME TO A STOP. (I WAS LUCKY ENOUGH THAT NOBODY ELSE WAS HEADING IN MY DIRECTION BECAUSE THE TRUCK TOOK UP ...

Mileage: 136,500

LOUD NOISE SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT AND CAUSED SPARKS WHEN OPENED THE HOOD. AFRAID IT WAS GOING TO CATCH FIRE SO HAD IT TOWED. ACCORDING TO MECHANIC IS A FORD ISSUE ONGOING BUT NO RECALL NOR WILL FORD PAY FOR IT. 91120 MILES ON TRUCK WELL MAINTAINED.

Mileage: 91,000

ABOUT 6MONTHS AGO, CRUISING ABOUT 60MPH; HEARD A "POP", LOST ENGINE POWER, ENGINE LIGHT ON,...PULLED OVER AND DISCOVERED #3 CYLINDER MISSING THE SPARK PLUG AND THE COP BROKEN. HAD IT TOWED HOME (APPROX 25MILES); WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED IT'S A SYSTEMIC PROBLEM WITH MANY OTHER FORD V8-V10 1997-20...

Mileage: 139,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTED OUT OF MOTOR WHEN I WAS PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY ONTO A CITY STREET.

Mileage: 92,364

IN 12-14 AND 1-10-2016 THE BUTTERFLY IN THE THROTTLE BODY STUCK AND VEHICLE WOULDN'T SLOW DOWN. 1ST INCIDENT -10F, CAME FROM WARM GARAGE, INTERSTATE, CRUISE CONTROL IN USE, IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES OF DRIVING EVENTUALLY SPEED GOT TO 85MPH ON ITS OWN, CRUISE SHUT OFF AND VEHICLE MAINTAINED 85 MPH, ONCE S...

Mileage: 170,000

TURNS SIGNALS DIDN'T WHILE DRIVING IN COLD VEHICLE IN COLD WEATHER. ONCE THE TEMPERATURE WARMED UP THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE THE TURN SIGNALS WORKED NORMALLY. I HAD NO PROBLEMS IN THE WARM MONTHS OF THE YEAR. TURN SIGNAL LEVER WORKS PROPERLY ON AND OFF. THOUGHT IT WAS THE FLASHER UNIT, REPLACE...

Mileage: 130,000

I BLEW THE 3RD CYLINDER SPARK PLUG OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, 2 TIMES IN 600 MILES WHILE DRIVING AT NORMAL HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THIS CAUSED RAW FUEL TO LEAK ONTO THE HOT MANIFOLD CAUSING A SAFETY ISSUE. I SPENT 1142.17 TO HAVE THIS ISSUE REPAIRED.

Mileage: 96,212

INVOLVED IN A ROLL OVER ACCIDENT CAUSED BY THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE (PURCHASED IN 5-13-2014) BFG 275/60R17 FROM DISCOUNT TIRES. TRUCK WAS TOTALED AND THE ONE PIECE OF TIRE WE HAVE DOES NOT HAVE THE DOT NUMBERS ON THEM. WHEN THE BLOW OUT OCCURRED I HIT SOFT SAND LOSING TRACTION CAUSING THE TRUCK TO ROL...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 01/27/16...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT CAUGHT FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 01/27/16...

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE CRUSE CONTROL, IT WAS REPLACED BY FORD, BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE, THE NEW ONE WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND STOP WORKING, NEVER WORK AFTER THAT. 2ND ITEM IS REAR WINDOW AND DRIVERS PASSANGER WINDOW LEAK RAIN WATER INSIDE THE CAB, LEAKS EVERYTIME IT RAINS IN MOTION OR ST...

Mileage: 150,000

THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE CRUSE CONTROL, IT WAS REPLACED BY FORD, BECAUSE IT COULD CAUSE A FIRE, THE NEW ONE WORKED FOR ABOUT A YEAR AND STOP WORKING, NEVER WORK AFTER THAT. 2ND ITEM IS REAR WINDOW AND DRIVERS PASSANGER WINDOW LEAK RAIN WATER INSIDE THE CAB, LEAKS EVERYTIME IT RAINS IN MOTION OR ST...

Mileage: 150,000

SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE ENGINE.

Mileage: 120,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM ENGINE.

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED INDEPENDENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS A FUEL ODOR COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT NOTICED A STRAP HANGING UNDER THE FUEL TANK AND THAT FUEL LEAKED ONTO THE DRIVEWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THER...

Mileage: 135,000

EXHAUST MANIFOLDS HAVE DEVELOPED HOLES IN THEM. I BELIEVE FORD'S SUPPLIERS PROVIDED INFERIOR MATERIALS IN THEIR CASTING OF THE MANIFOLDS. THIS NOT ONLY OFFERS MORE POLLUTION TO THE ATMOSPHERE BUT IS A POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN WELL CARED FOR AND HAS ONLY 37000 ORIGINAL MILES. I HAVE ...

Mileage: 37,000

DRIVING HOME FROM THE RIVER TOWING MY BOAT A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE WITH NO WARNING LEAVING ME STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT.

Mileage: 97,000

MALE END OF SEATBELT WILL NOT CLAMP INTO FEMALE PORTION

Mileage: 174,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. T...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE BRAKES BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO REGAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED TWICE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. T...

Mileage: 140,000

TREAD SEPARATION ON LEFT REAR TIRE ON INTERSTATE 10 EAST NEAR JACKSONVILLE, FL CAUSING TRUCK TO SLIDE INTO OTHER LANE AND DAMAGING FENDER WELL AND REAR FENDER. TIRE WAS PURCHASED IN 2008 AND HAD SAFE LEVEL OF TREAD REMAINING.

Mileage: 106,000

THE PROBLEM STARTED WITH THE VEHICLE NOT STARTING AND THE BATTERY APPEARING TO BE DEAD. BATTERY WAS REPLACED AND NOW THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES ARE WIDESPREAD AND OUT OF CONTROL. THE RADIO, WIPERS, DOME LIGHTS AND DASH LIGHTS GO OFF AND ON AND THE STARTER TRIES TO START THE TRUCK AFTER IT IS RUNNING. ...

Mileage: 160,000

WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE AND THE SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE. COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPING BEFORE UNTIL THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER TOLD ME HIS EXPEDITION WITH A TRITONV8 DID THE SAME THING. DEALER WANTED $700 TO FIX THE SPARK PLUG AND $1200 TOTAL TO REPLACE ALL COIL PACK...

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS DRIVING TO THE OFFICE, AND APPROACHED A RED LIGHT SO I STARTED SLOWING DOWN. ONCE I REACHED 15 MPH MY 2002 4.2 L F150 ACCELERATED EXTREMELY HIGH. I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKE BUT THE TRUCK WAS STILL SLOWLY MOVING, SO WITH MY FOOT STILL ON THE BRAKE I TURNED INTO THE OFFICE PARKING LOT. I TRIED TO...

Mileage: 702,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 5 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,0...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING WATER INTO THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

Mileage: 110,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH CYLINDER #5 SPARK PLUG LIBERATED IT SELF FROM THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH CYLINDER #5 SPARK PLUG LIBERATED IT SELF FROM THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH CYLINDER #5 SPARK PLUG LIBERATED IT SELF FROM THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

I BACKED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY WITH NO ISSUES. I GOT TO WORK AND PARKED MY TRUCK. LATER THAT NIGHT I WENT TO MOVE MY TRUCK TO THE FRONT OF THE WAREHOUSE AND MY TRUCK WOULD NOT GO INTO REVERSE. WHEN IT IS IN NEUTRAL AND I PRESS THE GAS THE TRUCK WILL MOVE FORWARD. IN THE PAST WEEK I HAVE REPLACED THE BA...

Mileage: 109,630

THE SPARK PLUGS WERE BLOWN OUT OF THE HEADS; THE THREADED PORTION OF THE HEAD WAS STRIPPED; HELI COILS WERE USED TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM; THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW IN LESS THAN A MONTH. *TR

Mileage: 151,020

I OWN TWO FORD SUPER CABS AND BOTH TRUCKS THE BACK PASSENGER DOORS FROZE SHUT. ON ONE I PAID OVER $500 FOR THE PARTS AND THEN HAD A MECHANIC REPAIR THE DOORS AND I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WOULD LAST FOR APPROXIMATELY FIVE YEARS. ON THE ONE I LISTED ABOVE I WENT ON YOU TUBE AND THEY HAVE VIDEOS HOW TO F...

Mileage: 180,000

MY SON WAS DRIVING OUR 2002 FORD F-150 THE FIRST TIME THE SEATBELT DISENGAGED. IT HAPPENS OFTEN. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO RECALL ON THIS SEATBELT. I HAVE LET THIS GO LONG ENOUGH. I AM CALLING FORD TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO ABOUT THIS POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM. I JUST...

Mileage: 90,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE AND AN OIL ODOR EMITTING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT OIL WAS LEAKING FROM THE EXHAUST. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE...

Mileage: 140,000

THERE'S A RECALL ALREADY FOR THE FUEL TANK STRAPS IN THE SALT BELT STATES.I LIVE ABOUT 20 MILE FROM TENN.IM SEATING AT MY JOB AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND MY FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE.THE TANK WAS ABOUT 2 INCH ABOVE THE ROAD.CALL FORD AND THEY SAID ITS NOT COVERED.IM IN THE MOUNTAINS AND WE USE ROAD SA...

Mileage: 156,371

THE DRIVER'S SEAT BELT COMES UNBUCKLED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 65,000

THIS IS THE SECOND OCCURRENCE OF THIS NATURE. THE PREVIOUS HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY IN JULY OF 2014. AT THAT TIME THE DEALERSHIP SAID THAT THE KEY WAS THE PROBLEM AND I PAID FOR A NEW KEY AND EVERYTHING HAS BEEN GOOD UNTIL ~ 1/4/15. THIS TIME, THE PATS (ANTI-THEFT) SYSTEM TRIGGERED AND RENDERED THE...

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,000.

Mileage: 107,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 134,600

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 134,600

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD. *TR

Mileage: 134,600

2002 F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION WITH ONLY 75,000 MILES BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD. FORD ADMITS NO CULPABILITY EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE TSB'S. ESTIMATE TO REPAIR PLUG & CHANGE OUT OTHER 7 SPARK PLUGS WITH 8 NEW COILS WAS $2800. I COULD ALMOST PURCHASE A NEW ENGINE FOR THAT. FOUND A REPUTABLE GA...

Mileage: 75,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE REAR LIGHTS BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT BELIEVED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V352000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING). THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WA...

Mileage: 71,505

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF #2 CYLINDER TAKING THREADS WITH IT REQUIRED SPECIAL INSERT FOR NEW PLUG COST $400 POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AS FUEL BLOWS INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SPARK PLUG IS STILL FIRING. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

ANOTHER SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD TAKING THREADS WITH IT. POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD AS FUEL SPEWS INTO ENGINE COMPARTMENT WITH LIVE SPARKS CLOSE BY. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

I ALWAYS LATCH MY SEAT BELT. I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 1983. I NEVER DRIVE WITHOUT MY SEAT BELT LATCHED. FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS MY DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT HAS BEEN MYSTERIOUSLY BECOMING UNLATCHED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I THOUGHT I JUST WASN'T PUSHING IT IN FAR ENOUGH SOMETHING I HAVE NEVER ...

Mileage: 75,000

HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS AND TAILBED BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN MOVING THE TILT WHEEL. WILL WORK WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS PLACED IN HIGHEST POSITION. HAVE SEEN RECALL ON RANGER TRUCKS FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 118,870

HAVE NOTICED THAT THE TURN SIGNALS AND TAILBED BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT WORK WHEN MOVING THE TILT WHEEL. WILL WORK WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS PLACED IN HIGHEST POSITION. HAVE SEEN RECALL ON RANGER TRUCKS FOR THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 118,870

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT UNLATCHED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MI...

I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND 20 MINUTES LATER DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE ON FIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MASTER CYLINDER WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAME. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE WIRE HARNESS, AIR FILTER, FUSE BOX AND COMPLETELY MELTED THE CYLINDER. *TR

I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND 20 MINUTES LATER DISCOVERED THE VEHICLE ON FIRE. FURTHER INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT MASTER CYLINDER WAS TOTALLY ENGULFED IN FLAME. THE FIRE DAMAGED THE WIRE HARNESS, AIR FILTER, FUSE BOX AND COMPLETELY MELTED THE CYLINDER. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE UNDER VERY NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND THERE WERE LOUD POPPING NOISES COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VALVE COVER. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BLOWN-OUT SPARK PLUG AND COIL PACK. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE UNDER VERY NORMAL CIRCUMSTANCES, TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 30MPH, MY TRUCK BEGAN TO RUN VERY ROUGH AND THERE WERE LOUD POPPING NOISES COMING FROM THE TOP OF THE PASSENGER SIDE VALVE COVER. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A BLOWN-OUT SPARK PLUG AND COIL PACK. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD F-150 VIN # ([XXX]) DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT 45MPH WHEN IT STARTED WHEEL HOPPING FROM THE REAR VERY BAD, THERE WAS A SCHOOL BUS STOPPED LETTING CHILDREN OFF & AS I WAS BRAKING IT WAS HOPPING & WAS A NEAR MISS, THIS WAS CLOSE. I PULLED THE TRUCK OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO INSPE...

Mileage: 151,800

DRIVERS SEAT BELT DISCONNECTS ON IT'S OWN, THIS HAPPENS MULTIPLE TIMES DURING THE COURSE OF DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 99,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS DETACHED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO PERFORM PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,006.

Mileage: 200,006

ENGINE QUITS RUNNING AND WONT RESTART, SO YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. PROBLEM INDICATORS ARE 1. ENGINE WONT RESTART/ OR QUIT RUNNING 2. ODOMETER READS ALL DASHES, NO NUMBERS,3. ANTI THEFT ACTIVATED. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE POWER WIRE IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD CORRODING OFF FOR THE...

Mileage: 168,000

ENGINE QUITS RUNNING AND WONT RESTART, SO YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. PROBLEM INDICATORS ARE 1. ENGINE WONT RESTART/ OR QUIT RUNNING 2. ODOMETER READS ALL DASHES, NO NUMBERS,3. ANTI THEFT ACTIVATED. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE POWER WIRE IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD CORRODING OFF FOR THE...

Mileage: 168,000

ENGINE QUITS RUNNING AND WONT RESTART, SO YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. PROBLEM INDICATORS ARE 1. ENGINE WONT RESTART/ OR QUIT RUNNING 2. ODOMETER READS ALL DASHES, NO NUMBERS,3. ANTI THEFT ACTIVATED. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE POWER WIRE IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD CORRODING OFF FOR THE...

Mileage: 168,000

ENGINE QUITS RUNNING AND WONT RESTART, SO YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. PROBLEM INDICATORS ARE 1. ENGINE WONT RESTART/ OR QUIT RUNNING 2. ODOMETER READS ALL DASHES, NO NUMBERS,3. ANTI THEFT ACTIVATED. THIS IS CAUSED BY THE POWER WIRE IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE HOOD CORRODING OFF FOR THE...

Mileage: 168,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE IGNITED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND REMAINED AT THE RESIDENCE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMA...

Mileage: 120,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I PUSHED THE ON BUTTON FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL AND PUSHED THE SET/EXCEL BUTTON AT 70 MPH. AFTER A MINUTE OR SO I LOOKED DOWN AND WAS GOING 75 AND ACCELERATING. I TAPPED THE BREAK WHICH HAD NO EFFECT. I TAPPED THE BREAK SEVERAL MORE TIME BUT THE TRUCK KEPT ACCELERATING. I...

ON MARCH 22, 2014, THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A LOCAL PARKING LOT, THE IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVED AND THE TRUCK WAS LOCKED. THE DRIVER RETURNED TO THE TRUCK TO FIND THAT WHILE IT WAS PARKED, A FIRE HAD BEGUN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE TRUCK, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE ON THE...

Mileage: 204,000

ON MARCH 22, 2014, THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN A LOCAL PARKING LOT, THE IGNITION KEY WAS REMOVED AND THE TRUCK WAS LOCKED. THE DRIVER RETURNED TO THE TRUCK TO FIND THAT WHILE IT WAS PARKED, A FIRE HAD BEGUN IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE TRUCK, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE DEPARTMENT WERE ON THE...

Mileage: 204,000

ODOMETER WORKED INTERMITTENTLY, SOMETIMES WOULD GO OUT AND THEN COME BACK ON. NOW NOT WORKING AT ALL. AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. UPDATED 4/24/2015 *JS

Mileage: 230,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A STOP, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE RADIATOR ...

Mileage: 73,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE FIRE ORIGINATED AT THE BRAKE BOOSTER AREA AND SPREAD TO THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FA...

Mileage: 193,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY AFTER A HEAD-ON CRASH OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT LOT WHERE THE INSURANCE COMPANY DEEMED THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES AND ...

Mileage: 105,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW ON MY F150 KING RANCH. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT IT RESUMED TO A NORMAL SPEED OF 55 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND OFFERED NO REMEDY. THE F...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL BECAME STUCK AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED TO 70 MPH. WHEN THE VEHICLE VEERED TO THE RIGHT IT RESUMED TO A NORMAL SPEED OF 55 MPH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT AND OFFERED NO REMEDY. THE F...

Mileage: 200,000

DRIVERS SEATBELT UNLATCHED. HAPPENS OFTEN. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

DRIVERS SEATBELT UNLATCHED. HAPPENS OFTEN. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES AFTER THE ALARM SOUNDED. THE CONTACT PERSONALLY EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CONTACT ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUM...

ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION SPARK PLUG AND COIL FOR #4 CYLINDER HAS BLOWN OUT. FEW TIMES I WAS ABLE TO TIGHTEN DOWN THE PLUG AND REPLACE THE COIL. LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IT MESSED UP THE THREADS. HAD TO BUY A SPECIAL PLUG TO PUT IN ALONG WITH A RETHREAD PART. NOW I CAN NOT EVERY REPLACE THAT SPARK PLUG...

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND NOT OPERATING WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND ONLY THE BED OF VEHICLE REMAINED. NO ADDITIONAL INFORMATION WA...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE INDEPENDENTLY UNLATCHED. THE BUCKLE WOULD NOT REMAIN CLOSED EVEN AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOT...

Mileage: 131,600

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65-75 MPH, THE ENGINE WOULD HESITATE THEN SURGE FORWARD WHEN THE CONTACT WAS ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE EGR SENSOR WOUL...

Mileage: 58,730

ENGINE THREW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HOLE, BROKE THE MOUNT FOR THE COIL PACK. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. *TR

Mileage: 134,000

FRONT BRAKE CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET SEIZED ON THE SLIDE BOLTS THAT ALLOW THE BRAKES TO MOVE IN AND OUT WHEN PRESSED AND RELEASED. THE SLIDE BOLTS THAT ALLOW THE CALIPER TO MOVE HAVE SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL VERY HARD TO ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN MY CASE I WAS TOWING A 20' COMMERCIAL LANDSC...

Mileage: 226,000

FRONT BRAKE CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET SEIZED ON THE SLIDE BOLTS THAT ALLOW THE BRAKES TO MOVE IN AND OUT WHEN PRESSED AND RELEASED. THE SLIDE BOLTS THAT ALLOW THE CALIPER TO MOVE HAVE SEIZED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO PULL VERY HARD TO ONE SIDE OF THE ROAD. IN MY CASE I WAS TOWING A 20' COMMERCIAL LANDSC...

Mileage: 226,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A BLOWN SPARK PLUG THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VE...

Mileage: 170,000

THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO BECOME DAMAGED. *TR

Mileage: 71,525

I'M JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SEATBELT RELEASES ON ITS OWN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 15 MPH, THE FUEL TANK SUPPORT STRAPS FAILED AND THE FUEL TANK BECAME DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE STRAPS HAD FAILED DUE TO RUST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTE...

Mileage: 66,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS LOOSE AND ALLOWED RAIN WATER TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 140...

Mileage: 140,000

#4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. STRIPPING THE THREADS FROM THE BLOCK. *TR

Mileage: 170,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 60 MPH ON A COUNTY ROAD WHEN THE NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. I WAS ABLE TO STOP SAFELY, BUT THE INCIDENT SCARED MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. BECAUSE OF THE PLUG BLOWING OUT ME AND MY DAUGHTER WERE STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR ABOUT AN HOUR IN THE FLORIDA SU...

Mileage: 252,000

I HAVE A 2002 F 150 AND THE BED SUPPORT RAILS AND BED FLOOR ARE COMPLETELY RUSTED AWAY AS WELL AS THE FRAME RAILS. I AM AFRAID THE BED WILL COME OFF AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND CAUSE A WRECK. FORD HAS GOT TO KNOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WHY ARE THEY NOT ADDRESSING IT? I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE WITH THE SAME STYLE T...

Mileage: 82,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE SPARK PLUG HAD BECOME LOOSE AND HAD EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RE...

Mileage: 106,800

I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED 2 WINDOW REGULATORS FRONT AND BACK PASSENGER NOW MY FRONT DRIVER IS ABOUT TO GO OUT EACH TIME IT COST ALMOST $300.00 TO FIX IT. I CANNOT AFFORD THIS AND FEEL IT IS A FORD PROBLEM OF DEFECTS. AND SHOULD BE PAID AT THEIR EXPENSE. AS I SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS FROM FORD CUSTOMERS ...

Mileage: 68,000

FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED THRU THE GAS TANK, FORD REPLACED THE STRAPS, BUT WOULD NOT COVER THE GAS TANK. THE FRAME, ROCKER PANELS, CAB & BED ARE RUSTED THRU, WILL NOT PASS INSPECTION AGAIN.

Mileage: 156,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, HE ATTEMPTED TO INCREASE SPEED VIA THE CRUISE CONTROL STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS. AFTER REACHING THE TARGET SPEED, THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO DEACTIVATE. THE C...

Mileage: 72,899

AFTER STARTING ENGINE, SPARK PLUG #2 BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. DAMAGING COIL WITH A LOAD EXPLOSION! *TR

Mileage: 64,000

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS TOTALED. *TR

Mileage: 178,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTION WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THIS IS THE 3RD (THIRD) PLUG THAT HAS BLOWN OUT IN THE PAST YEAR. THIS IS THE FOURTH REPAIR DUE TO THE FIRST REPAIR USING A "REPAIR KIT" THAT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP RECOMMENDED TO THE MECHANIC. THIS REPAIR KIT AND COIL PACK BECAME OVERHEATED AND BL...

Mileage: 118,000

THE REAR PORTION OF THE FRAME IS ROTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THE LET SPRINGS HANGERS ARE READY TO BREAK OFF THE FRAME AND THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER IS ALSO READY TO FALL OFF. I JUST REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES DUE TO THE WERE ALSO ROTTEN AND BROKE. THE GAS TANK STRAPS WERE ALSO A PROBLEM DUE TO RUST ...

Mileage: 146,000

THE REAR PORTION OF THE FRAME IS ROTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THE LET SPRINGS HANGERS ARE READY TO BREAK OFF THE FRAME AND THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER IS ALSO READY TO FALL OFF. I JUST REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES DUE TO THE WERE ALSO ROTTEN AND BROKE. THE GAS TANK STRAPS WERE ALSO A PROBLEM DUE TO RUST ...

Mileage: 146,000

THE REAR PORTION OF THE FRAME IS ROTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THE LET SPRINGS HANGERS ARE READY TO BREAK OFF THE FRAME AND THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER IS ALSO READY TO FALL OFF. I JUST REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES DUE TO THE WERE ALSO ROTTEN AND BROKE. THE GAS TANK STRAPS WERE ALSO A PROBLEM DUE TO RUST ...

Mileage: 146,000

THE REAR PORTION OF THE FRAME IS ROTTEN TO THE POINT THAT THE LET SPRINGS HANGERS ARE READY TO BREAK OFF THE FRAME AND THE SPARE TIRE HOLDER IS ALSO READY TO FALL OFF. I JUST REPLACED THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES DUE TO THE WERE ALSO ROTTEN AND BROKE. THE GAS TANK STRAPS WERE ALSO A PROBLEM DUE TO RUST ...

Mileage: 146,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND RESTARTED HOWEVER, THE ENGINE ROARED ABNORMALLY LOUD AND EXHIBITED A REDUCTION IN ENGINE POWER. THE CONTACT FOUND A SPARK...

Mileage: 149,500

WHILE DRIVING ON MO HWY 150, I HEARD A LOUD POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED MY 2002 FORD F-150 KING RANCH 4WD, TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE MOTOR. UPON OPENING THE HOOD I DISCOVERED THE #3 ENGINE CYLINDER SPARKPLUG WAS GONE! AFTER TOWING THE VE...

Mileage: 87,750

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE SHOOK AND WOBBLED VIOLENTLY THEN FUEL SPEWED FROM THE ENGINE. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES OVER THE COURSE OF FIVE YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE SPARK PLUG COILS WERE REPLACE...

Mileage: 100,000

THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN THE GAS TANK FELL OUT. THE TANK STRAPS HAD RUSTED THROUGH DROPPING THE TANK. THE TANK CUT OPEN FROM SKIDDING ON AN INTERSTATE EXPRESSWAY RELEASING 23 GALLONS OF FUEL. FORD DEALERSHIP INSPECTED AND SAID THE STRAPS ARE UNDER RECALL AND WILL REPLACE, ...

Mileage: 220,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS UNOCCUPIED, IT IGNITED INTO FLAMES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. PRIOR TO THE FAILURE, THERE WAS A BRAKE FLUID LEAKAGE. THERE WAS A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA C...

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER DRIVING AND PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 15 MINUTES, THE CONTACT FOUND THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE. PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT THE CONTACT HAD NOTICED THAT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEP...

Mileage: 160,000

THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE UNLATCHES SPONTANEOUSLY. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE THAT DESCRIBE THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM WITH SEAT BELTS IN THIS TRUCK MODEL. UNBELIEVABLY, FORD WILL NOT REPAIR THIS OBVIOUS SAFETY HAZARD AT IT'S EXPENSE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE SHOULD BE AN OFFICIAL RECAL...

Mileage: 86,000

I HAVE JUST PURCHASED THIS USED VEHICLE, AND UPON INITIAL INSPECTION IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT THERE ARE 2 SEATBELTS IN THE VEHICLE THAT ARE FAULTY AND WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE PREVIOUS OWNER INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER SEATBELT HAD PREVIOUSLY RELEASED DURING NORMAL OPERATION WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE...

Mileage: 140,018

THE SPARK PLUG STRIPPED THE TREADING ON THE HEAD AN WAS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 145,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS AN OVERPOWERING ODOR OF GASOLINE FUEL INSIDE THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE FUEL TANK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFI...

Mileage: 150,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 40 MINUTES, A LOUD NOISE WAS HEARD FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT DISCOVERED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE POLICE AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CONTACTED AND...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT THEN NOTICED GASOLINE SPRAYING OUT OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER FURTHER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT THE HEAD OF THE MOTOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED...

Mileage: 137,000

MY 2002 FORD F150 XLT SUP CAB 4WD V8 HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A MONTH OR SO IT STARTED BY ACTING LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY BUT THAT WASN'T IT WE USED 2 NEW BATTERY'S IN IT SO THE LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP SHOWED US HOW TO REMOVE THE HOT POST HAVE THE TRUCK TURNED ON BUT NOT CRANKED AND WHEN YOU REPLACE THE...

Mileage: 186,498

MY 2002 FORD F150 XLT SUP CAB 4WD V8 HAS BEEN ACTING UP FOR A MONTH OR SO IT STARTED BY ACTING LIKE IT HAD A DEAD BATTERY BUT THAT WASN'T IT WE USED 2 NEW BATTERY'S IN IT SO THE LOCAL MECHANIC SHOP SHOWED US HOW TO REMOVE THE HOT POST HAVE THE TRUCK TURNED ON BUT NOT CRANKED AND WHEN YOU REPLACE THE...

Mileage: 186,498

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. ORIGINAL PLUGS IN ENGINE SO NOT A QUESTION OF IMPROPER TORQUE AS FORD CONTENDS. FORD EVEN HAS A NAME FOR THE ISSUE = "SPARK PLUG EJECTION". IMPROPER DESIGN CAUSED IMMEDIATE LOSS OF POWER IN TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY DURING RUSH HOUR. HAD TO...

Mileage: 85,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED. AFTER INSPECTION, HE NOTICED THAT THE SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD, DAMAGING THE IGNITION COIL. THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES. THE MANUFAC...

Mileage: 110,000

DRIVER SIDE FRONT SEAT BELT UNLATCHED WITHOUT DEPRESSING BUTTON. USUALLY I TURN MALE END OVER TO AVOID. PROBLEM. HAS BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2009 90000 MI. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

DRIVERSIDE FRONT SEAT BELT WILL NOT STAY LATCHED. COMES APART DURING DRIVING *TR

Mileage: 88,000

WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY DECELERATION AND ENGINE MISFIRE. EXAMINED ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND OBSERVED COMPRESSION AIR FROM #4 SPARK PLUG. OVERHEAD COIL BROKE OFF AND STILL ATTACHED TO #4 SPARK PLUG. GAS FUMES AND STILL SPARKING PLUG WAS A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN SO I HAD ...

Mileage: 138,000

THE #3 PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOWARDS THE REAR BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE HAS NEVER HAD THE PLUGS REPLACED. I PURCHASED THE TRUCK NEW FROM FORD IN APRIL 2002. THE TRUCK HAS THE FORD 5.4 TRITON. THE PLUG HAS ALL OF ITS THREADS THE HEAD HAS NO THREADS. THE COIL WAS ALSO DAMAGED WHEN TH...

Mileage: 82,823

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME LOOSE. THE STEERING BOX THEN ABNORMALLY MOVED BACK AND FORTH. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THREE BOLTS THAT HELD THE STEERING GEAR TO THE FRAME WERE FRACTURED. THE HEAD OF THE BOLTS SNAPPED AN...

Mileage: 127,312

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT EVERY TIME THE BRAKES WERE ENGAGED THE PEDAL WOULD ABNORMALLY RELEASE INTO THE FLOORBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ...

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH AND WAS COMING UP ON A STOPLIGHT. APPLIED THE BRAKE AND MY BRAKES FAILED CAUSING ME TO RUN THE REDLIGHT. PULLED OFF TO SIDE OF THE ROAD . THE TRUCK WAS LEAKING BRAKE FLUID AT THE MID FRAME ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. LUCKY TO NOT HAVE HAD AN ACCIDENT OR KILL SOMEONE. *TR

Mileage: 133,346

EXHAUST CLAMP THAT HOLDS EXHAUST DAMPER OR COUNTER WEIGHT FELL OFF ( BECAUSE OF RUSTED EXHAUST CLAMP ) WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MILES PER HOUR. ITS QUITE HEAVY AND WAS BOUNCING ON ROAD BEHIND ME ALMOST HITTING MOTORCYCLE FOLLOWING ME. I FOUND MY EXHAUST DAMPER ON SIDE OF ROAD, IF NEEDED FOR INVESTIGATION...

Mileage: 180,000

SEAT BELT BUCKLE - RECEIVER END INTERMITTENTLY RELEASES WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION, WHEN COMING TO A SHORT STOP, OR MAKING A HARD RIGHT OR LEFT TURN. I CHECK EVERY TIME I AM IN VEHICLE THAT MY SEAT BELT IS SECURELY FASTENED AND IT IS, BUT I CAN BE DRIVING ALONG AND I HEAR A "CLICK" AND IT HAS RELEAS...

Mileage: 110,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE SHIFTED OUT OF NEUTRAL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE CLUTCH WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEH...

Mileage: 35,000

ON START UP A SPARKPLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD .... 3RD PLUG TO BOW OUT IN 8 MONTHS OVER 800.00 PER PLUG TO FIX THEN CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER HOOD......VERY DANGEROUS TO HAVE HAPPEN MAY CAUSE OUR HOUSE TO BURN DOWN IF IN GARAGE.... I CALLED FORD 4 TIMES NO HELP WHAT SO EVER.....BAD COMPANY ....

Mileage: 97,000

WHILE DRIVING THE TRUCK ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS BLEW OUT OF THE ALUMINUM HEAD ON TOP OF THE MOTOR. THIS VEHICLE MALFUNCTION DESTROYED A COIL PACK, SPARK PLUG AND WIRING.

Mileage: 135,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH WHEN A POPPING NOISE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD AND THE VEHICLE DECELERATED ABNORMALLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AFTER THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A PRIVATE MECHANIC CONFIRMED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE COIL F...

Mileage: 98,791

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE WHEN I HEARD AN EXPLOSION-TYPE SOUND, SIMILAR TO THAT OF A GUNSHOT. THE SOUND STARTLED ME AND CAUSED ME TO VEER OFF THE ROAD CRASHING INTO A BUSH ON SOMEONE'S FRONT LAWN. I RE-STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A VERY LOUD AND RAPID "POPPING" SOUND FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD, WHICH...

Mileage: 188,000

STARTED TO HEAR EXHAUST NOISE FROM ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON MY 2002 FORD F150 XLT TRITON V8 4.6L WITH ONLY 95412 MILES FOUND THAT BOLTS THAT HOLD THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD WERE BROKE AND OTHERS NEAR BREAKING AT CYLINDER HEAD THERE IS A DANGER OF FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT DUE TO HOT EXHAUST GASES AND SAFET...

Mileage: 95,412

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A RESIDENTIAL DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT WHEN A FIRE ERUPTED FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CONTACTED WHO AND ARRIVED ON THE SCENE. THE FIRE DEPAR...

Mileage: 195,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER RECEIVING A RECALL REPAIR UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING) HIS GAS TANK IS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO TOOK PICTURES TO BE SENT TO THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 107,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE TRAVELING 5 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A CRACKING SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER EXAMINING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR FRAME ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE HAD CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE CONTACT WAS I...

Mileage: 95,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING BOX FAILED. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD SPIN WITHOUT RESISTANCE AND WOULD NOT CATCH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND OFFERED NO FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RE...

Mileage: 214,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT AND DIRECTIONAL SIGNALS FAILED. THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT RECALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS NO...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK DETACHED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 202...

Mileage: 202,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING FROM OF RESIDENTIAL GARAGE, SPARKS AND SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE STEERING COLUMN. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE FAILURE STOPPED ONCE THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTUR...

Mileage: 142,000

ON THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS MY TRUCK HAS BLOWN 3 SEPARATE SPARK PLUGS FROM 3 DIFFERENT PORTS IN THE HEAD. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE MOTORS DOING THIS, AND FORD SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FLAMES WERE EMITTING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKE SWITCH MELTED, CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE MASTER CYLINDER. AS A RESULT, THE MASTER CYLINDER ASSEMBLY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS ...

Mileage: 106,673

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD BANG FROM THE ENGINE AND STARTED TO SMELL AN ABNORMAL FUEL ODOR. THE VEHICLE TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS N...

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE IGNITION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND MELTED THE AREA WHERE THE IGNITION KEY WAS LOCATED. THE CONTACT MERGED ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE FIRE INDEPENDENTLY DIMINISHED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED BURNS TO THE FINGERS. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO RE...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE IGNITION CAUGHT ON FIRE AND MELTED THE AREA WHERE THE IGNITION KEY WAS LOCATED. THE CONTACT MERGED ONTO THE SHOULDER AS THE FIRE INDEPENDENTLY DIMINISHED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED BURNS TO THE FINGERS. HE THEN ATTEMPTED TO RE...

Mileage: 101,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE DETACHED FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SPARE TIRE CABLE WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTICS OR REP...

Mileage: 75,500

DRIVING TO WORK AND HAD TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT A FEW BLOCKS FROM WORK. WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I ACCELERATED TO GO AND THE CAR SOUND LIKE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLDS BLEW OFF. PARKED CAR AND HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. WAS NOTIFIED BY THE TECHNICIAN THAT THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE SPARK PLUG BLEW O...

Mileage: 128,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTED AT IGNITION WHILE PARKED. *TR

Mileage: 169,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT AND STRIPPED THREADS IN HEAD. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME A SPARK PLUG HAS BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. REPAIRED ONCE ABOUT A YEAR AGO. *TR

Mileage: 121,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE HEARD A SQUEAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR WHILE BRAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE EMERGENCY BRAKE DISINTEGRATED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED A TOTAL OF ...

Mileage: 43,000

A NEIGHBOR CALLED 911 TO REPORT MY VEHICLE ON FIRE, PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY WHILE I WAS AT WORK. THE ENGINE WAS NOT ON AND THERE WERE NO KEYS IN THE IGNITION. THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN WAS 2/14/2012. A NEIGHBOR WAS ABLE TO SPRAY WATER ON THE FIRE, AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO GET ...

Mileage: 101,108

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE COASTED OFF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO A DEALER. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THE DEALER ADVISED HIM THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN THROUGH THE...

Mileage: 65,000

2 SPARK PLUGS PASSENGER SIDE NEAREST RADIATOR 'BLEW', VEHICLE HAS HAD ALL RECCOMENDED OIL CHANGES, INCLUDING ONE A WEEK PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THIS PARTICULAR INCIDENT ALSO SHREDDED ALL THE SPARK PLUG WIRES ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 MORE TIMES INVOLVING ALL SPARK PLUGS NOW ON PASSEN...

Mileage: 115,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE TO BE REPLACED UNDER THE RECALL BUT THE FUEL TANK STRAPS WERE ALSO RUSTED. AS A ...

Mileage: 107,150

FORD F-150 SUPER CREW 2002. DRIVER SEAT BELT POPS OFF WHILE DRIVING. FREQUENCY IS INCREASING. NOTIFIED FORD DEALER AT 28,177 MILES AFTER SEVERAL OCCURRENCES. DEALER COULD NOT REPEAT PROBLEM AND DISMISSED ISSUE. SEAT BELT ISSUE INCREASING IN FREQUENCY. DEALER AND FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE SAY SEAT...

Mileage: 28,000

WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT WAITING TO PROCEED ON THE ARROW, I ACCELERATED AND HEARD VERY LOUD POP AND A VIOLENT SHAKE. PULLED OVER OUT OF TRAFFIC AND CHECK UNDER THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT THE RIGHT REAR SPARK PLUG EJECTED OUT OF HEAD. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THIS THE SECOND TIME FOR THIS TO HAPPEN MY VEHIC...

Mileage: 110,568

I WAS TRAVELING 60 MPH ON THE FREEWAY WHEN A SPARKPLUG WAS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE, BREAKING THE COIL ATTACHMENT FROM THE ENGINE. I FOUND BOTH THE SPARK PLUG AND THE COIL LYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 94,146

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT INTENT THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE HORN WOULD NOT SOUND UPON ENGAGING. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED AND SUDDENLY WITHOUT INTENT THE CRUISE CONTROL FAILED TO OPERATE. IN ADDITION, THE HORN WOULD NOT SOUND UPON ENGAGING. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY INFORMED THE VEHICL...

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMITTING FROM UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. THE CONTACT IMMEDIATELY EXITED THE VEHICLE. A POLICE REPORT OF THE INCIDENT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE MASSIVE FLAMES, WHICH EXT...

Mileage: 55,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT VARIOUS WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE GEM MODULE FAILED DUE TO A WATER LEAK. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO INFORMED THAT THE MODULE NEEDED ...

Mileage: 103,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBLY: MOUNTING) ON NOVEMBER 23, 2011. THE FUEL TANK HAD BEEN LEAKING FUEL EVER SINCE THE REPAIR. THE ...

Mileage: 130,556

DRIVING WITH TWO KIDS IN TRUCK HEAR BUMPING SOUND PULL OVER STRAP BROKEN AND GAS COMING OUT OF TANK GET HOME CALL SEABREEZE FORD HES AWARE OF PROBLEM GET IT THEIR SAID GAS TANK STRAP RUSTED TO THE FUEL TANK SO WHEN STRAP BROKE IT RIPPED A HOLE IN FUEL TANK HE ALSO SAID COULD ...

Mileage: 131,000

AGAIN HERE IS VIN # AS APPEAR ON TITLE WILL NOT LET ME ENTER IN BOX AT TOP OF FORM WHY WHY WHY VIN 1 [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

Mileage: 131,000

2002 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL AND REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT AS SUGGESTED BY THE RECALL LETTER TWO WEEKS AGO AND AS OF OCTOBER 7, 2011 THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THE PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DI...

2002 FORD F-150. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL AND REPAIRS *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED HE MADE AN APPOINTMENT AS SUGGESTED BY THE RECALL LETTER TWO WEEKS AGO AND AS OF OCTOBER 7, 2011 THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THE PARTS WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER DI...

I RECEIVED A RECALL ON MY FORD F-150 PICKUP, REPLACE FUEL TANK STRAPS. I CALLED AND MADE A APPOINTMENT. WHEN I GOT TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY TOOK MY TRUCK TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT. THEY INFORMED ME , THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE PARTS TO REPAIR IT. IT WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE, BUT WANTED ME TO SIGN A WAVER, WHICH...

Mileage: 84,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THE FUEL STRAPS BORE A HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK AND CAUSED THE FUEL TO LEAK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPAIR THE STRAPS UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE: STORAGE: TANK ASSEMBL...

Mileage: 33,278

I AM REPORTING THIS INCIDENT AS THE PERSON WHO'S CAR WAS AFFECTED BY THE FIRE. I PARKED MY CAR NEXT TO A 2002 FORD F150, AND AFTER BEING HOME FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO MY DOOR AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR (VW JETTA) WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR FIRE. APPARENTLY THE F150 CAUGHT FIRE ...

I AM REPORTING THIS INCIDENT AS THE PERSON WHO'S CAR WAS AFFECTED BY THE FIRE. I PARKED MY CAR NEXT TO A 2002 FORD F150, AND AFTER BEING HOME FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF, A POLICE OFFICER CAME TO MY DOOR AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR (VW JETTA) WAS INVOLVED IN A CAR FIRE. APPARENTLY THE F150 CAUGHT FIRE ...

UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. 5.4 L TRIRON ENGINE. THREADS IN HEAD DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR. FUEL VAPORS ESCAPING CYLINDER. SPARK PLUG HAS NEVER BEEN REMOVED/REPLACED TO MY KNOWLEDGE. *TR

Mileage: 98,000

LEAF SPRING BRACKETS ATTACHED TO THE FRAME HAVE RUSTED OUT AND HAVE SEPARATED THE LEAF SPRINGS FROM THE FRAME. *TR

FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL SHORTED OUT CAUSING FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DAMAGING SOME WIRES, AIR FILTER HOUSING, FUSE BOX, BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, HOOD STRUT AND HOOD. *KB

FAULTY CRUISE CONTROL SHORTED OUT CAUSING FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND DAMAGING SOME WIRES, AIR FILTER HOUSING, FUSE BOX, BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER, HOOD STRUT AND HOOD. *KB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 XLT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE NATURAL FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE NATURAL COMPRESSED TANK O-RING WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS C...

Mileage: 86,000

MY TRUCK WAS PARKED OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD FOR NO REASON. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

MY TRUCK WAS PARKED OUTSIDE MY HOUSE AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GOT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD FOR NO REASON. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE PARKED AND UNOCCUPIED, THE VEHICLE IGNITED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE STARTED UNDER THE HOOD FROM THE DRIVER SIDE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THERE WAS AN UNKNOWN RECALL THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ASS...

Mileage: 175,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE SPARE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE DUE TO CORRODED CABLE AND CLIP HOLDER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WAS 140,000.

Mileage: 140,000

ON AUGUST 20, 2011 ON MY WAY HOME, MY SPARE TIRE THAT WAS MOUNTED UNDER TRUCK FELL ONTO ROADWAY. I RECOVERED THE TIRE AND PARTS FROM ROAD AND LOOKED UNDER TRUCK FOR CAUSE. THE CABLE AND CLAMP THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE HAD CORRODED AND BROKEN CAUSING THE TIRE TO FALL TO ROADWAY. *TR

Mileage: 140,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE NOTICED THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK AFTER RECEIVING THE RECALL NOTICE ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V385000 (COMPONENT: FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WER...

Mileage: 90,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 11V385000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:MOUNTING). THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT HE FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING AS A RESULT OF THE CORRODED STRAP...

Mileage: 130,000

MID VEHICLE FRAME LOCATION BRAKE LINE BURST DUE TO RUSTING OUT WHILE BACKING AN RV INTO A CAMPING SITE. LOST ALL BRAKING FLUID AND BRAKES. HAD JUST COMPLETED TRAVELING TWO HOURS ON INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS TOWING A 3,500 LB. TRAILER. I WAS VERY LUCKY THAT FAILURE OCCURRED WHILE BACKING THE TRAILER AT A...

Mileage: 55,376

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE TIE ROD FRACTURED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, CAUSING HIM TO LOSE CONTROL OF HIS VEHICLE. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO REPAIRED THE INN...

Mileage: 124,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 SUPER CAB. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE SMELL OF FUEL EMITTED FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE CONTACT THEN DISCOVERED THERE WAS FUEL LEAKING FROM THE FUEL TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIRS OR DIAGNOSIS. THE MANUFACT...

Mileage: 144,000

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON A 2002 F-150 WITH ONLY 47K MILES ON THE TRUCK. THIS TRUCK IS NOT A WORK TRUCK, BUT AN EVERY DAY TRUCK. I DO NOT HAUL A LOT, AND HAVE TREATED THIS TRUCK WITH A LOT OF CARE. IT WILL COST ME $1100 TO GET FIXED. THIS DESIGN FLAW SHOULD OF HAD A RECALL ON IT. *TR

Mileage: 47,523

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE AT ANY TIME. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS RELATED TO THIS FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MI...

Mileage: 42,000

STRAPS BROKE ON GAS TANK WHILE DRIVING CAUSING IT TO FALLOFF AN BREAK. *TR

COIL PACK CAUSING ENGINE TO MISFIRE. *TT

Mileage: 102,002

TURNED OVER MY 2002 FORD F-150. A LOUD POP OCCURRED AS A SPARK PLUG/COIL PACK BLEW OUT. THIS IS THE 3RD COIL PACK THAT HAS BLOWN SINCE APRIL OF 2009. THEY FIX IT EVERY TIME BY HAVING TO REPLACE THE COIL PACK AND SPARK PLUG, ALONG WITH HAVING TO RE-TAP THE HEAD. LUCKILY, THIS TIME, I WAS IN A GROCERY...

Mileage: 135,345

WENT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH FIRESTONE TO HAVE MY PLUGS CHANGED PER FORD MANUAL ON MY 2002 F150 5.4 LITER V8. IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT TOUCH THE VEHICLE AS I SHOULD CONTACT FORD DIRECTLY. THEY CLAIM THE PLUGS EXPLODE. WE THEN CALLED THE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN SAYVILLE THE...

WENT TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT WITH FIRESTONE TO HAVE MY PLUGS CHANGED PER FORD MANUAL ON MY 2002 F150 5.4 LITER V8. IT WAS TOLD TO ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT TOUCH THE VEHICLE AS I SHOULD CONTACT FORD DIRECTLY. THEY CLAIM THE PLUGS EXPLODE. WE THEN CALLED THE FORD DEALER SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN SAYVILLE THE...

FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED OUT CAUSING FUEL TANK TO BREAKAWAY FROM THE VECHICLE . FUEL TANK DRAGGED ON THE HIGHWAY SPILLING ENTIRE 25 GALONS OF FUEL. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO REMOVE THE TANK BEFORE THE TRUCK COULD BE TOWED. FUEL TANK IS DAMAGED BEYOND REPAIR NEEDING REPLACEMENT. *TT

Mileage: 160,000

MY TRUCK THAT I BOUGHT BRAND NEW IS A 2002 FORD F150 SUPERCREW THAT I TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF. THE TRUCK HAS JUST OVER 64,000 MILES ON IT. ON OCCASION I DO USE THE TRUCK LIKE A TRUCK AND TOW A 19' BOAT WITH IT AND I USE IT TO PICK UP LUMBER ETC... THREE WEEKS AGO I BEGAN TO HEAR AN ODD METALLIC SOU...

Mileage: 64,125

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SPARK PLUG NUMBER SIX BLEWOUT, DAMAGING THE ENGINE COIL AND REDUCING THE POWER OF THE VEHICLE. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE FAILURE W...

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE CONTACT STATED IT CAUGHT FIRE . THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE ROOF OF THE B...

Mileage: 138,125

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED HE HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND NOTICED THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT STATED THE FIRE INITIATED IN THE ENGINE. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF A FIRE REPORT BEING FILED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE...

Mileage: 200,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE AT HIS HOME; DESTROYING THE VEHICLE AND THE HOME. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ASSISTED WITH PUTTING OUT THE FIRE, BUT THE CONTACT DID NOT RECEIVE A REPORT. A RECALL NOTICE FOR THE VEHICLE CRUISE CONTROL WAS RECEIVED BY THE C...

Mileage: 160,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACTED STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE AND NOTICED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS DRAGGING ON THE GROUND. NO FUEL LEAKED OUT OF THE TANK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE STRAPS WHICH HELD...

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS TRAVELING ON RT. 64 HEADING EAST TOWARD RT 59 IN WEST CHICAGO WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD A THUD FOLLOWED BY A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM WHAT I FIRST THOUGHT WAS THE BED OF MY 2002 F150. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO CHECK AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG FROM THE SUSPECTED AREA. I DROVE A LITTLE LONGER AN...

Mileage: 116,210

I WAS TRAVELING ON RT. 64 HEADING EAST TOWARD RT 59 IN WEST CHICAGO WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD A THUD FOLLOWED BY A SCRAPING NOISE COMING FROM WHAT I FIRST THOUGHT WAS THE BED OF MY 2002 F150. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO CHECK AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG FROM THE SUSPECTED AREA. I DROVE A LITTLE LONGER AN...

Mileage: 116,210

THE STRAPS HOLDING THE GAS IN PLACE ON MY 2002 F150 FAILED ON THE EXPRESSWAY CAUSING THE TANK TO DROP TO THE GROUND AT 65MPH. BY THE TIME I WAS ABLE TO STOP, A RIP IN THE TANK CAUSED ALL OF THE FUEL TO LEAK OUT. LUCKILY NO SPARKS OF FIRE. I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF A POTENTIAL PROBLEM FROM THE DEALE...

Mileage: 166,867

MY 2002 FORD F-150 HAS VERY BADLY RUSTED FUEL TANK STRAPS, WHY IS THE RECALL ONLY UP TO 2001 F-150'S. FORD DEFINITELY USED SOME CHEAP METALS WHILE MAKING THESE F-150'S IS IT POSSIBLE TO INCLUDE 2002 AS WELL? *TR

Mileage: 99,500

GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE, GAS TANK FELL ONTO PAVEMENT. HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO MY FORD DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STRAPS FOR ABOUT $200. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED 5 MINUTES LATER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING 60 MPH! UPDATED 09/14/11 *BF *TR THE TANK FELL TO THE GROUND, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING. THERE...

Mileage: 118,000

GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE, GAS TANK FELL ONTO PAVEMENT. HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO MY FORD DEALER WHERE THEY REPLACED THE STRAPS FOR ABOUT $200. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED 5 MINUTES LATER, I WOULD HAVE BEEN GOING 60 MPH! UPDATED 09/14/11 *BF *TR THE TANK FELL TO THE GROUND, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING. THERE...

Mileage: 118,000

I HEARD ON THE RADIO ABOUT A POSSIBLE UPCOMING RECALL ON FORD F150 PICKUP TRUCKS (1997-2001). THIS IS IN RELATION TO GAS TANK STRAPS GETTING RUSTY AND BREAKING. I THEN DECIDED TO LOOK UNDER MY TRUCK WHICH IS A 2002 FORD F150 AND DISCOVERED TWO GAS TANK STRAPS COMPLETELY RUSTED THROUGH/OFF WITH THE T...

Mileage: 122,000

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK DOING ABOUT 35MPH AND A LARGE AND LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY REPEATED QUIETER POPPING SOUND UNTIL I SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND CONFIRMED MY SUSPICION. A SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE #3 CYLINDER. I HAD TO HELICOIL THE HEAD TO FIX IT, OTHERWISE THE DEALERSH...

Mileage: 91,357

THE FRONT GAS TANK SUPPORT HANGER BROKE DUE TO CORROSION. THE REAR HANGER HELD THE TANK IN PLACE UNTIL I WAS ABLE REPLACE BOTH UNITS. THE REAR HANGER DID NOT BREAK BUT WAS SEVERELY CORRODED ALSO. I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPEN IF I WOULD HAVE LOST BOTH UNITS TOGETHER WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD...

Mileage: 81,180

I SMELLED GAS FUMES NEAR MY 2002 F150 TRUCK. LOOKED UNDERNEATH TO INSPECT WHERE SMELL WAS COMING FROM AND FOUND THE BACK BRACE ON THE GAS TANK BROKEN OFF AND RUSTED OUT HOLE IN THE TANK WHERE THE BRACE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE. *TR

Mileage: 130,000

I HAD DRIVEN 4 TO 5 MILES AT 40 TO 45 MPH AND WAS A 1 BLOCK FROM MY DESTINATION. I HAD TO STOP FOR A STOP SIGN AND MAKE A RIGHT TURN. WHILE MAKING THE TURN I THOUGHT I HIT SOMETHING, BUT THE STREET WAS CLEAR? I TURNED THE RADIO OFF AND OPENED THE WINDOW TO HERE SOMETHING DRAGGING. I STOPPED AT THAT ...

Mileage: 100,893

FORD F 150 FUEL TANK BRACKET HAS RUSTED AWAY YEAR 2002. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

TRUCK WAS PARKED IN HOTEL PARKING LOT AND CAUGHT FIRE.

FUEL TANK DROPPED TO THE ROAD WHILE DRIVING CAUSING THE TRUCK TO BE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. DRIVER MADE IT OUT WITH FIRST AND SECOND DEGREE BURNS. TWO DOGS IN THE BACK SEAT DIED IN THE FIRE. INITIAL INVESTIGATION BY THE INSURANCE INVESTIGATOR DETERMINED THAT IT WAS THE FUEL TANK STRAPS THAT FAILED. ...

Mileage: 139,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 TO 30 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD DRAGGING NOISE UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. HE THEN PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND NOTICED THAT BOTH STRAPS HAD FRACTURED AND WERE COVERED WITH RUST. THE TANK FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE, BU...

Mileage: 98,500

2002 FORD F-150 WITH A 5.4L TRITON V8. THE #7 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE PORT AND BROKE THE COIL. THAT LEFT FUEL VAPORS FROM THE PISTON TO BE EXPOSED TO THE DAMAGED IGNITION COIL THAT WAS ARCING AND COULD OF CAUGHT FIRE WITH MY KIDS IN THE TRUCK. IF YOU LOOK ONLINE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLA...

Mileage: 105,000

FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED OUT RESULTING IN GAS TANK DROPPING. UPDATED 09/14/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL TANK WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 09/16/11

Mileage: 182,456

FUEL TANK STRAPS RUSTED OUT RESULTING IN GAS TANK DROPPING. UPDATED 09/14/11 *BF THE CONSUMER STATED THE FUEL TANK WAS DAMAGED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 09/16/11

Mileage: 182,456

2002 FORD F-150, 4.6 TRITON ENGINE KEEPS BLOWING THE SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE HEADS. *TR

Mileage: 191,365

2002 FORD F-150, 4.6 TRITON ENGINE KEEPS BLOWING THE SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE HEADS. *TR

Mileage: 191,365

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED MY 2002 FORD F-150 DROPPED THE FUEL TANK AND THE TANK WAS DRAGGED FOR APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE WILE I ATTEMPTED TO MANEUVER ACROSS THREE LANES OF TRAFFIC TO THE BREAKDOWN LANE. THIS CREATED A HOLE IN THE TANK AS IT WAS DRAGGED AGAINST THE PAVEMENT. I HAD JUST FILLED THE ...

Mileage: 170,807

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE BEFORE THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE COASTED TO A STOP AND THE CONTACT NOTICED THE SPARK PLUGS HAD FRACTURED FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WH...

Mileage: 65,000

2002 FORD F150 5.4L V-8 2-WHEEL DRIVE, REGULAR CAB, 8FT BED... BROKEN GAS TANK STRAP...WALKED OUT AND NOTICED MY GAS TANK WAS HANGING DOWN...INVESTIGATION REVEALED A BROKEN GAS TANK STRAP...BOUND IT BACK UP WITH A RATCHET-STRAP, AND DROVE TO THE FORD DEALER...PURCHASED A NEW STRAP AND PLACED IT ON ...

Mileage: 100,000

ELECTRICAL FIRE STARTING UNDER THE DASH AND ENDED UP TOTALING MY TRUCK. 2002 FORD F150. SUSPECTED TO BE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH THAT WAS NEVER FIXED BY DEALER BEFORE PURCHASE, AND WE WERE NOT NOTIFIED ABOUT THIS RECALL. IT WAS SUGGESTED TO US AFTER GETTING THE INFORMATION TO THE INSURANCE CO. AND SE...

Mileage: 92,000

BOTH THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES AS WELL AS THE BRAKE LINES HAVE FAILED ON MY 02 FORD F150 DUE TO RUST AND THIS IS A COMMON CONCERN. I AM A SENIOR MASTER TECHNICIAN FOR FORD AND WE REPAIR THESE ON A REGULAR BASIS DUE TO RUST. BOTH ARE CLEAR SAFETY CONCERNS WHEN THEY FAIL AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. AND WI...

Mileage: 70,000

BOTH THE REAR SPRING SHACKLES AS WELL AS THE BRAKE LINES HAVE FAILED ON MY 02 FORD F150 DUE TO RUST AND THIS IS A COMMON CONCERN. I AM A SENIOR MASTER TECHNICIAN FOR FORD AND WE REPAIR THESE ON A REGULAR BASIS DUE TO RUST. BOTH ARE CLEAR SAFETY CONCERNS WHEN THEY FAIL AND SHOULD BE ADDRESSED. AND WI...

Mileage: 70,000

ONE GAS TANK STRAP WAS FOUND TO BE RUSTED AND THE TANK AT AN ANGLE. IT WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE GAS TANK WAS ALSO RUSTED AND LEAKING. THE GAS TANK AND STRAPS WERE REPLACED. BECAUSE THE MODEL YEAR WAS NOT IN THE DATE RANGE OF THE RECENT RECALL, WE HAD TO PAY $793. A PO...

Mileage: 77,061

ONE GAS TANK STRAP WAS FOUND TO BE RUSTED AND THE TANK AT AN ANGLE. IT WAS INSPECTED BY A LOCAL FORD DEALER, WHO FOUND THAT THE GAS TANK WAS ALSO RUSTED AND LEAKING. THE GAS TANK AND STRAPS WERE REPLACED. BECAUSE THE MODEL YEAR WAS NOT IN THE DATE RANGE OF THE RECENT RECALL, WE HAD TO PAY $793. A PO...

Mileage: 77,061

2002 FORD F150 FUEL TANK MOUNTING STRAPS FAILED DUE TO CORROSION AND PERMITTED FUEL TANK TO DROP TO PAVEMENT WHILE DRIVING. *TR

Mileage: 105,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACTED WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WHEN BOTH FUEL TANK STRAPS FRACTURED. THE STRAPS WERE RUSTED AND CORRODED AND ALSO CAUSING THE FUEL TANK TO DETACH FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FUEL TANK ALSO CAUSED THE DRIVE SHAFT TO FAIL WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND THE CONTA...

Mileage: 86,442

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE METAL STRAP FOR THE REAR FUEL TANK WAS FRACTURED AS A RESULT OF RUST. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 38,000. THE V...

Mileage: 38,000

1. THERE WAS NOT AN EVENT LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE. 2. GAS TANK STRAPS BROKE 3. I HAVE NOT FIXED YET, WILL MOST LIKELY FIX ON MY OWN. *TR

Mileage: 109,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE FUEL TANK DETACHED AND FELL FROM UNDER THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND TOWED TO THE CONTACTS HOME. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE BRAKE LINES WERE ALSO DAMAGED WHEN THE FUEL TANK DETACHED. TH...

Mileage: 155,000

WE FILLED THE GAS TANK OF OUR 2002 FORD F-150 AND DROVE ABOUT THREE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE GAS STATION. THE FUEL TANK DROPPED OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE TRUCK AND DRAGGED ON THE GROUND LEAKING FUEL EVERYWHERE. WE WERE LUCKY IT WAS RAINING AT THE TIME AS I BELIEVE OTHERWISE THE TANK WOULD HAVE CAUSED A SP...

Mileage: 150,000

AFTER HEARING ABOUT THE F150 FUEL STRAP PROBLEM I DECIDED TO REPORT A RUSTED AND BUSTED STRAP ON MY 2002 F150. A FRIEND NOTICED THE STRAP HANGING DOWN SO I WAS ABLE TO FIX IT BEFORE IT FELL. MI. *TR

Mileage: 175,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GASOLINE TANK STRAP WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THEY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000. ...

Mileage: 95,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE GASOLINE TANK STRAP WAS COVERED WITH RUST. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE DEALER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHERE THEY REPLACED THE FUEL TANK STRAPS. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000. ...

Mileage: 95,000

FUEL TANK STRAP BROKE ALLOWING FUEL TANK TO DROP AND NEARLY BREAK FREE FROM THE VEHICLE. *TR

Mileage: 87,760

2002 F150 I HAD TO HAVE THE GAS TANK STRAPS REPLACED ONE FAILED, HOW COME THE INVESTIGATION IS ONLY GOING TO 2001. *TR

Mileage: 155,000

STRAPS THAT SECURE THE FUEL TANK RUSTED. ONE STRAP RUSTED COMPLETELY THROUGH AND WAS HANGING LOOSE-- THE OTHER WAS VERY CLOSE TO FAILURE. I WAS ABLE FORTUNATELY TO GET TO A GARAGE --AND I HAD THE STRAPS REPLACED. I JUST RECENTLY SAW THE NOTICE ABOUT OTHER INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING AND I DECIDED TO...

Mileage: 101,250

I HAVE A 2002 F150 WITH ABOUT 90,000 MILES ON IT. ABOUT THREE MONTHS AGO THE FRONT END STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY AT ABOUT 45MPH. IT WILL NOT STOP SHAKING UNTIL YOU PRETTY MUCH COMPLETELY STOP. STARTED OUT JUST DOING IT EVERY NOW AND THEN. NOW I CANT GET OVER 45MPH. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I HAVE TAK...

MY HUSBAND PURCHASED A USED 2002 F150 FORD TRUCK BACK IN 2004. IN THE PAST 3 YEARS, THE TRUCK HAS MAJOR ELECTRICAL ISSUES EVERY TIME IT RAINS FOR MORE THAN 2 DAYS STRAIGHT. IT STARTS WITH THE RADIO SHUTTING OFF WHILE DRIVING. NEXT THE WIPERS WILL NOT WORK THEN THE POWER WINDOWS WONT OPEN. EACH TIME ...

Mileage: 65,000

I AM ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE ORIGINAL FACTORY SPARK PLUG EJECT FROM THE ENGINE, WHICH INDICATES THERE IS A DEFECT WITH THE ENGINE & CYLINDER HEAD DESIGN. WHERE I WORK, FOUR OF US HAVE THE SAME YEAR TRUCK, THREE OF US HAD THE SAME SPARK PLUG EJECT PROBLEM! THE FOURTH GUY ONLY HAS 40,000 M...

Mileage: 74,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND IDLE WHEN IT IGNITED IN FLAMES. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE USING A WATER HOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED NEAR THE CONTACTS VEHICLE SUSTAINED DAMAGES FROM THE F...

Mileage: 102,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT BECAUSE HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V...

Mileage: 76,500

ENGINE FIRE; BRAKES RESERVOIR/MASTER CYLINDER CAUGHT FIRE SITTING IN YARD. *TR

Mileage: 210

ENGINE FIRE; BRAKES RESERVOIR/MASTER CYLINDER CAUGHT FIRE SITTING IN YARD. *TR

Mileage: 210

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED AND SITTING IDLE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO INFORMED HIM THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH HAD BURNED THE MASTER CYLINDER, CRUISE CONTROL CABLE AND THE WIRI...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW FRAME LEAKED WHENEVER IT RAINED. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE SEAT CUSHION AND HEAD REST WAS ALSO WET WHEN IT RAINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HIM THAT ...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A FORD F-150 THAT HAS A TRITON V-8 MOTOR. IT HAS 110,000 MILES. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK FOR 3 YEARS AND PURCHASED IT WITH A 5 YEAR LOAN AGREEMENT. I WAS DRIVING AND THE SPARK PLUG BLEWOUT OF THE MOTOR. APPARENTLY THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM,SO COMMON THAT THEY HAVE A KIT THATS A QWIK FIX. EVIDENTLY...

Mileage: 50,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE AND SHIFTED INTO DRIVE GEAR, BOTH FRONTAL AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WHEN HE PLACED HIS FOOT ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT ...

Mileage: 86,000

THE FUEL TANK DROPPED DOWN FROM MY TRUCK AS I DROVE. I STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, PUT MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND GOT OUT TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, IT LOOKED LIKE MAYBE THE END OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM, THERE WAS NO LIQUID AND NO SMELL. I CALLED FOR HELP AND SLOWLY P...

Mileage: 148,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150 SUPER-CREW. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) WAS PERFORMED APPROXIMATELY TWO YEARS AGO BUT THE REPAIR DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. WHILE HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE HE FOUND THE SPEED...

Mileage: 134,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL EXPLOSION FROM UNDER THE FRONT HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS SHUT OFF AND TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BLEW OUT AND DETACHED FROM THE ENGINE. THE ...

Mileage: 78,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED TO ASSIST AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE VEH...

Mileage: 116,000

2002 FORD F-150. CONSUMER STATES PROBLEM WITH REAR AXLE AND BEARING *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS A GRINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE RIGHT REAR AXLE WAS WORN AND THE BEARING WAS BAD. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT IN AUGUST OF 2010 HE RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR RECALL REPAIRS AND HE WAS INFORMED BY THE DEALER THAT THERE WERE NO FAILURES WITHIN THE C...

Mileage: 147,000

2002 FORD F-150. CONSUMER STATES A MAJOR WIRE HARNESS BURNED ON THE R.H. EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC SLEEVE WAS GONE AS WELL AS THE INSULATION. *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE OVERDRIVE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND IT WOULDN'T SHIFT PAST 2ND GEAR. ...

Mileage: 80,270

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING OVERNIGHT AND THE HORN STARTED TO HONK AS THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE STARTED INSIDE THE CAB OF THE VEHICLE AND IT WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND A REPORT WAS FILED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT KNOW THE ...

Mileage: 80,000

2002 FORD F150, 4X4, 4 DOOR. WAS DRIVING HOME FROM KANSAS CITY KANSAS TO EMPORIA KANSAS, LUCKY I WAS STOPPING BY A FRIENDS HOUSE IN LAWRENCE KS. I WAS STOPPED @ A RED LIGHT IN DOWNTOWN, WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I GAVE MY TRUCK GAS, HEARD A POP, SMELLED GAS & LUMPED TO A SAFE PLACE TO STOP. ENDED ...

Mileage: 154,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FUEL TANK FELL OFF OF THE VEHICLE AND STARTED SPARKING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WHO STATED THE FAILURE COULD HAVE BEEN THE BANDS THAT HOLD THE GAS TANK WERE RUSTED AND THE PROBLEM HAD BEEN REPORTED BEFORE. THE VEHI...

Mileage: 143,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT HEAD. DAMAGING HEAD, COIL PACK AND INJECTOR LINE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 WITH THE 4.6L V8. THE TRUCK HAS 109,000 MILES. NUMBER 4 PLUG EJECTED ON NOVEMBER 11TH WITHOUT ANY SERIOUS DAMAGE. I REPLACED THE PLUG AND COIL. I WAS DRIVING HOME ON DECEMBER 23RD THIS TIME THE PLUG EJECTED AND HIT THE UNDER SIDE OF THE HOOD AND SOUNDED LIKE A BOMB WENT OFF. ...

Mileage: 109,000

MY 2002 FORD F150 WITH A 5.4 L TRITON V8 ENGINE SPIT OUT A SPARK PLUG FOR NO APPARENT REASON. MY F150 HAS 117,000 MILES ON IT AND HAS HAD NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS OVER IT'S LIFE. IT IS SERVICED REGULARLY AND IS USED FOR ROUTINE DRIVING. I HAPPENED TO BE 30 MILES FROM HOME WHEN I HEARD A LOUD TAPPIN...

Mileage: 117,500

I GOT INTO MY 2002 FORD F150 ONE MORNING, CRANKED IT AND WENT TO PUT IT IN DRIVE AND IT WOULD NOT.ALSO MY INTERIOR LIGHTS WOULD NOT WORK. AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND OUT IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A FUSE. I CHANGED THE FUSE AND IT WORKED., ABOUT A MONTH LATER IT DID IT AGAIN SO I CHANGED THE FUSE AGAIN, ...

Mileage: 94,000

IN APRIL OF 2010 MY F-150 TRUCK "SPIT" A SPARK PLUG WHILE TRAVELING AT FREEWAY SPEED. THIS WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION SINCE IT WAS DURING RUSH HOUR AND MANY 18 WHEEL TRUCKS WERE TRAVELING DOWN THE I-5 AT THE TIME AND WERE RELUCTANT TO ALLOW A CAR TO PULL OVER. I HAD THE TRUCK FIXED AT A AAA APPROVED ...

Mileage: 120,000

THE CAR WAS STOPPING TO DROP OFF MAIL AT A MAILBOX. THE BRAKE PEDAL WENT ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. INSPECTION REVEALED BRAKE FLUID ON THE GAS TANK. A RUSTED BRAKE LINE WAS THE CAUSE. DEALER REPLACED THE LINE AT COST OF $511.95 INCLUDING BRAKE FLUID FLUSH. THE REAR BRAKE LINE WAS REPLACED. IT RUNS FR...

Mileage: 74,332

FORD F150 2002 WAS HAVING WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS A WHEEL BALANCE ISSUE. DAY BEFORE SOUNDED LIKE LIFTERS WE NEEDING ADJUSTMENT (TAPPING) THAT SEEMED TO GET BETTER AS IT DROVE. WAS TURNING ONTO A HIGHWAY TYPE ROAD, ENGINE MADE A BANG THAT SOUNDED LIKE IT THREW A ROD, FOLLOWED BY LOUD POPS. THERE WAS N...

Mileage: 96,475

I OWN A 2002 FORD F150 WITH A 5.4 TRITON ENGINE. I JUST HAD AN ISSUE WITH A SPARK PLUG COMING OUT OF THE HEAD. I HAVE READ MANY REPORTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE WITH NEW FACTORY PLUGS AND REPLACEMENT PLUGS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW THAT FORD HAS YET TO ADMIT IS A DESIGN FLAW. THIS ...

OUR 2002 F150 CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE FRONT OF OUR HOME. AFTER TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY OUR TRUCK CAUGHT ON FIRE WE FOUND ONLINE THAT THERE WAS AN OPEN RECALL ON THE CRUISE CONTROL/BRAKE SAFETY SWITCH RECALL FROM FORD. WE CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT AFTER WE PUT OUT FIRE AND HAVE RECORD THAT THE...

Mileage: 173,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD RATTLING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE AREA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAD BLOWN OUT. THE VEHICLE WAS BEING REPAIRED. THE CURRENT ...

Mileage: 110,000

BLOW SPARK PLUG ON A 2002 FORD F-150 5.4 PICKUP. *TR

Mileage: 100,008

EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE WOULD HAVE TO BE...EVERYDAY DRIVING.... THE FAILURE - FOR THE THIRD TIME NOW, A SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE CYLINDER HEAD. CONSEQUENCES - $800 FORD DEALERSHIP PARTS/LABOR, PLUS 2 TOW TRUCK SERVICES. NEW PLUG, INSERT, AND COIL. *TR

Mileage: 102,500

THE REAR FUEL TANK STRAP ON MY 2002 FORD F 150 RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING THE TANK TO COME LOOSE. THE RUST WAS SO BAD THAT THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIRS AND AFTER THE TANK WAS REMOVED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ABOVE THE TANK WERE ALSO RU...

Mileage: 89,800

THE REAR FUEL TANK STRAP ON MY 2002 FORD F 150 RUSTED THROUGH CAUSING THE TANK TO COME LOOSE. THE RUST WAS SO BAD THAT THERE WAS ALSO A SMALL HOLE IN THE FUEL TANK. I HAVE TAKEN THE TRUCK IN FOR REPAIRS AND AFTER THE TANK WAS REMOVED IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE BRAKE LINES ABOVE THE TANK WERE ALSO RU...

Mileage: 89,800

ON SEPTEMBER 28TH 2010 I WAS DRIVING FROM INDIANAPOLIS, IN TO LOUISVILLE, KY ON A VERY BUSY I-65 INTERSTATE. AT APPROXIMATELY 4PM I HEARD A VERY LOUD POP AND LOST ALL POWER. I COULD HEAR A VERY LOUD BANGING NOISE AND AT FIRST I THOUGHT I BLEW A TIRE. I IMMEDIATELY TRIED TO GET FROM THE FAST LANE T...

Mileage: 99,149

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ANOTHER DRIVER WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, BOTH STRAPS ON THE FUEL TANK FELL OFF AND THE TANK DROPPED DOWN ON THE GROUND. ANOTHER DRIVER ALERTED HER TO THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A REPAIR SHOP. THE CONTACT CALLED ...

Mileage: 241,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A PARKWAY TO GET ON THE HIGHWAY WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH HE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO YIELD AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT DRIVER INTENT. HE WAS FORCED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE ON A SIDEWALK IN ORDER TO GET OUT OF TRAFFIC WHICH CA...

Mileage: 82,200

MY 2002 F150 CATCH ON FIRE TODAY. THE FIRE SEEMS TO HAVE COME FROM THE BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER AREA. *TR

Mileage: 180,000

I WAS DRIVING IN THE URBAN STREET AND I SUDDENLY HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LIKE SOMETHING IS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. SO I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE WHICH IS AROUND 2 KMS AWAY. WE DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUG JUST PULL OUT OF THE ENGINE AND IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MAKI...

Mileage: 173,000

I WAS DRIVING IN THE URBAN STREET AND I SUDDENLY HEAR A NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, LIKE SOMETHING IS LEAKING FROM THE ENGINE. SO I HAD IT TOWED TO MY HOUSE WHICH IS AROUND 2 KMS AWAY. WE DISCOVERED THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUG JUST PULL OUT OF THE ENGINE AND IT WAS THE ONE THAT WAS MAKI...

Mileage: 173,000

NUMEROUS FORD PICK-UP TRUCKS TO INCLUDE F SERIES AND RANGER HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE CROSS BEAMS THAT HOLD THE PICK-UP BED TO THE TRUCK RUSTING OUT. THE POTENTIAL IS THERE THAT THE BED COULD COME LOOSE FROM THE TRUCK AND POSE A SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD. I HAVE CONTACTED FORD ABOUT IT BUT AS YOU CAN GUESS...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE EXHIBITED A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE AS THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LOSE POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT A SPARK PLUG FRACTURED FROM THE ENGINE AND TORE AN ENGINE COIL. T...

Mileage: 95,800

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH, THE FRONTAL DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAGS DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN A CRASH. THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 120,000.

Mileage: 120,000

2002 F-150 FORD 4.6 V-8 SPARK PLUG EJECTION. FIRST TIME HAPPENED ON JUNE 20 2008 IN THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER TRUCK SHOWING 160,000 KMS. I REMOVED THE HEAD SENT IT TO MACHINE SHOP TO BE REPAIRED. 11 MONTHS LATER(182000) THE HELI-COIL THAT WAS INSTALLED CAME OUT WITH THE SPARK PLUG. REMOVED THE HEAD AND...

Mileage: 160,000

FORD F150 HAD A RECALLED BACK IN 2005 WITH THE SPEED CONTROL WERE THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH MAY OVERHEAT, SMOKE OR BURN. WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE TO DEALER TO DISCONNECT UNTIL PARTS COME IN WAS NOTIFIED ON NEW PARTS WERE AVAILABLE WHICH WERE INSTALL. AUG 21 2010 THE BRAKE PRESSURE SWITCH STARTED LEAKIN...

STARTING FROM A STOPLIGHT, I HEARD A SUDDEN POP AND SMELLED GAS. LOUD CLICKING OR POPPING NOISE CAUSED ME TO TURN AROUND AND HEAD STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. THEY SAID A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT, DAMAGING THE COIL. INITIAL ESTIMATE OF $500 GREW TO $3600 AS THEY SAID THEN THAT THE HEAD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLAC...

Mileage: 100,000

A 2002 FORD F-150 STRUCK A 1996 CHEVY BLAZER IN THE RIGHT REAR, THERE FOR HAVING DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND FRONT LEFT QUARTER PANEL OF THE F-150. THE IMPACT WAS HARD ENOUGH TO ROLL THE BLAZER OVER ON TO ITS TOP. MY CONCERN IS THAT THE AIR BAGS IN BOTH VEHICLES DID NOT DEPLOY THE F-150 WAS TRAVELING ...

Mileage: 116,562

OUR 02 FORD F150 CAUGHT FIRE IN OUR DRIVEWAY WHILE WE WERE NOT HOME AND WAS DESTROYED. THIS WAS 3 DAYS AFTER BEING OPERATED. THE FIRE WAS LOCATED ABOVE THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE AT THE BRAKE FLUID RESERVOIR. OUR NEIGHBOR SAW FIRE AND WAS ABLE TO SAVE OUR BOAT AND HOME BY COMBATING THE FLAMES WHI...

Mileage: 150,000

2002 FORD F150 5.4L ENGINE PLUG POPPED OUT BROKE COIL. *TR

Mileage: 1,002,098

I HAVE A 2002 F-150 HARLEY-DAVIDSON EDITION SUPERCREW PICK UP TRUCK AND JUST HAD MY NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT IT DESTROYED THE COIL PACK THE PLUG AND BOOT THE VEHICLE HAS 121,556 MILES. *TR

Mileage: 121,550

I WAS FOLLOWING THE FORD RULES FOR WHEN TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AT 100,000 MILES. I HAVE 99,860 MILES ON MY 2002 FORD F150 XLT 4.6L TRITON V8 MOTOR. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM GETTING THE NEW PLUGS FROM THE AUTO STORE TO REPLACE WHEN I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN GOING OFF. ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS FIRE...

Mileage: 99,860

I WAS FOLLOWING THE FORD RULES FOR WHEN TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AT 100,000 MILES. I HAVE 99,860 MILES ON MY 2002 FORD F150 XLT 4.6L TRITON V8 MOTOR. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM GETTING THE NEW PLUGS FROM THE AUTO STORE TO REPLACE WHEN I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN GOING OFF. ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS FIRE...

Mileage: 99,860

I WAS FOLLOWING THE FORD RULES FOR WHEN TO REPLACE SPARK PLUGS AT 100,000 MILES. I HAVE 99,860 MILES ON MY 2002 FORD F150 XLT 4.6L TRITON V8 MOTOR. I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM GETTING THE NEW PLUGS FROM THE AUTO STORE TO REPLACE WHEN I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN GOING OFF. ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS FIRE...

Mileage: 99,860

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE TRAVELING AT 25 MPH, THERE WAS AN UNUSUAL POP FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IMMEDIATELY, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL AIR PRESSURE RELEASE SOUND. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE ENGINE HEAD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO...

Mileage: 10,600

I HAVE HAD TWO SPARKPLUGS EJECTED FROM MY TRUCK MOTOR. I HAVE A FORD TRUCK. IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE IN TWO YEARS WITH PLUGS THAT WERE IN IT WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW FROM A FORD DEALER, WITH FORD CERTIFIED MECHANICS. 2 OUT OF 8 IS A 25 % FAILURE RATE. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

2002 FORD F-150 COMPLETE BRAKE FAILURE. FORD IS NOT OWNING UP TO DEFECTIVE PARTS, NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND PUBLIC APOLOGY MADE FOR ENDANGERING OF THEIR CUSTOMERS. INTERNET SEARCH RESULTS IN HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR OCCURRENCES. *TR

Mileage: 125,000

MY FATHER OWNS A 2002 FORD F150 PICK-UP TRUCK. THE PASSENGER SIDE SEATBELT FREQUENTLY COMES UNDONE. I HAVE SEARCHED FOR RECALLS ON THIS BUT I HAVE FOUND NOTHING. WILL FORD PAY THE BILL TO GET THIS PROBLEM FIXED. THE SEAT BELTS COME UNDONE OFTEN ENOUGH IT IS MORE TROUBLE THAN IT IS WORTH TO PUT ...

Mileage: 120,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWOUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD ON A FORD 5.4 TRITON MOTOR. MANY HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE TO DEAL WITH A BAD DESIGN BY FORD. IT MAKES THESE FORD VEHICLES NON RELIABLE BECAUSE IT COULD LEAVE YOU STRANDED AWAY FROM HOME WITH NO ONE TO FIX THE PROBLEM LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO ME. *TR

Mileage: 120,526

2002 F-150 HISTORY - HAVE HAD TO REPLACE 4 COILS. 2 WERE BURNED OUT AND 2 WERE DAMAGED FROM THE SPARK PLUG BLOWING OUT THE HOLE, THIS LAST TIME JUST RECENTLY (JUNE 2010). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 F-150. HE STATED THAT ON JUNE 2, 2010, THE SEAT BELT FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AND THE MIDDLE SEAT FAILED. THE CONTACT SPOKE WITH THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE SEAT BELT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPAIRED AT HIS EXPENSE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 147,000.

Mileage: 147,000

ON A 2002 FORD F-150 HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION TRUCK, THE # 2 SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN, AND THE GASOLINE AND EXHAUST FUMES WERE FILING THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK I HAVE OWNED PREVIOUS A (2003 SAME VEHICLE MODEL)...

Mileage: 95,555

ON A 2002 FORD F-150 HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION TRUCK, THE # 2 SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH, CAUSING MY VEHICLE TO SLOW DOWN, AND THE GASOLINE AND EXHAUST FUMES WERE FILING THE DRIVERS COMPARTMENT. THIS IS THE SECOND TRUCK I HAVE OWNED PREVIOUS A (2003 SAME VEHICLE MODEL)...

Mileage: 95,555

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE SPARK PLUG FAILED. THE CONTACT CALLED AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP AND THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG DID NOT CALL FOR REPAIR UNTIL 100,000 MILES. THE DEALER ALSO STATED THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT METALS INTERACTING WITH EACH OTHER...

Mileage: 89,520

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT FORD F150 4.6 V8 TRITON ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT FORD F150 4.6 V8 TRITON ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 95,000

FORD MOTOR COMPANYMAIN TOPIC: VEHICLE SERVICE ISSUES YOUR INQUIRY: I HAVE A 02 FORD F150 SUPERCREW WITH A MAJOR PROBLEM THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS ON THE DRIVERSIDE WHEN IT RANS INTO THE GEM MODULE CAUSE THE TRUCK TO BE HARD TO START AND THE GAUGES AND SERVICES LIGHTS TO STAY ON THE SEATBELT BELL TO RING ...

Mileage: 92,250

FORD MOTOR COMPANYMAIN TOPIC: VEHICLE SERVICE ISSUES YOUR INQUIRY: I HAVE A 02 FORD F150 SUPERCREW WITH A MAJOR PROBLEM THE WINDSHIELD LEAKS ON THE DRIVERSIDE WHEN IT RANS INTO THE GEM MODULE CAUSE THE TRUCK TO BE HARD TO START AND THE GAUGES AND SERVICES LIGHTS TO STAY ON THE SEATBELT BELL TO RING ...

Mileage: 92,250

AUTO FIRE: RESIDENT HEARD CAR HORN SOUNDING, CAME OUT AND SAW 2002 FORD F-150 SMOKING. OPENED DOOR AND AIR ENTERING VEHICLE STARTED FLAMES TO GROW. NEIGHBOR EXTINGUISHED WITH DRY CHEMICAL. APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN SMOLDERING FOR SOMETIME, DUE TO HEAVY SMOKED GLASS IN CAB INTERIOR AND MELTED DASH COMPART...

Mileage: 178,764

MY DAUGHTER WAS ROUNDING A CORNER IN HER FORD F150 KING RANCH TRUCK MAKE A HARD PULL TO THE RIGHT AND SHE TRIED TO CORRECT IT AT THAT TIME HER TRUCK BEGAN TO FLIP OVER TWICE. SHE ENDED UP IN A 10FT UPSIDE DOWN TOTALED HER TRUCK AND BROKE HER COLLAR BONE. THERE WAS A WRECKER DRIVER ON THE SCENE THAT ...

FORD TRITON V8-4.6L SPARK PLUG EJECTION ON #2 PLUG. THIS HAS NOW HAPPENED TO ME AS I WAS DRIVING AT 60MPH AND IT BLEW IT OUT AND THE COIL SPRING IS NOW DOWN ON TOP OF THE PISTON AND SMASHED WITHIN SECONDS. TOWED TO FORD DEALERSHIP AND MECHANIC ADMITTED THIS WAS COMMON BUT NO RECALLS. HE SCOPED THE ...

Mileage: 140,000

ON APRIL 17, I NOTICED A WHISTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE, BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND, AND THOUGHT IT WAS A VACUUM LINE LEAK. I STARTED THE TRUCK ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 14 AND I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A SMALL BLACK CLOUD, UPON EXAMINING UNDER THE HOOD, I FOUND ...

Mileage: 136,500

ON APRIL 17, I NOTICED A WHISTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE, BUT COULD NOT FIND THE SOURCE OF THE SOUND, AND THOUGHT IT WAS A VACUUM LINE LEAK. I STARTED THE TRUCK ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 14 AND I HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A SMALL BLACK CLOUD, UPON EXAMINING UNDER THE HOOD, I FOUND ...

Mileage: 136,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TIRES WOULD CONSISTENTLY LOSE AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOUND A CRACK IN THE REAR ALUMINUM WHEEL RIMS. THE MANUFACTURE WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED TAKING THE VEHICLE TO AN AUTHORIZE...

Mileage: 108,000

MY 2002 FORD F-150 WITH TRITON 4.6 LITER ENGINE BLEW THE #4 PLUG ON SUNDAY MORNING. AFTER IT SPENT 3 DAYS IN THE DEALERSHIP TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM, IT THEN BLEW THE #2 PLUG THE VERY SAME NIGHT I PICKED IT UP ON 4/7. NOW I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON AND WELL KNOWN PROBLEM IN THE 1997 TO 200...

Mileage: 105,000

FORD F150 TRUCK, FIRE FROM CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN OVER 24 HRS. IT CAUGHT ON FIRE (UNDER THE HOOD ONLY)IN OUR DRIVEWAY. WE USED A WATER HOSE TO EXTINGUISH IT QUICKLY. NOT SURE HOW MANY PARTS HAVE BEEN DAMAGED FROM FIRE. LUCKILY WE CAUGHT IT BEFORE ANY MAJOR DAMAGE OCC...

Mileage: 65,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 160,000

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD F150 WITH A 4.6L TRITON V8 AT 65 MILES PER HOUR, WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY MOTOR MADE A LOUD BANG AND THE WAS BANGING NON STOP. I WAS UNABLE TO PULL OVER IMEDIATLY BECAUSE I WAS ON THE PA TURNPIKE AT A NARROW POINT. I PULLED OVER A LITTLE DOWN THE ROAD AND AFTER A EXSPENSIVE...

Mileage: 100,645

2002 FORD F150 BURNED DOWN

ON FEBRUARY 26, 2010 MY GIRLFRIEND AND I ALONG WITH OUR KIDS WERE DRIVING TO SAN DIEGO, CA. AS WE WERE SPEEDING UP TO PASS A SLOW SEMI-TRUCK MY TRUCK GOT STUCK ON THROTTLE, I STARTED TO PANIC ASKING MY GIRLFRIEND TO CHECK AND SEE IF THERE WAS A WATER BOTTLE STUCK UNDERNEATH THE BREAK PEDAL, SHE CHEC...

Mileage: 92,500

2002 FORD F-150.THE CONSUMER RECEIVED NOTICE IN THE MAIL ABOUT RISK OF FIRE IN SOME VEHICLES. *DT THE CONSUMER STATED HER VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE A FEW YEARS AGO. *JB

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT IN 2002 FORD TRITON ENGINE. IN PAST 3 YEARS HAVE HAD 2 SPARKPLUGS BLOW OUT WHILE TRAVELING APPROX 65MPH. PROBLEM CORRECTED BY RETAPPING AND REPLACING THE PLUG AT APPROX $700 REPAIR EACH. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

#3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD GOING 65 MPH. $500- REPAIR BILL TO PLACE A HELICOIL. TALKING TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, IT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 5.4 FORD MOTOR. WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO RECALL OR SAFETY WARNING ISSUED? *TR

Mileage: 82,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS LOOSE AND WATER WAS IN THE VEHICLE WHENEVER IT RAINED. THE WATER WOULD SHORT OUT THE ELECTRICAL BOXES IN THE VEHICLE WHICH HAD TO REPLACED AT HIS OWN EXPENSE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE ...

Mileage: 50,000

2002 FORD F150. 4X4. 5.4 L V8. DRIVERS SIDE LEAKY WINDSHIELD. LEAK CAUSES CORROSION OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS UNDER DASH. THE GEM MODULE; WHICH CONTROLS MOST ALL ELECTRONICS ON THE DASH; RADION, 4X4, WIPERS, HEADLIGHTS CONTROLS, HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING CONTROLS. DUE TO THE CORROSION OR THE GEM ...

Mileage: 105,000

2002 FORD F150 BLEW THE SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD WHEN STARTING ENGINE. GASOLINE FUMES IN CAB VERY STRONG, HAD TO EXIT VEHICLE, DISABLE SPARKPLUG COIL TO KEEP FROM HAVING A SERIOUS GASOLING FIRE ON MY HANDS...... *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150 WHICH WAS PURCHASED BRAND NEW IN 2002. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH HE HEARD A DINGING NOISE IN THE VEHICLE. HE ASSUMED THAT IT WAS HIS SEAT BELT WARNING ALARM; HOWEVER, HE WAS UTILIZING THE SEAT BELT. LATER THAT EVENING, HE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND THE HEATING ELEMENT C...

Mileage: 85,000

2002 FORD F-150 5.4 V8 - SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER NO. 3 UNDER NORMAL DRIVING USE. VEHICLE HAS 98,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON THE ENGINE. I HAVE FORD EXTENDED SERVICE PLAN ON THE VEHICLE, ALTHOUGH THE LOCAL DEALER SAID THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY, AND WANTS TO CHARGE ME $4500.00 TO REPAI...

Mileage: 98,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL, IT DID NOT WORK. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH WAS LEAKING WHICH CAUSED THE FAILURE. HE WAS ALSO TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE...

Mileage: 113,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 CREW CAB. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 5 MPH THE SPARE TIRE FELL FROM UNDERNEATH THE BED OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COULD SEE FROM THE REAR VIEW MIRROR THAT THE BRACKET THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE IN PLACE HAD BROKEN. THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE ...

Mileage: 160,000

I OWN A 2002 F-150 4X4 IT HAS 79K MILES AND HAD THE ORIGINAL FORD PLUGS IN IT. I WAS STRANDED A LONG DISTANCE FROM HOME WHEN THE TRUCK SPIT A SPARK PLUG OUT DESTROYING THE COIL. SMOKE AND FUEL CAME OUT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND NOT KNOWING WHAT WENT WRONG I THOUGHT THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. I HAD...

Mileage: 79

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. SHE STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR LOCK WOULD NOT FUNCTION CORRECTLY. SHE HAD TO USE A SCREWDRIVER TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE DOOR. THE NECESSARY REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE BY THE DEALER. LATER, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE DOOR LOCK WOULD NOT FUNCTION ...

Mileage: 50,000

IN MY CASE THERE WERE THREE SEPARATE OCCURRENCES WHERE MY SPARK PLUGS SHOT OUT OF MY ENGINE. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGHWAY CRUISING ALONG ABOUT 70 MPH. I ACTUALLY THOUGHT I BLEW A TIRE.THIS WAS AT NIGHT SO IN THE MORNING I CHECKED IT OUT WITH A FRIEND'S HELP AND SAW THE PLUG SITTING RIGH...

Mileage: 56,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 PURCHASED NEW SEPTEMBER 2002. WHILE DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ENGAGE NOR SHIFT INTO GEAR. A TECHNICIAN FROM THE FORD DEALER CONCLUDED THAT THE SLEIGH CYLINDER HAD FAILED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000 . THE CURRENT ...

Mileage: 67,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE NUMBER 7 AND 8 SPARK PLUGS HAVE BLOWN OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS MISFIRED BECAUSE THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH THREAD TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUGS IN PLACE. SPARK PLUG NU...

Mileage: 94,227

2002 FORD F150 SPARK PLUG FAILED. *NJ THE CONSUMER WAS CHARGED $2,600 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. *JB

I OWN A 2002 FORD F150 SUPER CREW PICKUP TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS TRUCK IT DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS LEAK FREE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. THE LEAK RETURNED AND DURING SOME HEAVY RAIN STORMS I HAVE HAD CHRONIC ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DUE...

2002 FORD F-150 5.4 V8 - ORIGINAL FACTORY SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER NO. 3 UNDER NORMAL DRIVING USE. VEHICLE HAS 78,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON THE ENGINE AND PLUGS AND FORD DOES NOT RECOMMEND CHANGING THE SPARK PLUGS IN THIS ENGINE FOR THE FIRST 100,000 MILES. SERVICE MANAGER AT THE FORD DEALERSHI...

Mileage: 78,000

WELL THE EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE....THERE WERE NONE WE WERE DRIVING BACK HOME WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN POP AND THERE GOES MY #3 SPARK PLUG. WELL I WAS STRANDED FOR TWO HOURS OR MORE UNTIL I GOT MY TRUCK TOWED TO MY HOUSE. THE ESTIMATED PRICE ON A REPAIR FOR THAT IS $1700 TO TAKE THE CYLINDER ...

Mileage: 86,000

FORD TRITON 5.4 SPARK PLUG EJECTION. *TR

Mileage: 107,000

2002 F150 FORD TRITON SPARK PLUG EJECTION. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150 WITH MICHELIN LTX/MS TIRES SIZE 265/70/R17. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ALL FOUR OF HIS TIRES WERE CRACKING ALONG THE SIDEWALL WHICH HE RECOGNIZED IN NOVEMBER 2009. THERE ARE NO FAILURES TO DATE. THE ATTEMPTED TO RETURN THE DEFECTIVE TIRES TO THE STORE WHERE HE PURCH...

Mileage: 44,022

I GOT IN THE TRUCK AND STARTED IT, THERE WAS A FUNNY NOISE AND A LOUD BANG. I SHUT OFF THE TRUCK AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE NEAR THE WINDSHIELD. I LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD AND DECIDED IT NEEDED TO GO INTO THE SHOP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THE SPARK P...

Mileage: 131,000

MID SEPTEMBER 2009 THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY FORD F-150 TRUCK FAILED TO COME ON. NOVEMBER 6, 2009 I WENT TO WINCHESTER FORD, WINCHESTER, VA TO SEE IF THE SWITCH WAS UNDER RECALL AND TOLD NO. I WAS SHOWN WHERE THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH IS LOCATED AND TOLD THE BEST THING TO DO WAS UNPLUG IT IF I WASN...

Mileage: 30,250

02' FORD F150 TRITON V8 5.4 1. LOUD TAPPING NOISE FROM MOTOR. 2. & 3. SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD. SO FAR THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE. NEW SPARK PLUG, NEW COIL PACK, HEALY-COIL PACK, 4 HRS OF MY TIME WORKING ON THIS P.O.F.S... THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 SUPERCREW HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION WITH A TRITON 5.4 L ENGINE. I PLACED THE TRUCK IN DRIVE AND HEARD A POP AND THEN A CONTINUED RHYTHMIC POPPING. I OPENED THE HOOD AND COULD TELL AIR WAS COMING FROM THE #4 CYLINDER. I TURNED OFF THE ENGINE AND INVESTIGATED FURTHER. THE SPARK P...

Mileage: 73,927

2002 FORD F150 5.4L,SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF ENGINE WHILE DRIVING, GAS SMELL AND SPARKS IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TWICE TO ME, 11-25-08 AT 70K MI WITH ORIGINAL FACTORY PLUGS CLY #3 PASSENGER SIDE AND 11-03-09 AT 82K MI WITH THE REPLACEMENT NGK PLUGS CLY #4 DRIVERS SIDE. THIS SHOULD BE A...

Mileage: 82,578

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. HIS VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR OVER TWENTY-FOUR HOURS IN THE DRIVE-WAY WHEN THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES. THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 167,000. UPDATED 12/08/09. *LJ THE CONSUMER DID STATE...

Mileage: 167,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 75 MPH SHE SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND IN THE ENGINE AND IMMEDIATELY THE VEHICLE SHUT OFF. A LOCAL MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE SEIZED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS AND THE CURRENT AND FAILURE M...

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING, I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY AND THE SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE ENGINE DUE TO LACK OF THREADS TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUG IN. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED USING A TIME-SERT KIT. *TR

Mileage: 99,824

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE SEAT BELTS WILL NOT REMAIN LATCHED INTO THE BUCKLE. THE DRIVER-SIDE SEAT BELT AND BUCKLE WERE REPLACED AT AN EXPENSE OF $53.00. AFTER THE SEAT BELT AND BUCKLE WERE REPLACED, THE FRONT SEAT BELT FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED; HOWEVER, SINC...

Mileage: 63,000

APPARENTLY THE NHTSA MUST NEED MORE COMPLAINTS OR A DEATH TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE. SECOND PENDING FIX 9-23-2009 95,000. AFTER HAVING READ ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND RELIVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AGAIN THROUGH THIS WEBSITE, AND I'M SURE MANY MORE UNDOCUMENTED COMPLAINTS. I AM NOW ON MY SECOND FIX. FIR...

Mileage: 70,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F-150. IT STARTED TO LEAK WHEN IT RAINS. THE PROBLEM IS THE BEZEL COVERING THE PLACES WHERE THE GLASS IS ATTACHED TO THE TRUCK - THE BRACKETS WHERE THE SCREWS GO HAVE CRACKED AND THE GROMMETS AROUND THE BOLTS HAVE FAILED. I WANT TO FIX THE ITEM, BUT I HAVE LEARNED THAT THE NECE...

Mileage: 104,000

DRIVER'S SEATBELT SIMPLY DISCONNECTS ITSELF OFTEN WITHOUT EVEN BEING TOUCHED AT ALL, WHILE DRIVING! *TR

Mileage: 100,000

THE SPARK PLUGS ARE BEING BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEADS ON ALL SIZE TRITON ENGINES. THIS OCCURRED ON MY 2002 FORD F150, AND ON MY FATHER IN-LAWS EXPEDITION. THIS WAS ON A TRITON V-8 AND V-10S. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN FT WAYNE INDIANA THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS COMMON ON THESE ENGINES...

Mileage: 126,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS ALERTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140000.

Mileage: 140,000

TRUCK STOPPED AND IDLING AT STOP SIGN FOLLOWED BY LOUD BANG AND THUMPING NOISE. SHUT OFF TRUCK, AND LOOKED UNDER HOOD TO FIND SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD ALONG WITH COIL. THE SMELL OF FUEL WAS EVIDENT FROM THE OPEN HOLE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD. LUCKY THERE WAS NO FIRE WHEN THE PLUG WAS...

Mileage: 69,044

EVENT.. I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON THE 215 FREEWAY IN LAS VEGAS, NV. EXITING DURANGO ROAD. I SAT AT THE INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, MOVING FORWARD, I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN GOING (10MPH) SOUTH BOUND ON DURANGO ROAD, JUST AT THAT TIME I...

Mileage: 52,154

MY 2002 FORD F-150 HAS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS EXPERIENCED THREE BLOWN/EJECTED SPARK PLUGS CAUSING THE DAMAGE AND NECESSARY REPLACEMENT OF "COILS". THIS POSED A POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD, AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY AT THE TIME AND COST I HAVE INCURRED SINCE THE INITIAL ONSET OF THIS PROBLEM, THAT APPARENTLY ...

Mileage: 82,000

THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO OUR PROBLEM WITH OUR PICK UP TRUCK. I STARTED THE TRUCK AND HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN THE TRUCK SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MISSING. WE FOUND OUT THAT THE 3RD SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MOTOR BLEW OUT. IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED YET IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY 8/17/09...

Mileage: 100,300

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. SHE OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES. SHE EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES AND STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED NEAR THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE FI...

Mileage: 95,000

BLEW TWO SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE HEAD ON TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS ABOUT 3 MONTHS APART. HAD PLUG HOLE RETHREADED AND IT BLEW OUT AGAIN ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER. HAD SLEEVE PUT INTO THE HEAD TODAY. HOPE THAT HOLDS IT BUT DOUBTFUL. *TR

Mileage: 100,200

I OWN A 2002 FORD F150 WITH THE TRITON 5.4L V-8. I HAVE HAD SPARK PLUGS EJECT FROM 3 DIFFERENT CYLINDERS NOW AND FORD CLAIMS IT IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED ON MANY OF THE FORD VEHICLES WITH THE TRITON 5.4 V-8. WHEN THE SPARK PLUG IS EJECTED FUEL VAPOR CAN LEAK INTO THE ENG...

Mileage: 130,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD F150 WITH THE TRITON 5.4L V-8. I HAVE HAD SPARK PLUGS EJECT FROM 3 DIFFERENT CYLINDERS NOW AND FORD CLAIMS IT IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED ON MANY OF THE FORD VEHICLES WITH THE TRITON 5.4 V-8. WHEN THE SPARK PLUG IS EJECTED FUEL VAPOR CAN LEAK INTO THE ENG...

Mileage: 130,000

MY 2002 FORD F150 TRUCK, WITH THE 5.4 LITER ENGINE, HAS HAD 2 FAILURES ON 2 DIFFERENT OCCASIONS IN THE SPACE OF 8 MONTHS. EACH TIME I WAS JUST DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND A SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD, ALONG WITH THE COIL. (PLUG #3 THE FIRST TIME AND #7 THE LAST TIME.) THIS FAILURE CAUSE...

Mileage: 55,082

DRIVER SIDE WINDOW LEAKS/ HAS LEAKED WATER DURING LIGHT RAIN STORMS FAILURE IS SQUEALS AS DRIVING AT 50 MPH PRONE TO LEAK AND FUSE BOX IS RIGHT BELOW WINDOW NEW WINDOW SEAL WILL NEED TO BE INSTALLED AND YES OLD PART WILL BE AVAILABLE. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

DRIVING ALONG A RIVER ROAD AT 35 MILES PER HOUR, AFTER A SHORT HIGHWAY DRIVE OF ABOUT 70MPH, A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE #3 CYLINDER. WE WERE GOING CAMPING WITH OUR 2 YOUNG BOYS, SO DECIDED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK HOME. DURING THE DRIVE THE SMELL OF GASOLINE VAPOR WAS OVERPOWERING. WE HAD ONLY A 45 MILE...

Mileage: 69,756

FORDF150 2002 MODEL WAS DRIVING DOWN HWY 11W APPROXIMATELY 45 MILE AN HOUR AND HEARD LOUD BANG THE #5 SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF ENGINE SPITTING FUEL THE ENGINE IS 5.4 TRITION V8 IT BROKE THE COIL PACK AND BUSTED THE FUEL RAIL ON PICK UP TRUCK IS THE A RECALL ? OR NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ANY SUGGESTI...

Mileage: 220,000

VEHICLE WAS IN THE DRIVE WAY AND CAUGHT ON FIRE BURNED COMPLETELY UP AND BLEW OUT TIRES. THERE IS A REPORT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. *TR

Mileage: 138,000

I OWN A2002 FORD F150. IT HAS ABOUT 80,000 MILES AND IT BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE DRIVER SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. SHE INITIALLY THOUGHT THAT THE MUFFLER FAILED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT STALL OR OVERHEAT. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT A SPARK ...

Mileage: 70,000

PER OUR CAUSE AND ORIGIN INVESTIGATOR THE CAUSE OF LOSS TO THIS VEHICLE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECALL # 05S28. HARLEYSVILLE INSURANCE HAS PAID OUR INSURED FOR THE 2002 FORD F150 AS IT WAS DEEMED A TOTAL BURN. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

PER OUR CAUSE AND ORIGIN INVESTIGATOR THE CAUSE OF LOSS TO THIS VEHICLE WAS DIRECTLY RELATED TO RECALL # 05S28. HARLEYSVILLE INSURANCE HAS PAID OUR INSURED FOR THE 2002 FORD F150 AS IT WAS DEEMED A TOTAL BURN. *TR

Mileage: 200,000

LEADING UP TO THE SPARK PLUG BEING BLOWN OUT OF MY FORD F-150 WITH A 5.4 L MOTOR, I HEARD A DISTINCT TICKING SOUND THAT RESEMBLED AN EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 75 MILES PER HOUR, TWO HOURS INTO MY DRIVE THE TICK BECAME LOUDER AND FINALLY A POP CAME FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I TH...

Mileage: 117,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. HE SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND REAR-ENDED THE PRECEDING VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED SEVERE CHEST PAINS FROM STRIKING THE STEERING COLUMN AND HIS LEG SUSTA...

Mileage: 37,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL) IN 2005. FOUR YEARS LATER, WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SPONTANEOUSLY ENGAGED ITSELF FOLLOWED BY A PERIOD OF IMMOBILITY...

Mileage: 100,000

2002 FORD F-150 W/ 5.4 L V-8 ENGINE----SPARK PLUGS KEEP BLOWING OUT OF ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 55,000

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, MY PASSENGER FRONT SEAT BUCKLE TO THE SEAT BELT BECOMES UNSECURED WHILE TRAVELING. I TOOK IT TO THE LOGANVILLE FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY STATED NO RECALLS HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED ON THE ITEM. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS WERE MADE ON THE NHTSA SITE, HOWEVER, NO RECALLS ARE NOTED. A RECAL...

Mileage: 120,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). A HARNESS WAS INSTALLED, BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE HARNESS AND VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH FAILURES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEAK AT THE TIME. CURRENTLY, BRAKE FLUI...

Mileage: 140,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED ACCORDING TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). A HARNESS WAS INSTALLED, BUT IT DID NOT REMEDY THE HARNESS AND VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH FAILURES BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LEAK AT THE TIME. CURRENTLY, BRAKE FLUI...

Mileage: 140,000

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY HOME. ALL OF A SUDDEN A LOUD BANG HAPPENED UNDER THE HOOD THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A CONSTANT PUFFING SOUND. THE TRUCK LOST POWER AND STARTED MISSING. ALL I COULD SMELL WAS GASOLINE. I PULLED OVER TO FIND A COIL ON PLUG SITTING ON TOP OF ENGINE, ALSO HAD A SPARK PLUG SITTING...

Mileage: 115,000

PAINT PEELING IN SMALL SHEETS AROUND EDGES OF HOOD. SEVERAL COMPLAINTS FOUND ONLINE BUT, CAN FIND NO RECALL ON VEHICLE. HAS ALUMINUM HOOD ALSO. ONLY PAINT PEELING AS PRIMER STILL SHOWING. *TR

Mileage: 84,000

THE FACTORY PAINT ALREADY HAS TO BE REPAINTED THE WHOLE PAINT JOB IS CRACKED ALL OVER THE TRUCK SO BAD THAT IT WILL HAVE TO BE SANDED TO THE METAL AND COST OVER 4000 TO REPAINT. *TR

2002 FORD F-150 FIRE RESULT OF CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. *TR

MY 2002 F-150 SUPERCREW 4X2 WITH 4.6LV8 EXPERIENCED A FAILURE OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION ON SATURDAY AT ONLY 75K MILES. THE RESULT IS A REBUILD/REPLACEMENT FOR >$2000.00! I DON'T TOW ANYTHING WITH THE VEHICLE AND IT ISN'T ABUSED. THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS VERY PREMATURE! THE TRUCK HAS BEEN VERY ...

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE IGNITED MY OTHER VEHICLE THAT WAS PARKED NEXT TO IT AND ALSO CAUSED DAMAGES TO MY HOME. BOTH VEHICLES WERE A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

MY 2002 FORD F-150 BLEW A SPARK PLUG RIGHT OUT OF THE CYLINDER WHILE DRIVING ON RT 85 IN CONNECTICUT. THE DANGER FROM THIS WAS GREAT AS THERE WAS GAS SPLASHED THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WENT T THE FORD DEALER AND THEY PLAYED DOWN THE SITUATION AND SAID IT WOULD COST $600.00 TO FIX. I ALSO IN...

Mileage: 100,000

PAINT COMING OFF IN LARGE AREAS. *TR

Mileage: 85,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4 WITH A TRITION 5.4L V-8. I WENT OUT TO START IT THIS MORNING AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOT WENT OFF. THEN MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND MAKING A CHUGGING NOISE. I SHUT IT OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT ONE OF MY SPARK PLUGS JUST BLEW OUT OF ...

Mileage: 86,462

I OWN A 2001 FORD F150 LARIET TRUCK, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW, AND HAVE ONLY APX. 75000 MILES ON IT. I WASH IT REGULARLY AND EVEN SPRAY UP UNDER TRUCK TO REMOVE SALTS EVERY TIME I WASH IT. LUCKILY, OR BETTER, BLESSEDLY, WHILE POISONING MY TRUCK IN MY CAR-PORT THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE(FULL SIZE..AB...

Mileage: 75,000

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON LEVEL SURFACE THE #5 SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM IT'S HOLE DAMAGING THE COIL OVER PLUG CAUSING ARCING FROM THE COIL TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DRAMATICALLY AND THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS APPARENT. LUCKILY THERE WAS VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO PUL...

Mileage: 81,300

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON LEVEL SURFACE THE #5 SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM IT'S HOLE DAMAGING THE COIL OVER PLUG CAUSING ARCING FROM THE COIL TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DRAMATICALLY AND THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS APPARENT. LUCKILY THERE WAS VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO PUL...

Mileage: 81,300

MY 2002 F150 RECENTLY SPIT OUT A SPARK PLUG, STRIPPING THE THREADS OF THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD. THE SERVICE SHOP WHERE I TOOK IT TOLD ME THAT IT'S BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD TRUCKS FOR SOME TIME, AND REFUSED TO FIX IT. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

01/22/09 I PARK MY 2002 F150 AT WORK AT ABOUT 4:00PM. ABOUT 04:40PM THE FIRE ALARM SOUNDED. MY TRUCK WES ON FIRE, I HAD JUST PARK IT! THE FIRE MAN SAID IT WAS ON THE RECALL LIST FOR FIRE'S. *TR

Mileage: 120,000

ON MY BIRTH DAY I EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE NEVER BEFORE I BLEW THE #4 SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROUGHT IT BACK TO WORK WHAT A ROUGH RIDE. THEN STARTED TO LOOK IN THE HOLE WITH A BORE SCOPE TO FIND OUT THE TREADS WERE GONE YEAH. CALLED AROUND TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST ME AND THE CH...

Mileage: 119,000

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY F150 FORD KING RANCH LEAKS AND HAS DONE DAMAGE TO THE FUSE BOX AND RUST IS OCCURRING IN LOCATIONS NOT EASILY ACCESSED BY WATER. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY F150 FORD KING RANCH LEAKS AND HAS DONE DAMAGE TO THE FUSE BOX AND RUST IS OCCURRING IN LOCATIONS NOT EASILY ACCESSED BY WATER. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY F150 FORD KING RANCH LEAKS AND HAS DONE DAMAGE TO THE FUSE BOX AND RUST IS OCCURRING IN LOCATIONS NOT EASILY ACCESSED BY WATER. *TR

Mileage: 80,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE SPARK PLUGS FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND EXAMINED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. A WITNESS STATED THAT THERE WAS A NOISE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND POPPING NOISES WERE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED ...

Mileage: 43,332

MY PROBLEM IS WITH MY FORD 2002 TRITON ENGINE, THE SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT WHICH IS DANGEROUS BECAUSE THEY CAN CAUSE THE GAS VAPORS TO CATCH FIRE AND START SURROUNDING AREAS OF THE MOTOR , I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN TWICE NOW AND IT IS VERY COSTLY, THERE SHOULD BE RECALL DONE ON THIS PROBLEM, I KNOW OF SE...

Mileage: 77,175

DRIVING TO PICK UP MY SON AT SCHOOL FOR A TRIP. AS I TURNED LEFT ACROSS TRAFFIC I HEARD A LOUD POP IN MY 2002 FORD F150 AND THEN A LOUD SERIES OF LOUD POPS AS MY ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. I MOVED THE VEHICLE TO A ...

Mileage: 79,000

2002 FORD F-150 WINDSHIELD LEAKS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (FUSE BOX AND ELECTRICAL MODULE). MANY ISSUE HAPPENING INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING AND SHORTING OUT THE AIRBAG DEACTIVATION SWITCH. WINDSHIELD REPAIR FACILITY STATES THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PRIMING OF THE WINDSH...

Mileage: 88,000

2002 FORD F-150 WINDSHIELD LEAKS CAUSING DAMAGE TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (FUSE BOX AND ELECTRICAL MODULE). MANY ISSUE HAPPENING INCLUDING WINDSHIELD WIPERS NOT WORKING AND SHORTING OUT THE AIRBAG DEACTIVATION SWITCH. WINDSHIELD REPAIR FACILITY STATES THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE PRIMING OF THE WINDSH...

Mileage: 88,000

NORMAL DRIVING CONDITIONS ON THE FREEWAY - SPARK PLUG DISCHARGED OUT OF THE MOTOR. VEHICLE TOWED TO NEAREST AUTO REPAIR SHOP. TO REPAIR, THE HOLE FOR THE SPARK PLUG IN THE ALUMINUM HEAD WAS RETHREADED USING A STANDARD HELICOIL KIT. TWO SPARK PLUG HOLES HAVE BEEN REPLACED AT A COST OF $1100 PER H...

Mileage: 91,250

2002 FORD F150 5.4 LITER ENGINE. TRAVELING AT APPROX 25 MPH I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND SOMETHING HITTING THE HOOD. THE CAR STARTED TO RUN ROUGH AND GASOLINE FUMES STARTED TO FILL THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A REPAIR GARAGE WHO INDICATED THAT A SPARK PLUG...

Mileage: 58,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE IDLING FOR APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS UNABLE TO BE RESTARTED. THE CONTACT IS IN THE PROCESS OF HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES ...

Mileage: 83,000

I EXPERIENCED A SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON MY WAY TO WORK. I WAS STRANDED ON A NARROW ROAD AND HAD TO CALL FOR HELP. MY DAD CALLED A TOW TRU CK AND WE HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER IN KAILUA KONA, HAWAII. WE SAW THAT A SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT. THE TOW TRUCK DRIVER SAID HIS TRUCK DID THE SAME THING. A...

Mileage: 116,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 DURING THE LAST RAIN WE HAD WATER LEAKED IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND GOT INTO THE FUSE BOX AND SHORTED OUT THE BATTERY, FUSE BOX AND A MODULE TOTAL COST WAS OVER $1,000.00. INSURANCE SAID THEY COULD NOT COVER IT BECAUSE THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM W...

Mileage: 160,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 DURING THE LAST RAIN WE HAD WATER LEAKED IN FROM THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND GOT INTO THE FUSE BOX AND SHORTED OUT THE BATTERY, FUSE BOX AND A MODULE TOTAL COST WAS OVER $1,000.00. INSURANCE SAID THEY COULD NOT COVER IT BECAUSE THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM W...

Mileage: 160,000

I NOTICED A TAPPING SOUND COMING FROM MY ENGINE APPROXIMATELY 2 DAYS BEFORE I EJECTED (BLEW OUT) A SPARK PLUG WHILE CRUISING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH. I CHECKED MY OIL THE DAY BEFORE THE BLOW-OUT AND THE OIL LEVEL WAS FINE. I WAS TRAVELING ON BUSINESS AT THE TIME AND FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO LIMP TO...

Mileage: 84,000

INCIDENT INFORMATION DURING THE SUMMER, MY 2002 FORD F150 HAD A FACTORY RECALL FOR A CRUISE CONTROL PROBLEM. I TOOK IT TO MY DEALER, AND HAD THE RECALL REPAIR DONE. ON NOVEMBER 16, 2008 I WAS DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED. TRAFFIC SLOWED IN FRONT OF ME SO I TRIED TO DEACTIVATE T...

Mileage: 83,000

I WAS DRIVING TO PICK UP LUNCH ONE DAY FROM WORK AND WHEN I PULLED OUT INTO TRAFFIC TO HEAD BACK I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A LOSS OF POWER AND A SOUND THAT MADE ME THINK THE SERPENTINE BELT BROKE. THE PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE HEAD AND BROKE A COIL PACK IN HALF. I TALKED TO THE FORD DEALER THAT I GE...

Mileage: 162,524

SHIMMY / BAD VIBRATION AT 50+ MPH. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AWHILE - GOTTEN NEW TIRES AND WHEELS, BALANCE/ROTATE, NEW BRAKES AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A NEW CONTROLLER ARM OR SOMETHING...DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS THIS IS COMMON FOR THIS TRUCK AND FORD NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? QUALI...

Mileage: 30,000

SHIMMY / BAD VIBRATION AT 50+ MPH. HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR AWHILE - GOTTEN NEW TIRES AND WHEELS, BALANCE/ROTATE, NEW BRAKES AND THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT A NEW CONTROLLER ARM OR SOMETHING...DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS THIS IS COMMON FOR THIS TRUCK AND FORD NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT? QUALI...

Mileage: 30,000

WHILE BEING 250 MILES AWAY FROM HOME, THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE OF MY 2002 F-150 TRUCK. I WAS ABLE TO BUY TOOLS AND PERFORM A TEMPORARY REPAIR IN ORDER TO GET MY TRUCK HOME. I THEN HIRED A MECHANIC TO REPAIR THE ENGINE USING A HELI-COIL. UNFORTUNATELY I DON'T TRUST THE TRUCK NOW AS I BOU...

Mileage: 85,000

ON 11/1/08 I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD LOUD POP FROM MY ENGINE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I SAW THAT THE SPARK PLUG IN THE SEVENTH CYLINDER OF MY 2002 F150 5.4 TRITON HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD AND BROKE THE COIL. THIS WAS PRECEDED BY A TICKING NOISE THAT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE A EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. I P...

Mileage: 125,000

ON 11/1/08 I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD LOUD POP FROM MY ENGINE. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I SAW THAT THE SPARK PLUG IN THE SEVENTH CYLINDER OF MY 2002 F150 5.4 TRITON HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE HEAD AND BROKE THE COIL. THIS WAS PRECEDED BY A TICKING NOISE THAT ALMOST SOUNDED LIKE A EXHAUST MANIFOLD LEAK. I P...

Mileage: 125,000

TRUCK MAINTAINED ACCORDING TO MANUFACTURER SPECS. WHILE DRIVING DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL, HEARD LOUD POP. WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO LOCAL REPAIR SHOP. BLOWN SPARK PLUG OUT OF #2 CYLINDER. WITH THE USE OF HELICOIL REPAIRS CAME TO APPROX. $700. LESS THAN 6 WEEKS LATER #4 CYLINDER BLEW SPARK PLUG WHILE DRI...

Mileage: 62,000

MY 2002 FORD F-150 WITH A 4.6 LITER V8 BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG WHILE ACCELERATING ON A HIGHWAY ENTRANCE RAMP. THE SPARKPLUG THAT BLEW OUT WAS THE 3RD FROM THE FRONT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE THREADS FOR THE SPARK PLUG IN THAT CYLINDER ARE NOW RUINED AS WELL AS THE COIL FOR THAT PLUG. TO REPAIR THI...

Mileage: 77,000

TWICE WITHIN ONE YEAR, ON TWO DIFFERENT OCCASION, MY 2002 F150 FORD TRUCK HAS EJECTED A SPARK PLUG. THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT THERE WAS AN ISSUE LEADING UP TO THE EVENT OCCURRING. BOTH TIMES I HAD MY TRUCK TOWED TO MY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND REPAIRED. THE REPAIR BOTH TIMES CONSISTED OF THE ...

Mileage: 79,000

PURCHASED USED 2002 F-150 LARIAT WITH 80K MILES IN 4/08. SEPT 9TH THE SPARK PLUG #6 BLEW OUT OF ENGINE. NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. HAD TO TAP AND PLACED HELICOIL TO FIX. OCT 10TH THE SPARK PLUG #8 BLEW OUT OF ENGINE. CURRENT MILEAGE IS 90K. *TR

Mileage: 90,000

I HAVE A 2002 F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON F150 KINGCAB TRUCK, BLACK IN COLOR AND THE PAINT ON THE HOOD IS CRACKING SOMETHING TERRIBLE. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP HERE IN PENSACOLA AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT IT IS A DEFECT IN THE PAINT PROCESS BUT THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS. THE...

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT IN 2002 FORD F150. SPARK PLUGS BLOW OUT AND FUEL VAPOR SEEPS OUT. NO FIRE ON MY CAR, BUT VERY WELL COULD BE. KNOWN PROBLEM FORD REFUSES TO RECALL. JACK *TR

Mileage: 100,000

INTERMITTENT STARTING PROBLEM CAUSED BY THE ANTI THEFT UNIT IN THAT IT WON'T ALLOW THE TRUCK TO START. IF ALLOWED TO SIT FOR AN HOUR OR SO IT USUALLY STARTS. FORD DEALERSHIPS SAY THAT THEY HAVE TO HAVE IT WHEN THE PROBLEM IS OCCURRING. WELL, NOW THE PROBLEM SEEMS PERMANENT, AS IT WON'T START AT ALL....

Mileage: 90,000

I HAVE A 5.4L ENGINE IN MY FORD TRUCK AND IT KEEPS STRIPPING OUT SPARK PLUGS. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE POSTED THE SAME PROBLEM ON CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORT .COM. ONE GUYS TRUCK BURNT TO THE GROUND IN 12 MINUTES AND COULDN'T EVEN G...

Mileage: 130,489

STARTED OFF FROM STOP SIGN AND AROUND 30-35 MPH, HEARD A LOUD POPPING SOUND AND PULLED OVER TO FIND #3 CYLINDER HAD BLOWN SPARK PLUG OUT. COIL WAS DAMAGED ALSO. HAD TRUCK TOWED TO NEAREST SHOP 40 MILES AWAY. *TR

Mileage: 114,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, I HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND THE ENGINE BEGAN RUNNING ROUGH. I PULLED OVER AND OPENED THE HOOD. THE EXPLOSION HAD DENTED THE INSIDE OF THE HOOD. I FOUND A BROKEN COIL LAYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE, AND THE CORRESPONDING SPARK PLUG LAYING BENEATH THE ENGINE. I TOOK THE VEHI...

Mileage: 138,000

MY FORD F-150 GOT ON FIRE BECAUSE FORD FAILED TO SEND ME A RECALL LETTER. I ONLY RECEIVED A LETTER IN MARCH/08 TELLING ME THAT THE PARTS TO BE REPLACED WOULD BE AVAILABLE ON MAY/08. *TR

Mileage: 69

070508 DISCOVERED FLAT TIRE ON TRUCK PARKED IN DRIVEWAY OF HOME. DETERMINED FLAT WAS CAUSED BY VALVE STEM CRACK. HAD VALVE STEM REPLACED AT TIRE SHOP. DIFFERENT TIRE, SAME BRAND, WENT FLAT WHILE DRIVING ON INTERSTATE, 082608. HAD ROAD SERVICE REPLACE WITH SPARE TIRE TO DRIVE HOME. INSPECTED TIR...

I HAVE A '02 FORD F150 WITH 51,581 MILES ON IT. YESTERDAY, CYLINDER #3 DECIDED TO BLOW THE SPARK PLUG RIGHT OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. FORTUNATELY, I WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY. AFTER READING MANY OTHER FRUSTRATED CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUE, I FOUND OUT THAT I WAS QUITE LUCKY THAT...

Mileage: 51,581

WHILE DRIVING IN A STRAIGHT LINE AT 36 MPH ON A PAVED STREET THE LEFT OTTER TIE ROD END BROKE . CAR WAS CLOSE TO BEING OUT OF CONTROL BUT WAS SAFELY BROUGHT TO A STOP. REPLACED ALL TIE ROD ENDS, PITMAN ARM AND CENTER LINK. (SHOP THAT DID THE ALIGNMENT SAID I WAS THE SECOND CAR THAT HAD BROKEN A T...

Mileage: 90,000

MY 2002 FORD F150 5.4 SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT OF THE MOTOR WITH ONLY 42000. MILES ON IT. $ 890.00 TO REPAIR. *TR

Mileage: 42,009

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE SPARK PLUGS STRIPPED OUT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK. THERE WERE NO PRIOR WARNINGS. THE CONTACT DID NOT TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR. INSTEAD, HE SIMPLY NOTICED THE SPARK PLUG STICKING OUT FROM THE TOP OF THE HO...

Mileage: 148,000

I HAVE HAD THE 02' F150 SINCE DECEMBER 07' AND HAVE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD LEAKING. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH IN THE 97' TO 03' F150 MODELS VIA FORD FORUMS AND OTHER INTERNET SITES AS WELL AS THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIR SHOP WHO WORKED ON MY TRUCK. THIS LEAK SH...

Mileage: 100,000

I HAVE HAD THE 02' F150 SINCE DECEMBER 07' AND HAVE HAD MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD LEAKING. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH IN THE 97' TO 03' F150 MODELS VIA FORD FORUMS AND OTHER INTERNET SITES AS WELL AS THE LOCAL FORD DEALER REPAIR SHOP WHO WORKED ON MY TRUCK. THIS LEAK SH...

Mileage: 100,000

I WAS DRIVING ALONG MN7 ON MY WAY HOME. I STOPPED AT A 4 WAY STOP. WHEN IT WAS MY TURN TO GO, I STARTED TO ACCELERATE AND THEN MY #5 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. ONE MAY 4TH 2008, #3 AND #4 BLEW OUT AND IT COST ME $2,000 TO FIX THIS. AFTER DOING SOME SEARC...

Mileage: 110,900

ON MY WAY TO A WEDDING I NOTICED THE RPMS KICK UP. I PUSHED BUTTON ON TRANS SELECTOR AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY (FOR NOW).WAS PARKING TRUCK AND FOUND I HAD NO REVERSE. MONDAY TOOK TRUCK TO DEALER , MECHANIC COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG TILL HE OPENED CUP TRANSMISSION. MECHANIC FOUND WELD ON SUN SHELL BR...

Mileage: 66,109

I WAS DRIVING AND FELT AND HEARD A POP IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I PULLED OFF THE ROAD THINKING IT WAS A TIRE BLOW OUT. ONCE I GOT OUT AND CHECKED THE TIRES I STARTED THE ENGINE AGAIN. IT SOUNDED LIKE THERE WAS NO EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO A SERVICE STATION. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT ...

Mileage: 69,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. AFTER THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR SEVEN OR EIGHT HOURS, IT CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE NEVER RECEIVED A SAFETY RECALL NOTICE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CON...

Mileage: 168,000

ON THE NIGHT OF JUNE 16TH 2008 JUST BEFORE MIDNITE, I HEARD AN EXPLOSION THEN CAR HORN BLARING. I LOOKED OUTSIDE AND SAW MY 2002 FORD F-150 ON FIRE. FLAMES WERE SHOOTING OUT FROM THE ENGINE THROUGH THE HOLE FROM THE EXPLOSION ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I YELLED TO MY WIFE, CALL THE FIRE DEPARTMENT MY T...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. UPON INSPECTION HE NOTICED THE SPARK PLUGS WERE LOOSE AND THE COIL HAD BLOWN OFF. THE DEALER STATED THAT THERE WAS A DEFECT WITHIN THE ENGINE THAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THEY REPLACED ...

Mileage: 102,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON. ON JANUARY 3, 2008, A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. ON MAY 31, 2008, WHILE AT A CAR WASH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SAME SPARK PLUG FROM THE SOLENOID HAD BLOWN AGAIN,...

Mileage: 143,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON. ON JANUARY 3, 2008, A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. ON MAY 31, 2008, WHILE AT A CAR WASH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE SAME SPARK PLUG FROM THE SOLENOID HAD BLOWN AGAIN,...

Mileage: 143,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARKS PLUGS WERE LOOSENING AND STRIPPING OFF THE TREADS. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE ALSO DETACHING FROM THE VEHICLE. HE NOTIFIED THE FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE SPARK PLUGS FLYING OFF THE VEHICLE. ...

Mileage: 50,000

TOTAL FAILURE TIE ROD AND BALL JOINT ON FRONT DRIVER SIDE SUDDENLY CAME APART WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING CAUSING LOST OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE. I WAS ABLE TO "DIRECT" TRUCK OFF THE ROAD. *TR

Mileage: 59,000

MY 2002 FORD F-150 EXTENDED CAB 5.4LITRE PICKUP BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER TO INQUIRE AS TO THE PRICE OF REPLACING AN EXHAUST GASKET AS THIS IS WHAT THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE. THE SERVICE ADVISER AFTER HEARING THE MAKE MODEL AND SIZE ENGINE AND YEAR OF THE...

Mileage: 84,000

MY 2002 FORD F-150 EXTENDED CAB 5.4LITRE PICKUP BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE NUMBER 3 CYLINDER. I CALLED THE LOCAL DEALER TO INQUIRE AS TO THE PRICE OF REPLACING AN EXHAUST GASKET AS THIS IS WHAT THE NOISE SOUNDED LIKE. THE SERVICE ADVISER AFTER HEARING THE MAKE MODEL AND SIZE ENGINE AND YEAR OF THE...

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 F150 PICKUP TRUCK. WHILE PERFORMING ROUTINE MAINTENANCE ON HIS VEHICLE HE FOUND CHIPS OF METAL AND PITTING ON THE FRONT ROTOR. IT IS TEARING THE TREAD ON THE FRONT TIRES, AND TORE UP THE INSIDE PAD. WHEN YOU STOPPED THE VEHICLE, IT WAS PULSING AS THOUGH YOU HAD A FLAT ...

Mileage: 79,000

MY 2002 F150 HAS STARTED ACCELERATING WITHOUT WARNING ON IT'S OWN. I AM A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND SUGGESTED TO THE DEALER THAT THERE MAY BE AN ISSUE WITH THE SPEED CONTROL MODULE, THEY DENIED ANY ISSUES OF SUCH. MY WIFE EXPERIENCED THIS SEVERAL TIMES AND AT ONE TIME CAUSING HER TO ALMOST BE HIT MY ...

Mileage: 77,451

PLUG BLOWN OUT OF HEAD!!!!!!! COST 250 DOLLARS TO FIX.......... *TR

Mileage: 102,000

OUR 2002 F-150, CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD SATURDAY 5/10/08 EVENING AFTER BEING PARKED FOR 45 MINUTES AT OUT HOME. WE BELIEVE IT HAD TO DO WITH THE FORD RECALLS OUT ON THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCH. IT STARTED WHERE THE BRAKE FLUID IS LOCATED AND BURNED TO THE MASTER CYLINDER. *TR

Mileage: 110,000

THE # 3 SPARK PLUG SHOT OUT OF THE MY FORD F150 5.4 V8 TRITON ENGINE. THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH THREADS TO HOLD THIS IN CORRECTLY. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY FORD. *TR

Mileage: 106,001

BLEW OUT TWO SPARK PLUGS AND ALMOST GOT REARENDED ON THE HIGHWAY BY A TRACTOR TRAILER. *TR

Mileage: 100,000

MY VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK THAT IS GETTING THE GEM MODULE WET AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN THE WIPERS FAILING, THE POWER WINDOWS TO FAIL, THE HEATER FAN STAYS ON AFTER THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, AND THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGH AND STALLS RESULTING IN ME LOSING THE POWER STEERING AND PUTTING T...

Mileage: 85,000

MY VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK THAT IS GETTING THE GEM MODULE WET AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN THE WIPERS FAILING, THE POWER WINDOWS TO FAIL, THE HEATER FAN STAYS ON AFTER THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, AND THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGH AND STALLS RESULTING IN ME LOSING THE POWER STEERING AND PUTTING T...

Mileage: 85,000

MY VEHICLE HAS A WATER LEAK THAT IS GETTING THE GEM MODULE WET AND THIS HAS RESULTED IN THE WIPERS FAILING, THE POWER WINDOWS TO FAIL, THE HEATER FAN STAYS ON AFTER THE KEY IS REMOVED FROM THE IGNITION, AND THE ENGINE RUNS VERY ROUGH AND STALLS RESULTING IN ME LOSING THE POWER STEERING AND PUTTING T...

Mileage: 85,000

THE #4 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF MY 2002 FORD F150. IT HAPPENED TWICE WITHIN 2 WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. *TR

Mileage: 68,500

MY FORD 2002 F 150 SUPERCREW CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED IN MY DRIVE WAY IT HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN IN 24 HOURS. *TR

Mileage: 144,000

I HAVE HAD THE 02' F150 JUST OVER ONE YEAR AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD LEAKING INTO THE CAB. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 97' TO 03' F150 MODEL VIA FORD FORUMS AND OTHER INTERNET GROUPS. THIS LEAK SHORTS OUT THE FUSE PANEL CAUSING THE LOSS IN POWER IN VARIOUS EQUIP...

Mileage: 103

I HAVE HAD THE 02' F150 JUST OVER ONE YEAR AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELD LEAKING INTO THE CAB. I HAVE FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 97' TO 03' F150 MODEL VIA FORD FORUMS AND OTHER INTERNET GROUPS. THIS LEAK SHORTS OUT THE FUSE PANEL CAUSING THE LOSS IN POWER IN VARIOUS EQUIP...

Mileage: 103

DRIVING 2002 FORD F-150 AND SUDDENLY ENGINE LOST POWER AND MADE POPPING SOUNDS. THIS HAPPENED ON VERY BUSY STREET NEARLY GOT REAR-ENDED AS POWER DRAMATICALLY FELL OFF. CHECKED ENGINE AND SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT AND COIL WAS DESTROYED ABOVE THE SPARK PLUG RIGHT UNDERNEATH FUEL RAIL. STRANDED ON S...

Mileage: 45,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL ACTIVATED, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ACCELERATE. THE CONTACT HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL EVER SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 97,000 AND...

Mileage: 50,000

2002 F150 SUPERCREW LEAKY WINDSHIELD CAUSING ELECTRICAL PARTS TO GO ON AND OFF. I WISH FORD WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM IM AFRAID TO TAKE THE FAMILY IN IT IN FEAR OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *TR

2002 F150 SUPERCREW LEAKY WINDSHIELD CAUSING ELECTRICAL PARTS TO GO ON AND OFF. I WISH FORD WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM IM AFRAID TO TAKE THE FAMILY IN IT IN FEAR OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE. *TR

1. DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-40 MPH IN TOWN IN VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000 MILES. HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION AND TRUCK IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO SPUTTER. HAD TO PULL OVER. BARELY MADE IT TO AUTO SHOP A COUPLE OF MILES DOWN THE ROAD. 2. DIAGNOSED AS A BLOWN SPARK PLUG WHICH DAMAGED THE BLO...

Mileage: 78,000

FORD'S RECALL ABOUT CRUISE CONTROL FIRES HAS BEEN ON CNN THREE TIMES IN THE LAST FEW YEARS. I HAVE TAKEN MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALER EACH TIME WHEN THE FIRST TWO RECALLS CAME OUT. EACH TIME I WAS TOLD BY THE FORD DEALER THAT THEY DID NOT HAVE THE NECESSARY PARTS TO MAKE THE REPAIR. I ASKED THEM TO CAL...

BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS POP OPEN DURING RIDE. *TR

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE DASH LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON WHEN VEHICLE OFF. DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING. AND WHILE THE TRUCK WAS OFF. VEHICLE WOULD BE COMPLETELY DEAD WHEN GO TO START. AFTER REPLACING WITH A NEW BATTERY, TRUCK WOULD NOT START. HAD A TOW TRUCK COME AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STA...

Mileage: 410,000

VEHICLE DASH LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON WHEN VEHICLE OFF. DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING. AND WHILE THE TRUCK WAS OFF. VEHICLE WOULD BE COMPLETELY DEAD WHEN GO TO START. AFTER REPLACING WITH A NEW BATTERY, TRUCK WOULD NOT START. HAD A TOW TRUCK COME AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STA...

Mileage: 410,000

VEHICLE DASH LIGHTS WOULD STAY ON WHEN VEHICLE OFF. DOOR LOCKS WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK BY THEMSELVES WHILE DRIVING. AND WHILE THE TRUCK WAS OFF. VEHICLE WOULD BE COMPLETELY DEAD WHEN GO TO START. AFTER REPLACING WITH A NEW BATTERY, TRUCK WOULD NOT START. HAD A TOW TRUCK COME AND WHEN HE TRIED TO STA...

Mileage: 410,000

SPARK PLUG EJECTION ON 2002 FORD F150 5.4L V-8 ENGINE. *TR

Mileage: 53,851

MY 2002 FORD F150 NEEDED TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT. MY OVERDRIVE LIGHT WAS BLINKING ON AND OFF AND I LATER FOUND OUT THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REBUILT. I'VE BEEN READING ONLINE FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. IT SEEMS LIKE FORD HAS SOME TYPE OF PROBLEM WITH T...

Mileage: 54,260

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW, ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO MY ELECTRICAL PANEL STARTED HAVING A MIND OF ITS OWN EVERYTIME IT RAINS. MY RADIO, WINDSHIELD WIPERS, BLINKERS, TAIL LIGHTS AND INTERIOR LIGHTS GO OFF AND ON. I HAVE ALMOST BEEN IN SEVERAL ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE BECA...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR AND APPLY THE EMERGENCY BRAKE IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. HE DISCOVERED BRAKE FLUID LEAKING FROM THE CENTER BETWEEN THE REAR WHEELS. THE VEHICLE W...

Mileage: 148,000

I WAS RETURNING FROM WORK ON 1/2/08 WHEN MY 2002 FORD F-150 (TRITON 5.4L) BEGAN TO POP AND RUN ROUGH, I SMELLED GASOLINE IN THE CAB OF THE TRUCK AND PULLED RIGHT OVER, UPON LOOKING AT THE ENGINE I NOTICED THE #3 PLUG LYING ON TOP OF THE ENGINE, IT HAD BLOWN OUT. THIS PLUG WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND ...

Mileage: 45,900

I CURRENTLY OWN A 2002 FORD F-150. AT ABOUT 70,000 MILES A SPARK BLEW OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL PLUG. HAD TO HAVE HELICOIL INSTALLED. PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT, MY 2001 EXPEDITION HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS WAS ALSO THE ORIGINAL PLUGS, BUT THIS MOTOR ONLY HAD 60,000 MILES. UNF...

Mileage: 78,443

11/21/07 TOOK 2002 FORD F150 TO MEINEKE COMPLAINT OF CRUISE CONTROL NOT WORKING. WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE $80 TO DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY AT THE TIME SO I DROVE HOME. 11/28/07 6:55 A.M. AWOKE TO NEIGHBORS BEATING ON DOOR BECAUSE F-150 WAS ON FIRE WITNESS SAID SAW FIRE DRIPPING FROM THE...

Mileage: 80,000

F150 FORD PICK-UP STARTED ON FIRE IN ATTACHED GARAGE. TOTALED PICK-UP TRUCK AND DID EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO GARAGE AND SMOKE DAMAGE TO HOME. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE 2002 FORD F150 POWER ADJUSTABLE FOOT PEDALS ( GAS AND BRAKE) RANDOMLY ENGAGED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO INSTANTLY INCREASE SPEED. A NEW BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY #3L3Z*2455*BA WAS INSTALLED TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. *TR

Mileage: 74,440

VEHICLE POPPED OUT A SPARK PLUG FROM THE #7 CYLINDER UPON STARTING VEHICLE. SPARK PLUG WAS FOUND ON THE INTAKE MANIFOLD, COIL STILL PROVIDING SPARK. UNBRUNT FUEL MIXTURE WAS BEING VENTED FROM THE CYLINDER INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I AM CONCERNED ABOUT FIRE HAZARD. *TR

Mileage: 13

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS AN EDDIE BAUER 22-627 MTT (NA) CHILD SEAT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HANDLE ON THE SEAT WAS TOO LOOSE AND FELT UNSAFE. THERE WERE NO RECALLS ON THE CHILD SEAT. THE PURCHASE DATE WAS UNKNOWN. UPDATED 3/5/08 *CN UPDATED 03/05/08 *TR

WE HAVE BEEN HEARING A CLICKING OR TAPPING SOUND FROM THE 2002 F150 PICKUP FOR ABOUT A MONTH. AFTER TWO COMPLETE INSPECTIONS OF THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING WE DID NOT FIND ANY PROBLEM. TODAY WHILE ROCKING THE PICKUP, WE DISCOVERED THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE BED IS LOOSE. THERE IS AT LEAST A 1/16" OF VE...

Mileage: 57,277

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD WHEN HE STARTED THE VEHICLE. THE SMOKE DISAPPEARED ON ITS OWN AND BURNED A HOLE INTO THE MASTER CYLINDER. THE INSURANCE COMPANY WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE POWERTRAIN AND FAILURE MIL...

VEHICLE STARTED MAKING LOUD NOISE UNDER THE HOOD, TURNED OUT TO BE A STRIPPED SPARK PLUG HOLE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD THAT LED TO COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF HEAD. DEALERSHIP STATED THIS WAS THE 4TH ONE THIS YEAR, ALWAYS 2002 MODEL, 5.4 LITER ENGINE, ALWAYS RIGHT SIDE CYLINDER HEAD. IF A DEALERSHIP IN A T...

Mileage: 50,000

FORD MOTOR COMPANY DOES NOT INSTALL THE FUSE NECESSARY TO OPERATE THE TOWING HARNESS LAMPS ON THE 2002 F150. LOCAL FORD DEALER INSTALLED A FUSE AND THEN DISCOVERED THAT THE PIN BENEATH THE FUSE BOX WAS BENT. THE FUSE BOX HAD TO BE REMOVED IN ORDER TO STRAIGHTEN OUT THE PIN AND THEN RE-INSTALLED. ...

Mileage: 75,000

I WAS TOLD DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE THAT MY TRUCK NEEDED TIE ROD ENDS AND BALL JOINTS (NOT JUST SOME OF THEM BUT ALL OF THEM) I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND IT SEEMS THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE. IS THERE ANY INVESTIGATION GOING ON OR A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 83,718

I WAS TOLD DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE THAT MY TRUCK NEEDED TIE ROD ENDS AND BALL JOINTS (NOT JUST SOME OF THEM BUT ALL OF THEM) I CHECKED THE INTERNET AND IT SEEMS THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THESE. IS THERE ANY INVESTIGATION GOING ON OR A POSSIBLE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM. *TR

Mileage: 83,718

SPIDER GEARS IN DIFFERENTIAL BLEW OUT FOR 2ND TIME ON THIS TRUCK WHICH IS A 2002 F-150 4X4 WITH A 3.55 DIFF. THE FIRST TIME WAS AT AROUND 45K MI.AND THIS TIME AT 83.5K MILES. THIS TRUCK WAS NEVER OVERLOADED AND NEVER PULLED A TRAILER. MUST BE SOMETHING WRONG WITH FORD REAR. AFTER THIS REPAIR,I AM D...

Mileage: 83,500

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 05V388000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE DEALER REPAIRED THE VEHICLE. APPROXIMATELY FIVE MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE PARKED. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS...

Mileage: 84,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT SEAT BELTS UNFASTENED APPROXIMATELY 3 TO 4 TIMES WHILE DRIVING. FORD STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVER 50,000 MILES AND NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THEREFORE THEY COULD NOT BE OF ASSISTANCE. THE VIN, ENGINE SIZE, PURCHASE DATE, ...

Mileage: 50,000

POSSIBLE WINDSHIELD LEAKAGE CAUSING EXTREME RANDOM ELECTRICAL FAILURE. TRUCK WON'T START IF RAINING. TRUCK SHUTS OFF DURING OPERATION. PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS DURING HIGHWAY OPERATION. ELECTRICAL OPERATIONS OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING, WITH OR WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

POSSIBLE WINDSHIELD LEAKAGE CAUSING EXTREME RANDOM ELECTRICAL FAILURE. TRUCK WON'T START IF RAINING. TRUCK SHUTS OFF DURING OPERATION. PARTICULARLY HAZARDOUS DURING HIGHWAY OPERATION. ELECTRICAL OPERATIONS OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING, WITH OR WITHOUT KEYS IN IGNITION. *JB

Mileage: 92,000

SEVERAL TIMES PER DAY, MY DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT POPS OPEN WHILE DRIVING. MY CONCERNS HAVE FALLEN ON DEAF EARS AT THE DEALERSHIPS. NUMEROUS FRIENDS, FAMILY MEMBERS, AND WORK ASSOCIATES HAVE WITNESSED THIS HAPPENING. I HAVE BEEN TOLD BY A LOT OF OTHER FORD OWNERS THAT THEIR DRIVER SIDE SEATBELTS IN THE...

Mileage: 50

#3 S PARKPLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD AND ALSO BROKE COIL ON PLUG. FORD SERVICE SHOP INSTALLED HELICOIL TO FIX PROBLEM AND REPLACED COIL ON PLUG. ALSO HAD FORD SERVICE LOOK AT NOISY AC BLOWER MOTOR FAN AND IT WAS ALSO BAD. VEHICLE IS A 2002 FORD F150 SUPERCREW 5.4L WITH ONLY 28,500 ON IT. DID NOT KEEP ...

Mileage: 24,430

2002 FORD F150 TRUCK THAT CAUGHT FIRE CUSTOMER STATES THAT HE WAS TOLD THAT A FACTORY RECALL CAUSED THE FIRE**CC THE CONSUMER STATED ON 4/3/07 HE PARKED THE VEHICLE, SHORTLY THEREAFTER A COWORKER INFORMED THE CONSUMER THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONSUMER THERE WAS A RECALL ON ...

Mileage: 135,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F-150 WITH 65,000 MILES ON IT. IT IS THE 4.2 LITER V-6 THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. THE MOTOR THREW A ROD AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND STOPPED WITH A LOUD BANGING AND THE COST WAS 5,000 FOR A NEW LONG BLOCK BY LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. I HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND SEEN ...

Mileage: 66,000

2002 FORD F-150 5.4L V-8 ENGINE HAS A BLOWN SPARK PLUG, FORD REFUSES TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE HEAD FAILURE. THEY MAKE A KIT FROM A 1987 OR SO ESCORT THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THEY FIXED THOSE VEHICLES. *TR

Mileage: 77,000

IN THE MIDDLE OF JULY OF 07, MY WIFE, GRANDDAUGHTER AND I WERE COMING HOME FROM VACATION IN IDAHO, BY YORK, NE. THE TRUCK WAS ALL OF A SUDDEN RUNNING ROUGH. I WAS UNABLE TO FIND A MECHANIC TO LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS WRONG. I HAD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. I CALLED MY SON IN IDAHO, WHO IS A MECHANIC AND...

Mileage: 104,231

MY F-150 PICKUP JUST STARTED SMOKING THEN WITH IN SECONDS WAS FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES RESULTING IN ME JUMPING OUT TO SAVE OWN LIFE. THANKFULLY NO ONE ELSE WAS WITH ME. *JB

Mileage: 54,000

TRUCK WAS DRIVEN TO WORK AND AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE TRUCK FROM ENGINE TO CAB WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE BURNED THE ENGINE, THE HOOD MELTED OFF, THE TIRES MELTED, SOME WINDOWS WERE GONE,AND THE FABRIC OFF THE SEATS WERE BURNED OFF. THE FIRE INVESTIGATOR SAID IT WAS A MECHANICAL ...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUG INJECTION ON THE NUMBER THREE CYLINDER IS DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE BEGAN SPILLING RAW FUEL INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. HE HAS TAKEN HIS VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT JUST HAPPENS AND TH...

Mileage: 104,000

WE HAVE A FORD F150 BOSS TRUCK (2002) THAT HAS ONLY 30,000 MILES ON IT. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT YESTERDAY. THE TRUCK HAS ABSOLUTELY NOT HAD A HARD LIFE. WE TAKE VERY GOOD CARE OF OUR VEHICLES. *AK

Mileage: 30,147

THIS IS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM THAT HAS OCCURRED SINCE I PURCHASED MY 2002 FORD F-150 SPORT NEW. MY DRIVER SIDE SEATBELT UNBUCKLES ON ITS OWN AS I DRIVE. I HAVE WORN SEATBELTS SINCE THE LATE 1960'S AND DO NOT EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM IN THE OTHER 4 VEHICLES I DRIVE. IT IS TERRIFYING TO THINK THA...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SPARK PLUGS HAVE BEEN BACKING OUT. AS A RESULT, THE FAILURE HAS BLOWN THE COIL AND DAMAGED THE HEAD, WHICH NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER HAS WITNESSED THIS FAILURE BEFORE, BUT CANNOT OFFER AN EXPLANATION...

76000 MILES FORD F150 4.2L V6 WITH A P0174 CODE REPLACED INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET ,MAF SENSOR. $750 DOLLARS LATER TRUCK RUNS FINE BUT WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN ! FIRST AND LAST FORD I WILL HAVE . *AK

Mileage: 76,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE FOR 6 HOURS WHEN THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE MAY BE RELATED TO RECALL #05V388000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED FOUR TIMES AND HAS NOT RESPOND...

Mileage: 77,000

FORD F 150 NUMBER 3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD. 2002 WITH 90000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 90,000

ON MY FORD F-150 TRUCK THE #3 HEAD BLEW THE SPARK PLUG OUT. THIS RESULTED IN ME NEEDING TO TOW THE VEHICLE AND HAVE A HELI-COIL DONE TO IT. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME THING BEING REPORTED OVER AND OVER AT COMSUMERAFFAIRS.COM I ALSO KNOW OF 7 OTHER PEOPLE WITHIN THE DES MOINES, IOWA ...

Mileage: 67,944

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE GARAGE PARKED VEHICLE SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, BUT ONLY THE TRUCK BED REMAINED. THE CONTACT COULD OBTAIN A FIRE REPORT. *AK RETURNED USPS, 2ND ATTEMPT MADE 04/20/07 FAILED. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150 SUPER CAB. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE IDLE AT A RED LIGHT AND WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED THE RPMS INCREASED FROM 800 TO OVER 3000. WITH THE BRAKES STILL DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INTO AN INTERSECTION. THE CONTACT WAS REQUIRE...

Mileage: 65,900

I OWN A 2002 FORD F 150 LIGHTNING WITH 45, 234 MILES ON IT. MY VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SOME ENGINE FAILURE DUE TO A SPARK PLUG SHOOTING OUT OF ENGINE HEAD. I BELIEVE IT WAS THE 3RD CYLINDER THAT FAILED. I WAS CLIMBING ONTO A OFF RAMP AND JUST STARTING TO ACCELERATE WHEN I HEARD THIS POPPING SOUND COMING...

Mileage: 45,345

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING IN THE CAR POOL LANE DURING RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC WHEN THE NUMBER THREE SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM THE HEAD OF MY 2002 FORD F150 LIGHTNING. MY WIFE LOSS POWER. IT WAS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION TO BE IN THE CAR POOL LANE WHEN LOSING POWER. I AM A MECHANIC AND A SPARK PLUG SHOULD NOT...

Mileage: 69,000

2002 FORD F150 SUPERCAB BURNED UP IN MY DRIVEWAY AT 5 AM IN THE MORNING. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DRIVEN FOR A DAY AND A HALF. WE WERE WOKEN UP BY THE CAR ALARM AND TWO LOUD BANGS. THE TRUCK WAS FULLY ENGULFED AND WAS ON FIRE NEXT TO THE HOUSE AND FENCE AND 2 OTHER CARS. THANK GOODNESS THE TRUCK...

Mileage: 50,000

I ACTIVATED THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW ON MARCH 21, 2006. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW OFF THE LOT IN 2002 AND HAD USED THE CRUISE CONTROL NO MORE THAN 5 TIMES IN 4 YEARS. WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL, THE CRUISE INDICATOR DISABLED, BUT THE CRUISE CONTROL DID...

Mileage: 50,000

2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW BOUGHT NEW FROM RIVERTOWN FORD. PAINT IS BLISTERING. SMALL PIECES OF "?" ARE SHOWING EVERYWHERE ON THE VEHICLE. FORD SAYS ITS TOO LATE AND NOT THEIR PROBLEM. PAINT JOB "BLISTERING" LESS THAN 5 YEARS OLD...... SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER LATE 80'S - EARLY 90'S FORD PAINT PROBLEM AG...

Mileage: 60,000

FORD F-150 2002 5.4 ENGINE WAS A FORD CERTIFIED VEHICLE. SPITS SPARK PLUG CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO DIE IN TRAFFIC. FORD SAYS ITS NO PROBLEM, BUT WHEN YOU GO TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY KNOW THE PROBLEM WITHOUT EVEN RAISING THE HOOD. REPLACED HEAD. CALLED FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE TRYING TO GET INFORMATION...

Mileage: 67,905

IN LATE SUMMER OF 2006, MY 2002 FORD F-150 BEGAN EXPERIENCING CHASSIS ELECTRICAL SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONS. EVERY TIME THERE WAS A RAINSTORM. SPECIFICALLY, THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CEASED TO WORK, THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WOULD FLASH ON & OFF, THE BLOWER MOTOR FOR THE HEATER WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN AFTER SHUTT...

Mileage: 97,000

TWO OF THE FOUR 265-70-17 CONTITRAC SUV TIRES WITH 26,000 MILES THAT WERE INSTALLED AS REPLACEMENT TIRES ON MY 2002 FORD SUPERCREW HAVE BROKEN BELTS INSIDE THE TIRE IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS. THESE TIRES HAVE A BULGE THAT SHIFTS THE TREAD APX 2CM OVER AND UP 1CM. THIS MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO KEEP THE TR...

IN NOVEMBER 2002, I PURCHASED A 2002 FORD F-150 EXTENDED CAB, WHICH WAS MADE IN CANADA 09/01. AFTER THE BREAK-IN PERIOD I NOTICED THAT AT SPEEDS OF 80-85 MPH THE VEHICLE WOULD WHINE , BUT I ASSUMED THAT WAS NORMAL BECAUSE AFTER 85 MPH THE WHINE WENT AWAY. AT ABOUT 89,000 MILES AND THE END OF THE WA...

Mileage: 600

WATER INTRUSION FROM LEAKING WINDSHIELD CAUSED GEM MODULE /FUSE BLOCK CORROSION. WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERABLE AND ELECTRIC WINDOWS INOPERABLE WITH NO INTERIOR LIGHTS WORKING. *JB

Mileage: 24,490

WATER INTRUSION FROM LEAKING WINDSHIELD CAUSED GEM MODULE /FUSE BLOCK CORROSION. WINDSHIELD WIPERS INOPERABLE AND ELECTRIC WINDOWS INOPERABLE WITH NO INTERIOR LIGHTS WORKING. *JB

Mileage: 24,490

DRIVING AT 60 MPH, POP, LOSS OF POWER, NOISY MOTOR, STOPPED, OPENED HOOD TO FIND BLOWN #3 PLUG. BLEW COIL FROM MOUNT AND DAMAGED INSULATOR. *JB

Mileage: 58,000

TRANSMISSION DROPS OUT OF GEAR AT 25 TO 30 MPH. TOOK TO DEALER, THEY SAY NO CODES SHOWN AND THEY NEED TO TAKE TRANSMISSION APART TO FIND PROBLEM. *JB

Mileage: 94,712

2002 FORD F150 LIGHTNING, THREE BLOWN SPARK PLUGS. TWO WERE REPAIRED UNDER WARRANTY, ONE OUT OF MY POCKET. FORD DID NOT ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRITON CYLINDER HEAD AND DID NOTHING ABOUT IT. FORD LEFT ME STRANDED THREE TIMES, TWICE ON THE FREEWAY. THANKS FORD. *NM

Mileage: 32,213

THE REAR PASSENGER SAFETY BELT BUCKLE HAS BROKEN THROUGH NORMAL USE. THE DEALERSHIP STATES IT IS NOT COVERED BY MY EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THERE IS A RULING PERTAINING TO SAFETY BELTS THAT STATES ANY VEHICLE LESS THAN 7 YEARS OLD, THOSE SAFETY BELTS WOULD BE COVERED BY THE MANUFACTURER...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CALIPER BRACKET BOLTS UNSCREWED ON THEIR OWN. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE BOLTS. ALSO, THE SERPENTINE DRIVE BELT FRACTURED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

Mileage: 57,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CALIPER BRACKET BOLTS UNSCREWED ON THEIR OWN. THE SERVICE DEALER REPLACED THE BOLTS. ALSO, THE SERPENTINE DRIVE BELT FRACTURED WHILE TRAVELING 50 MPH, AND CAUSED THE ENGINE TO OVERHEAT, AND LOSS OF STEERING CONTROL.

Mileage: 57,000

ON THURS. 12-07, I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP, THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND LOUD. I PULLED OVER, IT BLEW A SPARK PLUG(#4). TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD THE HEAD WOULD BE REPLACED, THEN WHEN I RETURNED FOR THE TRUCK WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ONLY REPAIR THE HOLE WITH A HELICOIL, ...

Mileage: 37,000

ON THURS. 12-07, I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP, THE TRUCK WAS RUNNING ROUGH AND LOUD. I PULLED OVER, IT BLEW A SPARK PLUG(#4). TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, WAS TOLD THE HEAD WOULD BE REPLACED, THEN WHEN I RETURNED FOR THE TRUCK WAS TOLD THEY WOULD ONLY REPAIR THE HOLE WITH A HELICOIL, ...

Mileage: 37,000

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND HEARD A LOUD POP. HIS TRUCK WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND WE WERE TOLD IT WAS THE #3 SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. WARRANTY COMPANY REFUSES TO FIX IT. I HAVE HAD TO LOSE 2 WEEKS OF WORK SO FAR SO THAT MY HUSBAND CAN GO TO WORK. IT IS COSTING US $2400.00 TO FIX HIS TRUC...

THE OIL PRESSURE GAUGE ERRATIC AT TIMES, OK ON START UPS. BUT WHILE IN USE IT WOULD DROP TO ZERO AND THE OIL LIGHT WOULD COME ON. IF YOU SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART OIL GAUGE WOULD GO BACK TO OK. UNTIL YOU START DRIVING. *JB

Mileage: 101,888

DROVE MY 2002 F 150 APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES HOME AND PARKED IT. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY PROBLEMS AND WASN'T MAKING ANY NOISE. ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER I NOTICED A ORANGE FIRE BALL REALIZING IT WAS MY TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS FULLY INVOLVED WITHIN MINUTES. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK MELT...

Mileage: 79,000

DROVE MY 2002 F 150 APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES HOME AND PARKED IT. THE TRUCK HAS NEVER GIVEN ME ANY PROBLEMS AND WASN'T MAKING ANY NOISE. ABOUT 30 MINUTES LATER I NOTICED A ORANGE FIRE BALL REALIZING IT WAS MY TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS FULLY INVOLVED WITHIN MINUTES. THE ENTIRE FRONT END OF THE TRUCK MELT...

Mileage: 79,000

WIPERS AND RADIO WORK ONLY WHEN IN PARK. LIGHTS REMAIN ON EVEN WHEN IN OFF POSITION. VEHICLE WILL SPORADICALLY NOT START. PROBLEM STARTED IN THE FALL OF 05 AND PERSISTED UNTIL SUMMER 06, AT WHICH TIME ALL SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED. NOW IN THE FALL OF 06, ALL SYMPTOMS HAVE RETURNED. *JB

Mileage: 63,000

ON AUGUST 24, 2006, MY PASSENGER-SIDE, FRONT, LOWER CALIPER MOUNTING BRACKET BOLT BACKED ITSELF OUT. THIS HAPPENED AT A LOWER SPEED (ABOUT 20-25 MPH) AND SO THERE WERE NO INJURIES INVOLVED (ESPECIALLY SINCE I HAD THREE PASSENGERS IN THE VEHICLE). BUT, WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT GOUGED THE INSIDE OF THE...

Mileage: 63,658

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK IN A PARKING LOT, ALL STEERING WAS LOST. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THE TIE ROD.

Mileage: 145,000

BACK WINDOW LEAKS AND HAVE BEEN TOLD FORD KNOWS ABOUT IT. BUT YET NO RECALLS ARE ON IT. *NM *AK

I WAS VIEWING PROPERTY IN ANOTHER COUNTY. I LEFT MY WEHICLE PARKED ON A RANCH ROAD IN ORDER TO RIDE WITH THE REALTOR. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE (2002 F150 SUPER CREW) IT WAS ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I HAD A CAMERA BECAUSE I WAS TAKING PICTURES OF THE PROPERTY, SO I HAVE PICTURES OF THE TRUCK ON FI...

Mileage: 172,000

TRUCK MAKES NOISE AND WILL NOT START THE KEY PAD WILL NOT LET ME IN MY TRUCK AND THE TRUCK ACTS LIKE IT WANTS TO START BUT ANTI THEFT SYSTEM WON'T LET IT START. ARE THERE ANY RECALLS ON THIS PROBLEM. *NM

Mileage: 46,000

VEHICLE WAS ALWAYS MAINTAINED CORRECTLY, WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25-30 MILES PER HOUR, THERE WAS A SUDDEN POPPING NOISE, VEHICLE LOST POWER WHICH STARTLED THE DRIVER AND CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH OFF THE ROAD. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED TO THE ROAD AND BROUGHT TO A PARKING LOT. NEXT DAY THE VEHIC...

Mileage: 74,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING 2002 F150 SUPERCREW BRAKE PEDAL BENT CAUSING THE CONSUMER TO NOT FULLY STOP. *TS ***NAR**** THE CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF NOT BEING ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE. (LAWYER ON BEHALF OF CONSUMER) *JB

2002 FORD F-150 BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED WITH LESS THAN 23,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE. THE ROTORS WERE TOO WORN TO BE TURNED. *KB *NM

Mileage: 23,000

THE TRUCK WAS DRIVEN BACK FROM THE STORE, A DISTANCE OF A FEW MILES, THEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. APPRXIMATELY 30 MINUTES LATER I HEAD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A COMPRESSOR RUNNING OUT IN THE STREET. WENT OUT INTO THE DRIVEWAY AND FOUND THE STARTER WAS TURNING OVER THE ENGINE. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN TURNED O...

Mileage: 15,400

MANUAL CLUTCH MALFUNCTIONED INCLUDING REMAINING DISENGAGED (IN GEAR) WHILE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR. SLAVE CYLINDER FAILED AND LEAKED FLUID NECESSITATING REPLACEMENT. OCCURRED AT <45000 MILES AND IS IDENTICAL TO THE FAIL MECHANISM EXHIBITED ON NEIGHBORS 2001 F150 4.6 AT 39000 MILES. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, A BURNT SMELL WAS NOTICED. UPON INSPECTION, A RED WIRE UNDER THE DRIVER SEAT WAS ON FIRE. ALSO, THE ELECTRICAL WIRING HARNESS FOR THE POWER SEATS AND SEAT HEATER WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THAT THE WIRES...

Mileage: 119,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC, THE VEHICLE STRUCK ANOTHER VEHICLE IN THE REAR AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT WAS WEARING A SEAT BELT AND NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO FRONT OF THE VEHICLE; THE INSURANCE ...

Mileage: 84,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW 4X4 PICKUP WITH 5.4L V8 GAS ENGINE AND AOD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AT 48,500 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE OD ON/OFF SWITCH WOULD NOT STAY ENGAGED AND WAS FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO SHOWED ME METAL SHAVINGS IN THE TRANSMISS...

Mileage: 46,000

I OWN A 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW 4X4 PICKUP WITH 5.4L V8 GAS ENGINE AND AOD AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AT 48,500 MILES ON THE VEHICLE THE OD ON/OFF SWITCH WOULD NOT STAY ENGAGED AND WAS FLASHING INTERMITTENTLY I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP WHO SHOWED ME METAL SHAVINGS IN THE TRANSMISS...

Mileage: 46,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER WINDOWS, HORN AND TURN SIGNALS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FUSES WERE REPLACED BY THE CONTACT AND THE WINDOWS, HORN AND TURN SIGNALS RESUMED PROPER FUNCTION. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS ENGAGED, SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD AND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A SERVICE ...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE POWER WINDOWS, HORN AND TURN SIGNALS FAILED INTERMITTENTLY. THE FUSES WERE REPLACED BY THE CONTACT AND THE WINDOWS, HORN AND TURN SIGNALS RESUMED PROPER FUNCTION. WHEN THE IGNITION WAS ENGAGED, SMOKE EMITTED FROM UNDER THE DASH BOARD AND FROM UNDER THE HOOD. A SERVICE ...

THE BRAKE PEDAL STOPPED MOVING WHEN ACTUATING THE ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MOVES SO THERE IS NO STEP OVER HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PEDALS. WITH THE PEDALS BEING AT THE SAME HEIGHT POSITION THERE IS NO WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THEM OR STEP ON BOTH AT SAME TIME. *JB

Mileage: 48,000

THE BRAKE PEDAL STOPPED MOVING WHEN ACTUATING THE ADJUSTABLE PEDALS. THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MOVES SO THERE IS NO STEP OVER HEIGHT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PEDALS. WITH THE PEDALS BEING AT THE SAME HEIGHT POSITION THERE IS NO WAY TO DIFFERENTIATE BETWEEN THEM OR STEP ON BOTH AT SAME TIME. *JB

Mileage: 48,000

MY 2002 FORD F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON PICKUP TRUCK EJECTED A SPARK PLUG WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY . THIS IS THE THIRD INCIDENT OF FAILURE AND AM CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AS THE TRUCK LOOSES POWER WHILE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT . IN ADDITION THE FAILING PLUG THIS TIME WAS ONE RIGHT...

Mileage: 76,483

I HAVE A F150 2002 FORD PICKUP WITH 55,000 MILES ON IT. MY PARENTS AND I HAD JUST FINISHED LUNCH AND GOT IN MY TRUCK. I TURNED THE KEY AND WE HEARD 2 LOUD POPPING NOISES AND THE MOTOR STARTED RUNNING ROUGH (PULSING). TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, OPENED THE HOOD ONLY TO DISCOVER THE SPARK PLUG HAD BLOW...

Mileage: 55,000

I RECEIVE STORM DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE. DURING THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE WE SUSTAIN INJURIES FROM THE WINDSHIELD FIBERS AND GLASS, IN THE VENTS WHICH THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THE GLASS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. THE TRUCK HAS A DEFECT IN THE HEAT CONTROL AND THE RADIO PANEL GET EXTREMELY H...

Mileage: 31,000

I RECEIVE STORM DAMAGES TO MY VEHICLE. DURING THE PROCESS OF REPAIRING THE VEHICLE WE SUSTAIN INJURIES FROM THE WINDSHIELD FIBERS AND GLASS, IN THE VENTS WHICH THE REPAIR SHOP SAID THAT THE GLASS IS IMPOSSIBLE TO REMOVE. THE TRUCK HAS A DEFECT IN THE HEAT CONTROL AND THE RADIO PANEL GET EXTREMELY H...

Mileage: 31,000

MISSING COTTER PINS ON FRONT END UPPER BALL JOINTS. *JB

Mileage: 84,339

THE PASSENGER SEAT BROKE IN MAY 06, BACK OF SEAT WOULD COLLAPSE ON SEAT. TOOK TRUCK TO AUTO SHOP AND WAS TOLD "SEAT/ BACK BAR"? WAS BROKEN. ON 07/08/06 DRIVER SIDE SEAT BROKE, SAME TYPE OF BREAK, BACK OF SEAT LEANS FORWARD ONTO SEAT, WILL NOT CATCH. *JB

Mileage: 56,950

ORIGINAL WINDSHIELD SEAL BEGAN LEAKING WATER INSIDE CAB AND INTO DASH COMPARTMENT RESULTING IN ELECTRICAL FAILURE. THE LEAK ORIGINATED IN THE DRIVER SIDE VALLEY ON TOP OF THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. THE VALLEYS ALLOW WATER TO FLOW DIRECTLY TO AND POOL UP AT THE WINDSHIELD WHEN VEHICLE IS PARKED. I REMED...

Mileage: 88,000

FORD F-150 BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG FROM THE HEAD, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND HAS HAPPENED TO THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AND FORD REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. AVERAGE COST OF REPAIR TO THE CUSTOMER IS 3500. *JB

Mileage: 31,262

AT ABOUT 75K MILES, A VERY FAINT WHINE WAS COMING FROM THE BACK END OF THE VEHICLE, MAINLY AUDIBLE WITH ACCELERATION AND AT SPEEDS OF ABOUT 35 MPH. IT SLOWLY PROGRESSED, WE TOOK IT TO A LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS IS HAPPENING WITH MANY FORD 150'S WITH THIS YEAR, IT WAS A DEFECT IN...

Mileage: 75,000

SINCE PURCHASE OF VEHICLE THREE COILS HAVE GONE BAD AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC AT A FORD DEALERSHIP TO NOT WASH THE MOTOR ON THE VEHICLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE COIL CONFIGURATION ON ALL FORD, LINCOLN, AND MERCURY VEHICLES SINCE THEY SWIT...

Mileage: 69,800

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 45 MPH, WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE SO I PULLED OVER , FOUND THE PASS SIDE REAR PLUG WAS SHOT OUT OF THE MOTOR AND LAYING ON THE TOP OF THE ENGINE. THE COIL PACK IS CRACKED AND THE MOUNTING BRACKET SNAPPED OFF. I HAVE DONE NOTHING TO FIX THIS YET!YES I HAVE OLD PARTS....

I RECENTLY RESPONDED TO HAVE THE RECALL FOR THE CRUISE CONTROL ON MY 2002 F-150 COMPLETED. SINCE THEN, MY CRUISE CONTROL HAS FAILED TO WORK AND WHEN I HIT THE "ON" BUTTON AND THE "COAST" BUTTON AT THE SAME TIME, MY HORN WILL BLOW. THE DEALER HAS INFORMED ME THAT THERE IS AN $89 DIAGNOSTIC FEE FOR S...

Mileage: 33,852

MY 2002 FORD F150 SVT LIGHTNING EJECTED THE VERY BACK PASSENGER SIDE SPARK PLUG. I WAS IDLING AT A RED LIGHT, A LOUD POP, AND SOMEHOW DROVE THE TRUCK TO THE NEAREST FORD DEALER. (JOE SARTAIN FORD, DECATUR, AL) *NM

Mileage: 44,000

I PURCHASED A USED 2002 FORD F150 4X4 FROM THE MANAGER OF A FORD DEALERSHIP. WITHIN 7 MONTHS A SPARK PLUG BLEW, WE DID NOT KNOW IT WAS SUCH A PROBLEM BUT WE REPAIRED IT AND A COUPLE OF MONTHS LATER IT DID IT AGAIN WE REPAIRED IT THINKING MAYBE WE DID NOT REPAIR THE FIRST ONE CORRECTLY. THEN A MONTH ...

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET, AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED, AND MAKING A SLIGHT TURN TO THE LEFT, THE TIE-ROD END ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE BROKE OFF AND JAMMED INTO THE WHEEL. THE TIE-ROD GOUGED THE INSIDE OF THE ALUMINUM AND PUNCTURED THROUGH THE WHEEL. I WAS ABLE TO BRING THE TRUCK TO A STOP IN THE MIDDLE...

Mileage: 81,800

ON TWO OCCASIONS WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, MY FORD F-150 WITH A TRITON 4.6 LITER V8 ENGINE HAS "BLOWN A SPARK PLUG" CAUSING A SUBSTANTIAL LOSS FINANCIALLY AND TRANSPORTATION WISE. I CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THIS IS A PREVALENT ISSUE WITH FORD F-150 TRITON ENGINES AND I ASK THAT A FORMAL INVESTIGATION, RECA...

Mileage: 108,997

2002 F-150 HAS HAD THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED 4 TIMES PREVIOUSLY IN THE LAST 2 YEARS. THIS TIME THE GAUGES ALL DROPPED TO NOTHING, JUMPED BACK UP AND TRUCK LOST POWER. WOULD NOT RESTART IMMEDIATELY, WHEN RESTARTED, GAUGES WENT TO FULL POWER, DROPPED TO NOTHING, THEN BOUNCED BACK AND FORTH. WITHIN 20 M...

Mileage: 134,167

I BROUGHT THE TRUCK ON JUNE 1, 2004. A FEW MONTHS AFTER I BROUGHT THE TRUCK IT STARTED GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I TRIED TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT THEY WERE NO HELP AT ALL. I HAVE TRIED TALKING TO THEM PLENTY OF TIMES. I HAVE TOOK MY TRUCK TO AN MECHANIC AN THEY TOLD ME IT WAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM ...

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY IN A FRONTAL IMPACT AT 35 TO 40MPH. SEAT BELTS WERE IN USE AND MINOR INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS NOT ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP HOWEVER THEY ARE U...

Mileage: 113,100

FORD 5.4 V-8 TRITON ENGINE SPIT SPARK PLUG MY 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW SPIT OUT THE #3 SPARK PLUG. THE REPAIR WAS $500 TO HAVE THE HEAD RE-THREADED WITH NO GUARANTEE. DEALER ADVISED NEXT TIME THE HEAD WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF OVER $3000. *NM

Mileage: 38,517

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING HIS FORD TRUCK F-150 AND SUDDENLY CRASHED INTO A TREE. HE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURY AND STILL IN THE HOSPITAL HE WAS IN CRITICAL CONDITION FOR TWO DAYS AND HE WILL BE DISABLE FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED LAST WEEK ON MARCH 4,2006.*JB

THE 2002 F150 LARIET WAS RUNNING GREAT, HAD NOT HAD ANY PROBLEMS LEADING UP TO THIS INCIDENT. THE NUMBER 7 SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM THE HEAD, CAUSED LOSS OF POWER OF THE ENGINE, TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY ARE TELLING US THEY CAN REPLACE THE HEAD FOR $3300.00 OUR COST. I FEEL THIS IS A DEFECT I...

Mileage: 110,200

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING 60MPH THE NUMBER THREE SPARK PLUG CAME OUT OF THE HEAD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED HOME. AFTER TALKING TO THE DEALERSHIP, IT WAS DETERMINED THE HEAD WAS NOT ABLE TO HOLD THE SPARK PLUG IN PLACE. THE HEAD, COIL FOR THE SPARK PLUG AND THE GASKETS NE...

Mileage: 56,000

2002 FORD F150. *NM

Mileage: 60,000

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY, LOOP 375 EL PASO TEXAS, WE HEARD A LOUD BANG. WE THOUGHT WE HAD A TIRE BLOWOUT. PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO DISCOVER FOR THE SECOND TIME A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. *JB

Mileage: 67,043

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE ENGINE MADE A POPPING NOISE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER AND UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT FOUND A SPARK PLUG ON THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO THE DEALERSHIP. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE ...

Mileage: 41,539

CRASH, FRONT IMPACT, 2002 FORD F150 PICK-UP, 4 DOOR, CREW CAB, LARIT. VECHILE WAS TOTAL LOSS. THE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THIS WAS THE ONLY ACCIDENT THIS VECHILE WAS INVOLVED IN. INJURIES. *NM

Mileage: 116,000

MANUFACTURER USES FAULTY ELECTRONIC COMPONENT IN VEHICLE IGNITION SYSTEM. NO PART OF SYSTEM PROVIDES FOR INDICATION OF POTENTIAL FAILURE OR COMPLETE FAILURE. ONCE PART FAILS, THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCES RANDOM MISFIRING IN CYCLINDER WHICH CAUSES DAMAGE TO SPARK PLUG THREADS OF ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD. EV...

Mileage: 44,000

ON 12-29-2005 HEARD TAPPING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE OF 2002 FORD F-150 HARLEY DAVIDSON. AFTER ACCELERATING FROM INTERSECTION NEAR HOME, I HEARD A LARGE BANG AND TRUCK LOST POWER. IMMEDIATELY PULLED TRUCK OVER AND HAD IT AAA TOWED TO LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP. FORD DIAGNOSED THE TRUCK AND ACCORDING TO T...

Mileage: 57,365

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND RADIO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE DOME LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE WIPERS AND THE RADIO COME ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN STOP WORKING. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN T...

Mileage: 40,000

DT*: THE CONSUMER STATED THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND RADIO WORK INTERMITTENTLY. THE DOME LIGHT REMAINED ILLUMINATED. THE WIPERS AND THE RADIO COME ON FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN STOP WORKING. THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME ON INTERMITTENTLY WITH THE SWITCH IN THE OFF POSITION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN T...

Mileage: 40,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS ACTIVATED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED BEYOND THE SET SPEED. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND COASTED WHILE ATTEMPTING TO TURN OFF THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS DEACTIVATED, AND THE CRUISE CON...

Mileage: 100,000

2002 F 150 V 4.2L V6 ENGINE. 83000 MILES HAS DEFECTIVE INTAKE MANIFOLD GASKET THAT CAN CAUSE LEAK OF COOLANT INTO CYLINDERS CAUSING ENGINE TO BLOW UP POSSIBLY CAUSING CAR TO BECOME UNCONTROLLABLE CAUSING A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. FORD HAS NO PLANS DESPITE RECEIVING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS. *JB

Mileage: 83,000

WITHOUT NOTICE THE POWER STEERING LET GO ON MY TRUCK RESULTING IN THE UNIT LEAKING OUT 6 BOTTLES WERE REPLACED IN THE RESERVOIR AND CONTINUED TO LEAK ONTO THE GROUND. *NM

Mileage: 754,400

I WAS ADVISED BY FORD IN SEPTEMBER 2005 THAT MY 2002 F-150 TRUCK WAS INVOLVED IN THE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH RECALL AND INSTRUCTED TO REPORT TO MY DEALER FOR ASSISTANCE WHICH I DID. MY CRUISE CONTROL WAS DISABLED (WIRE CUT) BY THE DEALER AND TOLD THAT THE REPLACEMENT PART WOULD BE AVAILAB...

ON SEPT 22,2005 MY 2002 FORD F150 BURST INTO FLAMES IN MY CARPORT WHILE I WAS SLEEPING. MY DAUGHTER CAME HOME AND WOKE ME JUST IN TIME TO GET OUT OF THE HOUSE BEFORE THE ENTIRE HOUSE BURNED. I RECEIVED THE RECALL NOTICE JUST A FEW DAYS AFTER THE FIRE. THE FIRE WAS WITNESSED TO START IN MY TRUCK. THE...

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE SNAPPED. THE TIRE BOUNCED ON THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. *AK UPDATED 1/19/2006 - THE CONSUMER HAS THE FAILED CABLE IN HIS POSSESSION. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO DAMAGE. *NM

Mileage: 56,000

ENGINE SPARK PLUG BLOWN FROM ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD. VEHICLE DISABLED BY DAMAGE. REPAIR COST $2481.38 TO OWNER. INFORMATION COMMONLY AVAILABLE SHOWS THIS TO BE RECURRING PROBLEM THAT FORD WILL COVER ONLY WITH VEHICLE UNDER WARRANTY. PROBLEM NOT RESTRICTED TO AGE OF ENGINE. *JB

Mileage: 44,210

F150 4.2 6 CYLINDER BLOWN LOWER INTAKE AFTER 71000 MILES. REPAIR SHOP AND ONLINE THAT THIS FAILURE IS AN EPIDEMIC. *JB

Mileage: 71,000

2002 FORD F-150 TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY 40 IN ARIZONA. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED ON THE CRUISE CONTROL INITIAL FAILURE CRUISE CONTROL ON. ENGAGED MAINTAIN SPEED BUTTON VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING. PUNCHED ALL OF THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS AND TAPPED THE BRAKES CRUISE CONTROL TURNED OFF. CON...

Mileage: 27,500

2002 FORD F-150 TRAVELING WEST ON HIGHWAY 40 IN ARIZONA. RECALL NOTICE RECEIVED ON THE CRUISE CONTROL INITIAL FAILURE CRUISE CONTROL ON. ENGAGED MAINTAIN SPEED BUTTON VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING. PUNCHED ALL OF THE CRUISE CONTROL BUTTONS AND TAPPED THE BRAKES CRUISE CONTROL TURNED OFF. CON...

Mileage: 27,500

WHILE PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I WAS TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN I HEARD SOMETHING SNAP IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEN I HAD NO CONTROL OF THE STEERING. THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD TURN COMPLETELY AROUND AND THERE WAS NO CONTROL OF THE FRONT WHEELS. AFTER TAKING THE TRUCK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHER...

Mileage: 63,878

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE ENGINE LOST A CYLINDER AND FLUID LEAKED OUT INTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK

Mileage: 45,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING THE CLUTCH WOULD NOT DISENGAGE. HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A CERTIFIED REPAIR SHOP FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE ENGINE LOST A CYLINDER AND FLUID LEAKED OUT INTO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. *AK

Mileage: 45,000

2002 FORD F150 SVT LIGHTNING 5.4L ENGINE WITH ONLY 30,121 MILES ON IT BLEW UP ON DYNO METER ON 12-1-05 AT ONLY 3300 RPM'S. LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT SAYS IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND TOO BAD. ESTIMATE FOR NEW ENGINE IS $5300 PLUS TAX, ETC, INSTALLATION ADDS UP TO A TOTAL OF $9,300 WHICH I...

Mileage: 30,121

2002 F-150, 5.4L - 56,000 MILES ON TRUCK. SPARK PLUG EJECTED FROM CYLINDER HEAD. HEARD LOUD POP - EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER - PULLED OVER - GOT TOWED TO DEALER. DEALER DIAGNOSED PROBLEM - SAID CYLINDER HEAD WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED - ENGINE WOULD HAVE TO BE REMOVED FOR FIX - ESTIMATE OF OVER $3,...

Mileage: 56,000

DT: THE CONTACTS STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388 ON CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THEIR VEHICLE ARE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. HE TRIED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER TO NO AVAIL. *AK UPDATED 1/11/2006. IT HAS B...

2002 FORD F-150 5.4 LITER ENGINE 66,XXX MILES DRIVING ON CITY STREET, APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, 3RD SPARK PLUG ON PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP, HELI COIL INSERT INSTALLED NO OLD PART AVAILABLE. *NM

Mileage: 66,234

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL DEACTIVATION SWITCH. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE. *AK UPDATED 1...

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THAT THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WINDSHIELD LEAKED IN THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE. THE FUSE BOX WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE LEAKING, AND REPLACED. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY FREE REMEDY. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WINDSHIELD LEAKED IN THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE. THE FUSE BOX WAS DAMAGED DUE TO THE LEAKING, AND REPLACED. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED AT CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THEY DID NOT OFFER ANY FREE REMEDY. *AK

Mileage: 60,000

DT: THE CONTACT STATES THERE IS NHTSA RECALL 05V388000 CONCERNING THE VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL. THE PARTS NEEDED FOR RECALL REPAIRS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT SPOKE TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO CONFIRMED THE PARTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE AT THIS TIME.*AK

RIGHT BEFORE THE FAILURE I WAS SITTING AT A STOP SIGN. AS I BEGAN PULLING A WAY I HEARD A SINGLE LOUD POPPING SOUND FOLLOWED BY A COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND POPPING AND TICKING. I STOPPED THE TRUCK IMMEDIATELY -- I NEVER MADE IT OUT ONTO THE CROSS STREET. THE PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD --BLOWN PLUG...

Mileage: 59,000

DT: CONTACT STATES HIS CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS AND HIT A MAN PINNING HIM BETWEEN TWO TRUCKS. THE CAR WAS LOCKED AND PARKED AT THE TIME. HE IMMEDIATELY GOT IN HIS VEHICLE AND STARTED IT AND PULLED THE CAR OFF OF THE MAN. HE REPORTS HAVING NO PROBLEMS OF THIS KIND PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT OR SINCE THIS...

Mileage: 46,000

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF #2 CYLINDER ON RIGHT SIDE HEAD. 45000 MILES WITH ORIGINAL PLUGS STILL IN FROM FACTORY. DEALER SAID IT'S A FACTORY DEFECT BUT FORD IS NOT COVERING IT. 3200 DOLLAR REPAIR. TRUCK IS A 2002 FORD F-150 WITH 5.4L TRITIN V-8. *NM

Mileage: 45,354

APRIL 2005 2002 F-150 FORD TRUCK ENGINE FAILURE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. #3 CYLINDER SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER CAUSING EMERGENCY EXIT FROM FAST LANE ON HWY 81. SECOND INCIDENT SAME CYLINDER NOVEMBER 2. AFTER RESEARCHING FORD FORUMS ON THE INTERNET FOUND THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THE FORD TRIT...

Mileage: 81,500

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO WATER LEAKING FROM FAULTY WINDSHIELD INSTALLATION. *JB

Mileage: 67,500

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILED DUE TO WATER LEAKING FROM FAULTY WINDSHIELD INSTALLATION. *JB

Mileage: 67,500

ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED CODE REPORTED BY SERVICE TECH WAS C-10-95 AND STATED THAT I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE THE HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT. FAILURE OCCURRED AT ONLY 17,500 MILE ON THE UNIT. *JB

Mileage: 17,500

2002 FORD F150 AIR BAG DEPLOYED DURING AN ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG KNOCKED THE CONSUMER OUT OF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY KNOCKING THE AND GAVE HIM CHEMICAL BURNS. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *NM

2002 FORD F150 AIR BAG DEPLOYED DURING AN ACCIDENT. THE AIR BAG KNOCKED THE CONSUMER OUT OF THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY KNOCKING THE AND GAVE HIM CHEMICAL BURNS. *TS THE CONSUMER WAS WEARING HIS SEAT BELT WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED. *NM

SHUDDER IN DRIVETRAIN AT SLOW/IDLE SPEED. FORD DEALER REPLACED DRIVE SHAFT, AND TRANSFER CASE - DID NOT FIX PROBLEM. STILL DO NOT HAVE ANY ANSWERS OR FIXES. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL05V388000 FIRE IN SWITCHES COULD OCCUR. TOOK VEHICLE TO LOCAL DEALER, AND LOCAL DEALER HAD NO PARTS TO FIX PROBLEM. NO INCIDENT OCCURRED AT THIS TIME. THE DEALER SAID PARTS WOULD BE AVAILABLE SOMETIME IN MID OCTOBER 2005. *AK *N...

I WAS DRIVING MY 2002 FORD F-150 WHEN THE SPARK PLUG (3RD ONE ON PASSENGER SIDE BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD ON THE ENGINE. THE ENGINE IS A 4.6 LITER TRITON ENGINE. IT MADE A LARGE BANG THEN A THUMPING NOISE AND LOSS OF POWER TO ENGINE SO I HURRIED AND PULLED OVER AND SHUT THE ENGINE OFF. TRIED TO PUT SPA...

Mileage: 95,500

WATER LEAKS THROUGH LEFT SIDE OF WINDSHIELD CAUSING FUSE BOX TO SHORT OUT, WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND RADIO STOP WORKING, VERY DANGEROUS. FORD IS AWARE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT REFUSES TO FIX. *NM

Mileage: 34,000

NORMAL EVERY DAY USE. SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT TURNS ON DPFE SENSOR AND OR EGR VALVE HAS FAILED. FROM WHAT I'VE RESEARCHED IN FORUMS IT IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE AMONGST FORDS. ENGINES THAT SUFFER THIS IDLE VERY ROUGH, AT TIMES SO MUCH THAT THE ENGINE STALLS OUT WHEN IT COMES TO A STOP. AT FIRST I C...

Mileage: 42,000

WINDSHIELD LEAK ON THE LEFT SIDE SHORTED OUT THE FUSE BOX. *NM

Mileage: 18,851

AFTER RAINING 4X4 INDICATOR LIGHT FLASHES , WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND RADIO SHUT ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. *NM

Mileage: 34,000

SPARK PLUG BLOW OUT ON MY 2002 F150, 5.4L,V8, FORD PICKUP. MILEAGE AT TIME OF THE INCIDENT,46337. WHILE TURNING RIGHT AFTER STOPPING AT A STOP SIGN, I HEARD A LOUD POP. THE ENGINE LOST POWER AND CONTINUED TO POP VERY LOUD. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CALLED A TOW TRUCK. I KNEW WHAT THE PR...

Mileage: 46,337

CONSUMER 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW TOP SHAFT PISTON FOR THE SHOCK ABSORBER BROKE. *TS THE CONSUMER STATED THAT HE NEVER CARRIED MORE THAN 500 POUNDS IN THE CARGO BED NOR EVER PULLED ANYTHING (MOTORCRAFT SHOCK ABSORBER, ASH-144, 2L3Z-1825-FA, H751B 103805 100604, BAR CODE: 31508 407657, ML1193 REV ...

Mileage: 62,968

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD. *NM

Mileage: 48,000

ENGINE ON MY 2002 FORD F150 WITH 88,000 MILES BLEW A SPARK PLUG WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH. CAUSING APPROXIMATELY $2,900 WORTH OF DAMAGE. VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND TOWED TO THE CLOSEST REPAIR FACILITY. MECHANIC SAID THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE FORD F150 TRITON V8 ENGIN...

Mileage: 88,000

PASSENGER SEAT BELT COMES UNLATCHED INTERMITTENTLY. *JB

Mileage: 37,978

SPARK PLUGS BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD WHILE DRIVING THROUGH THE DESERT. THE FRONT AND REAR SPARK PLUG ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLEW OUT WITHIN A 24 HOUR PERIOD. I WAS DIVING TO OREGON EARLY FRIDAY MORNING WHEN THE REAR SPARK PLUG ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE ENGINE BLEW OUT. I WAS STUCK IN...

Mileage: 60,000

MY 2002 FORD F-150'S TRANNY COMPLETELY BROKE AT 35,000 MILES 27 DAYS AFTER THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY WAS UP. I DON'T HAUL OR PULL ANYTHING WITH THIS TRUCK. WE ARE HAVING TO PUT A FACTORY REBUILT TRANNY IN IT AS WE SPEAK. *NM

Mileage: 35,242

2002 FORD PICK UP TRUCK ENGINE EJECTED A SPARK PLUG WHILE DRIVING.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SLOWED DOWN AS IF HE APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE MECHANIC TOLD THE CONSUMER THE THREADS HAD BEEN STRIPPED FROM THE HEAD WHEN THE PLUG WAS EJECTED. *JB THE CONSUMER NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE...

Mileage: 51,000

DT: THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F150. THE REAR END DIFFERENTIAL MADE A WHINING NOISE. THEY TOLD HIM THAT IT WILL NOT HURT THE VEHICLE BUT IT WAS NOT NORMAL SINCE THE JUNE 16,2005 CONTACT WAS TRYING TO GET VEHICLE FIXED. THEY REPLACED THE RACK AND PINION TWICE, BUT PROBLEM RECURRED. THE MANUFA...

THE CONSUMER HAS NOTICED A DISCREPANCY IN THE MPG THE MANUFACTURER SAID THE VEHICLE WOULD GET AND THE ACTUAL MPG THE 2002 FORD F150 GET. *MR THE CONSUMER CLAIMED THAT HE NEVER GETS MORE THAN 11 MPG WHILE DRIVING IN THE CITY, ON LONG DISTANCE TRIPS, WHILE PULLING A TRAILER OR WHILE DRIVING EMPTY....

DT: 2002 FORD F150. THE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY FOR APPROXIMATELY 20-30 MINUTES WHEN IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED TO SEE WHY IT HAPPENED. THE FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS RESPONDED, AND A FIRE AND POLICE REPORTS WERE TAKEN. THERE WAS NOT...

I WAS DRIVING IN GERMANY ROAD BACK HOME WHEN SUDDENLY A HARD BANG UNDER THE HOOD AND THEN THERE WAS A NOISE LIKE THE HOLE MUFFLER WAS GONE AND I LOST POWER, I BARLY COULD PARK MY TRUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD ON A VERY DANGEROUS PLACE WITH A LOT OF TRAFFIC. I HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY, IT TOOK 4 HOURS, ...

Mileage: 26,400

2002 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE IN THE INSIDE OF THE PASSENGER CABIN WHILE PARKED.*MR *JB

(1) WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO A FAILURE OF A HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT, WHICH WOULD HAVE ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE AWARENESS OF THE DRIVER. THE FAILURE OF THE ABS COULD HAVE LEAD TO AN EVEN GREATER CATASTROPHE THAN JUST THE COST OF PARTS ...

Mileage: 50,000

(1) WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO A FAILURE OF A HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT, WHICH WOULD HAVE ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE AWARENESS OF THE DRIVER. THE FAILURE OF THE ABS COULD HAVE LEAD TO AN EVEN GREATER CATASTROPHE THAN JUST THE COST OF PARTS ...

Mileage: 50,000

(1) WITHOUT WARNING THE BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON DUE TO A FAILURE OF A HYDRAULIC CONTROL UNIT, WHICH WOULD HAVE ULTIMATELY LEAD TO A FAILURE OF THE ABS SYSTEM IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE AWARENESS OF THE DRIVER. THE FAILURE OF THE ABS COULD HAVE LEAD TO AN EVEN GREATER CATASTROPHE THAN JUST THE COST OF PARTS ...

Mileage: 50,000

DT: IN JUNE WHILE OWNER WAS SITTING THERE WAS A HONKING NOISE. OWNER WAS UNAWARE IF THE HONKING WAS FROM OTHER CARS OR FROM THE ALARM. THEN ,HE HEARD A LOUD POP. HE WENT OUTSIDE AND SAW THE TRUCK ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE TRUCK HAD BEEN DRIVEN ABOUT 14.5 MILES FOR 20 MINUTES BEFORE BEING PARKED. THE...

Mileage: 35,600

REPLACED SPARK PLUGS, DROVE NORMALLY FOR 8 OR 9,000 MILES, WENT TO OHIO AND BACK .THEN DROVE TO WORK ON THE 19TH, HEARD A POP AND THE TRUCK STARTED TO RUN ROUGH. WHEN I GOT OF WORK I LOOKED AT THE TRUCK AND FOUND THE NUMBER THREE PLUG WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD.

Mileage: 49,000

DT: CONTACT STATES HER VEHICLE IS STALLING WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. THE ONLY THING THAT SIGNALS THAT THE VEHICLE IS STALLING IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL JERK AND RPMS DROP. THIS HAPPENS WITH THE VEHICLE STALLING EVERYDAY. THE SERVICE DEALER CAN NOT DETERMINE WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE BECAUS...

DT: CONSUMER STATES HIS VEHICLE ROLLED OVER AND SLID FOR APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET AND THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN TOTALED AND IT HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED AS TO WHY THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONSUMER STATES HE HAS A NECK SPRAIN AND A COUPLE OTHER THINGS AND HIS SON WAS ALSO I...

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 15 MPH AND LOST CONTROL DUE TO A CODDER PIN SNAPPING IN HALF CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO COME ENTIRELY OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DISK BRAKE STAYED CONNECTED TO THE RIM AND WAS ALSO REMOVED ENTIRELY FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE BRAKE LINES TO BE SEVERED WHICH CAUSED NO PR...

Mileage: 31,000

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 15 MPH AND LOST CONTROL DUE TO A CODDER PIN SNAPPING IN HALF CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO COME ENTIRELY OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DISK BRAKE STAYED CONNECTED TO THE RIM AND WAS ALSO REMOVED ENTIRELY FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE BRAKE LINES TO BE SEVERED WHICH CAUSED NO PR...

Mileage: 31,000

VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 15 MPH AND LOST CONTROL DUE TO A CODDER PIN SNAPPING IN HALF CAUSING THE RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO COME ENTIRELY OFF OF THE VEHICLE. THE DISK BRAKE STAYED CONNECTED TO THE RIM AND WAS ALSO REMOVED ENTIRELY FROM THE VEHICLE CAUSING THE BRAKE LINES TO BE SEVERED WHICH CAUSED NO PR...

Mileage: 31,000

WHILE HAVING MY VEHICLE SERVICED TODAY, I ASKED MY MECHANIC TO CHECK A SHAKING IN THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK. I FIRST NOTICED THE SHAKING ON JULY 3RD, 2005. WHEN HE CALLED, HE TOLD ME THAT I HAD TWO DEFECTIVE TIRES, AND THEY WERE TO THE POINT THAT THE WIRES WERE PUSHING THROUGH THE RUBBER. THE LAST TIME ...

Mileage: 35,353

I PURCHASED 4 NEW GOODYEAR FORTERA TIRES 8/2004 AND HAD FREEWAY BLOW OUTS ON 3 OF THE 4 TIRES WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES ON EACH TIRE. BLOW OUTS OCCURED 2 IN MAY AND 1 IN JUNE. I REPLACED THE FIRST 2 AGAIN WITH FORTERA TIRES, BUT AFTER BLOW #3 I REQUESTED THAT GOODYEAR PRORATE ALL TIRES SO I COUL...

Mileage: 62,000

I PURCHASED 4 NEW GOODYEAR FORTERA TIRES 8/2004 AND HAD FREEWAY BLOW OUTS ON 3 OF THE 4 TIRES WITH LESS THAN 15,000 MILES ON EACH TIRE. BLOW OUTS OCCURED 2 IN MAY AND 1 IN JUNE. I REPLACED THE FIRST 2 AGAIN WITH FORTERA TIRES, BUT AFTER BLOW #3 I REQUESTED THAT GOODYEAR PRORATE ALL TIRES SO I COUL...

Mileage: 62,000

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE ROAD IN MY 2002 FORD F-150 "HARLEY DAVISON" PICK-UP TRUCK DOING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT (50 MPH), I QUICKLY TRIED TO AVOID FROM REARENDING A MID-MODEL 1990 FORD AEROSTAR PASSENGER VAN, AT A SPEED BETWEEN 35-45MPH. AFTER IMPACTING THE REAR END OF THE VAN, THE AIR BAG(S) ON ...

Mileage: 35,267

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE ROAD IN MY 2002 FORD F-150 "HARLEY DAVISON" PICK-UP TRUCK DOING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT (50 MPH), I QUICKLY TRIED TO AVOID FROM REARENDING A MID-MODEL 1990 FORD AEROSTAR PASSENGER VAN, AT A SPEED BETWEEN 35-45MPH. AFTER IMPACTING THE REAR END OF THE VAN, THE AIR BAG(S) ON ...

Mileage: 35,267

WHILE DRIVING DOWN A 2 LANE ROAD IN MY 2002 FORD F-150 "HARLEY DAVISON" PICK-UP TRUCK DOING THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT (50 MPH), I QUICKLY TRIED TO AVOID FROM REARENDING A MID-MODEL 1990 FORD AEROSTAR PASSENGER VAN, AT A SPEED BETWEEN 35-45MPH. AFTER IMPACTING THE REAR END OF THE VAN, THE AIR BAG(S) ON ...

Mileage: 35,267

I HAVE HAD 5 FORD VEHICLES THAT ONE OF THE SPARK PLUGS HAS BLOWN THROUGH THE HEAD OF EACH VEHICLE. 1 F-150,2 F-250, 2 EXPEDITIONS, NO WARNING IN ADVANCE IT JUST MAKES A LOUD BANG AND YOUR DISABLED. $ 3,800 TO FIX EACH ONE. I REALLY NEED TO KNOW IF ANYTHING CAN BE DONE BECAUSE I HAVE 6 MORE VEHICLES ...

Mileage: 100,000

WATER LEAK FROM THE WINDSHIELD INTO THE DASH BOARD DAMAGING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FOR THE AMOUNT OVER $800.00, THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 FORD 150, IT HAD A THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT ONLY 33,000 MILES BUT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR ABOUT 5 WEEKS. THEREFORE THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT WITHOUT A CHARGE.

Mileage: 33,377

WATER LEAK FROM THE WINDSHIELD INTO THE DASH BOARD DAMAGING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FOR THE AMOUNT OVER $800.00, THE VEHICLE IS A 2002 FORD 150, IT HAD A THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT ONLY 33,000 MILES BUT IT WAS OUT OF WARRANTY FOR ABOUT 5 WEEKS. THEREFORE THEY WOULDN'T FIX IT WITHOUT A CHARGE.

Mileage: 33,377

DT: 2002, F150, FORD PICK-UP TRUCK. VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHICH STARTED UNDER THE HOOD, TWO FIREMEN AND A FIRE EXPERT NAMED BUD STRINGER SAID THAT THE FIRE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT ON THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE. CONSUMER STATED THEY HAD NO PREVIOUS PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE. IT CAUGHT FLAME...

Mileage: 136,000

MY VEHICLE IS A 2002 F-150 AND THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONED. I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AND LEARNED THAT THE DEACTIVATION SWITCH LEAKED BREAK FLUID INTO THE SERVO CAUSING IT TO SHORT OUT. I ALSO LEARNED THAT FORD HAS ADMITTED THEY HAVE THIS PROBLEM IN VEHICLES FROM 1997 TO 2003, BUT HAVE ONLY...

Mileage: 50,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT/STRIPED OUT OF CYLNIDER HEAD

Mileage: 171,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT/STRIPED OUT OF CYLNIDER HEAD

Mileage: 171,000

ON TWO SEPERATE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING MY 2002 FORD F150 HARLEY-DAVIDSON PICKUP THERE WAS A LOUD BANG FROM UNDER THE HOOD THEN VEHICLE WOULD BARELY RUN.TURNS OUT THAT I BLEW A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE CYLINDER HEAD EACH OF THE TWO TIMES.BOTH TIMES WERE THE RIGHT SIDE HEAD AND THE WERE THE REAR TWO PLU...

Mileage: 55,000

2002 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. *MR THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THEN APPROXIMATELY THIRTY MINUTES LATER, THE HORN BEGAN TO HUNK AND THE CONSUMER HAD COME OUTSIDE AND FOUND THE VEHICLE ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN THE CAB PORTION OF THE VEHICLE. *SC *JB

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F-150 SUPERCREW PICKUP. THERE HAVE BEEN RECORDED INCEDENTS OF FAILURE OF THE SPEED CONTROL SWITCHES CAUSING FIRE OF THE VEHICLE AND ADJOINING PROPERTY. ON INCIDENT THAT OCCURED IN CORPU CHRISTI, TX IS WELL DOCUMENTED AND THAT FIRE WAS IN 2003 INVOLVING A 2002 SUPERCREW. I CALLED T...

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF HEAD ON MY 2002 FORD F150 (5.4L TRITON V8) PICKUP ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF MOTOR. NO WARNING, EVERYTHING WAS WORKING PROPERLY THEN IT JUST BLEW WHILE DRIVING. LOST POWER & COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. TRUCK HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALER. HEAD IS BEING REPLACED, ...

Mileage: 33,000

DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT FAILED. SEAT BELT FEMALE END WILL NOT ALLOW MALE END TO CONNECT. VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SENT IN FOR REPAIRS.

Mileage: 50,422

DT: CONSUMER WAS EMERGENCY BRAKING AND HAD TO YIELD TO AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE BUT BRAKES WOULD NOT ENGAGE OR STOP THE VEHICLE. THIS BRAKING SITUATION HAD BEEN WITNESS AND VERIFIED BY 2 EXPERTS WITH NO KNOWN VERIFIED CAUSE. INSPECTIONS HAVE CONCLUDED THAT ALL CURRENT PARTS WERE WITHIN MANUFACTU...

Mileage: 50,500

2002 FORD F150 CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED.***NO ANSWER REQUIRED***. *MR TWO VEHICLES WERE PARKED IN THE CAR PORT. THE FIRE MAY HAVE BEEN DUE TO A DEFECTIVE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH. MODEL/LARIAT *SC *JB

THE FRONT BRAKE ROTORS ARE SO WARPED THAT WHEN APPLYING THE BRAKES THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE SHAKES, AND THE VEHICLE IS DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. OWNER CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER , AND WAS INFORMED THAT WHAT THE DRIVER WAS EXPERIENCING WAS NORMAL. *AK

Mileage: 23,000

I PURCHASED MY 2002 FORD F150 SUPER CREW IN AUGUST OF 2002. I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSES OR ASSISTANCE FROM ANY FORD DEALERSHIPS. THE PROBLEMS STARTED OUT WITH MY RADIO GOING ON AND OFF ALL ON ITS OWN. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT ...

Mileage: 40,000

I PURCHASED MY 2002 FORD F150 SUPER CREW IN AUGUST OF 2002. I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSES OR ASSISTANCE FROM ANY FORD DEALERSHIPS. THE PROBLEMS STARTED OUT WITH MY RADIO GOING ON AND OFF ALL ON ITS OWN. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT ...

Mileage: 40,000

I PURCHASED MY 2002 FORD F150 SUPER CREW IN AUGUST OF 2002. I HAVE HAD ONGOING PROBLEMS SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSES OR ASSISTANCE FROM ANY FORD DEALERSHIPS. THE PROBLEMS STARTED OUT WITH MY RADIO GOING ON AND OFF ALL ON ITS OWN. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP AT ...

Mileage: 40,000

COMPLAINT REGARDING THE CERTIFICATION LABEL FOR 2002 FORD F150.***TRANSFERRED TO OVSC***. *MR THE CERTIFICATION LABEL WAS LOCATED ON THE LEADING EDGE OF THE HALF DOOR ON THE DRIVERS SIDE, HOWEVER THE CONSUMERS SON HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH THE VEHICLE AND THE DOOR HAD TO BE REPLACED AND SINCE THEN THE C...

THE CABLE THAT ATTACHED THE SPARE TIRE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRUCK BED SNAPPED. WE LOST THE SPARE TIRE. WE THINK IT FELL ON THE HIGHWAY THOUGH WE COULD NOT FIND IT.

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD POP COMING FROM THE ENGINE. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR SERVICE, AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT. *AK

WHILE PARKED IN A WORK YARD VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK

Mileage: 27,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWN.I HAD THE # 3 CYLINDER COIL AND FUEL INJECTOR REPLACED EARLIER.DEALER THOUGHT IT ODD BOTH WERE GONE ON THE SAME CYLINDER. I WAS DRIVING AT LESS THAN 15 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED.FORD HAS A PROBLEM WITH BLOWN SPARK PLUGS,THEY SHOUD BE LIABLE FOR ANY REPAIRS.*AK

Mileage: 45,123

THE WIRE THAT WAS CONNECTED TO ABS PUMP MOTOR BECAME CORRODED. AS A RESULT, THE ABS SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED. THE CAUSE HAS YET TO BE DETERMINED. *AK

Mileage: 50,000

IGNITION COILS HAD TO BE REPLACED 5 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR. WHEN TAKEN TO GET SERVICED, THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE PROBLEM. *NM

I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN MY 2002 FORD F-150 TRUCK WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG UNDER THE HOOD FOLLOWED BY A POPPING SOUND AND A LOSS OF POWER. I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AT THE NEXT OPPORTUNITY TO INSPECT UNDER THE HOOD. SEEING NOTHING EVIDENT I TOOK THE CAR HOME AT AN EXTREMELY REDUCED SPEED WHER...

Mileage: 31,912

HEARD BANGING IN REAR OF TRUCK,MOSTLY WHILE BACKING UP AND TURNING TO LEFT AT FIRST. HEARD LOUD BANG WHILE PULLING INTO GAS STATION,THEN WHEN I DROVE AWAY,FELT DRAGGING,STILL NOT SURE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS,TILL I GOT HOME WHILE BACKING INTO A PARKING SPOT,HEARD THE LOUD BANG AGAIN. AFTER SOME IVESTIG...

Mileage: 43,000

BRAKE LINE ON MANIFOLD WAS BURNT CAUSING BRAKE FLUID TO BE FRYED ON THE ENGINE. *JB

Mileage: 17,363

A CAR MADE AN ILLEGAL LEFT TURN IN FRONT OF ME, I HIT THAT CAR DOING ABOUT 55 MPH, AFTER THAT IMPACT THE TRUCK SWERVED TO THE RIGHT. AND I HIT ANOTHER CAR STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. MY QUESTIONS IS WHY DIDN'T MY AIR BAGS DEPLOY. AFTER DOING $12000. DAMAGE AND FORD IS WANTING TO TOTAL MY TRUCK. *JB

Mileage: 96,000

THE IGNITION COIL WENT OUT CONTINUOUSLY, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO LOOSE POWER. THE DEALER HAS REPLACED THE IGNITION COIL FOUR TIMES AND THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED AGAIN FOR THE COIL. *JB

Mileage: 33,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED UNCONTROLLABLY. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE, AND PULLED OVER. THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD TREAD SEPARATION FROM THE SIDEWALL. *AK *SC *JB

Mileage: 41,000

WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, A LOUD POP CAME FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND THE ENGINE STARTED SHAKING VIOLENTLY. PULLED OVER TO CHECK UNDER HOOD AND DISCOVERED A SPARK PLUG WAS BLOWN OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD. HEAD NEEDS REPLACEMENT.*AK

Mileage: 75,000

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN STALLING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR CHECKUP, BUT THE CAUSE WAS UNDETERMINED.*AK

SPARE TIRE CABLE FAILED WHILE DRIVING. SPARE TIRE FELL OFF TRUCK, DO NOT KNOW WHEN, BUT NOTICED WHEN FLAT TIRE OCCURRED AND SPARE WAS GONE, CABLE FRAYED AND NEEDED REPLACEMENT OF ASSEMBLY AND SPARE TIRE PLUS WHEEL AS ORIGINAL WAS NOT RECOVERED. UNKNOWN WHETHER ANY DAMAGE TO OTHERS RESULTED FROM SP...

Mileage: 55,600

ELECTRICAL: AT 306 MILES THE SOLENOIDS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF; THE DASH BOARD WOULD STILL ILLUMINATE. ALSO, UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF IT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THE CONSUMER TOO...

Mileage: 306

ELECTRICAL: AT 306 MILES THE SOLENOIDS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF; THE DASH BOARD WOULD STILL ILLUMINATE. ALSO, UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF IT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THE CONSUMER TOO...

Mileage: 306

ELECTRICAL: AT 306 MILES THE SOLENOIDS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF; THE DASH BOARD WOULD STILL ILLUMINATE. ALSO, UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF IT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THE CONSUMER TOO...

Mileage: 306

ELECTRICAL: AT 306 MILES THE SOLENOIDS HAD TO BE REPLACED. UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF; THE DASH BOARD WOULD STILL ILLUMINATE. ALSO, UPON SHUTTING THE VEHICLE OFF IT WOULD CONTINUE TO RUN. THIS HAS HAPPENED A TOTAL OF FOUR TIMES. THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED WITH NO WARNING. THE CONSUMER TOO...

Mileage: 306

THE PLASTIC MOLDING AROUND THE REAR LIFTGATE WINDOW HAS A CRACK IN THE PLASTIC MOLDING. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THIS CONDITION MAY LEAD TO THE GLASS FALLING OUT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *JB

Mileage: 45,000

(1) TRUCK'S BED SPREADING APART AND IGNITION/WIRING SHORTAGE (2) THE BED OF MY TRUCK HAS SPREAD APART FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I CANNOT EVEN SHUT MY TAILGATE. MY TRUCK'S BATTERY CONTINUES TO RUN DOWN. WHEN I TURN ON MY TRUCK, THE STARTER DOESN'T WANT TO STOP. A LIGHT DISPLAYS, "DOOR OPENED!" TH...

Mileage: 20,000

(1) TRUCK'S BED SPREADING APART AND IGNITION/WIRING SHORTAGE (2) THE BED OF MY TRUCK HAS SPREAD APART FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I CANNOT EVEN SHUT MY TAILGATE. MY TRUCK'S BATTERY CONTINUES TO RUN DOWN. WHEN I TURN ON MY TRUCK, THE STARTER DOESN'T WANT TO STOP. A LIGHT DISPLAYS, "DOOR OPENED!" TH...

Mileage: 20,000

(1) TRUCK'S BED SPREADING APART AND IGNITION/WIRING SHORTAGE (2) THE BED OF MY TRUCK HAS SPREAD APART FOR NO REASON AT ALL. I CANNOT EVEN SHUT MY TAILGATE. MY TRUCK'S BATTERY CONTINUES TO RUN DOWN. WHEN I TURN ON MY TRUCK, THE STARTER DOESN'T WANT TO STOP. A LIGHT DISPLAYS, "DOOR OPENED!" TH...

Mileage: 20,000

DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED ON GRAVEL ROAD, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, SWERVED TO THE RIGHT, WAS ABLE TO STOP VEHICLE, FOUND LEFT REAR WHEEL HAD COME OFF, LEFT REAR AXLE SHAFT BROKEN AT WHEEL. NO VEHICLE DAMAGE, DID NOT CONTACT ANYTHING. AXLE JUST BROKE. *AK

THE TRUCK HAD A HEATING SYSTEM FAILURE. THE DOOR LOCATED IN THE HEATING UNIT (THAT OPENS AND CLOSES WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS ADJUSTED) BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WHICH ALLOWED ONLY COLD AIR TO ENTER THE AIR VENT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE HEAT SYSTEM TO PREVENT HYPERTHERMIA. AS A RESULT...

Mileage: 20,000

THE TRUCK HAD A HEATING SYSTEM FAILURE. THE DOOR LOCATED IN THE HEATING UNIT (THAT OPENS AND CLOSES WHEN THE TEMPERATURE IS ADJUSTED) BECAME STUCK IN THE OPEN POSITION WHICH ALLOWED ONLY COLD AIR TO ENTER THE AIR VENT. THE CONSUMER HAD TO TURN OFF THE HEAT SYSTEM TO PREVENT HYPERTHERMIA. AS A RESULT...

Mileage: 20,000

VEHICLE BLEW OUT A SPARK PLUG, RESULTING IN FUEL GOING INTO THE CYLINDER UNBURNED. THEN IT WASHES DOWN, PASS THE RINGS INTO THE CRANK CASE, WHICH COULD CAUSE A FIRE OR AN EXPLOSION . PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

Mileage: 68,000

WHILE DRIVING. IN A 45 MILE SPEED ZONE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE HAD A HEAD-ON COLLISION. DRIVER'S SIDE AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER SUSTAINED NECK INJURIES. *AK. POLICE REPORT AND PICTURES OF COLLISION ENCLOSED. *AK

Mileage: 47,000

A SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE RIGHT SIDE OF MY TRUCK'S ENGINE. THIS WAS AT LOW RPM AND THE TRUCK ONLY HAS 28,000 MILES ON IT. HAVE LEARNED THIS HAS HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES. DEALER FIXED BECAUSE STILL UNDER WARRANTY, BUT FREQUENCY INCREASES AS MORE MILES ARE ACCUMULATED. THIS IS AN EXPENSIVE REPAI...

Mileage: 28,003

SAW TV NOTE ON DAIMLER-CHRYSLER RECALL RE: BALL JOINTS. MY WIFE HAS A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH A GM F-150 (INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY A MECHANIC AS EXCESSIVE WEAR FOR 20,000 MILES AND IS ALREADY MAKING THE NOISE CHRYSLER SAYS IS A WARNING)--BUT DEALER SAYS IT'S WITHIN SPECS, AND GM SAYS IT WON'T GO AGAINS...

SAW TV NOTE ON DAIMLER-CHRYSLER RECALL RE: BALL JOINTS. MY WIFE HAS A SIMILAR ISSUE WITH A GM F-150 (INDEPENDENTLY VERIFIED BY A MECHANIC AS EXCESSIVE WEAR FOR 20,000 MILES AND IS ALREADY MAKING THE NOISE CHRYSLER SAYS IS A WARNING)--BUT DEALER SAYS IT'S WITHIN SPECS, AND GM SAYS IT WON'T GO AGAINS...

MY 2002 F150 SUPERCREW [XXX] IS GETTING THE 3RD IGNITION COIL REPLACED. 1ST TIME @ 26,000 MILES, 2ND @ 46,000 MILES, AND NOW @ 59,000. EACH TIME TOMBALL FORD HAS REPAIRED THE VEHICLE AND THE LAST TWO TIMES I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I WOULD LIKE FORD TO RECALL THE IGNITION COIL ON THIS MO...

Mileage: 35,000

SPARK PLUG BLOWN OUT OF HEAD . NEW HEAD NEEDED $2500 REPAIR. *JB

Mileage: 130,000

VEHICLE LOST MOTION INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING 0-40 MPH AND WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS BEING ENGAGED. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO FOUND THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER WAS LEAKING FLUID. *AK

Mileage: 48,000

THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE CLUTCH WAS APPLIED DURING VARIOUS SPEEDS OF 0-45 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER WAS LEAKING FLUID. *JB

Mileage: 48,000

WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAME ON AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY. DEALER WAS AWARE THAT THIS WAS AN INTERMITTENT PROBLEM. *AK

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER WAS UNABLE TO RESTART VEHICLE, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE BATTERY AN BATTERY CABLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

THE SUPPORT CABLES THAT RETAINED THE TAILGATE CORRODED. THE CONDITION CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO DROP. *JB. ON JUNE 3, 2005 TOM BOWMAN (ODI) CONTACTED THE OWNER TO REVIEW THE ABOVE REPORT. THE OWNER ADVISED THAT HIS COMPLAINT WAS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE SPARE TIRE SUPPORT CABLE RATHER THAN THE TAILG...

Mileage: 39,695

THE SUPPORT CABLES THAT RETAINED THE TAILGATE CORRODED. THE CONDITION CAUSED THE TAILGATE TO DROP. *JB. ON JUNE 3, 2005 TOM BOWMAN (ODI) CONTACTED THE OWNER TO REVIEW THE ABOVE REPORT. THE OWNER ADVISED THAT HIS COMPLAINT WAS INTENDED TO ADDRESS THE SPARE TIRE SUPPORT CABLE RATHER THAN THE TAILG...

Mileage: 39,695

ROUGH IDLE.*AK

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK MY TRUCK IN A PARKING LOT DURING THE WINTER MONTH OF JANUARY, I HAD TO MANEUVER OVER A SMALL SNOW PILE THE SIZE OF A SPEED BUMP. AFTER SPINNING MY TIRES IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE ON THE SLICK SNOWY PARKING LOT, THE TRUCKS FRONT TIRES FINALLY MADE IT OVER THE BUMP FROM A PARKED POS...

Mileage: 18,100

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE STALLED. CONSUMER NOTICED THAT ALL THE ELECTRICALLY COMPLIENCES FAILED. TO COME ON ITS OWN. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC STATED THAT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT DUPLICATED. *AK

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF CYLINDER ON MY TRITON 5.4L FORD F150 LIGHTNING TRUCK. 900 MILES AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED. FORD DEALER QUOTED $3,100 TO REPLACE CYLINDER HEAD WITH A 50% GOODWILL DISCOUNT. IN MY SEARCHES ON THE WEB THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM. VERY COMMON ON THEIR V10 DIESEL ENGINES FORD DO...

Mileage: 36,900

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ABOUT 55 MPH AND HEARD A TERRIBLE SOUND COME FROM THE ENGINE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A PISTON DISCONECTED FROM THE CONNECTING ROD. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST DEALER. THEIR DIAGNOSIS IS THAT THE #3 SPARKPLUG LOOSEND UP AND DAMAGED THE PLUG HOLE. THE SAID THAT THE HEAD NEEDE...

Mileage: 73,733

DRIVING DOWN HWY 35W SOUTH BOUND BY LAKEVILLE, MINNESOTA. I HEARD SLIGHT GRINDING NOISE FROM FRONT END. I BRAKED AND SLOWED DOWN AND TOOK IMMEDIATE EXIT FROM FREE WAY ON EXIT RAMP. WHILE I ENTERED EXIT RAMP THEN FRONT END OF MY 2002 FORD F150 FX4 DROPPED TO THE PAVEMENT AND TIRE BLEW. UPON INSPECT...

Mileage: 6,600

MY HUSBAND WAS HAS INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT ON JULY 24, 2004. HE WAS DRIVING A 2002 FORD F-150 XL. HE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND HE ROLLED OVER SEVERAL TIMES. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS SITUATION DUE TO THE FACT THAT THIS WAS A LIFE-THREATENING SIT...

BLOWN SPARK PLUG OUT OF 2002 FORD LIGHTNING. HAD TO REPLACE RIGHT CYNLINDER HEAD . *AK

Mileage: 33,500

SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD. I HEAR THIS HAS HAPPENED TO MANY TIMES TO MENTION. I HAVE A 2002 HD - F-150 WITH 45,000 MILES ON IT.*AK

Mileage: 45,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT FLASHED WHILE DRIVING. TWO DEALERS WERE NOTIFIED. FIRST DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THE TERMINAL CONNECTOR TO THE MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE SECOND DEALER CLAIMED THAT THE PROBLEM PERTAINED TO A LOOSE TERMINAL CONNECTION TO THE MA...

Mileage: 40,000

VEHICLE HAS A GAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OVER THE TOP. THE GAP CAUSES NOISE INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS.*AK THE DEALER INSTALLED A RUBBER SEALER AROUND THE GAP BUT THIS SEEMED TO CAUSE...

Mileage: 409

VEHICLE HAS A GAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OVER THE TOP. THE GAP CAUSES NOISE INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS.*AK THE DEALER INSTALLED A RUBBER SEALER AROUND THE GAP BUT THIS SEEMED TO CAUSE...

Mileage: 409

VEHICLE HAS A GAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OVER THE TOP. THE GAP CAUSES NOISE INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS.*AK THE DEALER INSTALLED A RUBBER SEALER AROUND THE GAP BUT THIS SEEMED TO CAUSE...

Mileage: 409

VEHICLE HAS A GAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OVER THE TOP. THE GAP CAUSES NOISE INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS.*AK THE DEALER INSTALLED A RUBBER SEALER AROUND THE GAP BUT THIS SEEMED TO CAUSE...

Mileage: 409

VEHICLE HAS A GAP ON DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR OVER THE TOP. THE GAP CAUSES NOISE INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. IT MAKES IT HARD TO KEEP THE VEHICLE ON THE ROAD. MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED WITH NO RESULTS.*AK THE DEALER INSTALLED A RUBBER SEALER AROUND THE GAP BUT THIS SEEMED TO CAUSE...

Mileage: 409

CONCERNS WITH BLIND SPOTS ON RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE MIRROR AND HANDGRIP ARE IN A LINE AS WELL AS LOCATION OF THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS. *MR THIS SEEMED TO BE A FACTOR IN SEVERAL TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, THE CONSUMER HAD SEVERAL EMERGENCY STOPS SEVERAL TIMES IN WHICH THE CONSUMERS FOOT HAD COME DOWN ON TH...

CONCERNS WITH BLIND SPOTS ON RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE MIRROR AND HANDGRIP ARE IN A LINE AS WELL AS LOCATION OF THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS. *MR THIS SEEMED TO BE A FACTOR IN SEVERAL TRAFFIC INCIDENTS, THE CONSUMER HAD SEVERAL EMERGENCY STOPS SEVERAL TIMES IN WHICH THE CONSUMERS FOOT HAD COME DOWN ON TH...

PASSENGER DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. *PH THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER MOTHER-IN-LAW FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR OF THE TRUCK. THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. *NM

PASSENGER DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. *PH THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER MOTHER-IN-LAW FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR OF THE TRUCK. THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. *NM

PASSENGER DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. *PH THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER MOTHER-IN-LAW FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR OF THE TRUCK. THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. *NM

PASSENGER DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE VEHICLE WAS MOVING. *PH THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE VIBRATED WHILE DRIVING. THE CONSUMER MOTHER-IN-LAW FELL WHILE TRYING TO GET INTO THE FRONT PASSENGERS SIDE DOOR OF THE TRUCK. THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK UP INTERMITTENTLY. *NM

WHILE DRIVING AT 60 MPH VIBRATION CAME FROM THE FRONT. CONSUMER STOPPED THE VEHICLE, AND FOUND TWO SPOKES OF RIGHT WHEEL BROKE . DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER INDICATED TO THE CONSUMER THAT WARRANTY EXPIRED. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH THERE WAS A LOUD POP FROM THE COMPARTMENT. CONSUMER PROCEEDED TO PULL OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE POP NOISE STARTED GETTING WORSE. VEHICLE WAS THEN TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP, WHO INDICATED THAT THE MASTER CYLINDER HEAD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BECAUSE THE SPARK PLUG SPLIT OFF THE HE...

Mileage: 65,000

THE 2002 FORD F-150 HEADLIGHT SWITCH BREAKS UPON TURNING ON HEADLIGHTS. IT HAS NOT CAUSED ME TO WRECK, HOWEVER IT IS A PROBLEM WITH TURNING LIGHTS ON AT NIGHT, FOG, OR RAIN. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. I ORDERED IT FROM PERRY FORD OF POWAY CALIFORNIA, BUT THE HEADLIGHT SWITCH IS ON BAC...

Mileage: 38,000

CONSUMER STATED THAT HER SON WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, AND HAD TO RUN OFF INTO A DITCH. THE AIR BAG EXPLODED, AND THREW SON OUT INTO THE FIELD. THE PASSENGER'S SEAT BELT WAS WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK. ALSO, WHEN THE AIR BAG EXPLODED AND THREW SON OUT OF THE VEHICLE THE ...

THE CABLE THAT HOLDS THE SPARE TIRE SHEARED OFF. AS A RESULT THE TIRE SEPARATED FROM THE VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ON A DIRT ROAD. *AK *NM

Mileage: 38,000

CONCERNS REGARDING THE FORD F150 2002 GAS AND BRAKE PEDAL. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE FOOT PLACEMENT AND AVOIDED SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES. IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, THE CONSUMERS FOOT SHOT DOWN, PER REFLEX, BUT THE PEDALS DID NOT MATCH THE PLACEMENT OF THE CONSUMERS FOOT WHICH HAD COME...

WHILE DRIVING THERE WAS SEVERE VIBRATION IN THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES, BUT NEEDED TO REPLACE THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE TIRES AGAIN AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

THERE WAS NO COTTER PIN INSTALLED ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPINDLE. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. *AK *NM

Mileage: 21,000

THERE WAS NO COTTER PIN INSTALLED ON THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE SPINDLE. AS A RESULT, THE ENTIRE DRIVER SIDE FRONT WHEEL FELL OFF AND THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A PARKED CAR. *AK *NM

Mileage: 21,000

WHEN USING THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM THE PART PINCHED THE SKIN OF THE DRIVER'S ARM. *AK

Mileage: 40,000

CONCERNS OF PLACEMENT OF ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS ON 2002 FORD F-150. *MR IT WAS REPORTED THAT DRIVERS WOULD HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. *SC

WINDSHIELD SEAL LEAKED (RAIN) ALONG ROOFLINE CAUSING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS VISIBLE ON DASH. SHORT CIRCUIT SOUNDS COMING FROM BEHIND DASHBOARD. WARNING LIGHTS, BLOWER MOTOR AND HEAD LIGHTS OPERATE WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION CAUSING BATTERY TO BE ...

Mileage: 53,379

WINDSHIELD SEAL LEAKED (RAIN) ALONG ROOFLINE CAUSING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS VISIBLE ON DASH. SHORT CIRCUIT SOUNDS COMING FROM BEHIND DASHBOARD. WARNING LIGHTS, BLOWER MOTOR AND HEAD LIGHTS OPERATE WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION CAUSING BATTERY TO BE ...

Mileage: 53,379

I WAS DRIVING DOWN SR 33 IN POLK CITY WHEN IT SEEMED AS IF MY CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN. I HAD THE PEDAL DEPRESSED BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER FELL BACK DOWN TO ZERO I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, THE TRUCK WOULD GE...

Mileage: 44,176

IGNITION COIL MISFIRING, VEHICLE EXHIBITED OCCASIONAL MISS FIRE. UPON COLD START AFTER SITTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS PLUME OF BLUE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE WAS NOTICED. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE EVENT BUT DETERMINED #1 IGNITION COIL WAS FIRING AT REDUCED CAPACITY. UNIT WAS REPLACED AND INCIDENT OF BLUE S...

Mileage: 3,000

TRUCK IS A F-150 WITH A 3.55 LIMITED SLIP AXLE. THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE WHINE COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTAIL. NOISE STARTS AT 40 MPH BUT IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT 60 MPH. NOISE IS WITH SLIGHT ACCELERATION, IF I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS IT STOPS. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THREE DIFFERENT ...

Mileage: 8,000

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, FOR A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY. A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DISENGAGED. CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. CONSUMER RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN REAPPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD T...

2002 F-150 SUPER CAB, MAKES A POP RIGHT WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION, STANDING STILL (VEHICLE RUNNING OR NOT) AND MOVING, ALSO GETTING A VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PERSONAL INVESTIGATION WAS TO CHECK THE LUGNUTS FOR TIGHTNESS, ALL OK, THEN REMOVED BEARING COVER OFF FRONT WHEE...

Mileage: 26,500

SPARKPLUGS BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD AT 65 MPH ON SVT LIGHTNING. SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED FORD IS AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING BUT THEY ARE NOT ISSUING A RECALL. HE STATED THEY PUT OUT A "WHAT TO DO" IF A VEHICLE COMES IN WITH THIS PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DOES NOT HELP US CONSUMERS WHO HAVE TO FORK TH...

Mileage: 40,180

BROKEN FRONT COIL SPRING. *AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: CLUTCH DID NOT DISENGAGE PROPERLY. DRIVER HAD TO CHANGE GEARS REPEATEDLY IN ORDER TO SHIFT. THIS PRODUCED DANGEROUS DRIVING PROBLEMS. DEALER REPLACED THE MASTER CYLINDER RELAY AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

Mileage: 40,000

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: CLUTCH DOES NOT DISENGAGE PROPERLY. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK

Mileage: 70,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRAILER HITCH PROBLEM. THE BOLT ON THE TRAILER HITCH HAD A FOOT LONG CRACK IN THE TUBING. DRIVER DID NOT WANT TO HAUL ANYTHING WITH IT, TRAILER HITCH WILL NOT BARE THE LOAD. *AK

Mileage: 14,700

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT A TRAILER HITCH PROBLEM. THE BOLT ON THE TRAILER HITCH HAD A FOOT LONG BREAK IN THE TUBING. PULLING A LOAD MAY CAUSE THE TRAILER HITCH TO SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. *AK

Mileage: 14,700

WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE LANDED IN A DITCH. THE FRONTAL AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOYED ON IMPACT. *NM THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED WITH MANY NEW PARTS. THE CONSUMER IS CONCERNED THAT THE AIR BAGS MAY NOT DEPLOY IF THE VEHICLE BECOMES INVOLVED ...

Mileage: 41,000

WHILE TRAVELING IN MY F150 TRUCK AT 65 MPH(CRUISE CONTROL SET) I WAS TOTALLY BLINDED BY THE SUN AND REAR ENDED A FORD FOCUS. MY WIFE AND I WERE WEARING OUR SEATBELTS. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED WHICH "WOULD HAVE REDUCED MY WIFE'S INJURIES" (HER PHYSICIAN). THE HOOD OF MY F150 WAS BUCKLED LEADING ME ...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HEADLIGHTS, HAZARD LIGHTS, AND TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT ANOTHER MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS NEEDED. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND SWITCH TO BE INSTALLED. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HEADLIGHTS, HAZARD LIGHTS, AND TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT ANOTHER MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS NEEDED. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND SWITCH TO BE INSTALLED. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED HEADLIGHTS, HAZARD LIGHTS, AND TURN SIGNALS DID NOT WORK. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT ANOTHER MULTI-FUNCTION SWITCH WAS NEEDED. THIS WILL BE THE SECOND SWITCH TO BE INSTALLED. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

IN COLD WEATHER, WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD NOISE COME FROM THE ENGINE. THIS CAUSED SERIOUS LOSS OF POWER. TWO DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS INDICATED THAT IT WAS THE AIR INTAKE SYSTEM, WHICH WAS A COMMON PROBLEM ON THE FORD, F150 VEHICLES. *AK

AFTER ONLY 17000 MILES MY 2002 F-150 TRUCK DEVELOPED A FUEL LEAK IN THE FUEL LINE THAT GOES FROM THE FUEL FILTER TO THE ENGINE. BELOW THE LEAK IS PART OF THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE TRUCK INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS: 2002 F-150 HARLEY DAVIDSON SUPERCREW, VIN#: [XXX] *LA UPDATED 07/27/2012 *JS INFORMA...

Mileage: 17,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F-150 LIGHTNING 5.4 MOTOR AT A STOP LIGHT IT BLEW THE #2 SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD.*AK

Mileage: 25,000

SPARKPLUG / HEAD BLOW-OUTS. *AK

THE CUSHION OF THIS SEAT ABSORBS LIQUIDS AND WILL NOT DRY. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUT THE CUSHION IN THE DRYER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT IT WAS STILL WET. THE CUSHION IS GROWING A GREEN MOLD THAT IS SPREADING DAILY. *NLM

Mileage: 21,000

THE CUSHION OF THIS SEAT ABSORBS LIQUIDS AND WILL NOT DRY. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PUT THE CUSHION IN THE DRYER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, BUT IT WAS STILL WET. THE CUSHION IS GROWING A GREEN MOLD THAT IS SPREADING DAILY. *NLM

Mileage: 21,000

SHUDDER FROM REAR END WHEN TURNING RIGHT OR LEFT OR WHILE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. *AK

Mileage: 38,000

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK

Mileage: 8,000

PASSENGER SIDE REAR TIRE BROKE OFF AT THE AXLE, WHILE GOING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, CAUSING THE TRUCK TO SPIN OUT. UNEXPLAINABLE, DID NOT HAVE AN ACCIDENT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN. *LA

Mileage: 15,480

I HAVE 2 SPARK PLUGS THAT WILL NOT STAY TIGHT. BECAUSE OF THE PROBLEM WITH THESE MOTOR BLOWING PLUGS OUT I HAVE TO STAY ON TOP OF THEM. I TIGHTEN THEN ABOUT EVERY 3 WEEKS. *LA

Mileage: 50,245

KNOWN FAILURE TO CYLINDER HEADS. FAILURE INVOLVES THE LAUNCHING OF SPARK PLUGS WHILE ENGINE IS RUNNING RESULTING IN SEVERE ENGINE DAMAGE. *LA

Mileage: 21,000

WHILE DRIVING CONSUMER HEARD NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE WHEN ACCELERATING. *AK

THE VEHICLE'S TIRE BEAD FAILED. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE ROLLED OVER. NO REPORT OF AIR BAG DEPLOYING. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *PH

BACK WINDSHIELD LEAKS WATER ONTO INSIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD BEEN TO DEALER SEVERAL TIMES. HOWEVER, DEALER COULD NOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM. ON LAST TRIP TO THE DEALER A CLEAR SILICONE WAS APPLIED TO THE LEAKY AREA. *AK

Mileage: 20,000

WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 40 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, ANOTHER VEHICLE PULLED IN FRONT OF THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE AND CAUSED A COLLISION. THE DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES AND WAS TRANSPORTED BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL. THERE WERE NO FATALITIES. *AK *SCC *JB

Mileage: 18,000

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 THAT HAS HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED ONLY FOR IT TO REOCCUR. THIS IS NOT A MINOR PROBLEM TO ME AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM IS UNABLE TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR A WEEK. I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT PR...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 THAT HAS HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED ONLY FOR IT TO REOCCUR. THIS IS NOT A MINOR PROBLEM TO ME AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM IS UNABLE TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR A WEEK. I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT PR...

I HAVE A 2002 FORD F150 THAT HAS HEADLIGHTS GOING OFF WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE HAD IT REPAIRED ONLY FOR IT TO REOCCUR. THIS IS NOT A MINOR PROBLEM TO ME AND THE DEALERSHIP THAT I PURCHASED IT FROM IS UNABLE TO MAKE A SERVICE APPOINTMENT FOR A WEEK. I HAVE ANOTHER VEHICLE BUT NOT EVERYONE HAS THAT PR...

CONSUMER CAN HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM IGNITION WHEN THE KEY IS NOT IN IGNITION. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FIRST GEAR WHEN IT INADVERTENTLY STARTED AND HIT THE HOUSE. *AK

Mileage: 30,000

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO BLINK. *AK

BAD SHIMMY / VIBRATION FRONT END. THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO FORD ON 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. ONCE THEY TRIED TO FIX IT BUT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *PH

Mileage: 19

BAD SHIMMY / VIBRATION FRONT END. THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO FORD ON 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. ONCE THEY TRIED TO FIX IT BUT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *PH

Mileage: 19

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING A NATURAL GAS SMELL COMING THROUGH AIR VENTS, MAKING CONSUMER SICK. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DRIVING 65MPH ON INTERSTATE 45 IN HOUSTON WHEN TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND A LOUD TUMBLING NOISE STARTED TO EMIT FROM TIRES. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND FOUND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE TREAD HAD SPLIT APART FROM THE SIDEWALL. GENERAL GRABBER AW P255/70R16, 19K MILES. REPORTED TO CONTINENTAL T...

Mileage: 19,000

HELLO, I'M WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY FRIENDS 2002 FORD LIGHTNING WHICH LAUNCHED A SPARK PLUG THROUGH THE HEAD. I'VE HEARD THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO MANY OF THESE TRUCKS, AND I THINK THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. HOW ABOUT A RECALL. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

FRONT RIGHT SEAT BELT RELEASED FROM THE BUCKLE FOUR TIMES DURING A FORTY MILE TRIP ON 8/7/02, THIS HAD HAPPENED TWO TIMES BEFORE, BUT WE ARE UNABLE TO RECALL THE DATES. *AK

Mileage: 11,570

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STEERING GOING OUT.*MR STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BRAKE FAST, AS A RESULT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *PH ALSO THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 2 FLAT TIRES TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INCIDENT. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STEERING GOING OUT.*MR STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BRAKE FAST, AS A RESULT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *PH ALSO THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 2 FLAT TIRES TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INCIDENT. *JB

CONSUMER STATES SPARE TIRE CABLE BROKE. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE PASSENGER DOOR, AND PAINT DEFECT ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY PROBLEMS WERE WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH WAS REPLACED AND THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AS THERE W...

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE PASSENGER DOOR, AND PAINT DEFECT ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY PROBLEMS WERE WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH WAS REPLACED AND THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AS THERE W...

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE PASSENGER DOOR, AND PAINT DEFECT ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY PROBLEMS WERE WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH WAS REPLACED AND THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AS THERE W...

I OWN A 2002 FORD F-150, XLT, PURCHASED ON MAY 2002.RETURNING FROM A TRIP TO ORLANDO FLORIDA, I WAS TRAVELING WESTBOUND ON I-10, 45 MILES EAST OF TALLAHASSEE WHEN I LOST HEADLIGHTS ILUMINATION. LOSS HEADLIGHTS CAUSED ME TO RUN OFF THE ROAD, THOUGH I WAS ABLE TO KEEP CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND MINIMIZE ...

Mileage: 37,204

WHILE TRAVELING OVER 65 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIBRATE. *AK *TS THE DEALER TOLD THE CONSUMER TO PLACE SAND BAGS IN THE TRUCK BED, HOWEVER IT DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *JB

CONSUMER STATES WHILE TRAVELING 30-45 MPH AND AS A RESULT OF RUNNING INTO A TREE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK

I WAS IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, TROOPERS, AND EMS ALL FELT THEY SHOULD HAVE DEPLOYED.*AK

Mileage: 28,000

TRUCK HIT A TREE GOING APROXIMATELY 30-40MPH. TRYING TO AVOID HITTING A LARGE DEER. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE TREE HIT IN THE CENTER FRONT OF THE TRUCK. THE TRUCK WAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO ENGINE DAMAGE ETC. DRIVER WAS INJURED. THIS IS A 2002 F150 FORD TRUCK WITH ~24900 MILES ON IT. TH...

Mileage: 24,924

A POPPING NOISE COULD BE HEARD IN THE STEERING COLUMN. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM FIVE TIMES. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CLOCK SPRING, TIGHTENED THE BOLTS IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND REPLACED THE STEERING SHAFT. THE POPPING NOISE COULD STILL BE HEARD. *TT

UPON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION, THE DRIVERS' SEAT BACK MOVED BACK AND FORTH. *JB

WHEN A TURN WAS MADE, THE SEAT BELT LOCKED UP. *JB

Mileage: 27,000

LOUD HIGH PITCHED WHINE IN REAR END AT OPEN HIGHWAY SPEEDS (3.31 GEAR RATIO) DETECTED DAY OF PURCHASE ON MARCH 25TH 2002, REPORTED TO DEALER OF PURCHASE (HOMER SKELTON FORD, OLIVE BRANCH ,MS) NEXT DATE. AS OF MARCH 25TH 2003, ONE YEAR, TWO DEALERS, 29,000 MISERABLE MILES AND SOME FIVE REPAIR ATTEMPT...

Mileage: 1

I BOUGHT MY F150 EXTENDED CAB IN APRIL 2002 AND AT 8,000 MILES THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR DOOR WAS HARD TO OPEN. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPAIRED IT AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS IT WAS HARD TO OPEN AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY FIXED IT AGAIN. AGAIN IT BECAME HARD TO OPEN I JUST TOO...

Mileage: 8,000

CONSUMER WAS REAR ENDED, AND THE FRONT SEAT BELTS FAILED TO RESTRAIN THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER. THE DRIVER HIT HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL, AND THE PASSENGER HIT HIS HEAD ON THE DASH. AMOUNT OF DAMAGE UNKNOWN. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY, CONSUMER WAS INJURED.*JB

ENGINE MISFIRES IN COLD WEATHER WHILE DRIVING CAUSING SERIOUS LOSS OF POWER FIRST STARTED AT 341 MILES AND CONTINUES TO DATE.*JB

Mileage: 341

THE SPARE TIRE DISCONNECTED FROM THE VEHICLE. *JB

THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION, AND THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. *JB *TS

Mileage: 13,000

AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS PINCH LEAVES ABRASIONS BRUISING ON ARMS

BOTH LOCKING PAWLS ON MANUAL SEAT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM DO NOT LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER IS RELEASED. ONE OR THE OTHER PAWL LOCKS INTO PLACE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SHIFTING FORCE IS THEN REQUIRED TO MOVE THE SECOND PAWL INTO A POSITION WHERE IT WILL ENGAGE. THIS WOULD ONLY BE A MINOR ...

Mileage: 1

BOTH LOCKING PAWLS ON MANUAL SEAT ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM DO NOT LOCK INTO PLACE WHEN SEAT ADJUSTMENT LEVER IS RELEASED. ONE OR THE OTHER PAWL LOCKS INTO PLACE AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF SHIFTING FORCE IS THEN REQUIRED TO MOVE THE SECOND PAWL INTO A POSITION WHERE IT WILL ENGAGE. THIS WOULD ONLY BE A MINOR ...

Mileage: 1

SPARK PLUG SELF LAUNCHING FROM FORD F150 5.4 L ENGINE

Mileage: 17,000

SPARK PLUG SELF LAUNCHING FROM FORD F150 5.4 L ENGINE

Mileage: 17,000

CONSUMER COMPLAINED ABOUT THE PITMAN ARM ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE PITMAN ARM FELL OFF WHICH IT CAUSED COMPLETELY LOST OF STEERING AND THE CONSUMER HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE HIGHWAY WAS CONTACTED AND HAS AGREED THAT THERE WAS NO BOLT PUT INTO THE PART THAT FELL ...

Mileage: 6,000

CONSUMER CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CHAISE ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO STATED THAT DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND HAS AGREE THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE BUT WONT TAKE IT IN UNTIL AFTER JANUARY THE 2ND. TS

WHILE AT HIGH SPEED VEHICLE VIBRATES AND PULLS TO THE RIGHT. CONSUMER TOOK TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE DRIVESHAFT. PROBLEM WAS STILL PRESENT. TS THE WHEELS AND TIRES WERE ALSO CHANGED BUT TO NO AVAIL. *JG

VERY SERIOUS FAILURE!!! WHILE BACKING UP A STEEP HILL IN 4WD. THE TRUCK'S PITMAN ARM CAME COMPLETELY OFF OF THE SPLINED SHAFT THAT COMES OUT OF THE STEERING BOX. SO, THERE WAS NO LONGER ANY CONNECTION BETWEEN THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE FRONT WHEELS. THE RETAINING NUT AND LOCK WASHER CAME OFF, TOO...

WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE RIGHT COULD NOT GAIN CONTROL BACK. THERE IS ONE SKID MARK 35 FEET LONG HIT AN ELECTRIC POLE WHEN CAME TO REST THE BACK PASSENGER TIRE HAD BROKE OFF AT THE AXEL. DT

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IN REVERSE, TO PARK THE VEHICLE SUFFERED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN SHIFTED FROM DRIVER INTO REVERSE VEHICLE COLLIDED WITH ANOTHER CAR CAUSING DAMAGE TO HIS VEHICLE AND OTHER CAR. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURRTHER INFORMATION. TS

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65MPH AND WITHOUT WARNING THE STEERING WHEEL WILL PULL TO THE RIGHT AND IT WILL BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO CONTROL THE VEHICLE. DEALER NOTIFIED TS

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE TRANSMISSION BOLT CAME LOOSE AND THE FLUID WENT OUT, CAUSING PULL OUT ROAD. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION:: MR

THE REAR DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPEN UNLESS THE LOCK IS MANUALLY UNLOCKED. THE FRONT DOORS WILL UNLOCK AND OPEN BY USING THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE. THE REAR DOORS WILL NOT DO THIS. YOU MUST FIRST UNLOCK THE REAR DOOR MANUALLY (FOR WITH THE POWER LOCKS), THEN OPEN THE DOOR WITH THE INSIDE DOOR HANDLE. I F...

CONSUMER STATES SINCE 05/02, WHEN ACCELERATING GAS PEDAL STICKS INTERMITTENLY. CONSUMER HAS TO SHIFT INTO NEUTRAL AND PUMP PEDAL FOR IT TO RELEASE. TS

WHILE DRIVING THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE EXPERIENCED TREAD SEPARATION. FRONT GENERLAL TIRE HAD A SMALL SLIT VERTICALLY IN THE TREAD. PASSENGER BACK TIRE HAD A TWO INCH CHUNK MISSING AND A SLIT LIKE A V ON THE INSIDE OF TIRE. GENERAL , GRABBER AW TIRES-SIZE#255/70R16. *SCC ...*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER STATES CANT CONTROL THE STEERING WHEEL, WHEN MAKE LEFT OR RIGHT. DEALER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. TS

APPROXIMATELY ON MONTH AND 1800 MILES AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. THE RIGHT FRONT TREAD SEPARATED FROM THE SIDEWALL. I TOOK THE TIRE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD REPLACE THE TIRE WITH ONE JUST LIKE IT BUT IT HAD TO BE ORDERED AND WOULD BE IN A DAY OR TWO. FOUR DAYS LATER THE TIRE WAS STIL...

CONSUMER STATES AFTER ROTATING THE TIRES THE LUG NUT STUD BROKE EASILY WHEN TIGHTENING IT. THE DEALER WAS INFORMED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION. MR

TRUCK IS SUBJECT TO VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WITH CAUSE UNKNOWN BY DEALERSHIP. TIRES HAVE BEEN CHANGED TWICE AND THEN MOUNTED AND BALANCED FOUR TIMES. CAUSE OF VIBRATION IS STILL UNDETERMINED. NLM

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE NOTICED A PROBLEM IN THE INSTRUMENTAL CLUSTER DASH BOARD, DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. (SEE ODI#0814163). NLM

CONSUMER HAVING PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUNM. DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. *MR

CONSUMER STATES THERE IS A HIGH PITCH WINDING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVE TRAIN WHEN DRIVING OVER 65 MPH. CONSUMER FEELS THE REAR DIFFERENTRAL IS DEFECTIVE.. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*JB

ALL TIRES ARE ROTATING ON THE WHEEL. ANOTHER SET OR RIMS AND TIRES WERE REPLACED. AS SOON AS TIRES ARE ROTATED THEY GO OUT OF BALANCE. TIRE WERE MARKED BEFORE PUTTING THEM BACK ON THE TRUCK. TRUCK DRIVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES AND THEN RETURNED BACK TO MECHANIC. THE MARK HAD MOVED 180 DEGREES, COMPLETE O...

AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN A CRASH WHICH TOTALED THE F150 & NEARLY TOTALED THE 2002 JEEP. *AK

WHILE DRIVING 70MPH DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT WINDOW SHATTERED INSIDE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS ON THE INTERSTATE, AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS AN AVERAGE 86 DEGEREES. NO OBJECTS WERE FOUND THROWN INSIDE. FORD WAS NOT NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION.*AK

TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SHIFT DOWN, JERKS WHEN YOU ACCELERATE. *AK

WINDSHIELD WAS NOT ATTACHED TO THE VEHICLE PROPERLY, IT COULD BE PUSHED OUT BY HAND. *AK

CONSUMER STATES HE HAS HAD TO UNPLUG THE CABLE GOING TO THE MOTOR FOR THE POWER ADJUSTABLE BRAKE AND ACCELERATOR PEDAL, CONSUMERS KNEE WAS HITTING THE SWITCH EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN WHICH WAS CAUSING VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE UNEXPECTEDLY, CONSUMER STATES ON ONE OCCASION W...

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND WITHOUT ANY INDICATION SPEEDDOMETER AND TACHOMETER WOULD DROP DOWN TO ZERO OR STICK TO SPEED. DEALER HAS BEEN CONTACTED. HOWEVER, CAN'T LOCATE CAUSE OF PROBLEM. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

WHEN MAKING A SLOW TURN THERE WAS A POPPING SOUND THAT CAME ONLY WHEN MAKING LOW SPEED TURNS. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AK

HIT POT HOLE. DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED. PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AFTER HE HAD GOTTEN OUT OF VH!!!*AK

VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE AND CONSUMER SMELLED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH DRIVER'S POWER ADJUSTING SEAT. DEALERSHIP WAS AWARE OF PROBLEM. *AKCONSUMER HAD VEHICLE ONLY EIGHT DAYS. CONSUMER WENT ON A TRIP WHICH WAS ONLY 50 MILES OUT OF THE WAY. CONSUMER PARKED VEHICLE AND TWO HOURS LATER CAME...

THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK FEATURE ACTIVATED AND PINCHED MY ARM IN THE DOOR LOCK. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIME, HOWVER THIS IS THE MOST SERIOUS INSTANCE. I RECEIVED A BRUICE APPROXIMENTLEY 1 1/2" INCHES IN LENGTH AND 2 SMALL ABRASIONS. THIS IS AT LEAST MY 4TH FORD VEHICLE WITH AUTOMATIC LOCKS AND...

CONSUMER IS CONCERNED WITH THE CONTROL SWITCH THAT ADJUSTS THE POSITION OF THE PEDALS. THE CONTROL SWITCH IS MOUNTED ON THE LOWER LEFT SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD. IT PROTRUDES SLIGHTLY FROM THE SURFACE. DURING CERTAIN DRIVING MOMMENTS, THE DRIVERS LEFT KNEE CAN COME INTO CONTACT WITH THE ROCKER SWITCH...

GAS FUMES OR LEAK WHEN DRIVING AND GAS FUMES OR LEAK WHEN STARTED TRUCK IN MY DRIVEWAY DON'T FEEL SAFE DRIVING. *AK

WATER WAS POURING INTO INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. STRUCTURE IS NOT LINED UP PROPERLY INSIDE OF VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.*AK

WHEEL HUB IS TOO SMALL, CAUSING VEHICLE TO VIBRATE WHEN DRIVING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER, AND DEALER CALLED FORD HOTLINE, STATING THERE WAS A FLAW IN ENGINEERING OF HUB ASSEMBLY WITHOUT A REMEDY.*AK

WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK, DARSHBOARD LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING FOR ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK *YH

WHILE DRIVING IN THE DARK, DARSHBOARD LIGHTS AND HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF AT THE SAME TIME WITHOUT A PRIOR WARNING FOR ABOUT THIRTY SECONDS. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND WHAT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM. *AK *YH

TRANSMISSION SLIPPING IN REVERSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE TRUCK HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN WITHIN TWO DAYS. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT SLIP IN DRIVE ONLY IN REVERSE. *AK

MY COMPANY PURCHASED THIS TRUCK FOR ME TO WORK IN \ WITH TO PERFORM MY JOB. THE SEAT IS TOO HIGH. MY EYES ARE LEVEL WITH THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD AND IT'S IRATAITING TO LOOK THUR THE COLORED PART IN THE TOP PART OF THE WINDSHIELD. SEATING THIS HIGH UP ALSO CAUSES THE REAR VIEW MIRROR TO BLOCK MY...

VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR WRANGLER RTS TIRES, P265/70R17. IN WET WEATHER REAREND OF VEHICLE SPINS OUT WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES. CONSUMER HAS OWNED THIS VEHICLE ONE WEEK, AND IT SPUN OUT TWICE. GOODYEAR CUSTOMER SERVICE STATED THIS VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE ATS TIRES NOT RTS.*AK

SENT EMAIL UNDER JPSK8RACER. NO SAFETY DEFEC TLISTED. *AK