2002 FORD F-250 Electrical System Problems

ISSUE WITH DOME LIGHT, DOOR JAMB LIGHT ON, AUTO HEADLIGHTS - ALL NOT WORKING.

AUTO HEADLAMPS AND TAIL LAMPS DON'T WORK. DOOR AJAR LIGHT STAYS ON. DOME LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON WHEN DOOR OPEN. FUEL GAGE STUCK ON FULL. IS IT THE VSM?

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-250. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH AND MAKING A TURN, THE SWITCH FOR THE TURN SIGNAL INDICATOR SWITCH FAILED TO DEACTIVATE AND CAUSED A FUSE TO BLOW. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 93,000.

Mileage: 93,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F250. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR AND FRONT TURNING SIGNALS WOULD FLICKER ON AND OFF SPORADICALLY AND WHEN BRAKING, ALL OF THE LIGHTS WOULD FAIL. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE LIGHTS WOULD NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN APPLIED AND ALL OF THE LIGHTS IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE INTERIOR DOME LIGHT WOULD FAIL. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 11V352000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09E025000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) BU T WAS ADVISED BY THE DEALER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL WHEN DRIVING OVER A POT HOLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED ALL OF THE FUSES BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT RESOLVED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 151000.

Mileage: 151,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F250. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. WHEN PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL THERE WAS NO POWER RESPONSE. THE RPM DECREASED TO AN IDLE SPEED. THE DRIVER PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THERE WAS A WAITING PERIOD OF A FEW SECONDS BEFORE THE POSITIVE CABLE WAS REMOVED AND THEN RECONNECTED TO THE BATTERY. THE VEHICLE RESUMED TO NORMAL OPERATION. THE IDENTICAL FAILURE OCCURRED AGAIN AND THE BATTERY CABLE WAS ADJUSTED. THE AUTHORIZED DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THERE WAS NOT A SAFETY RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED FOR THE MALFUNCTION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 54,009. UPDATED 05/10/10 *BF UPDATED 05/10/10*JB

Mileage: 54,009

1ST CRUISE CONTROL QUIT WORKING. 3 WEEKS LATER A NEW PROBLEM BEGAN. TO START VEHICLE I HAD TO TURN KEY TO ACCESSORY, MOVE GEAR SHIFT FROM PARK TO NEUTRAL, THEN TURNED KEY THE REST OF THE WAY TO START. AFTER ARRIVING ANYWHERE COULD NOT LEAVE VEHICLE IN PARK AND COULD NOT MOVE GEAR SHIFT BACK TO DRIVE. I HAD TO TURN VEHICLE OFF AND RESTART IT WITH THE ABOVE PROCEDURE. WITHIN A WEEK AFTER THE SHIFTING PROBLEM BEGAN I COULD NOT SHUT OVERDRIVE OFF. THEN, 2 DAYS LATER WHILE LEAVING HOME , THE SMELL OF AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AND BELLOWING WHITE SMOKE EMINATED FROM STEERING COLUMN. THIS FIRE OCCURRED ON MAY 13, 2007. VEHICLE WAS TOWED AT MY EXPENSE TO THE DEALER FROM WHICH IT WAS PURCHASED, LAIRD-NOLLER FORD IN LAWRENCE, KS AT A COST OF $110.00. IT WAS CURRENTLY STILL IN THE REPAIR SHOP AT ABOVE DEALERSHIP, WHO INFORMED ME THAT THE FUSE PANEL SHORT-CIRCUITED AND MELTED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF APPROXIMATELY $670.00, BRINGING MY COST TO OVER $780.00. THE DEALERSHIP THEN CALLED ME ON MAY 17, 2007 AND INFORMED ME THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL STILL DID NOT WORK AFTER FIXING THE FUSE PANEL. THEY TRACED DOWN THE PROBLEM WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL, AND IT NEEDED A NEW MODULE AT A COST OF OVER $350.00 WHICH THEY BELIEVED IT TO BE THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF ALL OF THE AFOREMENTIONED PROBLEMS. THEY DENIED THE CRUISE CONTROL RECALL WAS PART OF THE PROBLEM, AND REFUSED TO PAY ANY OF THE COST ON THIS PART AND THE ENSUING DAMAGE CAUSED BY THIS DEFECTIVE PART. *AK

Mileage: 149,000

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND BACK UP LIGHTS FAILED WITHOUT WARNING AND A BURNING SMELL WAS PRESENT IN THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

Mileage: 84,017

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE COMPONENTS UNDER THE DASHBOARD GOT WET. THEREFORE, HE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY FOUND THE COMPONENTS WERE WET BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD WAS INSTALLED IMPROPERLY. THE WINDSHIELD COULD BE MOVED OUT ONE INCH. THE DEALERSHIP STATED IT WAS PROBABLY A FACTORY DEFECT. BUT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, AND H THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE REPAIRS, WHICH HAVE BEEN MADE. ALL OF THE ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS UNDER THE DASHBOARD HAD TO BE REPLACED . *AK

THERE WAS A FIRE UNDER THE HOOD . THE HOOD LATCH WOULD NOT WORK . THE FIRE DEPT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE.

Mileage: 72,000

WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER FOR INSPECTION. *AK...............*AK

THE IGNITION SHUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SERVICE DEALER AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK THERE WAS NO CODE FOR THE CHECK ENGINE AT THE EARLY STAGES OF THE PROBLEM. THE ENGINE DIED AND THE CONSUMER'S VEHICLE DRIFTED INTO THE OTHER LANE. THE SERVICE DEALER FOUND THAT THE CAM SENSOR WAS BAD AND THE EXHAUST SENSOR WAS REPLACED. *SC *JB

Mileage: 46,000

AUTO-FORD F-250 POWER STROKE. WHEN THE CRANKCASE SENSORS GOES BAD THIS VEHICLE STOPS RUNNINGAND YOU NO LONGER HAVE STEERING BRAKES.IT HAS HAPPEND TO ME 6 TIMES BREFORE IT WAS FIXED. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.*AK

Mileage: 87,896

THE VEHICLE WILL LOSE POWER WITH THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON, CAUSE UNKNOWN. THE FORD DEALERSHIP HAS HAD THE VEHICLE FOR THREE DAYS, STATING THAT VEHICLE WAS GETTING SOME SORT OF RESISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS AGAIN FAILING WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATES THAT HE HAD TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER FORD DEALER AND THEY SEEMED TO HAVE REMEDIED THE PROBLEM-LINKAGE ACCELERATOR. THE WINDSHIELD WAS LEAKING-RESEALED-STILL LEAKING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN OKAY SINCE THE LAST REPAIR. NOW THE WINDSHIELD IS LEAKING WATER, AND IS RUNNING BEHIND THE DASHBOARD. THE CONSUMER HAS ALSO EXPERIENCED THE FOLLOWING: WHEN STOPPING THE VEHICLE FEELS LIKE THE DRIVLINE SHIFTS FORWARD-LOUD BANG,WHEN STARTING OFF, THE VEHICLE SHIFTS BACKWARDS, THE CONNECTOR IS NOT FULLY SEATED(PCM MODULE), AND THE INJECTOR HARNESS INTERMITTENLY OPENS-REPAIR LOOSE LEFT VALVE COVER INJECTOR HARNESS CONNECTOR CAUSING HIGH RESISTANCE CLEARED. *SCC

VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN A PARKING LOT WITH IGNITION TURNED OFF AND KEYS OUT OF IGNITION WHEN VEHICLE SOME HOW CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE PROVIDE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK