Ford F-150 Complaints (2002)

821 consumer complaints on file.

#10095528October 8, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TAILGATE:LATCH
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 TAILGATE SUPPORT CABLE REPORTED ABOVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093577October 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN
ROUGH IDLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093590October 4, 2004
AIR BAGS
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 POSITION. AS SOON AS THE TRUCK CAME TO A SUDDEN STOP ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUMP, BOTH FRONT AIRBAGS DEPLOYED. THECONSEQUENCES OF THE DEPLOYMENT ARE THAT MY INSURANCE WILL NOT COVER THE ACCIDENT BECAUSE IT WAS A NON-COLLISION ACCIDENT AND THAT THE VALUE OF MY TRUCK NOW IS 6,000 DOLLARS LESS THAN IT WAS WITH AIR BAGS. TO CORRECT THE FAILURE I HAVE CONTACTED FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND HAVE HAD NO SUCH LUCK IN ANYONE ASSUMIONG RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CAUSE OF THE AIRBAG FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094905October 1, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10093265September 28, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
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 DOES NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A DEFECT EXISTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091265September 19, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
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 NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THE BIIL WOULD RANGE FROM $3500-4500. I DID NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO GET THE VEHICLE REPAIRED SO THE VEHICLE SAT AT THE DEALER FOR 5 MONTHS. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER THEY SAID THERE WAS A REPAIR THAT COULD BE DONE BUT IT WASN'T RECOMENDED BY FORD. THE REPAIR WAS TO REMOVE THE HEAD AND SLEAVE THE BLOWN OUT SPARK PLUG HOLE. I HAD THEM REPAIR IT THIS WAY. THE COST TO ME WAS $1796.00 AND THERE WAS NO WARANTY BECAUSE IT WAS NOT A FORD RECOMENDED REPAIR. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS SEEMS TO BE A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM AND COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AT GREAT EXPENSE TO THE CONSUMER. NOT ONLY IS THERE GREAT EXPENSE BUT, IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC IT COULD CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10091102September 16, 2004
WHEELS:RIM
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 INSPECTION THE FACTORY ALUMINUM RIM HAD SPLIT IN TWO CAUSING THE TIRE TO BLOW. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090719September 9, 2004
AIR BAGS
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 SITUATION. MY HUSBAND COULD HAVE HAD SUSTAINED SEVERE HEAD INJURIES BECAUSE THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088980September 2, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER
BLOWN SPARK PLUG OUT OF 2002 FORD LIGHTNING. HAD TO REPLACE RIGHT CYNLINDER HEAD . *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088892August 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089755August 25, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
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 MASTER BRAKE CYLINDER SENSOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089730August 20, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES, VISIBILITY:REARVIEW MIRRORS/DEVICES
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 THE BRAKE AND GAS PEDALS AND SEEMED TO ONLY HAPPEN IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS WHEN THE CONSUMERS FOOT WOULD SHOOT DOWN. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083969August 20, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR, PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT, SEAT BELTS:FRONT:WARNING LIGHT/DEVICES, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
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 MORE NOISE. THE RADIO, CD PLAYER AND TV IN THE REAR OF THE VAN STOPPED WORKING. THE ROTORS WARPED AND CAUSED VIBRATIONS WHEN BRAKING. WATER HAD GOTTEN INTO THE LEFT SIDE PARK LAMP. THE SEAT BELT WARNING CHIME AND LIGHT FAILED INTERMITTENTLY, THE DEALER REPLACED THE MODULE. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10065327August 12, 2004
STRUCTURE, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH, SUSPENSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087587August 10, 2004
WHEELS:MULTI PIECE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087115August 3, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:MASTER CYLINDER
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 HEAD. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082579July 24, 2004
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS:SWITCH
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 BACK ORDER. THAT IS TELLING ME THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE NOT JUST MY SELF, ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS SHOULD BE A SAFETY RECALL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082007July 14, 2004
AIR BAGS
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 AIR BAG MODULE WENT WITH HIM AND LANDED WITH HIM. CONSUMER'S SON SUSTAINED CHEMICAL BURNS. CONSUMER STATED THAT SHE NEVER READ ANYWHERE THAT THE AIR BAG MODULE EJECTED FROM THE STEERING WHEN IT DEPLOYED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10074000July 6, 2004
TIRES:TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10079929June 23, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:PEDALS AND LINKAGES
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 DOWN ON BOTH THE GAS AND BRAKE PEDALS. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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