2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

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.

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. I HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF THE TRUCK DUE TO THE LOCKS ENGAGING ON THEIR OWN AND I HAD TO PULL OVER IN A SEVERE RAINSTORM DUE TO THE WIPERS THAT ALL OF A SUDDEN STOPPED WORKING. IT HAS BEEN ROOT CAUSED TO BE WATER INTRUSION INTO THE VEHICLE FROM THE WINDSHIELD GETTING INTO THE FUSE BOX AND THE GEM MODULE IS NOW BAD. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND IT VERY FRUSTRATING TO KNOW THAT THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE YEAR IS WELL KNOWN FOR THIS ISSUE. I HAVE READ LITERALLY A THOUSAND COMMENTS OF PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH NO RESOLUTION FROM FORD. NO RECALL WAS ISSUED AND WE HAVE TO SPEND A LARGE SUM OF MONEY TO FIX A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS AND SIMILAR VEHICLES. NOW THE FORD DEALER IS TELLING ME THE GEM MODULE HAS BEEN ON BACK ORDER FOR MONTHS AS THEY ARE RESOURCING THE PRODUCT, SO I CAN'T EVEN GET THE PARTS TO FIX IT. I AM FORTUNATE THIS DID NOT RESULT IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT OR FIRE.

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 PACKS AND PLUGS WHICH IS RIDICULOUS FOR A NON-CUSTOM PICK UP TRUCK. WHAT IF MY WIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING AND NOT KNOWN WHAT TO DO? IT COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE OR CAUSED A CRASH. THE DEALER RATTLED OFF THE ESTIMATE LIKE THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME WHICH TELLS ME THIS IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURING AND WHY HAS THIS NOT BEEN RECALLED?

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 PUT IT IN PARK BUT IT WAS A STRUGGLE, I CALLED MY DAUGHTER OUTSIDE WHEN I WAS IN THE OFFICE PARKING LOT, AND SHE TOLD ME THE REAR TIRES WERE SPINNING. WHEN I FINALLY GOT IT IN PARK I TURNED THE TRUCK OFF. I GAVE IT APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE AND TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON, AND IT WAS STILL ACCELERATING EXTREMELY HIGH SO I TURNED THE TRUCK BACK OFF SO IT WOULDN'T DAMAGE MY ENGINE. AFTER AN HOUR I TURNED THE TRUCK BACK ON, AND THE TRUCK WAS BACK TO NORMAL. AFTER DOING A BIT OF RESEARCH I SAW TONS OF ARTICLES WITH INSTANCES SIMILAR TO MINE, SO I DISCONNECTED THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH AND TOOK IT TO THE NEAREST SHOP. *TR

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 140,000. UPDATED 5/20/15*CN UPDATED 10/05/2017*CN

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.

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

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 BATTERY, STARTER RELAY SOLENOID WHICH SITS ON THE FIREWALL, AND THE NEUTRAL SAFETY SWITCH OR TRANSMISSION GEAR CONTROL SOLENOID AS I HAVE HEARD IT CALLED. NONE OF THIS HAS FIXED MY TRUCK AND I DO NOT THINK IT SHOULD BE GOING OUT AT 109,XXX MILES. LOW INCOME AND RELY HEAVILY ON MY TRUCK TO GET AROUND. *TR

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

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 FIX THE PROBLEM. THEY SAY THAT ALL FORD TRUCK SUPER CABS, I.E. F150, F250, AND F350 THE REAR DOORS WILL EVENTUALLY FREEZE UP. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY HAZARD FOR THE BACK SEAT PASSENGER. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THEY USED A PLASTIC CONNECTOR FOR THE TERMINAL OF THE RELEASE CABLE INSTEAD OF ONE MADE OF METAL. THE PLASTIC DETERIORATES IN THE HEAT WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW THE CABLE TO PULL THE RELEASE MECHANISM FAR ENOUGH.