2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

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 BUILDING WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. A CONSUMER WHO OCCUPIED THE BUILDING OBSERVED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE, SUFFERED SMOKE INHALATION AND WAS TREATED AT THE SCENE. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 06E056000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) THAT MAY BE RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 138,125.

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 CONTACT; STATING THAT IF NOT REPAIRED, THE VEHICLE MAY CATCH FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DEALER NOR MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

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 FAILURE AND CURRENT MILES WAS 200,000.

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 THE FUEL TANKS IN PLACE FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND THE CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 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 AND WHEN THE NOISE WASN'T STOPPING, I PULLED OVER AGAIN AND NOTICED ONE OF THE BRACKETS HOLDING MY GAS TANK WAS DRAGGING AND THE FRONT HALF OF MY GAS TANK WAS ON THE GROUND. THE BRACKET WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND FALLEN AWAY ON ONE SIDE. I WAS ABSOLUTELY SHOCKED AT THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I HAD JUST HAD MY TRUCK IN THE SHOP A FEW MONTHS BEFORE AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY RUST ISSUE WITH THE BRACKET FROM THE SHOPS I HAD BEEN IN. I HAD THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER REPLACED IN JAN. 2010 AND THERE WAS NO MENTION OF RUST ISSUES WITH THE BRACKET THEN. *KB

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 DEALERSHIP I REGULARLY GET SERVICED AT. I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE, AND FOUND MANY SIMILAR COMPLAINTS. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN TRAGIC/FATAL, FOR ME AND ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE DRIVING AROUND ME. I AM NOT ONE TO WRITE COMPLAINTS, BUT I AM UPSET AT THE DANGER THIS PUT ME IN AND THE TIME AND COST OF THIS FAILURE. *TR

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

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 WAS NO FUEL SPILL. THE DEALER REPLACED THE STRAPS. UPDATED 09/21/11

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 DEALERSHIP WANTED $1800 TO REPLACE THE HEAD. 2 MONTHS LATER DRIVING TOO WORK THE #2 CYLINDER EJECTED ITS SPARKPLUG. SAME FIX. I'M TO WORRIED TO DRIVE THE TRUCK AT THIS POINT AND HAVEN'T DRIVEN IT SINCE. *TR

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 TANK NO LONGER BEING SUPPORTED BY STRAPS. THE TRUCK IS ONLY A 2002, BUT I THINK THE PROBLEM GOES BEYOND THE 2001 TRUCKS PER THE POTENTIAL RECALL. *TR