2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

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 RIGHT WHERE IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE. SO WE WENT AND BOUGHT A NEW PLUG AND COIL PACK AND THREADED IT BACK IN AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT IT STAYED THERE AND STILL IS THERE TODAY. THIS FIRST TIME WAS ROUGHLY 3 1/2 YRS AGO. THE NEXT TIME IT HAPPENED WHILE MY SAME FRIEND WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK TO HIS HOUSE BUT THIS TIME IT WAS A DIFFERENT PLUG AND WE WEREN'T SO LUCKY THREADING IT BACK IN. THE THREADS WERE STRIPPED OUT SO WE HELICOILED IT BACK IN OURSELVES AND IT IS STILL THERE TODAY. THIS SECOND TIME WAS ROUGHLY 2 YRS AGO. THE LAST TIME HAPPENED IN A PARKING LOT RIGHT AS I STARTED MY TRUCK UP.THE PLUG ACTUALLY HIT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE HOOD WHEN IT BLEW. SO AGAIN I BOUGHT A NEW PLUG AND COIL PACK AND LUCKILY IT THREADED BACK IN AGAIN. SO NOW I AM VERY GUNSHY NATURALLY EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT. TO PROPERLY CORRECT THIS PROBLEM IT WOULD COST A SMALL FORTUNE AND TO SELL IT AS IS WHO WILL BUY IT. ALSO ON THIS SAME VEHICLE MY TRANSMISSION BLEW AT 39,000 MILES WHEN THE WARRANTY RAN OUT AT 36,000 NATURALLY I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THAT COST ME $3,500 AND A WEEK STRANDED. I HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED AT A DEALERSHIP. THE TRUCK IS A F150 HARLEY DAVIDSON EDITION. IT NOW HAS ROUGHLY 94,000 MILES ON IT. THE DATES ARE ALL APPROXIMATE ALONG WITH THE MILEAGE WHEN THEY OCCURRED. *TR

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 AND THE LATCH AND LOCKING MECHANISM WOULD NOT OPERATE NORMALLY. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO DATE TO CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE UNDER 50,000.

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 WAS 136,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

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 NUMBER 8 AND REPLACED AND NUMBER 7 WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 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 TO WATER LEAKING IN THE WINDSHIELD AND RUNNING DOWN BEHIND THE DASHBOARD AND GETTING INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I HAVE HAD THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON WITH NO ONE IN OR NEAR THE TRUCK. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON VERY DIM. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO GET THE LIGHTS TO TURN OFF. I RAN THE HEAT IN THE TRUCK FOR A FEW HOURS TO DRY IT OUT AND IT SEEMED TO TEMPORARILY CURE THE LIGHTING PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM STARTING THE TRUCK IN THE RAIN. I TURNED THE KEY TO THE START POSITION AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I GOT IN THE TRUCK THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED AND IT STARTED WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL GLASS SHOP AND HAD SOME SEALER PUT ON THE TOP RIM OF THE WINDSHIELD TO TRY AND STOP THE LEAK. IT DID NOT WORK. I WAS TOLD BY THE GLASS SHOP THAT THE ONLY WAY TO SEAL THE WINDSHIELD PROPERLY WAS TO REPLACE IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WINDSHIELDS NOW ARE GLUED IN AND THE GLUE IS WHAT SEALS THEM. I AM RELUCTANT TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN BECAUSE THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I MAY SPEND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS ON A NEW WINDSHIELD AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

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 DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK IS BEING REPAIRED INDICATED THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MOTOR, HOWEVER THE REPAIR IS NOT COVERED BY FORD. *TR

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 HEAD APART AND INSTALL AN INSERT AND THAT PRICE IS JUST FOR LABOR NO CHARGE ON PARTS YET. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IF YOU LOOK ONLINE YOU WILL SEE THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. WE NEED TO MAKE FORD STAND UP FOR THEIR MISTAKE BEFORE SOMEONE LOOSES THEIR LIFE DO TO AN OPEN SPARK AND FUEL BEING PRESENT AND EXPOSED WHEN THE SPARK PLUG BLOWS OUT. *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 PURCHASED THEM; HOWEVER, THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM AT HIS EXPENSE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 44,041. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 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 PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF THE BLOCK OF THE TRUCK, THEY TRIED TO PUT IT BACK IN BUT THE HEAD HAD BEEN STRIPPED AND THE COIL WAS CRACKED. WE WERE THEN ADVISED THAT THE TRUCK NEEDED A NEW HEAD. *TR