2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

DRIVER'S SEATBELT SIMPLY DISCONNECTS ITSELF OFTEN WITHOUT EVEN BEING TOUCHED AT ALL, WHILE DRIVING! *TR

THE SPARK PLUGS ARE BEING BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEADS ON ALL SIZE TRITON ENGINES. THIS OCCURRED ON MY 2002 FORD F150, AND ON MY FATHER IN-LAWS EXPEDITION. THIS WAS ON A TRITON V-8 AND V-10S. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN FT WAYNE INDIANA THEY INFORMED ME THAT THIS IS COMMON ON THESE ENGINES I ALSO SPOKE WITH FORD CUSTOMER CARE AND THEY CLAIM THAT THIS IS COMMON. THEY WONT RECALL IT BECAUSE THEY CLAIM THAT THIS IS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IT DOES NOT SHUT OFF THE FUEL SUPPLY TO THAT CYLINDER. NOT TO MENTION IT JUST HAPPENS WITH OUT ANY SORT OF WARNING LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO LIMP MY TRUCK TO THE CLOSEST FORD DEALERSHIP IN MY AREA. WITH MY FATHER IN -LAWS EXPEDITION HE WAS JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN ON HIS WAY TO ARKANSAS WHEN HIS BLEW OUT. THE ONLY REMEDY IS A HEALY COIL OR REPLACE THE HEAD, THANKFULLY THE COIL IS REASONABLE IN COST BUT WONT LAST FOREVER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS ALERTED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS ON FIRE. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN INSPECTED BY A TECHNICIAN. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 140000.

TRUCK STOPPED AND IDLING AT STOP SIGN FOLLOWED BY LOUD BANG AND THUMPING NOISE. SHUT OFF TRUCK, AND LOOKED UNDER HOOD TO FIND SPARK PLUG HAD BLOWN OUT OF CYLINDER HEAD ALONG WITH COIL. THE SMELL OF FUEL WAS EVIDENT FROM THE OPEN HOLE IN THE CYLINDER HEAD. LUCKY THERE WAS NO FIRE WHEN THE PLUG WAS DISCHARGED. FORD WILL NOT DO ANYTHING TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM EVEN THOUGH THIS IS VERY COMMON IN THESE VEHICLES EVEN WITH THE ORIGINAL SPARK PLUGS. I WAS TOLD THAT THIS WAS MY MISTAKE FOR OVERTIGHTENING THE PLUGS. I HAVE NEVER CHANGED THE PLUGS NOR DOES FORD RECOMMEND THIS UNTIL 100,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THAT THE ISSUE IS WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO WARRANT A RECALL, BUT THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED YET. AVERAGE PEOPLE CANNOT AFFORD THE $1,000 - $3,500 REPAIR THAT IS NECESSARY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM NOR SHOULD THEY BE REQUIRED TO WHEN IT IS A PROBLEM THAT FORD HAS KNOWN ABOUT AND REFUSED TO FIX. FORD IS PROVIDING AN INFERIOR PRODUCT AND WILL NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR IT. *TR

MY 2002 FORD F-150 HAS IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS EXPERIENCED THREE BLOWN/EJECTED SPARK PLUGS CAUSING THE DAMAGE AND NECESSARY REPLACEMENT OF "COILS". THIS POSED A POSSIBLE SAFETY HAZARD, AND I AM VERY UNHAPPY AT THE TIME AND COST I HAVE INCURRED SINCE THE INITIAL ONSET OF THIS PROBLEM, THAT APPARENTLY FORD HAS BEEN AWARE OF ALL OF THIS TIME. *TR

EVENT.. I WAS DRIVING WEST BOUND ON THE 215 FREEWAY IN LAS VEGAS, NV. EXITING DURANGO ROAD. I SAT AT THE INTERSECTION WAITING FOR THE SIGNAL LIGHT TO TURN GREEN. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN, MOVING FORWARD, I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN GOING (10MPH) SOUTH BOUND ON DURANGO ROAD, JUST AT THAT TIME I HERD A LOUD POP NOISE. AS I WAS PULLING OVER, MY TRUCK (F150) WAS RUNNING ROUGH, I STOPPED, PUT IT IN PARK , SHUT THE ENGINE OFF, OPENED THE HOOD AND THERE SAT A COIL PACK INCLUDING THE SPARK PLUG ON TOP OF THE MOTOR. AFTER EVALUATING THE INCIDENT MORE, I NOTICE THAT THE COIL PACK AND SPARK PLUG CAME FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE ENGINE HEAD #THREE (3) CYLINDER. MY TRUCK HAS THE ORIGINAL MOTORCRAFT SPARK PLUGS IN IT SINCE 2002. NOT SURE WHY THE SPARK PLUG WOULD JUST POP-OUT. NICE JOB FORD!! FORD MANUFACTURES THE MOTOR (TRITON 5.4L) AND THE MOTORCRAFT SPARK PLUGS? SEEMS VERY SIMPLE WHOSE RESPONSIBILITY THIS IS. REPAIR COST''THE REPAIR SHOP IS ESTIMATING $2,500.00 HEAD REPAIR OR NEW ENGINE AT APPROXIMATELY $6,500.00 INC. LABOR. QUESTIIONS.. HOW IS THE CONSUMER GOING TO KNOW PRIOR TO THE SPARK PLUG POPPING OUT, TO SECURE IT? WHY ARE THE SPARK PLUGS POPPING OUT? NOT ENOUGH THREADS? HOW DO THE EXECUTIVES AT FORD SLEEP AT NIGHT KNOWING THAT THIS PROBLEM COULD TAKE SOMEONE'S LIFE AT ANY TIME? PERSONAL COMMENT.. WHEN THE SPARK PLUG OR THE COIL PACK WAS EJECTED FROM THE ENGINE HEAD, THIS COULD HAVE HIT THE FUEL RAIL AND STARTED A TREMENDOUS FIRE, LIKE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE US WE DON'T ALWAYS CARRY A FIRE EXTINGUISHER BECAUSE AN '!@#$% SPARK PLUG IS GOING TO POP OUT OF THE ENGINE HEAD AND START THE TRUCK ON FIRE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS!!!! FORD MOTOR COMPANY NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THERE MISTAKES BEFORE SOMEBODY LOOSES THERE LIFE. I AM NOT THE SUING TYPE OF PERSON, BUT IF ONE OF MY KIDS LOOSES THERE LIFE DRIVING MY TRUCK BECAUSE OF A SPARK PLUG PROBLEM AND FORD MOTOR COMPANY DID NOT TELL ME ABOUT IT, I AM AFRAID TO TELL YOU WHAT I WOULD DO. THIS IS NOT A THREAT JUST REALITY. *TR

THERE WAS NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO OUR PROBLEM WITH OUR PICK UP TRUCK. I STARTED THE TRUCK AND HEARD A LOUD BANG AND THEN THE TRUCK SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS MISSING. WE FOUND OUT THAT THE 3RD SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE MOTOR BLEW OUT. IT HASN'T BEEN FIXED YET IT HAPPENED YESTERDAY 8/17/09. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. SHE OPENED THE HOOD AND NOTICED FLAMES. SHE EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES AND STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED NEAR THE CRUISE CONTROL WIRES. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT IT WOULD TAKE FIFTEEN DAYS FOR THEM TO REACH A DECISION REGARDING HOW TO HANDLE THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 95,000.

BLEW TWO SPARK PLUGS OUT OF THE HEAD ON TWO SEPARATE INCIDENTS ABOUT 3 MONTHS APART. HAD PLUG HOLE RETHREADED AND IT BLEW OUT AGAIN ABOUT THREE MONTHS LATER. HAD SLEEVE PUT INTO THE HEAD TODAY. HOPE THAT HOLDS IT BUT DOUBTFUL. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD F150 WITH THE TRITON 5.4L V-8. I HAVE HAD SPARK PLUGS EJECT FROM 3 DIFFERENT CYLINDERS NOW AND FORD CLAIMS IT IS NOT A RECALL ISSUE. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN NOTED ON MANY OF THE FORD VEHICLES WITH THE TRITON 5.4 V-8. WHEN THE SPARK PLUG IS EJECTED FUEL VAPOR CAN LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AND POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. I HAVE NOT HAD THAT PROBLEM BUT I AM FRUSTRATED WITH FORD'S UNWILLINGNESS TO COVER A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THEIR DESIGN. *TR