2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

MY 2002 FORD F-150 BLEW A SPARK PLUG RIGHT OUT OF THE CYLINDER WHILE DRIVING ON RT 85 IN CONNECTICUT. THE DANGER FROM THIS WAS GREAT AS THERE WAS GAS SPLASHED THROUGHOUT THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. WENT T THE FORD DEALER AND THEY PLAYED DOWN THE SITUATION AND SAID IT WOULD COST $600.00 TO FIX. I ALSO INCURRED A $200.00 TOWING BILL, AND HAD TO REPLACED A SPARK PLUG COIL WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY THE SPARK PLUG TO THE TUNE OF $100.00. THE INTERNET HAS PROVIDED INFORMATION THAT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM WITH FORD V-8 ENGINES, AND I'M WONDERING WHY THE NHTSA LETS THIS CONTINUE...MANY PEOPLE ARE SUFFERING FINANCIAL LOSS, AND SAFETY ISSUES WITH FIRES THAT RESULT FROM THIS SITUATION. *TR

I OWN A 2002 FORD F-150 XLT 4X4 WITH A TRITION 5.4L V-8. I WENT OUT TO START IT THIS MORNING AND I HEARD A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOT WENT OFF. THEN MY TRUCK STARTED SHAKING AND MAKING A CHUGGING NOISE. I SHUT IT OFF AND OPENED THE HOOD AND FOUND THAT ONE OF MY SPARK PLUGS JUST BLEW OUT OF THE ENGINE. IT BROKE THE COIL AND STRIPPED OUT THE THREADS WHERE THE SPARK PLUG GOES. I HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND IT COST $503.83 FOR THE REPAIR. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE TRITION ENGINES. I WENT ONLINE AND DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME SUBJECT. I THINK FORD NEEDS TO ISSUE A RECALL TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I OWN A 2001 FORD F150 LARIET TRUCK, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW, AND HAVE ONLY APX. 75000 MILES ON IT. I WASH IT REGULARLY AND EVEN SPRAY UP UNDER TRUCK TO REMOVE SALTS EVERY TIME I WASH IT. LUCKILY, OR BETTER, BLESSEDLY, WHILE POISONING MY TRUCK IN MY CAR-PORT THE CABLE HOLDING THE SPARE TIRE(FULL SIZE..ABOUT 100 POUNDS) SNAPPED AND THE TIRE, TIRE BRACKET, AND CABLE (CRIMPED) KNUCKLE FELL ONTO THE CAR PORT. THIS CABLE SHEARED EXACTLY AT THE KNUCKLE AND IT DID SO WITH-OUT ANY PROVOCATION. BY THE GRACE OF GOD, IT DID NOT STOP WHILE I WAS DOING 70 MILES AN HOUR GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. IF IT HAD I'M SURE THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH DESTRUCTION TO THE REAR OF MY TRUCK THAT I WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO WRITE THIS. LET ME GO ON TO SAY, I REALLY LIKE THIS TRUCK, IT IS VERY SOLID, VERY RELIABLE, AND ONE OF THE BEST RIDES I'VE EVER OWNED IN MY 53 YEARS OF LIFE. I AM EITHER EXTREMELY LUCKY OR BLESSED THAT THIS HAPPENED IN MY DRIVE. IN FACT, ONLY 5 DAYS BEFORE, MY WIFE, SON AND I HAD RETURNED FROM A TRIP TO WEST VIRGINIA. THIS WAS A TRIP OF 700 MILES AND WE HAD TAKEN HER TAHOE BECAUSE IT HAS 4 WHEEL DRIVE AND MY FORD DOES NOT!!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH ON LEVEL SURFACE THE #5 SPARK PLUG WAS EJECTED FROM IT'S HOLE DAMAGING THE COIL OVER PLUG CAUSING ARCING FROM THE COIL TO THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DRAMATICALLY AND THE SMELL OF GASOLINE WAS APPARENT. LUCKILY THERE WAS VERY LIGHT TRAFFIC AND I WAS ABLE TO PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND SHUTDOWN THE ENGINE. I IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM AND HAVING SOME MECHANICAL TRAINING KNEW ENOUGH TO DISCONNECT THE FUEL INJECTOR WIRE FOR THE #5 CYLINDER. THIS WAS THE ONLY WAY I COULD SAFELY MOVE THE VEHICLE. HAD I NOT KNOWN WHAT TO DO, AN ENGINE COMPARTMENT EXPLOSION WOULD HAVE EASILY RESULTED. *TR

MY 2002 F150 RECENTLY SPIT OUT A SPARK PLUG, STRIPPING THE THREADS OF THE ALUMINUM CYLINDER HEAD. THE SERVICE SHOP WHERE I TOOK IT TOLD ME THAT IT'S BEEN A MAJOR PROBLEM WITH FORD TRUCKS FOR SOME TIME, AND REFUSED TO FIX IT. *TR

01/22/09 I PARK MY 2002 F150 AT WORK AT ABOUT 4:00PM. ABOUT 04:40PM THE FIRE ALARM SOUNDED. MY TRUCK WES ON FIRE, I HAD JUST PARK IT! THE FIRE MAN SAID IT WAS ON THE RECALL LIST FOR FIRE'S. *TR

ON MY BIRTH DAY I EXPERIENCED SOMETHING LIKE NEVER BEFORE I BLEW THE #4 SPARK PLUG ON THE PASSENGER SIDE BROUGHT IT BACK TO WORK WHAT A ROUGH RIDE. THEN STARTED TO LOOK IN THE HOLE WITH A BORE SCOPE TO FIND OUT THE TREADS WERE GONE YEAH. CALLED AROUND TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST ME AND THE CHEAPEST WAS A MACHINE SHOP CALLED LENTECH AUTOMOTIVE AT A PRICE OF 300.00 NOT BAD BUT I MADE SOME MORE CALLS AND FOUND A KIT TO DO IT AT BENSONS AUTOPARTS 65.00 HOPE THIS WILL FIX IT. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD OF MY F150 FORD KING RANCH LEAKS AND HAS DONE DAMAGE TO THE FUSE BOX AND RUST IS OCCURRING IN LOCATIONS NOT EASILY ACCESSED BY WATER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE SPARK PLUGS FAILED. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER AND EXAMINED UNDERNEATH THE HOOD. A WITNESS STATED THAT THERE WAS A NOISE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED AND POPPING NOISES WERE HEARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A FORD DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT NOTHING COULD BE DONE AND THE CONTACT WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. THERE WERE NO COMPLAINTS FOUND FOR THIS VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 43,332 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43,600.

DRIVING TO PICK UP MY SON AT SCHOOL FOR A TRIP. AS I TURNED LEFT ACROSS TRAFFIC I HEARD A LOUD POP IN MY 2002 FORD F150 AND THEN A LOUD SERIES OF LOUD POPS AS MY ENGINE CONTINUED TO RUN. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE. I MOVED THE VEHICLE TO A PARTS STORE JUST UP THE STREET AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRITON V-8 ENGINE HAD JUST EJECTED A SPARK PLUG OUT OF THE HEAD. I HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A MECHANIC WHO THEN CHARGED ME A GREAT DEAL TO REPAIR THE HEAD AND REPLACE THE SPARK PLUG. *TR