2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

WHEN USING THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKING MECHANISM THE PART PINCHED THE SKIN OF THE DRIVER'S ARM. *AK

CONCERNS OF PLACEMENT OF ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDALS ON 2002 FORD F-150. *MR IT WAS REPORTED THAT DRIVERS WOULD HIT THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL INSTEAD OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. *SC

WINDSHIELD SEAL LEAKED (RAIN) ALONG ROOFLINE CAUSING MULTIPLE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE SYSTEM WARNING LIGHTS VISIBLE ON DASH. SHORT CIRCUIT SOUNDS COMING FROM BEHIND DASHBOARD. WARNING LIGHTS, BLOWER MOTOR AND HEAD LIGHTS OPERATE WITHOUT KEY IN THE IGNITION CAUSING BATTERY TO BE DRAINED. WIPERS CUT OFF WITHOUT WARNING. DOOR WINDOWS STOP WORKING WITHOUT WARNING. VEHICLE SHIFTS INTO FOUR-WHEEL DRIVE WITHOUT WARNING. ENGINE RACES WHILE PARKED (REVS TO 4000 RPM AND RETURNS TO NORMAL). SALES MAN INFORMED THAT FORD WILL NOT COVER THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THE TRUCK IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND TO BRING TRUCK TO DEALER (5/3/04). TRUCK WOULD NOT START UNTIL 5/8/04. SEAL TO WINDSHIELD SEPARATED FROM VEHICLE ON LEFT SIDE WHILE DRIVING TO DEALERSHIP (5/10/04). THE TRUCK NOW HAS EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE. TRUCK WILL NO LONGER START (5/11/04). I CALLED FORDS CUSTOMER AND REQUESTED THAT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM FORD INSPECT THE TRUCK. CUSTOMER SERVICE ASKED THAT THE TRUCK BE TOWED TO A FORD DEALER. TRUCK WAS TOWED TO LOCAL DEALER. DEALER DID NOT WANT TO HELP ME CONTACT FORD AFTER I INFORMED THEM THAT THE TRUCK HAS A DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD SEAL. DEALERSHIP INFORMS ME ON 5/13/04 THAT THE ZONE SUPERVISOR FROM FORD SAID THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THAT COULD BE DONE ABOUT THE PROBLEM. IN ADDITION, DEALER REFUSES TO PUT STATEMENT IN WRITING. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED ME THAT FOR A FEE, THEY COULD SEAL THE WINDSHIELD AND DIAGNOSIS THE PROBLEM BUT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE TRUCK WAS PURCHASED FROM SHOULD DO THE REPAIRS. *AK

IGNITION COIL MISFIRING, VEHICLE EXHIBITED OCCASIONAL MISS FIRE. UPON COLD START AFTER SITTING FOR SEVERAL DAYS PLUME OF BLUE SMOKE FROM TAIL PIPE WAS NOTICED. DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE EVENT BUT DETERMINED #1 IGNITION COIL WAS FIRING AT REDUCED CAPACITY. UNIT WAS REPLACED AND INCIDENT OF BLUE SMOKE AT COLD START HAS BEEN REDUCED. *LA

I WAS DRIVING DOWN SR 33 IN POLK CITY WHEN IT SEEMED AS IF MY CAR WAS SLOWING DOWN. I HAD THE PEDAL DEPRESSED BUT THE TRUCK CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN. I HAD TO PULL OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. WHEN THE SPEEDOMETER FELL BACK DOWN TO ZERO I ATTEMPTED TO TAKE OFF AGAIN. ONCE AGAIN, THE TRUCK WOULD GET TO 50 AND THEN NOT SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR. THIS WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY SIGNS SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I ASSUMED IT WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION. I DROVE TO WORK (15 MILES) IN SECOND GEAR, CALLED A TOW TRUCK AND HAD IT TOWED TO LAKELAND FORD. I WAS TOLD THE OVERDRIVE CLUTCH BURNED UP AND THE DIRECT DRIVE PAK BURNED UP. THE FORD DEALERSHIP WANTED $2,326.09 TO FIX A 2002 VEHICLE THAT IS NOT EVEN TWO YEARS OLD AND HAS 44,176 MILES ON IT. MOST OF THE MILES ON THIS VEHICLE WERE HIGHWAY MILES ALWAYS DRIVEN WITH OVERDRIVE ON AND ONLY WAS SOMETHING TOWED. THIS VEHICLE HAS THE TOWING PACKAGE IN IT SO THIS PROBLEM SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. MY WARRANTY WAS 3 YEARS/36,000 MILES. TRUCK IS NOW AT AAMCO WITH TRANSMISSION BEING REBUILT. *LA

TRUCK IS A F-150 WITH A 3.55 LIMITED SLIP AXLE. THERE IS A VERY NOTICEABLE WHINE COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTAIL. NOISE STARTS AT 40 MPH BUT IS MOST NOTICEABLE AT 60 MPH. NOISE IS WITH SLIGHT ACCELERATION, IF I TAKE MY FOOT OFF THE GAS IT STOPS. I HAVE HAD THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THREE DIFFERENT TIMES. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE BEARINGS, DRIVE SHAFT AND GEARS BUT IT HASN'T HELPED. THIS IS A WIDESPREAD KNOWN PROBLEM BUT THEY DON'T SEEM TO HAVE A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM. I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO SELL THIS TRUCK WITH THIS PROBLEM.*AK

WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH CONSUMER APPLIED THE BRAKES, FOR A BUMP ON THE HIGHWAY. A CLICKING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE DASHBOARD. ABS BRAKING SYSTEM DISENGAGED. CAUSING LOSS OF BRAKING POWER. CONSUMER RELEASED THE BRAKE PEDAL. THEN REAPPLIED THE BRAKES IN ORDER TO STOP. CONSUMER HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ABS MODULAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *AK

2002 F-150 SUPER CAB, MAKES A POP RIGHT WHEN STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED IN EITHER DIRECTION, STANDING STILL (VEHICLE RUNNING OR NOT) AND MOVING, ALSO GETTING A VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. PERSONAL INVESTIGATION WAS TO CHECK THE LUGNUTS FOR TIGHTNESS, ALL OK, THEN REMOVED BEARING COVER OFF FRONT WHEELS, FOUND NO LOCKING MECHANISM ON RIGHT FRONT WHEEL BEARING NUT. GOING TO DEALER TOMORROW (4/7/2004) VEHICLE HAS 26,500 MILES. OWNED SINCE NEW, FRONT WHEELS HAVE NEVER BEEN REMOVED. NOTICED SEVERAL "POPPING" COMPLAINTS ON THIS VEHICLE - WONDER IF THEY HAVE LOCKING MECHANISMS ON THEIR BEARING NUTS? *LA

SPARKPLUGS BLEW OUT OF THE HEAD AT 65 MPH ON SVT LIGHTNING. SERVICE MANAGER INDICATED FORD IS AWARE OF THIS HAPPENING BUT THEY ARE NOT ISSUING A RECALL. HE STATED THEY PUT OUT A "WHAT TO DO" IF A VEHICLE COMES IN WITH THIS PROBLEM. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT DOES NOT HELP US CONSUMERS WHO HAVE TO FORK THE BILL.*AK

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS: CLUTCH DOES NOT DISENGAGE PROPERLY. DEALER REPLACED CLUTCH ASSEMBLY AT CONSUMER'S EXPENSE. *AK