2002 FORD F-150 Complaints

CONSUMER CAN HEAR A CLICKING NOISE COMING FROM IGNITION WHEN THE KEY IS NOT IN IGNITION. CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN FIRST GEAR WHEN IT INADVERTENTLY STARTED AND HIT THE HOUSE. *AK

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FAILS INTERMITTENTLY, CAUSING HEADLIGHTS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO BLINK. *AK

BAD SHIMMY / VIBRATION FRONT END. THIS HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT IT NEW. HAVE TAKEN IT BACK TO FORD ON 4 DIFFERENT TIMES. ONCE THEY TRIED TO FIX IT BUT HASN'T BEEN RESOLVED. THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. *PH

CONSUMER NOTICED WHILE TRAVELING A NATURAL GAS SMELL COMING THROUGH AIR VENTS, MAKING CONSUMER SICK. MANUFACTURER AND DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

DRIVING 65MPH ON INTERSTATE 45 IN HOUSTON WHEN TRUCK BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND A LOUD TUMBLING NOISE STARTED TO EMIT FROM TIRES. I PULLED OVER IMMEDIATELY AND FOUND THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE TREAD HAD SPLIT APART FROM THE SIDEWALL. GENERAL GRABBER AW P255/70R16, 19K MILES. REPORTED TO CONTINENTAL TIRES; THEY DENIED THE $800 DOLLARS OF DAMAGE TO MY REAR WHEEL WELL CLAIMING THE TIRE WAS "RUN FLAT." BEFORE SHIPPING THE TIRE TO CONTINENTAL, IT WAS INSPECTED AND FOUND DEFECTIVE BY MY LOCAL FORD DEALER AND THREE OTHER AUTHORIZED GENERAL TIRE RETAILERS. TIRES WERE ROTATED EVERY 5K MILES AND OTHERWISE METICULOUSLY MAINTAINED.*AK

HELLO, I'M WRITING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MY FRIENDS 2002 FORD LIGHTNING WHICH LAUNCHED A SPARK PLUG THROUGH THE HEAD. I'VE HEARD THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO MANY OF THESE TRUCKS, AND I THINK THE PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE RESOLVED. HOW ABOUT A RECALL. *NLM

WINDSHIELD WIPERS COME AND OFF INTERMITTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. CAUSE OF FAILURE IS UNDETERMINED AT THIS TIME. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE STEERING GOING OUT.*MR STEERING WENT COMPLETELY OUT WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER TO BRAKE FAST, AS A RESULT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER WERE INJURED. *PH ALSO THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED 2 FLAT TIRES TWO WEEKS AFTER THE INCIDENT. *JB

FRONT RIGHT SEAT BELT RELEASED FROM THE BUCKLE FOUR TIMES DURING A FORTY MILE TRIP ON 8/7/02, THIS HAD HAPPENED TWO TIMES BEFORE, BUT WE ARE UNABLE TO RECALL THE DATES. *AK

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE PASSENGER DOOR, AND PAINT DEFECT ON DRIVER SIDE OF VEHICLE. *MR THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT THE ONLY PROBLEMS WERE WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER WHICH WAS REPLACED AND THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONSUMER WAS CONCERNED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT, AS THERE WAS A PAINT DEFECT ON THE DOOR HANDLE WHICH DIDN'T FULLY SHUT AT TIMES. THE CONSUMER WAS WILLING TO GIVE BACK THE VEHICLE IN RETURN OF ALL THE MONIES (PAYMENT(S)/DOWN PAYMENT). *SCC *JB