1. Ford F-150
  2. Problems
  3. 2002
  4. Equipment

2002 Ford F-150 Equipment Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
60–100k mi2
1–30k mi1
150–400k mi1
100–150k mi1

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • November 1, 2008 · 125,000 miles

    Equipment · Fuel System, Gasoline

    On 11/1/08 i was driving and heard loud pop from my engine. Upon further investigation i saw that the spark plug in the seventh cylinder of my 2002 f150 5.4 triton had blown out of the head and broke the coil. This was preceded by a ticking noise that almost sounded like a exhaust manifold leak. I personally changed my plugs at 100,000 miles and the truck currently has about 125,000 miles on it. While on the…

    ODI 10247682

  • June 27, 2005 · 100,000 miles

    Equipment

    I have had 5 ford vehicles that one of the spark plugs has blown through the head of each vehicle. 1 f-150,2 f-250, 2 expeditions, no warning in advance it just makes a loud bang and your disabled. $ 3,800 to fix each one. I really need to know if anything can be done because i have 6 more vehicles that this could happen to. Please respond.

    ODI 10126722

  • June 16, 2005 · 171,000 miles

    Equipment · Ignition

    Spark plug blown out/striped out of cylnider head

    ODI 10125554

  • June 9, 2005 · 62,000 miles

    Equipment · Tires

    I purchased 4 new goodyear fortera tires 8/2004 and had freeway blow outs on 3 of the 4 tires with less than 15,000 miles on each tire. Blow outs occured 2 in may and 1 in june. I replaced the first 2 again with fortera tires, but after blow #3 i requested that goodyear prorate all tires so i could replace with another brand but they refused. Given this experience i believe these tires are defective and should be…

    ODI 10127687

  • January 13, 2004 · 25,000 miles

    Equipment

    I have a 2002 ford f-150 lightning 5.4 motor at a stop light it blew the #2 spark plug out of the head.*ak

    ODI 10053230

  • Equipment

    Consumer is concerned with the control switch that adjusts the position of the pedals. The control switch is mounted on the lower left side of the dashboard. It protrudes slightly from the surface. During certain driving momments, the drivers left knee can come into contact with the rocker switch initiating unintended foot pedal movement, allowing the vehicle to go into an unintended deceleration or acceleration. *jg

    ODI 565745