2002 Ford F-150 Ignition Problems

December 26, 2006 · 32,213 miles

Electrical · Ignition

2002 ford f150 lightning, three blown spark plugs. Two were repaired under warranty, one out of my pocket. Ford did not acknowledge any problems with the triton cylinder head and did nothing about it. Ford left me stranded three times, twice on the freeway. Thanks ford. *nm

ODI 10177031

December 7, 2006 · 37,000 miles

Engine And Engine Cooling · Ignition

On thurs. 12-07, i was driving 40 mph when i heard a loud pop, the truck was running rough and loud. I pulled over, it blew a spark plug(#4). Towed it to the dealership, was told the head would be replaced, then when i returned for the truck was told they would only repair the hole with a helicoil, which i found a service bulletin #0214 that states engine assemblies with aluminum cylinder heads repaired in vehicle…

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ODI 10175993

September 8, 2006 · 46,000 miles

Ignition

Truck makes noise and will not start the key pad will not let me in my truck and the truck acts like it wants to start but anti theft system won't let it start. Are there any recalls on this problem. *nm

ODI 10170813

December 15, 2005 · 44,000 miles

Ignition

Manufacturer uses faulty electronic component in vehicle ignition system. No part of system provides for indication of potential failure or complete failure. Once part fails, the vehicle experiences random misfiring in cyclinder which causes damage to spark plug threads of aluminum cylinder head. Eventually spark plug is blown from cyclinder head resulting in loss of power and function. Resulting damage to aluminum…

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ODI 10148310

June 16, 2005 · 171,000 miles

Equipment · Ignition

Spark plug blown out/striped out of cylnider head

ODI 10125554

November 21, 2004 · 35,000 miles

Ignition

My 2002 f150 supercrew [xxx] is getting the 3rd ignition coil replaced. 1st time @ 26,000 miles, 2nd @ 46,000 miles, and now @ 59,000. Each time tomball ford has repaired the vehicle and the last two times i have had to pay for the repairs. I would like ford to recall the ignition coil on this model and pay for my repairs. *jb updated 07/24/2012 *js information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act…

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ODI 10100355

April 15, 2004 · 69,800 miles

Ignition

Since purchase of vehicle three coils have gone bad and had to be replaced. I was told by the mechanic at a ford dealership to not wash the motor on the vehicle. I was also told that they have had several problems with the coil configuration on all ford, lincoln, and mercury vehicles since they switched to individual coils for each cylinder. This is very expensive to replace and it has to be checked on the computer…

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ODI 10159423

March 1, 2004 · 3,000 miles

Ignition

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

ODI 10072363

February 25, 2004

Ignition

Ignition coils had to be replaced 5 times within the last year. When taken to get serviced, they could not determine the problem. *nm

ODI 10113099

January 28, 2003 · 17,000 miles

Engine And Engine Cooling · Ignition

SPARK PLUG SELF LAUNCHING FROM FORD F150 5.4 L ENGINE

ODI 10005703

September 4, 2001 · 33,000 miles

Ignition

The ignition coil went out continuously, which caused the vehicle to loose power. The dealer has replaced the ignition coil four times and the vehicle is being repaired again for the coil. *jb

ODI 10109668

30,000 miles

Ignition

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

Crash reported

ODI 10040806