general problems of the 2002 Ford F-150 - part 1

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle made a loud sound. No warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed and determined that cylinder #3 spark plug had blown out, but no repair was recommended at the time. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact to file a complaint with the NHTSA hotline. The failure mileage was approximately 108,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that she observed smoke emanating from under the vehicle near the engine compartment. The contact stated that she opened the hood and flames erupted from the engine compartment near the battery. The contact threw dirt on the engine to extinguish the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and a complaint was filed. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000.

I was driving and the speed would go up to 90 mph, the truck was not going the speed in reality. Then the rpm's would go up really high, I stopped the truck put it in park and back in drive tried to drive off. The truck then would not go over 30 mph and the gas peddle was all the way down trying to go, the engine started smoking and when I pulled over opened the hood it was smoking from the driver side upper corner of the truck. After having a mechanic look at it, he said the break pressure switch needed to be replaced because it's a hot wire and it's leaking. After checking the Ford VIN check it didn't say my truck was apart of the recall but they year and make and model is. I'm confused and at this point don't want to put my children in a fire ball like that if it catches on fire. . .

This is follow up assessment to my 9/22/2019 claim # 11257244 - where I found myself in a very dangerous vehicle run away situation that resulted in a rear end accident with another vehicle. My mechanic's first observation when turn ignition key, the engine raced at full throttle out of control. After quickly shutting down engine the symptoms lead my mechanic to test the idle air control valve. Having never seen this dangerous symptom from a bad iacv, he continued to do further test on the iacv only to determine the part was indeed defective. After diagnosing the problem, the defective iacv part was quickly replaced. The engine is now running good again. If you need to contact my mechanic: dugan auto service, narvon PA - doug miller 464-798-8097.

The truck simply shut down while I was driving. The engine stopped running. For a period of about a month prior to this action, the truck would sometimes, randomly, not start. After waiting a period of time the truck would start.

Tl the contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that an explosion occurred under the hood and the vehicle caught fire while parked in the driveway. The fire was extinguished by the fire department. The vehicle only had liability coverage; therefore, the failure was not covered by the insurance company. The vehicle was taken to metro Ford inc (2860 s noland rd, independence, mo 64055, (816) 254-9800), but they could not assist. The dealer suggested having an independent mechanic diagnose the vehicle. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact stated that the vehicle was included in NHTSA campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control), which could have caused the fire. The failure mileage was 204,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the spark plug ejected out of the engine compartment while driving approximately 65 mph. The vehicle was towed from the contact's residence. Mcmaghn Ford diagnosed that the engine would need to have a new cylinder head. The manufacturer was notified, but did not offer further assistance. The failure mileage was 120,000.

Spark plug shoots out of motor while driving. Has been reported on lots of vehicles for years.

Takata recall my spark plug blow out on # 6 header today on 3/23/2017 on my way to work at 4:00 am on rout 390 in PA.

Blew spark plug out of head.

Vehicle in motion, city street, speed at 35mph. Sudden loud bang, engine started banging. Spark plug #4 blew out of engine head.

#3spark plug blew out of right cylinder head . Since the injector was still pumping fuel into the open chamber this could have caused an engine fire inow have found this to be somewhat of a problem with the 4. 6 litre engine due to the aluminum heads.

While pulling up to a stop light my truck started popping and shaking. I pulled over and opened the hood to find out a spark plug had blown out of the motor. It exploded with such force it broke the coil over housing on the head. I have called Ford and they say they don't know of any issues of this. It is all over the internet about it. They are in court right now over the 2005 and up vehicles having the same issue. I am the original owner and have never had to replace the plugs so they are straight from the factory, and the truck has only 123,000 miles on it. It is now going to cost me over $400. 00 to fix this one plug with no guarantee it won't happen to any other plugs. I'm retired on social security and cannot afford a new truck payment, or continue to fix their defects.

Spark blow blow from the head no. 6 I the mechanic fix it and that happened yesterday I cannot remember the hopping in vegas I can remember � the.

The spark plug on the passenger side of my vehicle exploded out of the head as soon as I started the vehicle breaking the coil pack in the process. I purchased the vehicle used a year ago and since the plug blew out on me I discovered that this is not the first time this has happened to my truck so it is an ongoing problem.

Vehicle caught fire after being parked for 5 hours. Almost burnt my building down.

Spark plug ejected out of motor when I was pulling out of a driveway onto a city street.

Spark plug ejected from engine.

Spark plug was ejected out of the engine.

About 6months ago, cruising about 60mph; heard a "pop", lost engine power, engine light on,. . . Pulled over and discovered #3 cylinder missing the spark plug and the cop broken. Had it towed home (approx 25miles); went online and discovered it's a systemic problem with many other Ford v8-v10 1997-2003 motors.

Driving home from the river towing my boat a spark plug blew out of the engine with no warning leaving me stranded in the middle of the desert.

Was driving my vehicle and the spark plug was blown out of the engine. Could have caught on fire. Never heard of this happing before until the tow truck driver told me his expedition with a tritonv8 did the same thing. Dealer wanted $700 to fix the spark plug and $1200 total to replace all coil packs and plugs which is ridiculous for a non-custom pick up truck. What if my wife would have been driving and not known what to do? it could have caught fire or caused a crash. The dealer rattled off the estimate like they do it all the time which tells me this is a defect in manufacturing and why has this not been recalled?.

While driving at 15 mph cylinder #5 spark plug liberated it self from the engine.

The spark plugs were blown out of the heads; the threaded portion of the head was stripped; heli coils were used to correct the problem; this happened three times now in less than a month.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. While the vehicle was parked, smoke appeared under the hood and the vehicle caught fire. A police report was filed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.

Spark plug blew out of head.

2002 f150 harley davidson edition with only 75,000 miles blew a spark plug out of the head. Ford admits no culpability even though they have TSB's. Estimate to repair plug & change out other 7 spark plugs with 8 new coils was $2800. I could almost purchase a new engine for that. Found a reputable garage to do the work for around $900 total. Understand that I should get used to this happening until all 8 spark plug holes have been repaired. Ford man for 35 years. Own 3 currently. If dependability is no longer a priority for Ford don't know what I will do.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the spark plugs detached from the cylinder head and caused the vehicle not to perform properly. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 200,006.

Engine quits running and wont restart, so you have no power steering or brakes. Problem indicators are 1. Engine wont restart/ or quit running 2. Odometer reads all dashes, no numbers,3. Anti theft activated. This is caused by the power wire in the fuse box under the hood corroding off for the pcm relay and leaving the pcm dead.

Spark plug blew on my f150 king ranch.

On March 22, 2014, the truck was parked in a local parking lot, the ignition key was removed and the truck was locked. The driver returned to the truck to find that while it was parked, a fire had begun in the engine compartment of the truck, and the fire department and police department were on the scene putting out the fire. Because of the quick actions of an individual parked nearby who used a fire hose to contain the fire until the fire department arrived, the cabin and the body of the truck were spared, and the damage was localized to the engine compartment. The cause of the fire was the speed control deactivation switch.

Engine threw a spark plug out of the hole, broke the mount for the coil pack. This is the third time I have had this issue.

Another spark plug blew out of cylinder head taking threads with it. Possible fire hazard as fuel spews into engine compartment with live sparks close by.

#4 spark plug blew out of the engine. Stripping the threads from the block.

I was driving about 60 mph on a county road when the number 3 spark plug blew out of the cylinder head. I was able to stop safely, but the incident scared my 5 year old daughter. Because of the plug blowing out me and my daughter were stuck on the side of the road for about an hour in the florida sun waiting on someone to come and get us and the truck. I called around and several repair shops stated it would cost me between $700 and a $1000. After doing extensive research online I discovered this is a major problem for the 5. 4 triton engine. I called Ford and they said the repair cost would be on me to fix. I feel that there needs to be a recall because of this defect in the cylinder head.