general problems of the 2002 Ford F-150

Again here is VIN # as appear on title will not let me enter in box at top of form why why why VIN 1 2ftrx17l62ca70302.

The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. While the vehicle was parked the contact stated it caught fire . The police and fire department were notified of the fire. The fire department extinguished the fire. A report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed and towed. There was damage to the roof of the building where the vehicle was parked. A consumer who occupied the building observed that the vehicle was on fire, suffered smoke inhalation and was treated at the scene. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 06e056000 (fuel system, gasoline) that may be related to the failure. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 138,125.

Truck stopped and idling at stop sign followed by loud bang and thumping noise. Shut off truck, and looked under hood to find spark plug had blown out of cylinder head along with coil. The smell of fuel was evident from the open hole in the cylinder head. Lucky there was no fire when the plug was discharged. Ford will not do anything to remedy the problem even though this is very common in these vehicles even with the original spark plugs. I was told that this was my mistake for overtightening the plugs. I have never changed the plugs nor does Ford recommend this until 100,000 miles. I believe that the issue is widespread enough to warrant a recall, but this has not happened yet. Average people cannot afford the $1,000 - $3,500 repair that is necessary to fix this problem nor should they be required to when it is a problem that Ford has known about and refused to fix. Ford is providing an inferior product and will not take responsibility for it.

After hearing about the f150 fuel strap problem I decided to report a rusted and busted strap on my 2002 f150. A friend noticed the strap hanging down so I was able to fix it before it fell. Mi.

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 internet researching the problem I realized that I'm not alone and this is a nation wide problem with the f150. At this point my truck is sitting in the driveway because the dealership is charging at least $2000 dollars to replace the head. I am researching a cost effective alternative to replacing the parts at this time.

The consumer has noticed a discrepancy in the mpg the manufacturer said the vehicle would get and the actual mpg the 2002 Ford f150 get. The consumer claimed that he never gets more than 11 mpg while driving in the city, on long distance trips, while pulling a trailer or while driving empty.

2002 Ford F-150. The consumer received notice in the mail about risk of fire in some vehicles. The consumer stated her vehicle caught on fire a few years ago.