general problems of the 2002 Ford F-150 - part 2

36 problems related to seat belt have been reported for the 2002 Ford F-150. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2002 Ford F-150 based on all problems reported for the 2002 F-150.

36 Seat Belt problem

Failure Date: 02/13/2007

Ford F-150 super crew 2002. Driver seat belt pops off while driving. Frequency is increasing. Notified Ford dealer at 28,177 miles after several occurrences. Dealer could not repeat problem and dismissed issue. Seat belt issue increasing in frequency. Dealer and Ford customer service say seat belt is not under recall and will not pay to replace. There is a 2001 F-150 recall for the same issue -- seat belt intermittently failing, but does not include 2002 models. Several other complaints on the same issue on the same Ford F-150 2002 model have been documented. This is a safety issue that Ford should have voluntarily repaired when first detected by owner, no questions asked. Instead, Ford chose to write it off as not defective and now will not replace at their expense. Defective seatbelt parts will be replaced at owner cost and parts will be kept as evidence for future reference.




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