Eight problems related to engine and engine cooling have been reported for the 2002 Ford F-350. The most recently reported issues are listed below.
Improper protection of the oil pan to elements causes metal pan to rot prematurely gear box for steeering not designed properly for the weight class of truck constantly breaking causing sloppy steering and loss of control 2 leaf springs on front end are only rated to a weight of 1950lbs for a 1 ton truck that weighs almost 9,000 pounds causing springs to break or wear prematurely unless you pay Ford 2,000-5,000 dollars to our grade the suspension.
The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-350 sd. The contact stated that he plugged an engine block warmer up for approximately 1. 5 hours. The contact later heard a loud explosion and found that the vehicle caught on fire. The police and fire department were contacted. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic and they deemed the vehicle destroyed. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance to the contact. The failure and current mileages was approximately 150,000.
I have had this truck for about one year and have blown four spark plugs so far.
My husband was driving his Ford f350 truck down the road when he smelled smoke at first he wasn't sure where it was coming from then he looked down and saw fire coming out of the fire wall and up his leg, he immediately stopped the vehicle and got out. He could not extinguish it and the fire department was called to put it out. He had no warning and heard no noise just smelled the smoke.
On the morning of Saturday March 22, 2008. My 2002 Ford f350 super duty engine caught on fire while sitting in my driveway. It was sitting for roughly 10 hrs. When it started on fire. Vehicle is destroyed and did some damage to my house, but thankfully no one was hurt.
Vehicle keeps cutting out. Engine splutters and jerks, all the lights blink on the dash board, and engine quits. It has let me standed in traffic five or six times. It can happen just going down the road or when you are pulling out from a stop, there is never any warning. In 7 miles I had to restart my vehicle 5 times. It started in November 2007. I thought there may be moisture in the fuel filter, so had all filters changed and truck put on computer. Dealer could not find a problem. The problem has steadly gotten worse; from once or twice a week to five or six times in less than 10 miles. I can no longer rely on my vehicle getting me where I need to go.
On more than one occasion Ford 4. 6l 5. 4l engines have had a spark plug literally come out of the engine block while driving. This instantly makes the vehicle a gross emissions polluter. The vehicle is unsafe to drive, considering the potential for fire.
With truck in park I would start engine and truck would instantly go to 5,000 rpm by itself and stay there. I could turn ignition off pull out key and truck would run by itself for 10-30 second and then die. I would hate for this to happen to someone on the highway and not be able to turn truck off.