2002 Ford F Series (heavy) problems

NHTSA lists 7 complaints for the 2002 Ford F Series (heavy), 1 of them mention a crash and 0 mention a fire. 0 complaints mention an injury, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths reported.

Data build 2026-10-09.

NHTSA lists this vehicle as FORD F SERIES (HEAVY).

At a glance

Complaints: 7
With crash: 1
With fire: 0
With injury (complaints): 0
Injuries: 0
Deaths: 0
Recalls: 0
Do not drive recalls: 0
Park outside recalls: 0
Recall potential units (maximum): Unavailable
Investigations: 0
Open investigations: 0
Manufacturer communications: 2

Complaints per 100k sold unavailable. No sales source is available for this record.

Where the complaints are

Top systems
System	Complaints	Share of this vehicle's complaints
POWER TRAIN	3	42.9%
ENGINE	1	14.3%
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE	1	14.3%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM	1	14.3%
STEERING	1	14.3%
STRUCTURE	1	14.3%

Top subsystems
System	Subsystem	Complaints
POWER TRAIN	AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION	1
STRUCTURE	FRAME AND MEMBERS	1

One complaint can name several systems, so shares can add to more than 100 percent.

Model-generated complaint tags: This model year has not been tagged.

Recalls

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0 recalls.

Investigations

0 investigations; 0 open.

Manufacturer communications

2 manufacturer communications.

Communications by system
System	Count
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING	1
POWER TRAIN	1
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC	1

10026321

Date: 2008-05-26. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN.

FORD: VEHICLES MISTAKENLY CHARGED $100 POWERTRAIN WARRANTY DEDUCTIBLE FOR FUEL INJECTOR REPAIR OR REPAIRS. NO MODEL OR MODEL YEARS PROVIDED. *PE ECONOLINE, EXCURSION AND F-SERIES SUPER DUTY VEHICLES, MODEL YEARS 2002-2005. UPDATED 10/24/08. *PE CSC LETTER WAS RECEIVED. UPDATED 10/27/0

630473

Date: 2001-11-01. Type: Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions. Systems: SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC.

EXHIBITING A SLIGHT BRAKE PULL TO THE RIGHT ON INITIAL BRAKE APPLICATION AND THEN A SLIGHT BRAKE PULL TO THE LEFT UPON RELEASE OF THE BRAKE PEDAL. *TT

Notes on this record

Complaints from the API and bulk file are merged and deduplicated by ODI number; the API alone misses records.
System and subsystem counts are numbers of distinct complaints, recalls or communications that name them. One record can name several systems, so shares across systems can add to more than 100 percent; a single share never exceeds 100 percent.
Recalls are counted once per campaign, investigations once per action and manufacturer communications once per NHTSA id, even when NHTSA lists several model names for the same record.
A sales denominator is a calendar-year proxy, not the population of vehicles still in use. Rates are copied from verified pipeline output.

Other names NHTSA uses

None listed.

Matched NHTSA models

Matched labels and complaints
NHTSA model label	Complaints
F SERIES (HEAVY)	7

Same model, other years

2000 F Series (heavy): 8 complaints
2002 F Series (heavy) (current year): 7 complaints

All model years | All Ford models

Other Ford models, 2002

Explorer: 3,428 complaints
Taurus: 1,426 complaints
Windstar: 1,353 complaints
Escape: 1,027 complaints
Focus: 971 complaints
F-150: 821 complaints
Ranger: 346 complaints
Expedition: 340 complaints

Sources

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