Ford Truck-tractor 2002

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Ford f 250 triton v10 no. 2 spark plug and coil blew out of the engine head. Apparently this is a common problem with this model and others. Ford will charge 650.00 to fix. *tr

While going around a hairpin turn the driver side front tire fell off rotor and all, this incident caused the 2002 ford lightning truck to slide into the curb causing the truck to roll completely over landing back on it's 3 tires that were left. From the look of it the axle bolt fell off causing the tire to fall off. Driver was going under the speed limit & no other vehicles were involved. According to a friend this same incident happened to his lightning truck. Sounds like a defect on fords part. *tr

2002 ford explorer very cold night noticed a huge crack in the rear panel below rear window right out of nowhere the car was fine hours before and as i walked past it again saw a huge crack by the emblem and under.*cn

Driving my vehicle with my 2 children 2 and 10 year. Dropping the 2 year old off to school. Stop the vehicle go to put the shift gear into park, breaks right off in hand, if the rubber wasn't around it, i could have walked out of the car with it. I was stuck there keeping my foot on the brakes because the gear was also stuck between reverse and park. *tr

This is a complaint about the flawed design of ford explorer liftgates. 2002 and 2003 vehicles were affected, but i was sure there were more. The back panel cracked completely down the panel separating the two sides. I didn't know what the end result could be but it certainly looked like a piece could fly off and interfere with following vehicles. There were hundreds, if not thousands of these vehicles on the road with the same exact crack, and ford received hundreds of complaints but refused to fix it so far. As usual, they will probably wait until someone was hurt or worse before taking action. Please look into this.*ak

I took the kids to the babysitter and went to put the truck in park and the gear shifter broke off inside the steering column. It has always had a place where the shifter lever would kind of catch between reverse and park and you had to wiggle it when putting it into park . I was told it had to have a new steering column that is $500+ not including labor. I think this could be very dangerous. What if it happened going down the road or when my 15 year old [beginner driver] was driving. *tr

The mirrors on both my 2002 ford sport trac and 2002 ford ranger do not work properly. The mirrors (x4) are electric and will not move to the right. They work in the axis of left, up, and down. I have talked with others who have the same type of mirror on their 2002 vehicles and all have the same problem. *tr

75400 miles. Noise from rear end becoming more noticeable. Also, the transmission suddenly won't shift from 2nd to 3rd. Dealer diagnosed the rear end problem as bearings needed to be replaced and probably the rear hubs were bad. The transmission was bad, and needed to be replaced. Ford dealer service advised me to contact ford 800 number, and operator after putting me on hold and talking to the dealer turned the problem over to the next level of customer car because her limit of $500 would not begin to cover the repairs. Ford costumer care called me and after letting me tell my story said there was no program dollars available for assisting in fixing either problem, even though the rear end problem was directly related to the previous visit at 74,400 miles per the dealers recommendation. Also informed me that not even the $500 was available ,and the operator had no right to offer that amount. Took the car from the dealer after paying $120, plus $100 car rental they would not cove) since the mileage was 400 over warranty 75000 mileage limit to diagnose a problem they failed to correctly diagnose the first 2 times. *ak

74400 miles. Noise coming from rear end and feels like the brakes are dragging when slowing down. The noise was worse when engaging the 4-wd high. The dealer diagnosed the problem as a bad transfer case assembly. Waited 2 days because the factory representative had to approve the repair. Was told the main shaft had cracked and was engaging the 4-wd even though it did not show up on the instrument panel. After picking up the vehicle it seemed to be better even though not completely gone. My mistake for not returning the truck because it started to get worse at 75400 , and now the ford custom care certified the truck as a used car covering drive train until 75000 miles, and it would not authorize any further work even though the problem still had the same symptoms from 2 other visits at the same dealer. Even though the service advisor at the dealership recommend that the work be done. *ak