Owner-reported complaints naming the electrical system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the electrical system — wiring, battery, charging, control modules, infotainment and electrical accessories. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2002 Ford F-350 Sd submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 16 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
VSM HAS FAILED THIS CONTROLS THE DOOR AJAR AND POWER LOCKS. POWER LOCKS FAIL TO FUNCTION OR ARE HYPER ACTIVE (LOCKING AND UNLOCKING BY THEMSELVES). DOOR AJAR LIGHT FLASHING AND EMITTING A SOUND INDICATION A VEHICLE'S DOOR IS NOT SECURE WHILE DRIVING AFTER VEHICLE HAS WARMED UP.
RE: FORD TRUCK 4X4 F350 DIESEL. THIS IS MY 2ND COMPLAINT TO YOU IN ABOUT A YEAR FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE ARE NO WARNING SIGNS, JUST FAILURE OF THE ALTERNATOR. WE HAVE A 2002 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY DIESEL, CREW CAB, 7.3L ENGINE. TODAY, WE ARE INSTALLING THE 5TH OR 6TH (WE'VE STOPPED COUNTING, BUT HAVE RECORDS) ALTERNATOR!! THIS OCCURS AT LEAST EVERY YEAR, AND WE HAVE THE OLD ALTERNATOR NOW. THIS IS BEYOND RIDICULOUS, EXPENSIVE, AND UNSAFE. IT WARRANTS A LOOK SEE BY YOU. OUR TRUCK ONLY HAS 88 THOUSAND (CAN'T SEE, THE ALTERNATOR IS OUT, BUT THIS IS APPROXIMATE) MILES. PLEASE, HELP! IF THIS WERE TO HAPPEN WHILE WE WERE GOING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, AT HIGH SPEEDS, SOMEONE COULD BE HURT OR KILLED. *TR
I HAVE A 2002 F350 FORD TRUCK, I WAS DRIVING ALONG WHEN I HEARD THIS BIG POP NOISE WITH SHAKING I STOP AND SMELLED GAS ,I SHUT IT OFF OPEN THE HOOD AND THE MOTOR WAS STARTING TO CATCH ON FIRE,NEEDLESS TO SAY THE SPARK PLUG BLEW OUT HIT THE COIL AND FUEL LINE WHICH RUPTURED IT AND CAUSED THE FIRE. IF THIS HAD BEEN MY WIFE OR ONE OF MY KIDS DRIVING IT THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN KILLED. I THINK FORD SHOULD STEP UP AND RECALL THERE PROBLEMS THAT THEY NO THEY HAVE AND FIX THEM BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS HURT OR WORSE KILLED,THIS ISN'T RIGHT THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS KNOWING WHAT CAN HAPPEN,THEY SAID I CAUSED IT,HOW DID I DO THAT WHEN HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS HAVE HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM. I HOPE THAT YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE IT'S TO LATE ! THANKS THEY FIXED IT AND IT DONE IT AGAIN. *TR
FUSE #48 WILL BLOW WHEN ENGAGING OVERDRIVE BUTTON ON GEAR SHIFT LEVER. WITH BLOWN FUSE VEHICLE WILL ONLY IDLE, LEAVING VEHICLE POWERLESS ON HIGHWAY. OCCURS PERIODICALLY, DEPENDING ON USAGE OF OVERDRIVE BUTTON. TO DATE THE SOURCE OF PROBLEM CAUSING THE FUSE TO BLOW HAS NOT BEEN LOCATED. *TR
SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION, FUSE BLOWN, EVERY TIME TRUCK WAS DRIVEN,LOOSE INSTRUMENT PANEL, TACK, SPEEDOMETER, GAS PEDAL VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE, REPLACED SHIFT LEVER AND WIRING HARNESS. I ASKED FOR THE OLD PARTS, THEY HAD THROWN THEM AWAY. *TR
MY FORD F350 SUPERDUTY QUAD CAB LARIAT LE DIESEL HAD BEEN SITTING IN MY BACK YARD FOR ABOUT 5 HOURS WITH THE BLOCK HEATER PLUGGED IN. I HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW. THE FRONT OF MY TRUCK WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE CONSUMED THE INTERCOOLER, AIR CONDITIONER EVAPORATOR AND ALL THE HEADLIGHTS, GRILL, RUBBER ON THE BUMPER AND ALL PLASTIC, RUBBER PARTS, WIRING, HOSES UNDER THE HOOD INCLUDING BOTH BATTERIES. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 FORD F350 SUPER DUTY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SMOKE AND FLAMES BILLOWED FROM THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. THE WIRING FROM THE ALTERNATOR WAS COMPLETELY BURNT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE WIRING FAILED AND THEY MADE REPAIRS, HOWEVER, THE FIRE RECURRED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 80,000. *UPDATED 12/12/07 *BF
7.3 L DIESEL ENGINE IN MY 2002 FORD F-350 WOULD JUST STOP DEAD AT NUMEROUS RANDOM TIMES, SOMETIMES WHILE JUST SITTING STILL AND IDLING, OTHERS WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. AFTER TURNING IGNITION OFF, ENGINE WOULD RESTART AND RUN NORMALLY. DEALER REPLACED THE CAM POSITION SENSOR (CPS), WHICH SOLVED THE PROBLEM.
CPS SENSOR FAILED WHILE DRIVING ON FEDERAL HIGHWAY IN WASHINGTON. AS I HEADED TO WORK AROUND 7:30 PM IN THE 2002 FORD F350 TURBO DIESEL AND WHILE MOVING AT A PACE OF 61-65 MPH EVERYTHING CUT OUT: ENGINE, BRAKES, ETC. I HAD TO MOVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AS QUICKLY AND CAREFULLY AS POSSIBLE TO AVOID BEING HIT FROM BEHIND. ONCE SITUATED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD I TRIED TO START THE TRUCK OVER AND OVER AGAIN, AND IT STARTED. GOT GOING AGAIN AT 61-65 MPH AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN. IT TOOK 45 MINUTES TO GET THE TRUCK HOME , DRIVING IT IN THAT FASHION. I BOUGHT A NEW CPS THE NEXT DAY FROM INTERNATIONAL FOR OVER $150.00. I DIDN'T KNOW THAT I WAS ABLE TO REPORT A PROBLEM OF THIS IMPORTANCE UNTIL I FOUND OUT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME THING HAPPEN TO THEM... JUST FOUND OUT HOW TO FILE A COMPLAINT ABOUT 30 MINUTES AGO. THE DATES THAT I HAVE LISTED BELOW WERE NOT VERY ACCURATE BECAUSE I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE EXACT TIME AND DATE. *AK
CPS (CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR) FAILURE ON 2002 FORD SUPERDUTY POWERSTROKE. I NOTICED MY ENGINE CUTTING OUT SLIGHTLY AT TIMES. THEN MY CPS FAILED LEAVING MY VEHICLE DEAD AT MULTIPLE TRAFFIC LIGHTS BEFORE I COULD FINALLY CHANGE THE PART. *TR
LOSS OF THE CPS SENSOR ON MY 02 FORD F350. THE SENSOR WENT OUT WHILE I WAS TRAVELING DOWN I87. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD BUT THE FAILURE LEFT ME STRANDED WITH NO CELL SERVICE IN THE MIDDLE OF A NORTHEASTER ON 4/16/07. *TR
DRIVING MY 2002 FORD SUPERDUTY F350, NO WARNING, DRIVING IN TRAFFIC AND TRUCK DIED IN A TUNNEL. RESULT WAS CAM POSITION SENSOR. OVER $400 IN PARTS, LABOR AND TOWING BILL. CAUSED TRAFFIC TO SLOW DOWN AND GO AROUND ME. *TR
DIESEL TRUCK- PLUGGED IN AT NIGHT, FACTORY WIRING FAULTY AND CAUSED TRUCK TO CATCH FIRE TRUCK WAS TOTALED. *JB
OUT OF STATE ON VACATION. SHUT VEHICLE OFF AND THEN IT WOULDN'T START. CALLED FORD WARRANTY - ONLY FORD DEALER IN AREA COULDN'T GET IT IN UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK. TALKED TO FRIEND THAT IS A DIESEL MECHANIC WHO ADVISED THAT THE CPS ALWAYS GOES BAD IN 7.3'S AND TO REPLACE IT. LOCATED ONE AT NAPA FOR $190.00 - BORROWED TOOLS AND INSTALLED. TRUCK THEN STARTED RIGHT UP AND HAS RUN FINE SINCE. ONLY 46,000 MILES ON TRUCK!! TOOK OLD CPS TO LOCAL FORD DEALER ALONG WITH BILL AND AM ATTEMPTING TO RECOVER EXPENSES UNDER WARRANTY AS THE MANUAL SAYS IT IS COVERED. LOCAL DEALER WASN'T VERY OPTIMISTIC. *JB
THIS HAPPENED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, BUT MY F-350 POWER STROKE HAD THE DREADED CAM POSITION FAILURE. MY DAUGHTER WAS STUCK AT AN INTERSECTION IN 5 O'CLOCK TRAFFIC AND THE TRUCK WAS DEAD. I CARRIED A SPARE SENSOR IN THE GLOVE BOX KNOWING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE. IMAGINE BEING IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE INTERSTATE WHEN IT DECIDES TO FAIL. LOSE POWER STEERING AND POWER BRAKES. READ ABOUT CPS FAILURES ON "THEDIESELSTOP.COM". COULD FAIL WHEN TURNING LEFT IN FRONT OF ON COMING TRAFFIC. I FEEL THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS FLAW IN THIS MOTOR. *JB
2002 FORD 350 DEVELOPED PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKING SYSTEM.*MR THE CONSUMER STATED EVEN UNDER MODERATE BRAKING THE FRONT ROTORS WARPED WHICH CAUSED BRAKE AND HANDLING PROBLEMS. THE BRAKES HAVE BEEN AN ONGOING PROBLEM. THE BELT TENSIONER AND BATTERY WAS REPLACED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED.*JB
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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