2002 Ford F-150 electrical problems

Filed Mar 14, 2023 · Electrical · TX

Speed control deactivation switch

Filed Sep 4, 2022 · Electrical, Fuel system · CA · fire

Unknown cause of incident. Vehicle is available for inspection. Vehicle spontaneously burst into flames. No reproduction due to incident happening on 09/02/2022. Vehicle inspected by Fire Department and California Highway Patrol. No warnings or symptoms leading up to incident. On 09/02/2022 I attempted to help my wife that was stranded out State Route Highway 36 in her 2009 BMW 750 LI at the Van Duzen Grange. I had been hooked up to her car for approximately 10 to 15 minutes with my truck idling when she screamed, " Your truck's on FIRE!" I barely got myself out of the cab when a ball of flames shot through the dashboard. 3/4ths of the truck was consumed in fire in less than 5 minutes. Fire Department arrived approximately 10 minutes later and doused the fire. Everything in my truck was destroyed. My wife's BMW suffered severe damage to the front end.

Filed Jul 21, 2021 · Driver assistance, Electrical · TX

I went to get a state inspection and a code came up Po174

Filed Jun 4, 2021 · Electrical · TX

When it rains the rain is somehow getting into the fuse box under the steering column and causing it to drain the battery, short out some of the instrument cluster, make noise, blow fuses, and rust up. It is a fire hazard and it puts all inside the truck in danger. I have not yet had a fire but if I keep the truck as is it will eventually.

Filed Jan 22, 2019 · Electrical, Engine · 175,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2002 ford f-150. After the contact turned off and exited the vehicle, he was alerted by a passerby that there were flames under the hood. The flames were near the driver's side of the engine compartment near the brake system. A fire inspector extinguished the flames. The vehicle was destroyed by the fire. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The contact was uncertain if the failure was related to the federal safety agency action numbers: ea05005 (electrical system, vehicle speed control) and dp05005 (engine and engine cooling) and the federal safety agency campaign numbers: 06e056000 (fuel system, gasoline) and 05v388000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle remained at the scene. The cause of the failure was not determined. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 175,000.

Filed Apr 1, 2018 · Electrical · 190,000 miles · MI · crash · fire

Woke up at 1am one 4-1-2018 to my ford f 150 on fire drivers side front under the hood. Unknow to us our local sheriff had spotted the fire and already called the fire department. Total loss. Bought the truck a few months back without any knowledge of a recall on the speed control switch. The vehicle was sitting in our drive next to our other cars for 3 hour with keys out of the ignition.

Filed Mar 8, 2018 · Acceleration, Brakes · 141,000 miles · LA · fire

The recall ie an inline fuse on speed control deactivation switch did not work it just caught on fire and ruined my master cylinder and brake system.it wont hold brake fluid now because the switch melted into it.ford says oh well recalls been done

Filed Jan 17, 2017 · Electrical · 200,000 miles · WI · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle caught on fire while parked. The contact extinguished the fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The VIN was included in the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v017000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure the approximate failure mileage was 200,000. Updated 03/03/17*lj

Filed Dec 24, 2016 · Electrical · 162,473 miles · TX

I have been experiencing electrical problems periodically over the past two with my vehicle(originally thought to be the battery), ranging from highlight and flashers intermittently coming on when the vehicle is locked and turned off. The radio and blower motor having issues and the interior dome light coming on ans staying on. I have also noticed more and more that the windshield is leaking on the drivers side of the vehicle. I have also experienced the wipers and head lights lights shut off once whilst driving on the highway at highway speeds during heavy rain.. The most recent occurrence was on the 12/23/2016 at my place of work (ntb), one of my co workers noticed my headlights fading in and out the radio coming on and going off. Went over to the truck to make sure it was turned off and not left on by mistake but the engine was off. So I brought the truck into the work shop to have a look over the vehicle and did some diagnostics on it and discovered multiple defect codes that all connect through the gem(general electrical module) on the interior fuse panel. Upon further inspection I also noticed both the gem and fuse panel box have got water ingestion and green/brown stains coming out the bottom. I have done research online about these's issues and its a common problem over models from ford from 98-03. The fix is to replace the gem and fuse box and to reseal/replace the windshield. Now I believe that is safety issue and should be addressed by ford them self's regardless of the age of the vehicles affected by this. Http://www.f150forum.com/f12/leaky-windshield-gem-module-problem-twist-98192/ http://www.f150forum.com/f6/gem-answer-all-my-issues-43475/

Filed May 3, 2016 · Body, Electrical · 85,000 miles · IN

Vehicle cab rocker panels rusting off rear window leaking cruise control not working vehicle rusting and been in area with no salt on roads