2002 Ford F-350: fire, smoke or burning smell

5 of the 116 complaints about the 2002 Ford F-350 describe fire, smoke or burning smell.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 4%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 3 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Fire, smoke or burning smell by model year

2013
2
2012
2
2011
3
2008
10
2007
1
2006
2
2005
2
2004
3
2003
5
2002
5
2001
8
2000
5
1999
3
1997
8
1996
12
1995
11
1994
3
1993
4
1992
1
1991
2
1990
2

What owners say

Filed Sep 8, 2025 · Body, Driver assistance · TX · fire

We were just driving when the truck started smoking and the brakes wouldn’t work. After a few minutes the truck completely caught on fire.

Filed Mar 26, 2005 · Electrical · 55,000 miles · NV · fire

1.on march 24, 2005 I started my 2002 ford 350 truck and drove about 15' when all of a sudden the truck died. Upon trying to start it again several people came over to tell me flames were shooting down on the ground from the engine. I immediately got out of the vehicle and the flames had stopped shortly thereafter. 2.I had just recently had my vehicle serviced on 2.21.05 knowing I was driving to texas I had them check everything as well as whatever mileage maintenance that was due. Mileage at service date was 51,304. Everything checked out fine. 3.my truck is currently at the five star ford dealership in fort worth texas.they have not reported the cause of the fire or damage incurred to the truck as of yet. Upon reading all the ford fire reports I am disgusted at the denial from ford. This is an extreme problem and needs to be corrected before too many people lose their lives.

Filed Feb 19, 2004 · Transmission · 42,000 miles · CA · fire

While driving 55 MPH down a high way, the consumer heard a loud explosion, at first the consumer thought there was a tire blow out. When the vehicle was examined the consumer saw the axle had exploded and was on fire. There were no injuries in this incident. The manufacturer and the dealer are aware of the problem. *jb

Filed Oct 12, 2003 · Engine · NE · fire

Catalytic converter caught on fire and burned the entire right side of the vehicle. *scc

Filed Feb 27, 2002 · Electrical · WI · fire

My husband was driving about 25 MPH on his way to take the ford f350 which was purchased on 2-11-02 to the ford dealership to have it looked at because it wasn't running right. About 1.5 miles from home, flames shot out of the defroster vent inside of the vehicle, went over his head and then the smoke got really bad. He had enough time to open the door, keep one foot on the running board and one on the brake to try not to let the truck and trailer he was towing jackknife. The airbag the blew his hand off of the steering wheel and the truck burned. The truck was burning and smoking as he was trying to stop it. He couldn't see inside of the vehicle at all during this time. He was watching the line on the road so he knew where he was at. He was able to grab 3 things out of the bed of the truck and as a passerby called 911, they watched the entire truck burn. The front tires blew off and the rims melted to the ground. All that is left of the vehicle is metal and the rear tires and rear axle. We have pictures if you want to look at them. We lost everything inside of the vehicle. We've been told of 2 possible causes, but there isn't anything left to even try to help determine the cause. As stated earlier, this vehicle only had 1700 miles on it and it was only 11 days old.