Consumer took vehicle to a dealership due to loss of power and unknown ticking noise from the engine. This had been a problem twice since the 3,000 mile checkup. Dealership cleaned the engine, and returned the vehicle. Dealership states noise was normal, and should not affect the engine's performance. Took vehicle back to dealer, and was told that the engine blew out. Another mechanic looked at the engine, and found the spark plugs were improperly installed. Consumer was aware of other complaints on the federal safety agency's website. *ak the conumer stated that the exhaust sounded like it had a leak.
2002 Ford F-350 electrical complaints
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While coming to a stop accelerated to a high rate. Consumer managed to stop the vehicle. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.*ak dealer installed a flight recorder which was borrowed from another vehicle. With the flight recorder installed, consumer didn't experience any incident for 4 weeks. The dealer then called the consumer stating that the flight recorder had to be returned, and consumer's vehicle again malfunctioned 3 times.
I have a 2002 ford f-350. I have just had to replace my alternator for the second time. I called ford customer relations and they said there was nothing they would do to help with the costs at this time. It is a part that should last many years and for me to be on my third with a truck this new means to me that there is a problem. The dealer did tell me that they were replacing a lot of them. I have numerous problems with this truck. I kept having high pressure oil line problems until the block cracked and they replaced the motor.
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.
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