NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford F-150 Recalls
The 2002 Ford F-150 has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford F-150. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 821
- Crashes reported
- 51
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
95 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Ford F-150, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2002 Ford F-150
Fuel system, gasoline: storage: tank assembly: mounting
- Campaign
- 11V385000
- Reported
- July 29, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,100,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 F-150, 1 other model
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 05V388000
- Reported
- September 7, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,500,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 F-150, 3 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E052000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 F-150, 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 06E056000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2005 F-150, 24 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 F-150, 9 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E067000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 F-150, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2007 F-150, 7 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E050000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003 F-150, 12 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2006 F-150, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2007 F-150, 46 other models
2002 Ford F-150 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 821 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford F-150, the newest on July 17, 2026. Of these, 51 describe a crash (6%) and 95 a fire; owners reported 60 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford F-150, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (24%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the vehicle speed control (10%).
1 of the 2002 Ford F-150's 10 recalls also concerns the vehicle speed control.
Where 2002 Ford F-150 owners gave the mileage (641 complaints), the median was 91,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling196
- Electrical System106
- Vehicle Speed Control86
- Engine66
- Fuel System, Gasoline62
- Power Train53
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 38 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 40 | |
| 2004 | 54 | |
| 2005 | 85 | |
| 2006 | 56 | |
| 2007 | 45 | |
| 2008 | 59 | |
| 2009 | 65 | |
| 2010 | 65 | |
| 2011 | 89 | |
| 2012 | 36 | |
| 2013 | 32 | |
| 2014 | 31 | |
| 2015 | 29 | |
| 2016 | 24 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 15 | |
| 2019 | 12 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford F-150 peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 89. 26% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Ford F-150 drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Ford F-150 year in the same window: 20th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 821 complaints about the 2002 Ford F-150 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-150 by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: July 17, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted