NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford F-250 Recalls
The 2002 Ford F-250 has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford F-250. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 156
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
On a 2002 Ford F-250, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2002 Ford F-250
Exterior lighting: tail lights
- Campaign
- 11V352000
- Reported
- July 13, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,715
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2004, 2007 F-250, 7 other models
Vehicle speed control
- Campaign
- 06V286000
- Reported
- August 1, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,200,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 F-250, 5 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E049000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 F-250, 23 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 06E052000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 F-250, 1 other model
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004, 2007 F-250, 7 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 F-250, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 F-250, 46 other models
2002 Ford F-250 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 156 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford F-250, the newest on June 2, 2025. Of these, 12 describe a crash (8%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford F-250, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (15%), followed by the tires (14%) and the electrical system (9%).
None of the 2002 Ford F-250's 7 recalls concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Ford F-250 owners gave the mileage (97 complaints), the median was 89,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling23
- Tires22
- Electrical System14
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic14
- Engine12
- Power Train12
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 29 | |
| 2003 | 11 | |
| 2004 | 18 | |
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 9 | |
| 2007 | 5 | |
| 2008 | 7 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 3 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 3 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford F-250 peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 29. 46% 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-250 drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Ford F-250 year in the same window: 7th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 156 complaints about the 2002 Ford F-250 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-250 by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: June 2, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted