NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford F-350 Recalls
The 2002 Ford F-350 has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 13, 2011.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford F-350. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 116
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
On a 2002 Ford F-350, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 Ford F-350
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 2003–2007 F-350, 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-350, 5 other models
Equipment: electrical
- Campaign
- 07E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2007 F-350, 7 other models
2002 Ford F-350 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 116 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford F-350, the newest on September 8, 2025. Of these, 11 describe a crash (9%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford F-350, the component group named most often is the tires (17%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the steering (14%).
None of the 2002 Ford F-350's 3 recalls concerns the tires.
Where 2002 Ford F-350 owners gave the mileage (68 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires20
- Engine And Engine Cooling19
- Steering16
- Electrical System14
- Power Train10
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic9
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 13 | |
| 2004 | 15 | |
| 2005 | 8 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 2 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford F-350 peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 24. 54% 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-350 drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Ford F-350 year in the same window: 6th highest of the 13 ranked years.
The 116 complaints about the 2002 Ford F-350 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford F-350 by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 8, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted