NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Ford Mountaineer Recalls
The 2002 Ford Mountaineer has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 13, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Ford Mountaineer. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 11
- Crashes reported
- 0
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2002 Ford Mountaineer, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2002 Ford Mountaineer
Structure: body: hatchback/liftgate: hinge and attachments
- Campaign
- 04V442000
- Reported
- September 13, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 955,732
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Mountaineer, 1 other model
Tires: tread/belt
- Campaign
- 01X001000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Mountaineer, 5 other models
2002 Ford Mountaineer complaints by year
NHTSA has received 11 owner complaints about the 2002 Ford Mountaineer, the newest on September 8, 2014.
In complaints about the 2002 Ford Mountaineer, the component group named most often is the power train (45%), followed by the vehicle speed control (18%) and the visibility (18%).
None of the 2002 Ford Mountaineer's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train5
- Vehicle Speed Control2
- Visibility2
- Engine And Engine Cooling1
- Equipment1
- Fuel System, Gasoline1
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 2 | |
| 2005 | 1 | |
| 2006 | 1 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2002 Ford Mountaineer peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 4. 45% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
The 11 complaints about the 2002 Ford Mountaineer are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Ford Mountaineer by model year
Other 2002 Ford models
Newest record on this page: September 8, 2014. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted