2002 Ford F-150 cruise control problems
87 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2002 Ford F-150, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 87 9% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 118,000 miles 58 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 4 and 46
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When cruise control problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 2 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 3 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 4 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 7 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 7 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 9 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 7 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 2 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 58 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 118,000 miles, and 16% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 4 crashes, 46 fires, 1 injury.
What owners wrote
Tl* the contact's father owned a 2002 ford f-150. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration without warning. While in a parking lot, the vehicle accelerated and spun out of control. The driver struck a curb to avoid crashing into other vehicles in the parking lot. As a result, the vehicle went airborne and struck a telephone pole, but continued to accelerate at a high rate of speed upon touching the ground. The vehicle then drove over another curb and crashed into some bushes.
In 12-14 and 1-10-2016 the butterfly in the throttle body stuck and vehicle wouldn't slow down. 1st incident -10f, came from warm garage, interstate, cruise control in use, in about 15 minutes of driving eventually speed got to 85MPH on its own, cruise shut off and vehicle maintained 85 MPH, once stopped throttle and cruise cable were checked and free, butterfly was stuck partially open when manually moved and broke free, problem went away; 2nd date -5f came from warm garage, interstate, cruise on, 20 minutes into…
Other problems reported for the 2002 Ford F-150
- Engine 261 complaints
- Electrical system 110 complaints
- Fuel system 89 complaints
- Seat belts 50 complaints
- Brakes 45 complaints
- Body & structure 45 complaints
- Air bags 37 complaints
- Drivetrain & axles 37 complaints