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2002 Ford F-150 tires problems

Owners reported tires problems in 24 complaints for the 2002 Ford F-150, 2% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
24 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
44,000 miles 11 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
4 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When tires problems show up

Tires complaints by mileage, 2002 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 44,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 44,000 miles
Based on 11 complaints that include mileage. 64% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles1
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 11 tires complaints that report mileage, the median is about 44,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 4 injuries.

What owners wrote

The vehicle's tire bead failed. As a result the vehicle rolled over. No report of air bag deploying. Please provide additional information.

October 2003 CrashInjury

Spare tire cable failed while driving. Spare tire fell off truck, do not know when, but noticed when flat tire occurred and spare was gone, cable frayed and needed replacement of assembly and spare tire plus wheel as original was not recovered. Unknown whether any damage to others resulted from spare tire falling from truck. This is a tremendous safety hazard at interstate speeds and this type of occurrence could cause a catastrophic crash.

Reported at 55,600 miles, January 2005

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