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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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1FTRW07612K••••••2002 Ford F-150
This build draws 2.1× more complaints than the average 2002 Ford F-150 build (5 vs 2).
5on this build
639on the model
265builds in total
Most reportedEngine And Engine Cooling 2Tires 1Vehicle Speed Control 1Structure 1
What owners of this build wrote
Engine And Engine CoolingJul 2010
I was following the ford rules for when to replace spark plugs at 100,000 miles. I have 99,860 miles on my 2002 ford f150 xlt 4.6l triton v8 motor. I was driving home from getting the new plugs from the auto store to replace when I heard what sounded like a gun going off. One of…
StructureJul 2006
Back window leaks and have been told ford knows about it. But yet no recalls are on it. *nm
Vehicle Speed ControlJun 2005
I have a 2002 ford f-150 supercrew pickup. There have been recorded incedents of failure of the speed control switches causing fire of the vehicle and adjoining property. On incident that occured in corpu christi, tx is well documented and that fire was in 2003 involving a 2002…
TiresAug 2003
Driving 65mph on interstate 45 in houston when truck began to shake violently and a loud tumbling noise started to emit from tires. I pulled over immediately and found the rear passenger tire tread had split apart from the sidewall. General grabber aw p255/70r16, 19k miles.…
Engine And Engine CoolingJul 2005
Replaced spark plugs, drove normally for 8 or 9,000 miles, went to ohio and back .then drove to work on the 19th, heard a pop and the truck started to run rough. When I got of work I looked at the truck and found the number three plug was ejected out of the cylinder head
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 1FTRW07612KC51939 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.