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2002 Ford F-150 vehicle speed control problems

86 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2002 Ford F-15010% of all complaints for this model year.

86
Vehicle Speed Control complaints
10%
share of all complaints
127,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
4 / 45
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The contact owns a 2002 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH and attempting to pass a slower vehicle, the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The contact stated that while depressing the accelerator pedal, the pedal suddenly extended to the floorboard…

    filed Aug 21, 2023

  • I was driving and the speed would go up to 90 mph, the truck was not going the speed in reality. Then the rpm's would go up really high, I stopped the truck put it in park and back in drive tried to drive off. The truck then would not go over 30 mph and the gas peddle was all the way down trying to…

    filed Oct 22, 2019

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Vehicle Speed Control problems in other F-150 years

YearReportsShare
2025 F-15099%
2024 F-15074%
2023 F-150185%
2022 F-150153%
2021 F-150182%
2020 F-150152%
2019 F-150433%
2018 F-150733%
2017 F-150594%
2016 F-150975%
2015 F-1501398%
2014 F-1501007%
F-150 vehicle speed control problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.