2002 Ford F-150 Seats Problems

“I was driving on freeway when a car that was traveling in an excess of 80+ miles and rear-ended my 2002 Ford f 150. My truck was totaled and my drivers seat back frame broke from right side and none of my airbags deployed. I ended up in the hospital for 3 days. I had a concussion, neck injury, knees and re-injured my back. I was lucky to be alive.”

“The passenger seat broke in may 06, back of seat would collapse on seat. Took truck to auto shop and was told seat/ back bar ? Was broken. On 07/08/06 driver side seat broke, same type of break, back of seat leans forward onto seat, will not catch.”

“Both locking pawls on manual seat adjustment mechanism do not lock into place when seat adjustment lever is released. One or the other pawl locks into place and a large amount of shifting force is then required to move the second pawl into a position where it will engage. This would only be a minor inconvenience if it were not for the seat belt configuration of this vehicle. This seat belt attaches not to the sub floor or pillar but to the seat itself. …”

“My company purchased this truck for me to work in \ with to perform my job. The seat is too high. My eyes are level with the top of the windshield and it's irataiting to look thur the colored part in the top part of the windshield. Seating this high up also causes the rear view mirror to block my vision in this ditection. I checked into getting a power seat but it does not go any lower. The dealer says is he checking this out. I also have two other employees with this same problem. We checked the seats in the 2001 and 2000 trucks and found that the high seats started in 2001. …”

“Vehicle was parked outside and consumer smelled smoke coming from underneath driver's power adjusting seat. Dealership was aware of problem. *akconsumer had vehicle only eight days. Consumer went on a trip which was only 50 miles out of the way. Consumer parked vehicle and two hours later came back to find vehicle on fire.”