Recall Register

2002 Ford Thunderbird: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2002 Ford Thunderbird. The campaign is 02V169000. NHTSA received the report on 14 Jun 2002. The NHTSA record gives the component Seat Belts / Front / Webbing. NHTSA has 49 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 02V169000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will install an insert behind the driver side seat lower trim panel. Owner notification began june 21, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.
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Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.

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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 15,355 units in total.

  1. 02V169000Received . 15,355 units.

    Seat Belts / Front / Webbing

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    On certain passenger vehicles, the driver's side seat belt contacted the seat recliner during a 35 MPH ncap full-frontal barrier impact test.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    The edge of the recliner mechanism caused a partial cut in the lap portion of the webbing. If the webbing is cut, it increases the risk of injury in a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will install an insert behind the driver side seat lower trim panel. Owner notification began june 21, 2002. Owners who take their vehicles to an authorized dealer on an agreed upon service date and do not receive the free remedy within a reasonable time should contact ford at 1-866-436-7332.

    Report filed by FORD MOTOR COMPANY. Manufacturer campaign number 02S38. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.

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Complaints by component

49 complaints, 56 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 2002 Ford Thunderbird
  • All 2002 vehicles
2002 Ford Thunderbird: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2002 ThunderbirdAll 2002 vehiclesThunderbird, all yearsMentions
Engine and Engine Cooling303.6130.3192.717
Electrical System196.488.7105.811
Vehicle Speed Control142.939.357.28
Air Bags71.455.123.64
Structure53.652.719.53
Seat Belts53.618.459.63
Seats35.712.910.32
Exterior Lighting35.73492.82
Visibility17.950.427.41
Parking Brake17.97.12.11

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 14.

Complaints that report a crash
3
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
3
Deaths in the complaints
1
Date of the newest complaint
12 Oct 2010

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2002 Ford Thunderbird, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2003, with 14 complaints.

Investigations

The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19600
  2. 19650
  3. 19674
  4. 19701
  5. 19711
  6. 19723
  7. 19734
  8. 19741
  9. 19754
  10. 19761
  11. 19774
  12. 19783
  13. 19793
  14. 19801
  15. 19833
  16. 19841
  17. 19851
  18. 19861
  19. 19871
  20. 19882
  21. 19894
  22. 19903
  23. 19913
  24. 19923
  25. 19933
  26. 19940
  27. 19950
  28. 19962
  29. 19970
  30. 19980
  31. 19990
  32. 20021
  33. 20030
  34. 20041
  35. 20051

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2002 Ford Thunderbird: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/ford/thunderbird/2002/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
FORD MOTOR COMPANY

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2002 Ford Thunderbird?
15,355 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Ford Thunderbird have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 50 recall campaigns for the Ford Thunderbird, model years 1960 to 2005. 1 of them names the 2002 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2002 Ford Thunderbird name most often?
Engine and Engine Cooling: 17 of 56 component mentions, or 303.6 per 1,000. For all 2002 vehicles the figure is 130.3 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2002 Ford Thunderbird open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.