We (abra auto body and glass--apple valley location) are replacing the windshield in a 2001 f150 that was cracked in an accident. We found that the clear coat isn't sticking to the base coat, where the urethane is. There is adhesion between the clear coat and urethane, but not clear coat and base coat. It is peeling off in chunks, creating a windshield adhesion problem which can potentially cause the windshield to come out of the vehicle in a severe crash or a roll over accident. This is a potential for a deadly situation if this were to happen. This could possibly be a problem for many trucks out there. Is there still a problem with adhesion between base and clear coats in silver colors??? This problem should be addressed immediately for the safety of your vehicle drivers. I contacted the ford hotline (800‑392‑3673) and spoke with arial (employee number 2141) and he told me that because we are not a ford dealer, there is nothing that he could do to look into this problem. The customer would need to bring the vehicle to a ford dealer to have inspected. I let him know that the windshield was out of the vehicle and the vehicle isn't driveable because of this. I also let him know that we couldn't install the windshield with this problem still there. He told me that the customer would need to have the vehicle towed to a dealer then to have it inspected. I verified that he wants me to have the customer pay to have the vehicle towed to a ford dealer to check out the windshield adhesion problem?? He said "yes". I thanked him for his time and contacted randy kaiser at apple valley ford in apple valley minnesota for further advise into this issue.
2001 Ford F-150 visibility complaints
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The windshield wipers failed to work consistent basis. *jb *cb
On several occasions, when using my right turn signal with the windshield wipers running, the windshield washer fluid comes on and stays on causing a blinding turn. The dealer could not make it fail during service, however it has happened at least five times.
While driving home from new hampshire, suddenly there was a fire in the windshield wiper motor. I had the wipers on at a slow speed as it was misting outside. I put the fire our with snow from the roadside. As we continued home the radio went dead, the battery went to low and the lights started flicking on and off. As a result of the fire the windshield cracked, and continued all the way across from one side to the other. I luckily found an open ford dealer that gave us a small rental and repaired the truck.
The vehicle experienced the same problem as stated in recall #01v258000, however the vehicle identification number was not included in the recall.
When engaging automatic door locks, they come down. If passenger or driver has arm over lock,arm gets pinched and bruised. Please provide any further information.
Consumer states the wipers work intermittently in bad weather conditions. The problem has progressed for over 9 months. Dealer contacted. Please provide more information.
Mirror on drivers side is defective, driver cannot see out of that glass, there is a blind spot, dealership is aware of problem.*ak consumer stated the factory installed a mirror that is inadequate for the vehicle, consumer stated while in a left lane, a vehicle in the right lane can not be seen because of the type of mirror.
Winshield has some sort of oil etc on it, casuing a smearing on rainy nights, seriously obscuring vision.
Side window lock sticks out so far that it is causing passenger to hit head and other parts of face.*ak consumer states that the side window locks are in the back seat area and the length and shape of the locks make them dangerous.
Consumer had canopy installed on vehicle. When consumer went to shut back glass ,it shattered. Locking mechanism fell on vehicle, and scratched up vehicle. Contact dealer. Dealer was doing nothing.
While traveling at approximately 40 MPH in rain, windshield wipers failed to operate. This was causing a loss of visibility. Dealership has not examined vehicle. Please provide any additional information/attachments.
Windshield wipers work, but will not clean glass, consumer unable to see in rain. Been to dealer twice so far, could not remedy problem.
Windshield has film on outside of glass when wiper blades are turned on when it is raining. Windshield has been cleaned , replaced, cleaned again. Wiper blades have been replaced. Has been taken back to dealer several times . Problem still is not solved. Ford rep looked at this truck and 5 more on the dealer lot . All trucks had the same problem. Please contact us and we can dicuss this in further detail.
Child 2 1/2 yr old in truck. Had head out window & stepped on button & window was raised. Driver tried to lower window as child kept stepping on button. Child was choking. Had to break window to get child's head out of window.
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