Passenger side window regulator failed, causing window to come crashing down in a rain storm with children in the rear. Upon research I have learned that this is not an isolated problem, yet ford chooses to ignore it.
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This is the 3rd time to have a window regulator fail. I have to take my granddaughter to school and could not keep the window up thus allowing her to have access to a down window during the drive. It took ford 4 days to get to me for the repair each time.
Power window regulators on 2004 ford f150 truck fail. Driver side first and then passenger side.
I own a 2004 ford f-50 super crew, and my rear passenger window fell inside the door without anyone using it and without warning. This is the second window regulator I have had to replace, both in the rear of the vehicle on windows that very rarely get actuated.
This is my second complaint about my 2004 ford crew cab, I now have had all four of my window regulators fail on my truck. Each time $350.00 dollars. Coming home from a trip with 2 co-workers a back window fell in my truck and I had to drop off my co-workers and drive home by myself at midnight. This was very scary for all of us. When is ford going to put the safety of humans above money and recall this defect. I now believe that my drivers window is fixing to drop again and who has the money to keep fixing windows with the economy in failure. Maybe I can get a bailout to fix my window or better yet buy myself a new chevy pickup.
I have a 2004 ford truck f -150 . I have two windows on passenger side . Fall down into door. These windows were rarely use .they both fell within a short time of each other. So I call the dealer told about my problem . Before I could tell him the year of the truck .he said let me guess you have a 2004 model. So I ask if there was recall he said no. This a safety issue . Ford knows this was a defected part .my other window on rear drivers side is making a noise . Now I don't use my windows of fear they may fall to . To fix at dealer about 300 per window.something needs to be done . God forbid if a kid was leaning on a window and hit the down button all fell out . Mine gave no warning just fell down. All the way into door . You have to take the door apart just to pull it up to brace it somehow. I have only owned ford trucks .this is the first time I have a problem like this . This is clearly a defected part it should have been recalled.
In 2009, my 2004 ford f-150 trucks rear driver's side window fell inside the door just as I returned home with both of my toddler children in car seats in the back seat. The glass did not break, but it was a frightening experience for myself and my daughters. I took the truck to my local ford dealership where I bought the truck from and where I also have the truck serviced and I was charged $400 for the window to be repaired. Just this month (june 2010), my right front passenger's window fell inside the door while I was at work. Luckily, nothing was stolen from the truck and no one was injured. When I took the truck again to the same dealership, they again told me it would be another $400 to repair it. I complained and they said there was nothing they could do about it. I am very upset about this incident. I have bought ford vehicles since I first got my driver's license 20 years ago and I am very upset by the way ford has treated it's customers. I just hope that the next two windows that have not fallen yet will not injure me, my wife or my children when they decide to fall.
Failed window regulator. Actually the third over 1 year. First the drivers side window regulator failed, plastic slide became brittle, cable broke away and smacked the inside of the door hard enough that it scared me...I thought I had been shot at by a gun! Did not lose control of the vehicle but if I had been in congested traffic, I might have. That was may 30, 2009. Exactly one month later on june 30, 2009 the passenger side front door window dropped out of sight while driving along. Today 6/29/2010, the third window drops out of sight on the driver's side rear door of my fx4. This time, it was raining. I had to drive home and cover the vehicle to avoid more water damage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. He stated that while driving 55 MPH the front and rear windows fell inside the door. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who advised that the window regulator was broken and needed to be replaced. However, the failure recurred twice. The repairs were done three times to the vehicle at a cost to the owner. The manufacturer was contacted and a complaint filed. The failure and current mileages were 132,000.
Window regulator failure on 2004 ford f150 fx4 extended cab on driverside front window. Occurred while driving distracted driver and nearly caused accident.
All four of my window regulators have failed within a 90 day period. One was shocking, two was irritating, three failures and I'm getting upset and now four failures and clearly there seems to be a problem.
My 2004 ford f150 has had both rear window regulators fail within 30 days. The first failed on its own. Like others, I walked up to my truck and found the window down on the first failure. The second broke yesterday when I attempted to lower the window. I am a loyal ford customer. I am 44 years old and between me, my wife , and child, we have owned a total of 14 ford products. I am very concerned with the amount of complaints I am seeing with this product. If ford does not make this right by conducting a recall, they will be losing many very loyal customers.
Two separate window regulators on my 2004 ford f-150 were defective in the past year.
Ford f-150 pickup truck .heard loud pop in front passenger side door. Front passenger window dropped open going 65mph . Unable to secure vehicle - had infant with me . Also 96 degree summer day with thunderstorms . Power window will not go up!! This is very dangerous !!!
On a trip with my family and we were driving down the highway, when my rear right window just dropped down. Since then I have had 2 other windows that have been rolled down and could not be rolled back up. Three of my power window regulators have now failed on my truck.
Window regulator failure on all four doors, without warning windows will fall down and are inoperable after that. Had to take to dealer for fix with average cost per window $400.
Came out to my car after work and the window was down. It had rained that afternoon the whole truck was wet. I tried to roll it up and the window made an awful grinding noise like there was sand or glass caught in the gears. On my way home it started to rain again. The rain blew in the window and I couldn't drive. I pulled over and had to wait for it to stop while the rain poured into my car. I went to ford for advice and the mechanic got in my car pushed the switch for no more than 1 second, told me it was a common repair, the regulator, and told me it was $400.00 to repair the issue. I know other ford owners who have had the same problem and the same experience with ford. This is absurd!
We have had three window regulators in our 2004 ford f-150 break. We'll drive over a bump, and the window will fall and shatter. Extremely dangerous!
I have had to replace 3 window regulators on my 2004 f-150 supercrew and just yesterday another one went out. I was backing out of my driveway I heard a loud bang like someone had thrown a rock at the door on drivers side and I knew immediately what it was. As I drove away lo and behold the window came crashing down. I can't believe how often this has occurred to others that I know local dealership says sorry , but your in luck we have those in stock what a joke I'm out $140 and about 2 hours again I'm getting better I think I'm gonna change professions with the frequency that this happens in the south texas heat.
Complete and unexpected 2004 ford driver-side power window regulator failure, consisting of sudden glass pane window drop while at speed of 65mph accompanied by loud boom noise. - this experience was quite unnerving, and nearly caused me to veer into another lane occupied by other vehicles. - apparently ford is well aware of this ongoing situation regarding these window components, yet refuses to do anything about it.
2004 ford f-150 side windows fall down. I have owned this truck less than 1 and a half years and have replaced two regulators to fix this problem. My concern is the danger of these windows when you are traveling along and they just fall down into door. Concerned that a child will be hurt while in the vehicle because there is no warning, the window just falls and no more window. At that point you have no protection from the elements,how do you get safely off the road in a bad rain storm with no driver window or if a child would be in a child safety seat in inclement weather and you would be on a major highway. I know ford has remade this part several times but is not informing the public of this hazard.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated while the sitting in the parked position, the rear passenger side window involuntarily fell open. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where the contact was informed the window regulator failed. The window regulator was replaced. The failure recurred on the front passenger and driver's side windows. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop at each failure where the window regulator was replaced. The manufacturer advised there were no additional complaints of the failure and would not provide any assistance. The failure mileage was 70,000 and the current mileage was 87,000.
F150 window regulators.. I own an 2004 f150 and this is the 2nd window regulator that has gone out in recent years.. Fortunately, noone was sitting in the particular set that failed.. This is serious safe hazard and windows should not be failing on there own like that.. Please help with this issue concern ford f150..
Change window regulator 2004 f150 lariat driver side rear window.
I have now replaced both the front driver and passenger side window regulators on my 2004 f150 lariat. The driver-side window fell in june 2009 @127k mi. The passenger-side windows fell today (6/17/2010) @ 149k miles. The costs of replacing the regulator in each case were as follows: passenger side: $$539.47 driver side: $500.00 given all the reported incidents of this that I am seeing reported on various websites and forums, I strongly recommend that the federal safety agency. Demand a manufacturer's recall for this obvious quality defect that is: 1) costly to repair 2) creates a dangerous in-car situation when it occurs during operation of the vehicle. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
I was driving my 2004 ford f150 supercrew truck. I just turned on the aircondition because it was over 90 degrees outside. I lowered the rear windows to help cool the inside quicker. I heard this loud thud and then a grinding sound as the windows are lowered. I got worried. I then raised the windows and while the right rear window went up, the left rear window did not. Instead I heard a grinding sound again. I noticed that the left window is still open. I decided to leave it open since my destination is close by. When I got to my destination, I tried to operate the windows a couple more times to try to close it, but nothing was happening. Since I'm worried that something may happen to the truck and everything I had inside, I decided to sleep in the back seat of the truck that night. The following day, I searched the internet to find out how to remove the door panel to determine the problem. I found out instead that there were a lot of complaints regarding the window regulator on 2004 and 2005 f150, in addition to the information I wanted. When I opened the door panel, I found out that the cable is loose and bent. The plastic window regulator has mangled the cable, leaving the window down. I'm now trying to find out how to remove the window regulator to replace it.
The window regulator on front driver side is broken and it only has 39,000 miles. This is an expensive repair and the duct tape clashes with the lariat trim.
I have a 2004 f150 lariat and in 2007 my pass rear window fell down, so here I am riding on the expressway and the outside temperature is about 97 degrees when I here this noise from the rear and good thing I do not scare easily or it would have been a terrible accident. I went to the dealer and I was told it would be $500.00 to fix it. So here it is 2010 and the other rear door window has done the same thing, not sure what it will cost this time but I can see there is no recall on this item.
While driving the drivers side window fell down into the door. Later investigation indicates that the window regulator broke for no apparent reason allowing the window to fall.
I am the owner of a 2004 ford f-150 pickup truck. So far, 3 of the four window regulators have failed. This is expensive. There is no temporary fix except taping the windows up. This does not allow the vehicle to be secured.
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