Window fell down while driving on the interstate; 2004 f150 pick up.
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The windows on the 2004 ford f150 will randomly fall down due to a window regulator issue. This could be potentially hazardous while driving at highway speeds as road debris could strike the driver through an open window. The issue is on all windows of the vehicle and it require the entire window regulator be replaced at approximately $350 per window.
Was driving down the road and my passenger side window fell down. I only had 68,000 miles and this repair cost me $275. Have always bought f150 this is my 3rd one. And was always happy with windows before, but now with this new pulley system the windows go up and down slow like a chevy and worse fall down and don't come back up. Please make this right by issuing a recall.
Failure of power window regulator. I have replaced the drivers side and not 2 months later the passenger side is broken. I both cases it is the samething failing in the regulator.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f150. The contact stated that the windows on the driver and passenger side failed four times. Whenever the contact was driving the windows fell down . The vehicle has been taken to the dealer and each time the repairs cost him $250 for each window. Each time the dealer replaced the motor and the regulator they continued to fail. The ford manufacturer was notified and a complaint was filed. The failure mileage was 54,343. Updated 03/01/10 *bf updated 03/05/10 updated 05/10/10
I have had two windows in my 2004 f-150 come off the tracks and need to be replaced. The dealership claims this is a very common occurrence. At $400 a window I am sure they love to fix them!
2004 ford f-150 window fell down as I was driving almost causing me to have an accident.
Right side window fell into door while driving, im told the window regulator failed......two months after my extended warranty expired.
The driver side door window broke. I was at cvs and rolled the window down and it wouldn't roll back up. My husband took the door apart to get the window up but it won't stay up. We have checked and are having a hard time finding the part. Seems it's a dealer only part, we are checking junkyard because the part is almost $200 for the part, and this is the second time we have had to fix the window in this truck. The truck is a 2004 and I have had it 2 1/2 yrs and had to fix the window twice in that time.
I own a 2004 f150 and had the driver's side power window regulator fail on my truck as have thousands of other people from what I am reading online. I was traveling 65 miles per hour when my window fell into my door. The day prior I rolled my window up at the post office and heard a crunching or cracking sound as the window reached the top. I too did not think much of it until my window fell in. To correct the problem I paid a ford dealership in loveland, colorado $400 to replace the damaged parts in my door. The old part is no longer available as I assume they threw it away. I believe this to be a major safety hazard as at 65 miles per hour in a driving wind a lot of dust/dirt debris entered my truck until I got pulled over on the highway. Luckily I did not get anything in my eyes. Ford should be forced to recall these regulators and refund peoples expense that have already fixed this.
2004 ford f-150 driver side window won't roll up or down and slides down on it's own.
I was driving down the road and heard a loud noise. I thought something hit the side of my car. But my driver side window fell. I am just glad it wasn't a back window with kids in the back. This could have really caused some kind of accident. It was also raining/snowing during the time it fell. I had to turn up the heater and drive the rest of the way home with the window broken. My truck just has 50, 000 thousand miles.
Window on ford f-150 fails or falls out of place. 3 of my 4 have had to be replaced in the past two years.
Vehicle was parked in a parking lot overnight. The failure is that the power window regulators blow out, just stop working and the window slides to the bottom of the door. This is the second time within a year of me having had a different window's regulator replaced that this has occurred. To correct the power window regulators have to be replaced, its a dealer-only part so you can't save by going to a non-dealer workshop.
Passenger side window, came crashing down while driving. 1/29/10. Almost caused an accident. Seams to be a common problem with f150's.
Pass. Side electric window failed and went down into the door on it's own proceeded by a clunk sound from the door as ii was driving. The window did not respond to any commands from the control panel on the drivers door. Upon examination of the door the next day I found cable laying in the door and the window not working.
Passenger window regulator failed in 2004 f-150 truck. Three years ago this happened to the driver's side window.
I own a 2004 f-150 crew cab xlt pickup that I purchased used 1 year ago. Since owning the vehicle I have had both the driver's side window regulator and driver's side passenger window regulator failed, in both instances the window was being raised, at about half way up the windows suddenly stopped and started sliding down its track instead of going up. The cost of repairing the driver's window was $590. To date. I have not been able to afford to replace the rear passenger window, it is held up with wood wedges. There is something wrong when units fail with less then 6 years of wear on them and it can be a safety issue if it happens while you are on a trip. I have had to keeping extra wood wedges in my truck just incase another window fails!
One time I was driving home from work so I rolled down my window and when I got home the window wont come back up. I had to leave the truck with the window down all night. I opened the panel and wires were everywhere I took it to a mechanic and he replaced the whole window harness. This happened about a year ago. Now the button in the back door and the passenger door wont work and I think it can become a problem in future. The windows come up and down but only from the drivers control panel.
I was driving down the road and heard a thump from driver side door. The window had dropped into the door. I wasn't raising or lowering it before or during the drop. It turned out to be a window regulator and a little research let me know that it's a very widespread problem with this year's (2004) ford f150.
2004 ford f150 - windows suddenly drop into door while driving. There are thousands and thousands of complaints on the www for this problem - please issue a safety recall this happened twice to me while the vehicle was in motion (while driving). Just trying to find out what made a noise and having my children suddenly pelted by rain and other road debris is a serious, serious, safety issue. I believe I've read that the federal safety agency has "petitioned" ford to issue the recall, however, they have clearly stated to their consumers that they will do absolutely nothing unless the federal safety agency issues a safety recall. Please help consumers have the voice your organization was designed for - to not have manufacturers ignore consumer safety issues that can cause injury and even death. If your organization cannot help, who else can we turn to since the manufacturer is completely ignoring the consumer safety problem???
The windows in my truck keep falling down. Happens very often. It has happened over 5 times since I bought the truck. Almost caused a wreck. If happens again I will seek legal action.
I have a 2004 ford f-150 lariat with 83,000 miles on it. About 5 months a cable popped on my driver's side front window and the window fell. Now, 5 months later the drivers side rear window did the same thing. A loud pop then the window fell. Apparently this is a common problem in ford vehicles and ford refuses to fix them. Not to mention, it's costly for the owners to fix at $350-$400 per window this is a potential safety hazard and someone should hold ford accountable.
Upon rolling my 2004 ford f-150 passenger power window down to get on a military base where I work on a daily basis and they check your identification for security reasons on a daily basis. I drove past the check point and tried to roll power window up. I then heard a loud pop which sounded like a gunshot and the window just "dropped "into the door. I tried to roll the window up but just heard a motor inside the door housing.needless to say the window was stuck in the down position for a day or two until I could take the door panel off and push the window up and taped it in the up position. This happened to the driver side door about 2 years ago 3 days before I deployed to iraq. My wife had the driver door fixed at the ford dealer for $100.00. My ford truck is still under warranty because it is not driven that much, due to me being out of the country for months at a time but I have read over 1000 complaints about this same window situation. What does it take to have a company recall a product. I have not taken my ford f-150 to the dealer yet, but I am expecting to pay at least another $100.00 to fix it. The bad thing is I have 2 rear windows that I can expect to break and will most likely end up replacing them also. Hopefully before my warranty is up in another 8000 miles. You would think ford would fix these defective products in good faith since america has stood by them in the current economy as they seem to doing better than gm and all the other bailout car makers.
This is the third regulator on my windows I have replaced the last one happened when I was christmas shopping and when I came out of the store my window was almost completely down how nothing got stolen istill dont know.
Driver's side window simply fell down (open).
This safety concern is in regards to the power window regulators found in my 2004 ford f-150. The first window regulator (driver's side) went out while in north dakota. There was no warning just a loud pop, followed by the window falling in the door. The passenger side window regulator broke one week later to the day. When both of these broke, I was left with near zero visibility inside the cab of my truck while driving or sitting. If there is any sort of precipitation, you are no longer protected. Also, the safety of my family, property, and truck has been jeopardized. Another problem arises when you go to get the problem fixed. I took my truck to a ford dealership in jamestown, north dakota who new of the problem as soon as they saw my window. However, they were going to replace the regulator with the same part that obviously has built in obsolescence. Why would anyone pay $400 to fix one window, only to have it break days later; leaving them stranded, hurt, or worse. With literally thousands of complaints on the internet, and many submitted on this site, it concerns me to wonder if this problem has caused a fatal crash or incident yet. Maybe this is what it will take to have this problem looked at in detail. If ford motor company is willing to stand behind a plastic window regulator that has broke in my truck twice, and thousands of other similar trucks, just to save a "buck" so be it. I am just one person speaking, but, when is a "buck" worth more than someone's life.
2004 f150 crew cab - a few months after the warranty expired, the drivers side window regulator failed causing the window to fall into the track without warning. The result of the failure caused me to swerve and narrowly miss on coming traffic. A few months ago the passengers fwd window failed in the same mannor. Then just sunday 12-27-09 the right rear window failed the same way. So 3 of 4 regulators failed, causing $1300.00 in repairs. Just waiting for the 4th to fail as well. Something has to be done to ford to cover the costs of repairs. This design has an obvious flaw and all the dealers are saying is "lodge a complaint" as they steal your money. Make ford take some tarp money and reimburse the general public for there design error. No deaths have been attributed to this problem but do not wait until one occurs before action is taken.
Window failure in my 2004 f150 ford pickup. Window just falls down & tape will not even hold it up. This is a well known failure by ford & no recall. Also, my automatic transmission is slipping for the second time. It only has 47k miles with these well known & documented pervasive problems.
Driver window slammed down in door for second time , caused by regulator failure. Can't afford repairs have to wedge window up.
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