The power window regulators in three of the four windows have broken. This is clearly a defect that ford knows about. The components are the power window regulator. The break and the window falls without warning.
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On dec 31, 2008, while driving to dinner, I heard a loud noise and assumed something hit my vehicle. My window then began slowly sliding down. I was told that the regulator was broken and I needed to replace the entire mechanism (regulator and motor), I could only get the part through a ford dealership. The complete repair (part and labor) cost me approx. $380.00. On nov 16, 2009 (11 months later) the same thing again happens to my rear passenger side window. I was not driving this time. The vehicle was parked at my home. I received an estimate stating that I would be paying nearly the same cost as before.
My complaint is for my 2004 ford f150 window regulator. I now have 2 windows that are broke and ford wants approx. $500 each to fix. The first situation was with the whole family in the truck, we heard a loud pop and thought we hit something, then the window just slid down inside the door. We were out of town and had to find tape or something to hold the window up because it was cold outside. The 2nd situation I was by myself coming home from work and pop again which made me so mad that it could happen twice. I had to take the door panels off and the windows are now held up with a rip cord and all the electric windows have been disconnected so we cannot even open any of them. Ford needs to fix this poor design that they know about for free and recall this model.
I was driving down the road when my window on my ford f150 lariat came crashing down two weeks ago( my child was sitting next to the window she is 6 mths old) & it distracted me long enough to look back @ the road & there was a car stopped to make a sudden turn & I couldn't slow down fast enough & I hit them in the rear. All 4 of us went to hospital with minor injuries. It was my fault the cop said but I told him about the window & he didn't give me a ticket thankfully. Its still @ the body shop being fixed the problem was the window regulator & it is being replaced but the body shop manager says these go out way to much this is the 3rd one replaced on this truck, so I looked online & couldn't believe how many people have this problem I think you should research this & put a recall on them & make ford fix them for free this is definitely caused from ford trying to cut corners & save $ but this is a serious problem!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Own a 2004 ford f-150 4 door. I have had to replace three of the fourpower window regulators. All three were still under warranty also, the transmission hesitation/loss of RPM/ while driving more so on the freeway when the RPM's reach about 1200/1500 or loss of RPM on deceleration. The dealer would not look at my tranny. Truck was still under warranty. Now 1 year later my tranny has gone out. I have no warranty and not sure how much it is going to cost to get replaced. I believe this all could have been avoided if the dealer would have just looked at my tranny when I asked while my vehicle was still under warranty. Mileage is approx. 98,684. Less than 99,000.
Window regulators failing under normal driving conditions. Safety concern for passengers and driver. 3rd failure on same vehicle, different window each time.
I own a 2004 ford f150. The third window regulator went out today as I was driving my vehicle. The window just dropped without any prior warning. My granddaughter is usually seating by this window in her car seat. Fortunately she was not sitting by the window this time.
2004 ford 150 lariat power window failure at 65mph.
My driver side front door power window regulator failed today and my window came crashing down inside my door and was unable to put window up.
Window regulator went out on my ford f-150 for the second time and has been replaced. My children were not in the car at the time my passenger side window dropped rapidly but I did think it was going to shatter.
My window regulators in my f-150 have failed three times in the last 15 months.
Passenger and driver side rear door power window glass fell inside the door without warning or provocation. Regulator assembly was replaced 10/27/08 for passenger side for $304.83 and 10/21/09 for drivers side for $294.48 by local ford dealership. The first failure occurred during an lsu football game, we thought we had been robbed with the window broken, we were lucky nothing was stolen! Second time was when my husband was driving in town in speeds of 0-45 MPH, luckily he didn't crash due to the surprise of the noise and quick influx of air. I reported the first part failure to ford, their only response was a request to fill out a concern handling survey so I have taken this next step after a second part failure for the exact same thing.
My window rolled up then I heard a loud pop, and the window fell down into the housing. The button will not roll up the window.
This is a failure of the driver's side window falling down into the door while driving. This seams to be a very common problem for the ford f-150 pickup. While it has not lead to a crash to my knowledge, the potential is there. Imagine driving down the interstate in crowed traffic and your window drops down without warning. Your attention will definitely be distracted from your driving and during inclement weather this could be even more dangerous. Everything I have read points to the same product failure. A recall should be mandatory before someone gets hurt.
I'm an owner of a 2004 ford f150. I had a situation where my drivers side window slid down all of sudden. Found that the power window regulator went bad. I saw other complaints regarding the same year truck and faulty window regulators.
While driving approximately 70 MPH (speed limit), I heard a loud pop (sounded like a gunshot) that made me swerve and almost leave the highway. After stabilizing my truck, I realized that the cause of the loud pop was a broken window regulator on the passenger side.
Driving 35 MPH on smooth road, passenger attempted to lower side window and the window dropped to the bottom of the door (inside) and would not operate up.
Widow regulator breaks and window falls into door. It has happened on three of the four windows on ford f150 crewcab. Two of the incidents have occurred while vehicle was in motion and one incident occur when vehicle was parked and unattended. Corrective action, take vehicle to dealership, pay deductible on extended warranty, and window gets fixed. The date on this form is of the latest incident.
The ford f150 I bought new in 2004 has defective window regulators. I have had to replace three so far, two under warranty and the third recently at the cost of $435. These regulators go out and the window drops into the door. It is always sudden and unexpected and is quite a distraction. I am fortunate this has never resulted in my having an accident.
Rear window regulator broke and window dropped indoor. Having children it is not same to have a window down while driving and not to mention it could have broke window and hit my kids.
I was driving on the interstate when the right rear window fell into the door. This is the third time this has happened. I took the ford f150 to the dealership and paid over $400 to replace the window regulator.
1. None 2. 2004 ford f150 super crew power window regulator failure. 3. Replaced part and yes I saved the old parts.
I pressed the button to open the driver's side window on my 2004 f150 truck. The window fell completely down into the door and would not come back up when I pressed the "up" button. I took the truck to a ford dealership and they replaced the window regulator.
2004 ford f-150 crew cab power windows so far three of the four power windows have failed in the same way. The failure is as follows: windows go down but will not go up. The first was the front drivers side; plastic "pulleys' shattered in windows mechanism second was the front passengers side; plastic "pulleys' shattered in windows mechanism the third was the rear passengers side; plastic "pulleys' shattered in windows mechanism.
Same as everyone else ... The window just comes crashing down without even touching it while we were driving along.
My front passenger window fell into the door as I was stopped at a stoplight waiting to get on the highway. From the sound of it I thought the window had broken. It was a good thing I wasn't driving down the highway during that time. It probably would have caused a major accident.
I have a 2004 ford f-150 crew cab. With my crew cab the rear windows are capable of being lowered to the top portion of the door, at arm level. Both my rear windows and now my drivers door window regulator have gone out with the windows slamming down within the door. I have four small children, 9, 7, 5, and 3. As the windows have fallen down without warning a shade fell onto my youngest, all due to the defect of the regulator in the f-150. This is a major hazard and I think that a recall is in place to mandate that ford recall this item and fix the problem.
3 out of 4 windows on my 2004 ford f150 have fallen down because of window motor regulator failure. Nothing has been done to fix the problem!
Passenger side door regulator failed causing the door glass to fall into the door .the window fell while the vehicle was at highway speed. It fell all of a sudden on its own. This happened during a heavy rain. It is my understanding after internet research that this is a common failure for this model ford truck and I think it is a safety hazard.
3 of the 4 window regulators have failed in the past 6 months.
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