I have had all four of my windows in my 2004 f150 supercrew collapse into the door. 3 of those have been while traveling on the freeway. I could only imagine if I was in a rain storm trying to drive what that could have done. I know having to fix my passenger side for the 2nd time.
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I was driving with my driver side window down and as I went to roll it up due to rain, I heard a loud pow inside my door and the window fell all the way back down. As it turns out, my window regulator broke. After researching this, I found this to be a very common problem with the ford 2004 f150. This is very inconvenient do to weather conditions, theft, children safety, pet safety, and cost of replacement (possibly 3 more times).
I was driving home on wednesday, sept. 16, 2009, and the passenger side window in my 2004 ford f-150 pickup, fell into the door. I could not get it to go back up and have no idea why this occurred. This could have been a very dangerous situation, as I was passing a large truck at the time and thought that I had been sideswiped. Ford should fix this problem based on the number of occurrences that I have now seen.
The drivers side window in my truck fell this morning. I fixed the window on the passengers side exactly 1 year ago this week. I brought it in last year to fix the window and they changed the cable or motor not really sure, but I have an appointment tomorrow to fix the drivers side now. Same part needs to be changed just different door. At $200.00 each time. I have searched the internet and have found thousands of complaints from other ford owners with the same problem on the 2004 f-150. Maybe a recall should be issued on these parts.
Driving down the road and my driver window came crashing down. 2004 f !50
I had both passenger front and rear windows fall within a day apart from each other. It's the part that holds the window in place I believe they are calling it the actuators. The cable is breaking lose from this assembly and causing the cable to crinkle in the motor, so every part of that window gets destroyed. No incidents thank god, but this could have been a bad situation in other circumstances. I have seen so many complaints on different websites and still nothing is being done about it! I guess somebody has to die for ford to start a recall I just hope it's not me or my loved ones.
I own a ford f150 v8 5.4 tritan about a month ago my passengers side window fell down in the door while I was driving down the road. It scared me and caused me to swerve while driving. This is definitely an issue. About a week ago my drivers side e window did the same thing while driving on a two lane winding road. It crashed down into the door scaring me and almost causing an accident. After doing some research I realized that this is problem many other ford owners are having and not just a fluke. Something needs to be done about this before it causes an accident resulting in someone's death.
Over the past year of owning my 2004 ford f-150 supercrew 5.4 ltr. Triton, I have replaced 3 out of the 4 power window regulators on the vehicle. I do not consider these normal repairs however as they have all occurred within such a short period of time and were all exactly the same in nature. The first occurred on a trip from colorado to salina ks. Over the thanksgiving holiday, I thought the failure was due to the extremely cold weather, which made most of the trip completely miserable by the way, however within 6 months another power window failure occurred and just the other day the third. I think it's ridiculous that so many persons have lodged the same complaint about these faulty components and ford made aware of the issue yet they choose to do nothing about this specific problem.
2 different power window regulators have gone out on my 2004 ford f-150 pickup truck in less than 30 days. I have been advised you have requested ford to recall f-150's for this problem and they have refused to do anything about it.... Tisk tisk, can't anything be done about this as it is a known problem?
Three of the four windows in our ford f150 extended cab have gone down never to come up again. No one was injured, but the open window with no way to close it certainly provided for possible injury especially today as the third one broke just before a heavy thunderstorm with strong winds. We were able to get the truck into the garage before the bottom fell out.
I've had to have the window regulators replaced 4 times in one year. Can someone please look into this. I see 100's of complaint about this issue. Thank you.
Window regulator on drivers side window failure. The window worked properly then when I hit the switch to roll the window up I heard a loud pop then the window fell. Right before I drove into a very heavy rain storm. Will need a new window regulator.
Passenger side automatic window fell into the door and does not roll up.
Windows in f-150 our failing. Cable just snaps and they fall quickly into door. Three out of four windows have fallen in my truck. The first occurred during a down pour. This was quite a surprise and I was fortunate that I was not driving down the interstate when this occurred. The third and last occurrence occurred just last week while on a business trip. Two of the three incidents were extremely distracting, one occurred while parked. Based on my conversations with the dealer, search results on the internet, and my own experience I'm concerned anyone with a child that removes their restraints while in motion might encounter the same issue. One of my windows in the back was broken but did not drop down until it was touched by a co-worker, and dropped very fast. Thank goodness this did not happened by a child who unrestrained themselves while moving.
Sitting in a parking lot window rolled up and all of a sudden hear a loud pop like a rock being thrown at the window. Passanger side rear window slowly starts to slide down into the door by itself. Doesn't go back up.
Within a one year span of time I have had two window regulators/motors break on my 2004 f-150 extended cab. The truck only has 59,000 miles on it and I have heard of many others having this same problem with this model and year. There are no outside factors affecting this problem, it is a manufacturing issue. Both times I just simply went to roll down my window, heard a pop and then my window began to slide down. I had to use cardboard to keep it from falling all the way into the door. Both times the regulator and motor had to be repaired.
The power windows on my f-150 have failed on four different occasions, with one window failing twice. A family member was driving the first time this occurred and was fortunate not to wreck the vehicle. The latest occurrence was fortunate that it occurred while I was in the parking lot of the mall. It is evident by the number of complaints that ford is not taking this problem as serious as they should.
2004 f-150 fx4 - drivers side window fall down due to cable - repaired under warranty . Rear passenger and rear drivers side windows fell down within a week apart due to cable coming off tracks, or rollers. Notified ford motor company of this problem and I was advised to take it to a local dealer to see if it could be a malfunction. Dealers charge to diagnose generally and I should not have to pay for something that is not my fault, as they are rarely used, especially at the price they charge. I noticed a lot of complaints to ford for this same problem. Please look into this, or is this a clunker they want you to trade for a new clunker.
2004 ford f-150 window regulators failure, my drivers side window just fell to the bottom of the door when I tried to roll it up.
No crashes just incidents of window failure on f-150. All window regulators have had to be replaced due to poor workmanship. It is an obvious ford defect that needs to be addressed. The actual part in question is a small plastic piece, but the repair runs on average $400.00 per window for replacement of entire system even though regulator works fine.
I, like thousands of others of concerned consumers, have experienced faulty window regulators in my 2004 ford f-150. Last night, my rear window broke when trying to role it up. Several months ago, my driver window broke when I wasn't even using the window or near the truck. I just walked out to my truck with the window down - thinking someone had broken into my truck. When complaining to ford, they said there is nothing that can be done. The guy at the ford service department at my local dealership said he had the same truck at the time and had already replaced 3 on his truck. As for correcting the problem when doing the $350 repair, he told me the repair is the same as it was manufactured and he acknowledged problem would repeat over time. Paying over $30,000 for a truck and having windows breaking like this is absurd. For ford to refuse to correct the problem is more absurd. Consumers need your help, please do something.
I drive a 2004 ford f-150 super crew the window regulators keep failing. It has happened to all 4 doors in my truck more than once. I have had ford replace 2 of them and due to the high cost I am repairing them the best I can now. The incidents started march of 2007 (just when the warranty is up), what happens is that you will be driving along and roll down the window. A loud noise will occur and the window falls to the bottom of the door. The problem with the window regulators is that the cable system does not stay in place. I know that many other people are having the same trouble with this, so please get ford to recall this problem before someone or something is injured. There was no injuries or other mishaps due to these failures you could call these near misses. These failures could cause injuries or damage to other cars on the roads. Thank you for your time.
2004 ford f150 I have had three window regulators replaced and now the forth one has broken. First two were covered under warranty and the third wasn't. This is ridiculous and should have a recall on it. Of course ford wont cover it under warranty.
2004 ford f-150 super crew has had 3 window regulators fail since 2008. The most recent was on 9/2/09. The others were in april of 2008. In each instance, the vehicle was parked in a commuter parking lot when we arrived to see that the window(s) were down and would not roll up. We are fortunate that this has happened when we are not actually driving the vehicle. This could be a very serious safety issue if the window were to drop while driving in bad weather with a small child in the vehicle. Ford needs to recall this item and fix it for free. It is a very expensive repair at the dealer. Our particular truck has just under 45,000 miles on it.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated that the two rear windows and drivers side front glass separated from the windows frame. Exposed fragments of glass increases the risk of serious injury. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and a technician replaced the window regulators at an expense of $713.00. The contact filed a complaint with the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 11,000 and the current mileage is 65,000.
On three separate occasions in the past year and a half the window regulators in my 2004 ford f-150 truck have broken. Each time the part broke without warning while I was driving. The window just suddenly slams down into the frame of the door, and can no longer be returned to the "up" position. I am certain the last of my four windows will soon break as well. Hopefully not during a monsoon rainstorm. The approximate incident dates of these breakages are: 03-03-08, 09-03-08 and lastly 9-01-09. I will only list the most recent occurrence below.
The passenger side rear door window made a loud pop and slowly began to fall downward while driving. This is the door right next to my child's car seat. This is the 4th window it has happened to.
I have had to replace power window regulators in my 2004 ford 150 4 times! The dealer charges me $400 to replace each time. The dealer claims this is not a defect. Research on the web reveals otherwise. This is a common problem.
Driver side window in my 2004 f-150 lariat fell down in the door while traveling 35mph down the road. It made a very loud thump sound before it fell.
It looks like there will have to be a number of injuries or deaths before a recall is put in effect here. I have a ford f150 supercrew 2004, the driver's side window dropped and shattered suddenly while driving in heavy traffic with a loud noise and shattered glass. I thought I was shot at, at the time and was very lucky there was not a serious accident killing and injuring many people. Kids were crying and all inside vehicle were very upset. Afterwards I removed the window glass and the regulator assembly and the problem is the plastic clips that hold the control cables in place. They appear to be cheap and fragile and obviously break easily and for no reason, letting the cables come out of their guides and therefore dropping the window unexpectedly. I have taken numerous pictures if anyone from ford, the federal safety agency or anyone else would like to see. This incident really screwed up a otherwise great day because of shoddy engineering and quality from a american car company (ford). I am in the process of buying and replacing this window regulator myself at a cost of $187 + tax + time + inconvenience with no assurance this will not happen again.
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