Window regulator on vehicle fail, windows fall down without warning causing noise and safety concern. This is my second replacement on two seperate windows. Seems to be a common problem.
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I have a 2004 ford f-150 with 36,500 miles. I have already repaired both front power windows and two days ago the passenger rear power window gave out. Is there a recall on the power windows it seems to be a common problem in these trucks? My window is being held up with tape.
2004 ford f150 power window actuator failed for the 4th time. Ford has indicated this to be a problem but has yet to fix/recall. Three separate windows have failed and now one has failed twice. The part is approx. $140.00 to replace without labor. My f150 has 75,000 miles on it and the first time it happened was at 45n000 miles.
I purchased my 04 ford f150 brand new back in 04 from paul miller ford dealership in lexington ky. Since that time, no real problems. In july of this year the passenger side window without reason or circumstance fell off track and into door leaving me to pay for a new window regulator. Repair was made at crossroads ford in frankfort ky. In september of this year the same issue occurred with the driver side window leaving me again to pay for the repair when it happened without reason. Searching on line, I discovered that many more owners of the same make and model have experienced the same. I have already paid nearly 300.00 in repairs after the esp. October 3, I contacted ford dealership who advised me there are no recalls on my vehicle and that they would not assume any financial responsibility for this issue. I can understand 1 window, but now 2 and there are 2 rear windows that may potentially do the same. I also believe there is a leak in the 3rd brake light on my vehicle where water continues to poor in; however, ford denies that as well. In both of these repairs at crossroads, the window regulators were replaced and no reason as to why both would fail. There were no preceding events to report, the vehicle was parked in both instances when these happened. Hopefully someone else has reported this similar.
I have had 2 window regulators fail on my vehicle within 2 months. The regulators have been on separated windows but both have been on the drivers side. At any given moment the cable snaps and the window falls down into the door. My first instance was the end of july while on a road trip. Now it is the beginning of october and my rear window dropped into the door frame with 57k miles on my vehicle. I do have an extended warranty; however, why should I pay a deductible everytime a faulty part breaks. Not to mention there are many people that don't have extended warranties. There are several reports of this happening. I have 2 windows left. Should I expect those cable to break at any given moment? Should we expect to replace all window regulators every 50k miles? Ford need to recall this faulty part! It is scary and potentially dangerous to have the window fall down all of the sudden when you are driving down the interstate. When the window falls down there is no way to get it back up. Everything in the vehicle starts to blow around and you can't see. I can't imagine what it would be like if it were raining when the regulator cable breaks. I appreciate any help you can provide.
After rolling down window to gain access into work parking lot in the morning, the window regulator clip broke resulting in the window being stuck in the down position. Truck was then left unattended with personal possessions and window wide open and vulnerable to theft while I was at work all day. Several dealers were contacted and then I finally found someone who could fix my problem the following day for $340. Truck was then driven directly home and the window was covered with plastic to prevent weather from entering vehicle overnight. Window regulator was then replaced with identical window regulator. This does not appear to be an isolated problem on 2004 ford f150 window regulators, and I am glad my case was not as severe as others (I.e. Windows falling into door panels). However, I do think this is a material/ design defect that needs to be addressed with ford motor vehicles. Ford truck owners should not have to worry about their windows failing each time they use their truck because a cheap piece of plastic is being used to save on cost. This is a simple issue that could be resolved by using a metal clip.
Power window regulator failure.
2004 xlt regular cab: under 14,000 miles on the vehicle and when I go to roll up the window the other day, I hear a pop and it sank back into the door. Another bad window regulator! Quoted $380 to fix from the dealer. If you read previous comments on the 2004 f-150 you'll see that this is quite the common problem. And for every post about window problems on this website, how many other people have this problem and don't report it here - 10x as many? 20x as many? This is obviously a widespread problem that ford motor company needs to live up to. The replacement part is exactly the same, so I guess I can expect another replacement soon! And to think that I thought that only getting a standard cab with 2 windows might help me avoid this problem!!! Luckily, my incident occurred in fair weather. I can only imagine the safety concerns that I would have had I been in inclement weather.
While rolling down my rear driver's side window, I heard a popping noise and the window fell into the door. I had it repaired (new regulator) at a cost of $390. Two weeks later, the exact issue occurred with my front driver's side window. I have investigated a bit on the internet and discovered hundreds of complaints describing these exact symptoms. This is a security problem and a safety issue for individuals who may be driving in poor weather.
Regulator on two windows of my ford f-150 pick up failed. I got the one fixed and about two0 minutes after I left the ford dealership, the other one failed.
On august 8 the driver's side window regulator failed and the window fell into the door. The dealership charged $387.00 for this repair. One month later both rear window regulators failed, and the glass fell into the doors. No warranty was offered or implied.
My 2004 ford f150 supercrew has had a window fall down 3 different times so far. All three times were different windows, but the same problem. The window regulator is cable driven and the cable gets stuck or comes off of the pulley, then the window falls inside the door.
My passenger power window fell completely down into the door while I was parked in my drive way and my grandson who had his hands on the window was pull outside and almost fell on his head. Luckily I was able to grab his feet and stop him from hitting his head on the drive way. I had the window fixed but the mechanic whom fixed it told me there was a design flaw in these power windows and that it could do it again. Sure enough about 3 months later this time my drivers side window fell. I emailed ford and they said they couldn't help me. I posted a complaint on carcomplaint.com along with the other 114 complaints for this reponse. This needs to come a recall before someone gets injured.
While putting up the driver's side electric window in my ford 2004 1/2 (new style) f-150 supercrew I heard a loud bang and the window disappeared. The bang was so loud that I thought someone had shot out my window while I was driving. If I had been in busy traffic this could have caused an accident. Fortunately I was on a 25 MPH road at the time and no one was hurt nor was there an accident. The problem was with the window regulator cabling. The cabling separated from the window which resulted in the loud bang I heard from my drivers side window. From my research this is an ongoing problem. This problem has the potential for some very serious consequences if the driver were to overreact to the loud "gun shot" sound when the failure occurs.
I was driving to the airport this morning to pick up a work colleague for an important meeting. As I was driving I heard a loud pop that sounded like something hitting the door. I swerved and nearly hit the car next to me. Startled, I pulled over at the next exit to see if maybe someone had thrown something at my truck. There wasn't a scratch or dent anywhere. I got back in started down the road when the window suddenly dropped out of sight so I pulled over again and the found that it would not go back up. There was seemingly nothing to do at that point but take my suit jacket off and hope to not sweat through my shirt before out meeting. I picked up my colleague, late, then were late every subsequent meeting the rest of the day. As soon as I could, I took went to my local dealership who already seems to know what's wrong before I can finish telling him what's wrong. He tells me it's going to probably be in the range of $375 to fix. After renting a car to get back to my office, I checked online to see if this might be a common occurrence only to find hundreds of complaints about multiple windows on the same vehicles needing to be replaced. So, after nearly wrecking my truck, running late, appearing disheveled at my own customer meetings, and driving around in 100 degree weather in a suit and tie, all because of a problems that my (previous) favorite automaker is fully aware of, I'm so mad and frustrated that I can hardly see straight! On top of that, it sounds like can probably look forward to the same thing happening 3 more times (at least). The only thing I can think to do is to send complaints wherever I can find and keep copies of those complaints so that when the next window "pops" and startles me into oncoming traffic, I'll at least have proof I did make everyone aware of my own personal experience. This is such a potential danger and expensive inconvenience to the customer that I request a recall from ford to replace all window motor/gears before.
Window regulator on ford f150 2004 just let window fall could not park any where until I got home took apart and propped window up so nobody would break into truck good thing it was not raining from dealers notes seems this is happening a lot.
As I was driving through my neighborhood the passenger side window suddenly fell into the door with a loud thump. Afterwards, the window failed to operate. 2 days later as I was driving on the interstate the driver side window suddenly fell into the door with a loud thump and afterwards failed to operate. This is a failure of 2 windows within 2 days in a catastrophic failure mode. I was not harmed in this specific incidence but this occurrence could be dangerous in poor weather. I do not believe the manufacturer will repair the failure even though this is a common complaint as evidenced by a quick internet search.
Windows keep falling out, this the third window that has fallen (defective regulators).
Rolling down drivers windows and heard loud bang then grinding and window slowly sank down and will not go back up. I removed door panel and found twisted wires and broken plastic from the windows regulator. Only 24000 miles. Quality is crap...should be recalled before all my other ones do the same thing and I have to pay for ford's incompetence.
My f150 lariat supercrew 4x4 only has 19,000 miles on it and is very well kept. While power rolling my window up, I heard a loud bang, like my truck had been hit. Upon inspection I noted that my driver side front window would not stay up. After contacting my local ford dealer (advantage ford) I was informed that it was a faulty window regulator unit and that it was a common problem. I contacted ford in the desire for them to fix this free of charge (warranty had expired based on years but not miles). They would not do so. The dealership charges $365 to fix the window or you can purchase the part for $150 and do it yourself if you are so inclined. I have found numerous reports of this problem with these trucks online and this part should be recalled by ford and fixed free of charge.
Passenger side electric window slid down inside the door. This has already been replaced once and the driver side window did the same & also had to be replaced.
I have you seen how many complaints there are for faulty power window motor/regulators? I was leaving my place of employment which we scan out and my window would not go back up. When I got home I removed the door panel and the cables were twisted, kinked and frayed. Right now my window is propped to keep weather out...should I have a wreck how would I get out of the window...sure go out the passenger side.. This wasn't exactly a cheap vehicle and it definitely isn't the most expensive... But you would think it would last longer than 4 years. I have seen vehicles 20 years old that the power windows still work.
3 out of 4 of my windows fell into the door frame. Known faulty regulator (ford knows this part is faulty) broke. Two of the regulators broke while vehicle was in operation.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f150. The contact stated that the two rear windows and the driver side windows all fell down into the door frame. The dealer stated that the regulator failed. The contact went to two different dealers and each one repaired one window at the contact's expense. The dealers stated that they would reimburse her, but the contact has not yet received any compensation. The dealers further stated that they would not pay for the third window at all, although the contact believes this is their responsibility. There are no recalls on these windows. The failure mileage was 58,000.
I went to put up the passenger side rear window, heard a snap, then the window sank into the door. This is a safety issue, both potentially for theft and for injury. I am no longer covered under warranty, for this issue. There are many ford f150 owners experiencing the same issue, on multiple windows and is an ongoing issue. I am having the window regulator replaced at significant expense. I've owned vehicles 10 years and never had this problem, and yes, they were fords too.
Failure of passenger, rear left, rear right windows while driving on the freeway. At different times. Took it to dealer for repair. Cost about 416.00 each time.
I purchased my 2004 f-150 three months ago and I have now had to replace the window regulator three times (two on the same window). I have found many complaints online from consumers with the exact same problem. Ford needs to step up and recognize this problem. It costs anywhere from $200.00 to $400.00 to get it repaired each time. I cannot afford this on a monthly basis nor should I or anyone else need to put up with the obvious defect with fords window regulators. Thank you for your time.
Vehicle window regulator fails. It is associated with a loud bang. The window then falls into the door. The window is now unable to be moved. The vehicle is now not able to be secured. This is the third window regulator failure on my vehicle. Started with drivers side, then passenger side, now the passenger side rear failed. Dealer reported that this is very common and is due to a faulty part. Ford will not address this problem and fails to fix / replace the regulators until they fail. This part needs to be recalled and all windows fixed prior to failure.
Power window regulators fail prematurely causing glass to fall and fracture.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. When the contact opened the rear passenger window to air out the vehicle, she heard a popping sound. The window fell all the way down inside the vehicle door. This is the third window to fail in this manner within a year and a half. The only window which has not done this is the front driver's side. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were 70,000.
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