I'm a 16 year veteran in law enforcement. Sometime in april 2011, I was driving down the road and my rear driver side window fell down inside the door. The window falling made a loud noise. I could hear the wind and I looked back and didn't see a window in the door. My first thought was someone shot the glass out. My attention to driving was lost for several seconds. I believe this to be a safety issue. I pulled over at the first parking lot I saw and realized the glass was not broken but had fallen inside the door. Today 9/2/2011, I was repairing the rear window regulator and the front driver side window fell. I thought how ironic is this. I drove to the ford dealership and purchased the part and returned home. I have fixed both window regulators, but I feel this could cause a traffic crash. I searched the web for this repair and found several forums with people having this same issue. I would like to see ford address this issue.
2004 Ford F-150 visibility complaints
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Rising driver side window. The driver side window was being raised, it stop approx 3/4 way up, after traveling appox 2 miles at 30 MPH the window lower. The ford dealer replaced the window regulator.
No event leading to event. The right window lower on its own while traveling on interstate at approx 65mph. The window regulator was replaced at ford dealer @ cost of $235.
2004 ford f150 lariat. Right rear window suddenly dopped into the door. Thw window will not go up. This is a saftey hazard. Whnn the window went down the noise was distracting and I had no idea what happened. I had to look for a place to stop. After stopping, I exited the truck. I thought I had a tire tread seperation. After checking all of the tires I decided to look over the vehicle. Since I had no idea what happened I was prepared to have the vehicle towed to s shop. It was then that I noticed that the rr window was down. I tried to put it up and could not do so with either the driver window controll or the rr door control.
Passinger window fell into the door while driving on the freeway.
While driving on the interstate the drivers side window, without warning, fell down into the door. I heard a popping sound and the window disappeared. I feel this is a safety issue because of the sudden distraction could have caused me to loose control of the vehicle. I looked at your web site and discovered this a common problem with this truck and believe ford should be required to address the issue.
2004 ford f150 lariat window regulators failing. I have had two window regulators fail while driving my truck which causes the window to drop unexpectedly into the door cavity which causes alarm to the driver possibly contributing to loss of control of the vehicle. Ford is aware of this condition and refuses to correct the issue. It is a serious safety risk. The windows were not being operated at the time of failure. They just dropped leaving the window open at 75 MPH on the highway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the drivers side power window dropped down into the door panel. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where it was repaired. The same failure occurred approximately two years later on the front passenger side window. The manufacturer was notified and the vehicle was taken back to the dealer for repairs. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 50,000 and the current mileage 71,000. Updated 08/31/11 *bf updated 09/12/11
I have had my 2004 f150 xlt supercrew for a year now and the power window regulator in all 4 windows have broken during that short period of time. The most recent failure happened on the front passenger window last night. Searching the internet shows that this is a well known issue with these vehicles, but ford will not issue a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated while driving 10 MPH the rear driver and passenger side windows fell inside the door. The regulator was faulty and caused the window to fall off track. The contact did not take the vehicle to a mechanic or dealer for a diagnostic test. The contact called the manufacturer who stated they would do some research on the window regulator for that year, make, and model vehicle. The contact stated the vehicle was unsafe to drive. The failure mileage was 90,000.
Window failure. The left rear window just dropped out of the track due to a window regulator failure.
2004 ford f-150 ... All 4 of my window regulators have failed ! Also my 5th rear window is going out too ...I'm tired of paying out so much money for them to just fail again ! 2 of my windows won't even go up anymore and the inside of my truck is getting dirty dirty dirty! I hope nothing flies into my truck when im driving or someone is going to be hurt! The windows just stop working no reason at all! Please help this is out of control and ford needs to step up before someone gets hurt not after!!!
Tl * the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated that while trying to close the power window, he heard a popping noise and the window fell into the door panel. The contact mentioned that the failure occurred on three of the four windows. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who diagnosed that the cables and the actuator assembly needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who did not offer any assistance since the vehicle was out of warranty. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 85,000 and the current mileage was 92,000. Updated 9/13/11 *cn the vehicle has since been repaired. Updated 09/30/11
There are over 450 complaints listed here is mine I own a 2004 ford f150 and have had 3 window regulator failures, 2 while driving. The dangerous one was on the drivers side at night during a rain storm. Ford dealer states he replaces 1-2 a week but is not yet a recall. He says it wont get a recall until someone dies. I think it is a known dangerous problem that ford needs to take care of but wont until a recall is mandatory. Please recall this problem before "someone dies" and "only then" mandates a recall. Thank you for your time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f150 sd. The contact stated that all four of the window regulators failed, causing the windows to become lodged into the door panel. The dealer was contacted who advised that the window regulators would need replacing. There were no recalls and for the failure. The manufacturer was contacted but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 176,123.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact was attempting to close the driver side window when the window failed and fell into the door panel. The window was inoperable and the contact was advised by the dealer that the plastic regulator had caused the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 69,000. The vehicle was repaired july 6,2011. Updated 08/31/2011
Window regulator on 2004 f 150 lariat drivers door broke allowing the window to drop scaring me so bad that I went off the road just missing crashing into several trees. It sounded like someone had shot out my window, while I was driving in a thunder storm. The roads were wet, but there was know warning when the windowbroke, then I was getting hit in the face with rain it felt like glass hitting me in the face. This should be a recall by ford, I have research this problem and have found it to be massive in numbers with a big expense to ford customers. This many cases seems more than just a fluke incident. This should be looked into, I'm so lucky to be here now I just missed those trees and my wife is now scared that it may happen to one of my other remaining windows and does not want to ride with me anymore..
The window started making noise while rolling up and down and seemed like it was coming off the track.. While driving down the road the window fell completely in the door. We replaced the window regulator and seems to work fine, until 3 months later another window did the same thing. I cannot afford to keep replacing the same part on my truck when there are obviously defects in the parts. I see many other ford owners with the same problem and think that something needs to be done! God forbid the window shatter while my children are in the truck.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f150. While driving approximately 50 MPH, the front driver side window suddenly dropped into the door panel. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostics where the technician advised that the window track inside the door needed to be replaced. The failure later recurred on the front passenger side window and rear driver side window. The front driver and passenger side window tracks were replaced. The rear driver side window tracks were not replaced. The vehicle was not further repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
After a professional baseball game.. I walked back to my truck in a huge parking lot to find my right rear window down. My first thought was my truck was broken in to.. But after looking around, I find that my window regulator broke "again"!! This is the third window that has done this!! I never even roll the back window down so it cant be from abusing the hardware.. Ford needs to do something about this soo!! My brother has the same year truck and he had two window regulators go out!!
While I was driving, the rear drivers side window made a loud pop and the window just fell down. The window will not go back up. It is stuck down. I could not find any recall on the window but googled and found that is a problem for a lot of ford f150 owners.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving various speeds the drivers side front and rear window would suddenly fall without any warning. The vehicle was inspected by a dealer and they have not diagnosed the failure. The manufacturer was contacted but offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 47,000.
Window regulator problem. Windows falls while driving. Replace it once at dealership under warranty. ... It failed again while driving.
Door window will not operate up or down.
Door windows do not operate up or down when pressing rocker switch - 2nd time for repair of problem.
While driving on the highway my driverside window came crashing down causing me to fishtail into the right lane causing other cars to slam on their brakes luckily no one was hurt. When I called ford and some other mechanics they said allot of people had the same problem and its probably going to happen again to the other window. But there's no recall because its not a emission or safety problem. ??? Windows falling while driving on the hwy not a safety concern. Well im just gonna have to keep paying $400 for window regulators to keep my family safe....
Second power window regulator has failed now in the last two weeks. In both cases, the window suddenly dropped completely while I was driving on the highway at highway speeds.
I own a 2004 f-150 crew cab ford truck. I have had to replace 3 of the 4 window regulators in this vehicle. Each one has broken at different times. The ford dealerships replaced them at a cost of almost a thousand dollars for all three. The driver side window regulator is the only one so far not to break. Currently it is making a grinding sound. All three have broken within the past twelve months. This is a great expense to me as well as a great danger. While driving down the road one window regulator broke and the window fell into the bottom of the door. One broke while the vehicle was not moving and the other one broke while I was raising the window up from being down. I have contacted the ford dealership about the problem. The service department admits that there needs to be a recall due to their being a wide scale problem with the window regulators breaking. At the same time ford refuses to issue a recall on the problem. Ford motor company should be forced to issue a recall on the window regulators and be forced to reimburse owners of the expenses for having to replace the window regulators. Once again, I have spent almost a thousand dollars to replace three window regulators. And the last window appears to be malfunctioning now.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 ford f-150. The contact stated the power window switch continuously failed and was replaced a total of four times. The failure most recently recurred but the vehicle was not taken to the dealer for repairs and the manufacturer was not made aware of the problem. The failure mileage was 89,000 and the current mileage was 99,000.
Door power window regulator fails (broken plastic piece) and door window glass falls into the door. This usually occurs while driving - see thousands of internet reports. This is a dangerous defect in the regulator that ford knows about and refuses to recall. Repair part and labor cost approx $400 per window. I have had 2 window regulators fail so far! Ford should be responsible for this.
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