When I pulled out of parking lot at approx. 5 MPH I heard a very loud noise in the rear of the truck. Sounded like something hit my vehicles back door. When I looked back all looked normal. A few minutes later I heard air blowing. Like a window was down. Rear window had started to slowly slide down. Mechanic informed me the window regulator had failed. 203.00 just for the part !!!! And he said more will break too. Nice job ford.
2005 Ford F-150 visibility complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the front driver's side window fell into the door panel. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the contact was informed that the window regulator would need to be replaced. The contact stated that the failure had occurred two years prior on the front passenger's side window. The vehicle had been repaired. The failure and current mileage was 40,491.
When driving down the road a 35 MPH my driver side window made a loud pop sound and the window fell down into the door. I had to buy a whole new window regulator assembly. I have seen this to be a problem on this site and many other online forums. There must be a defect with the regulators. Mine was so bad that the cable actually frayed and snapped. This is a safety hazard that should be addressed.
Rear passenger window regulator stopped working and window fell into door. Had my wife done this while driving she would have been scared by the loud popping noise and potentially crashed into object injuring herself and or others. This is a common problem and ford needs to recall the trucks with the plastic parts and faulty mechanism. Search the web and there are hundreds of vehicles with the same issue . Years 2004-2006. Ford needs to recall!
Front passenger window fell to bottom of door.
We had just left our house and the driver side window fell down into the door and would not come back up. I looked on the internet and youtube to find out this has happened to 100's of the f150's. This is very dangerous because evidently it can happen to any of the windows on the truck. One of my grandchildren could have been riding with us and possible fall out a window. I understand there is no recall for this. I emailed ford about this but it stated the might not even acknowledge it.
Rear passenger window regulator stopped working and window fell into door. Had my daughter done this while driving she would have been scared by the loud popping noise and potentially crashed into object injuring herself and or others. This is a common problem and ford needs to recall the trucks with the plastic parts and falty mechanism. Search the web and there are hundreds of vehicles with the same issue . Years 2004-2006. Ford needs to recall!!
Driving home and suddenly there was a loud bang. I thought someone shot out my window. After arriving home I looked at it and realized that the glass had dropped down into the door. I took it to the dealer and paid $350 for the repair. These window regulators need to be recalled or banned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On august 3, 2012 the passenger window dropped and the regulator assembly had to be replaced. Yesterday, march 2, 2013 the driver side window would not go up. The regulator with motor had to be replaced. I think ford needs to recall their vehicles, and replace their defective parts.
When accelerating slowly from a stop light, the drivers side window fell down into the door. Apparently the window regulator broke, an issue which is documented on numerous internet sites. The window dropping into the door created a very distracting driving situation, not to mention visual safety hazards as in today during rainy, foggy, humid conditions affecting the visibility through the remaining glass in the vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated while traveling 30 MPH, the rear driver side window collapsed into the door panel. The contact merged to the side of the road and the vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was confirmed that the window regulator failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure later recurred with another window. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure and current mileages were 66,000. ..updated 09-28-12 *bf the consumer stated two of the windows failed within two days of each other. The first failure happened at 30 MPH and the second incident happened at 65 MPH, while his wife was driving on the freeway. The consumer's wife almost lost control of the vehicle, because she thought it was a gun shot. The window dropped inside the door, leaving the inability to roll up the window. Updated 10/01/12
I have powered windows on my truck. Today while driving to work and getting on the highway going south on I-35 in okc, ok. I had the driver side window partially rolled down and once I was at highway speeds I decided to roll the window up, as I usually have always done before. After the window reached the closed position, I heard a loud pop as if a rock hit the window and immediately after that, the window fell down and slammed into the bottom well of the door panel. To my amazement and not understanding what just occurred, I tried to re-raise the window back up unsuccessfully. So far its sitting in the parking lot, taped up with plastic over it since its about to rain until I can get it taken care of. On another note the other rear back passengers windows squeak when they are raised or lowered. What next!! Probably more of the same. Sweet!!
I have read many complaints just like mine, ford told some people they had way too many complaints to do anything about a recall on this. Last year the drivers window popped and the window dropped inside the door I went to ford bought the cable and regulator and had a window company replace it. 2 weeks ago same thing on the passengers front window, next day the passengers back window dropped while I was in my house, the drivers back window is the only one left. This truck is a 2005 the parts are not that old.
Parking my truck in my garage, stopped, put transmission in park, closed drivers door power window, heard loud pop, sounded as if glass broke, but it did not. Window fell down into door, would not raise up. Pressing power button, I could hear motor running, but window would not move.
Driving out of a parking lot, only 10 MPH or so, loud pop on passenger side door. Stopped the vehicle, and passenger window dropped down into the door. Grateful I was not going fast and had the ability to stop quickly, otherwise potential accident. Looking online, can see this is a frequent problem with this year, make, model truck. A matter of time before someone gets hurt from this.
I was leaving an atm (it was raining), I rolled up the drivers window. When the window reached the top the window fell (free fall was more like it) in to the door. Once I removed the door panel and inspected the window parts I found the regulator failed/broke. We are thankful the window did not break and injure us.
Driving my son home from school, heard a loud pop in the driver's side door, which made me jerk the wheel (glad I wasn't going very fast), then the driver's side window fell into the frame. Dealership claims broken window regulator. Went online and found hundreds of complaints of the same. Called ford complaint number; they very kindly told me there was nothing they could do at this time. Too many complaints of the same issue to not be on recall list.
Driving to church on may 6th, 2012 @ 0900 a.m. On the interstate traveling @ 70 MPH. I lowered the window about an inch. When I pressed the button to raise the window a loud pop occurred and the window dropped into the door-well. It scared everyone in the truck. It was a sunny day. Potential for loss of life is present with this issue. Inclement weather or blinding debris within the cab could raise the potential for loss of life. Please petition ford motor company for a recall on this potentially life threatening issue.
For the third time, I have had a door window drop from a fully closed position to a fully open position. In doing reseach on the issue, I find that this is a common problem with 2004 - 2005 model year f150 crew cabs.
The first regulator that broke was on the drivers side. My wife and I came home in her car, my truck was parked in the driveway and we noticed the window on the drivers side was down and on inspection the glass was down inside the door. The next time was this sunday, march 1, 2012, when we got home from church the same thing happened except it was the passenger side.
Driver side window just fell in the door while driving.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that the front driver side window malfunctioned and the window could not be opened. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic where the mechanic replaced the window regulator motor. The repair did not remedy the issue so the contact took the vehicle back to the mechanic for a diagnostic test. The test results displayed that the dm module was defective. The contact did not call the manufacturer. The failure mileage was 80,690.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact was driving approximately 65 MPH when he heard a loud noise in the door. After a gust of wind hit him, he realized that the window fallen down into the door panel unexpectedly. The vehicle was inspected by the owner who noticed that the control for the window was fractured, causing the window to fall. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and they offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 52,000. Updated 04/11/12*lj the consumer stated he replaced the window regulator on his own. The plastic feed for the cables had broken and the regulator cable drum grooves had worn out. Updated 04/23/12
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 30 MPH uphill, the brakes began pulsating as the contact decelerated. In addition, the driver and passenger side windows had fallen into the door panel without warning. The vehicle had not been inspected by a dealer nor repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was approximately 158,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. While driving approximately 5 MPH, the contact heard a loud popping sound in the front driver side window. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic who stated to the contact that the window regulator was fractured. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 135,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, he heard a loud popping noise coming from the front drivers door and the window fell down into the door panel. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 62,000.
I have had two window regulators fail and the windows come crashing down unexpected while driving at high speed in ford f150 and not touching the window controls. The windows will not go back up and have had to be fixed. I live in northern climate with bad weather and the conditions are dangerous to drive in with a window down and children in the back seat.
Window regulator failure.
I just bought this vechile with in the past 2 weeks and the window on the driver side, made a loud grinding sound .....then a loud bang as the window fell down in the door! I'm very lucky that I did not total my vechile as I was pulling into main traffic on a busy road that I live on! This was my dads old vechile and he had the same problem with the passenger side.....not to long ago! Also have been doing some digging on this issue and I see that quite a few other people have been going throught the same problem as well! Just making first few payments and boom!!!! There go's a bunch of money on a safety part that really needs fixed! Ford .........wake up and fix this issue already!!!
While driving our truck the driver side window slowly lowered itself and would not raise up. This was approximately 2 years ago. Yesterday, september 25, 2011 about 2pm, the passenger side window went down on its own and would not raise up. I turned off the hwy I was on and luckily avoided a wreck. Today sept. 29, 2011, I called ford motor company, told them about the window and the previous window being fixed, gave them my VIN#, name, telephone# and was told there are no recall's and they are not aware of any problems and cannot help us financially with this problem. I told them, I was filling a complaint with them and notifying you.
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