2005 ford f150 window regulator broke with window down ,safety issue.
2005 Ford F-150 visibility complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 ford f-150. The contact stated that the driver side window became loose and fell inside the door. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the window regulator was replaced. A few months later the passenger side window exhibited the exact same failure. The regulator was replaced on the passenger side by the dealer. The contact has not contacted ford motor company. The failure mileage was approximately 70,000. The VIN was not available. The current mileage was approximately 75,000.
My 2005 ford f-150 front passenger side window fell in the door. While driving down a smooth road in a residential area I heard a huge crack, then the window literally fell in the door and would not come up. The crack sounded like a gunshot and could have resulted in serious injuries. Repairs from the ford dealer are estimated at 400 or more dollars.
My complaint is in regards to the window regulators of my 2005 ford f150 supercrew 4x4. I have now had the front driver and rear right regulators fail due to no fault of my own. The rear right failure occurred last fall (august 2009) while going through a car wash with my family in the vehicle. Without any warning, my daughter started screaming as her window fell inside the door. Thankfully, there were no injuries, but I did have wet children and wet interior. Of course, the carwash denied any wrongdoing and suggested I contact ford. In doing so, ford stated that the federal safety agency did not issue a recall, so they were not required to fix/repair at their own cost. Not having the funds available, I tore the door panel open, slid the window back up in the track, and wedged a piece of pvc pipe to keep the glass in place. Not a great solution...but much better than what ford offered to do. The most recent incident occurred saturday, july 11, 2010, mid-afternoon. My family and I were traveling to a community function. While driving, I heard what sounded like a shotgun go off next to my ear. Our initial thought was we hit something on the road or an animal ran into us. I stopped and got out of the truck, but did not see any damage. At that point I didn't know what to think. We continued on to our function without any further issues. When we arrived back at the vehicle later in the afternoon, I started to roll down the windows while the A/C coiled off and thud...the front driver window fell down. I knew exactly what happened. Tore into the door when we got home and found that the window regulator pulley failed in this window also. So, I pushed the glass back up and wedged another piece of pvc pipe. Aside from the ringing in my ear the remainder of the afternoon from the "gunshot", there were no injuries. From my research on the internet, this appears to be a very common problem that ford refuses to address. I would appreciate your help and research in this matter.
2005 ford f-150 passenger window fell and cost 300.00 to repair. Two weeks later the drivers window fell, haven't had it repaired yet. Only 22000 miles on vehicle.
I am the owner of a 2005 ford f150 supercab truck. I recently had another power window regulator fail on my vehicle. This failure occurred while I was driving down the road at a speed of about 35mph. This is the second regulator that has been replaced on this vehicle (the first one occurred three years ago). When this failure occurs the window just drops completely down into the door with no warning. When this failure occurs while you are driving it causes a very big distraction to the driver and passengers of the vehicle. Three years ago, when the first regulator failed, I had my vehicle parked (luckily at home) and I noticed that the window was in the down position. I recalled rolling the window up when I parked my vehicle, so I got in it to put the window in the up position. After turning the ignition on and pressing the up button, nothing happened. This time it was the drivers window. I am very fortunate to have not parked my vehicle in a public place when this failure occurred because it would have given anyone access to the inside of my vehicle. Although the failures did not result in any injury or losses, this is a very important issue concerning vehicle safety. I conducted some internet research on this issue and it appears that other 2004-2005 f150 owners have had the same issue with these window regulators. I am very concerned that the remaining 2 windows will fail over time. On both occasions, I took my vehicle to the local dealership to have a replacement window regulator installed. One of the regulator replacements was covered under warranty and the most recent one was not. This repair cost was $220. I feel that this is an issue that regular maintenance nor normal vehicle care could prevent. This is a definite equipment flaw that the owner has no warning of when it will occur. Therefore I feel that these regulators should be investigated because it poses a safety issue to the vehicle owner as well as other drivers on the roadway.
2005 ford f-150, power window regulator failure. Driver's side 2 years ago now passenger side. No known cause. First one replaced under warranty. Out of warranty and not replaced psngr. Side yet.
The front and rear drivers side windows have suddenly failed on my 2005 ford f-150. The windows suddenly roll down and are not able to roll back up.
Was driving down highway, went to let driver window up, the window slams up very fast, made this loud popping sound than falls to the bottom of door, it would not go back up or down, it really scared me didn't no what was going on. Had to put foiled paper in window to keep it up. All you can here is something moving inside but window will not move. This could really be a safety issue.
2005 ford f150 power window. Two windows in two months dropped while driving and one shattered.
2005 ford f150 window regulator failure.
Window on drivers side will not go up, in a rollover, limbs and head could protrude outside causing serious bodily harm and or death, this accident has not taken place yet, I am only saying it could.
I was driving on the interstate and heard a loud pop and thought someone had shot at my car, it scared me and with my response swerved and I almost had an accident. Later as it turned out it was a common window regulator defect on ford trucks and SUV's. They have built it with the purpose of failure and a high cost to the owner to repair this and no guarantee that it will work and not fail again soon. This should be a recall to all those ford's with this failure. It is going to cost just under $400.00 to fix with no guarantee. It is indeed a safety issue when it happens while driving at high speeds or anywhere around any other cars, not to mention the window dropping, who knows it could shatter and cause a severe injury.
2005 ford f150 - driver's side window suddenly failed and fell down inside the door.
I was driving down the road and out of nowhere! My driver's door window slid/fell hard down into my door for no reason!! I didn't even hit a bump! Not sure if the window broke at the bottom inside the door or not. Now it won't go up. Upon looking for the possible cause online, I read that ford knows that this is an equipment defect and potential safety issue but has so far refused to do anything about it. This could have happened anywhere, even in a mall parking lot where someone would have instant access to the interior. Not to mention the safety issues, weather, etc.
2005 ford f-150 window regulator failure - driving down the interstate heard a loud pop on the driver side I thought something hit my truck, the window fell into to the door. Estimated cost to fix $420.00 + tax. After seeing the thousands of complaints on the internet something needs to be done. Recall!! Recall!!
Window failure/falling into door: 1. No known specific event, car was parked when failure occurred without human intervention. 2. Driver side front window falling into door and passenger side rear window failure. Luckily driver side window has not broken/shattered, but has only fallen into door and did not distract driver when driving in traffic. 2a. After inspecting each window also found passenger rear window is loose and freely moves. 3. Dealer explained problem is common and likely that it is the window regulator and/or components. Dealer is charging $450 to repair driver side window.
While driving my 2005 ford f150, the back window slid down. My daughter pushed the button to roll it up and a loud crunching sound with a pop followed. The function of the button is no longer operable. This is the second time this type of occurrence has happened, which has resulted in approximately $800 in repairs. The first time was over a year ago on the driver's window.
Pressing button to lower window caused window to fall and crash inside of door panel. Second time this has happened.
Passenger window in my 2005 ford f-150 fell inside the door creating a loud bang while driving. Caused me to jump and pull steering wheel to one side nearly causing an accident. Investigation LED to a broken plastic clip in the door that released the cable that holds the window in the up (or down position). I have seen numerous complaints about this event. Ford has not recalled the problem as of this date.
Power window regulator failure on 2005 f150. Was driving and tried to adjust window and it crashed down into bottom of door. The large "clunk" was very distracting and startled me while driving 65 MPH. I have done some research and this is not an isolated problem. There are numerous accounts of multiple failures with this part. You need to put the heat on these guys to have this part redesigned with better guts because there is no doubt it is a defective design. [xxx]
Driver window regulator failed and window dropped into the door. No way to get window closed without removal of door panel. Very unsafe to drive with no window during inclimate weather. There needs to be a complete review of all the fails of this single part.
I have had two windows stop rolling up on my f150 lariat. It is a 2005 model. The truck has 43,000 miles on it. I have read many complaints of the same problem. Must be a manufacturers defect. I think if I had a toyota, they would fix it.
For the second time the window in my ford f150 crashed down into the door panel. Cost me $450 atford dealer to fix. Dealer service rep told me this would happen when the vehicle was in warranty but ford wont recall and they know the problem exists. My estimate is 4,000,000 vehicles at least ,2004-07,08.
P/s window fell off track causing to be rolled up or down.
Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6) I own a 2005 ford f-150 super cab california limited edition bought brand new and now has 48388.9 miles and I heard a loud pop as I was at the light,I then looked around and rolled the window down ( drivers door side) and the whole window fell inside the track. I had to call a repair man to fix it and he charged over $200.00 dollars. I feel this is a safety issue (someone could get scared because of the loud pop or the window falling inside the track as your driving causing a distraction to the road and vehicles surrounding them).I feel that there should be a recall because of that and that ford should be responsible for replacing all the windows regulators in all affected vehicles including the other three windows in my truck before it does the same thing and cause another distraction. From my understanding as I was researching on the computer there have been already many complaints. [xxx]
2005 f-150 fx4 5.4l triton 43,000 miles while driving to work one morning, I heard a loud thud!! In shock, thinking something may have crashed through my window, I immediately pulled off to the side of the road during very busy a.m traffic. I could not find any trace of broken glass. I then looked inside the door and saw that the glass had just fallen in????? I could press the button and hear the motor, but absolutely no movement from the glass. Two weeks later, with a 2x4 holding the window up on the passenger side of a 35,000.00 dollar automobile, me my two year and my eleven year olds in the back, were on interstate 10.unbelievably, my drivers side window comes crashing down and explodes in the door!!!! With the wind rushing unexpectedly in, and the loud crash of the glass breaking in the door, I temporarily lost control of my vehicle. Knowing I had my families life at stake, I immediately gained control and brought my truck to a screeching halt in the emergency lane. From that moment, I have contacted the better business bureau, called ford and made complaints. According to the ford parts person I spoke to the other day the window regulator part# has changed now 3 times and he stated that ford never changes the part # unless there is a physical change to the part and he stated they have had "issues" with these regulators thus the change, he stated that the newest version has been beefed up around the plastic clip that keeps breaking off, hopefully the newest versions have corrected the problem but as you can see just by the fact that ford has changed the part # 3 times they know about this problem and now they need to fix this safety hazard on all of our windows.
The window regulator has broken in 2 of my f150 windows, causing the window to fall into the door frame. Latest date is noted below.
While driving my 2005 ford f-150 the passenger side window suddenly and loudly slammed down into the door panel causing extreme distraction to the driver. The power window regulator had an internal failure and failed to be able to support the window any longer. The power window regulator required replacement.
I have a 2005 ford f150 and the window was kind of having problems going up. Down was never a problem. Then finally it quit going up all together. Was able to disassemble and found the little plastic plugger for the rocker contact was all mushroomed out. Took one from one of the back window switches to get by.
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