Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving the vehicle with the rear windshield defroster activated, the contact suddenly heard a loud pop sound. The contact noticed that the rear window panel behind the passenger seat had fractured throughout the entire panel, but remained intact. The contact examined the vehicle and noticed that the trim that surrounded the window had melted slightly from excessive heat. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there was no recall. The approximate failure mileage was 109,554.
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As I was driving to work this morning with my rear defrost on - monday 10-21-2019 around 7:30 am on the same hwy I take everyday, I notice smoke coming from the passenger side back windshield, as think in my mind what the hell I need to pull over to check it out, all of a sudden a loud boom goes off and my back passenger side windshield explodes..after collecting myself I stop to check it out and notice where the smoke is coming from, as I'm looking at my back glass I notice the smoke is coming from the outside of the windshield around the rubber gasket, it was literally melting. I also have a video where you can hear the cracking/ melting of the back windshield
2010 f-150 rear driver side window shattered for no apparent reason while back into my nephews driveway
This morning (8/5/2019) my rear driver-side window spontaneously shattered, again. There was no impact (I have a camper shell on the vehicle). I was traveling at highway speeds on smooth terrain. This is the third time this has occurred. The first two were similar in nature: the first one was while the vehicle was in motion on smooth surface streets and the repair was done under warranty; the second was while the vehicle was parked and the dealership was willing to pay for the repair. In each case, I had to (and will have to again) pay to have my camper shell removed and stored while the repair takes place.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving 50 MPH, the contact attempted to close the moon roof; however, it became stuck and would not close. The contact heard an abnormal popping sound coming from the area of the moon roof. The vehicle was taken to bilingsly ford 1 (8209 quanah parker trailway, lawton, ok 73505) where the mechanic stated that there was no remedy for the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not assist. The failure mileage was 53,500.
When you press the window defrost button the right panel of the rear glass overheats and shatters. This has happened twice now when leaving the house. The first time it happened the truck was 1 year old in 20 degree weather with frost on the windows and the second time was 80 degree weather with windows fogged up. It's very startling to hear an explosion right behind your head when you are driving sounding like and gunshot or brick being thrown into the vehicle
At 6:00am on 5-26-2019 I started vehicle with both defrosters on. It was parked in driveway. I let vehicle run about 15 minutes to remove fog from windows. Upon re-entry I noticed a burning smell like when you start your furnace for the first time in the winter. I tried to locate the odor, I noticed the odor was strongest in rear seat on passenger side of vehicle. I noticed that the back glass was now shattered but intact. A police report and investigation was performed. The officer concluded that there was no impact. I placed packing tape on window to secure glass until it can be replaced.
The passenger section of the rear window shattered while the rear defroster was activated. The vehicle was parked in a parking lot of a restaurant and without anything impacting the window it just shattered. For about a week leading up to the incident there was a funny smell whenever I used the rear defroster, melting plastic, that I couldn't pinpoint. Initially, I though it might have been the seat heaters
Takata recall. When pulling out into traffic on a very busy highway as the on coming traffic speed limit is 50mph, I'm pulling out on the highway with a safe distance between cars on this busy road as I accelerated my 2010 f150 fx4 super crew cab "with my family in the truck I might add" the truck just down shifts and it slams me and my family forward "like I hit a tree going 30mph" the truck shuts off completely and a symbol of a wrench pops up on the dashboard. With no power steering, no power breaks, no way to safely move the truck off the road at this point due to the traffic I was trying to avoid was passing me going at least 50mph almost getting rear ended by several cars and semi trucks, I push the flashers on and pray that nothing bad happens and coast until the truck finally comes to a stop after about 30-45 seconds. I get out of the truck after the group of vehicles pass by and inspected to see if the engine or transmission was blown up or leaking fluid and nothing at this point so I'm stressed out because my family and I could have very well died and there is no proof of this when I restarted the truck no symbols was present when inspected by a mechanic. I keep telling the mechanic that it has no power any more, it sooooo sluggish I can't even drive the truck much anymore, only on short trips to the store. We had to cancel or vacation and cancel the purchase of a camper for our vacation. I'm sorry but if ford was a real symbol of safety and security of its owners this would have never happened in the first place. This needs to be fixed asap!!!
I was driving to work on 2/5/19, around 6:45am, and had the rear window defrost on. While in motion on a city street, I heard a loud pop coming from the vehicle.the sound was loud enough to be mistaken for a gun shot. After trying to figure out what the noise was, I noticed in my rear view mirror that the passenger side rear window was completely cracked. I was amazed the entire window didn't collapse inward. After coming to a stop and inspecting the window closer, I was unable to see where any foreign object impacted the window. I believe this incident was caused by the rear window defrost heating the window too rapidly and causing the class to expand too much, causing the failure.
1. I am not alone in a complaint about the fuel canister being a problem on the f150- I have complained about this twice now- others in the forum are doing the same. The vapor canister in the engine compartment becomes faulty and the engines stall or runs rough- when it stalls, it is impossible to steer. I grew up without power steering- 97$ out of pocket- dealer couldn't figure it out- had another mechanic diagnose and repair. It's a simple fix- yet can be dangerous if someone with strong arm strength cannot turn the vehicle or use the breaks. This has to be looked at.! I should have been reimbursed! Waiting for someone to get killed is inexcusable- happened with just 35k miles on truck. 2. Seems ford has a mega defect with bad design on their f150 power rear windows with the heat grids going bad- this happened at maybe the same time, and unless I spend 1000 dollars, I have no rear-window defogging- this was nearly a 50k vehicle, and just started to fall apart after the warranty. This is a bad design- if ice and all in the south, many do not have the preparations for this (I grew up in the north). I still can't defrost my rear window), but have a scraper 3. High mount brake light- seems, ford refuses to fix a bad design for faulty high mount third brake light- cheap gasket will fade, and many of use (myself recently) have problems with water dripping inside the cab- 100 plus bucks for a new one? Can't even buy the gasket?? And let's add to the fact the lights are so badly designed, they collect grime/crap and just look like yup. (biggest concern is ruining the interior with water- I had a lot of wet recently- f150 forum is plastered with these problems. The fuel canister making the vesicle stall is dangerous. And I feel ford should address this. (they don't seem to care about improving the other issues in 2018. Shame- no quality!~
Rear window glass exploded with rear defroster on, during snow storm
After turning on the rear defroster, the drivers side rear glass panel shattered.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 MPH while it was snowing, there was a loud abnormal noise. The contact noticed the following day that the rear passenger window was shattered but still in tact in the window frame. The vehicle was taken to safelite window repair shop where it was repaired. The vehicle was not taken to a dealership. The contact also stated that the failure occurred three times since the vehicle was purchased. The manufacturer was contacted and made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While pulling out of the driveway, the rear passenger side window shattered when the defroster was activated. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000.
The passenger rear window lite (glass) on my 2010 f-150 svt raptor shattered when the vehicle was parked running and the rear defroster was on. The shattered glass stayed in place, but requires the complete rear window to be replaced. This is a common reported issue online with ford trucks of this age, where ford will not issue a defect replacement.
The rear window shattered after turning on the rear defroster. The passenger portion of the rear window shattered. This happened approximately 2-3 minutes after turning on the defroster. The vehicle was in motion on a city street. The outside temperature was in the low 20s. There was an extremely loud bang and then we noticed the glass was shattered.
While driving down the road with the rear defrost on the passenger side rear window (there are three with center one powered) shattered. There was a loud pop and the window was cracked into hundreds of pieces. Window was still in place. There were no signs of impact on the window. The vehicle was going about 50 MPH on pa 75 (2 lane highway) near clay lick, pa in a fairly straight stretch of roadway.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. The contact stated that the rear driver side window suddenly fractured. The contact reached out to several different window repair companies who stated that the entire window needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 73,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving approximately 50 MPH with the defroster activated, the contact heard a loud noise and the rear passenger window shattered. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 74,000. Updated 04/18/17 lj
Was driving down the road and noticed the right side of the rear window smoking. Before I could pull over, the window exploded and the entire right side was shattered. My son was sitting in the seat directly in front of it. Upon further inspection, I noticed where the rubber seal around the window was melted from burning, and there was liquid draining from the area. I was traveling to take my kids to school and had my rear defogger in use. I have noticed numerous complaints about this issue from others, but ford has not issued a recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving 30 MPH, the contact activated the rear defroster and the rear window fractured without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000.
Back window passenger ( sliding back glass unit) shattered after approximately 12 minutes after turning on rear defroster. The temperature was 34f with no frost on back window. It sounded like a small gunshot when it happened. After speaking with the dealer I found out that this is a common problem. Ford refuses to fix the problem. Estimated cost from the dealer are $700+.
With the rear defrost on the back glass exploded while driving.
I was parked in my truck, warming it up on a ~10 degree morning. The back glass had a layer of ice and I turned on the rear defrost. A few minutes later, while still parked in my driveway, I heard a loud pop. The passenger side back glass was shattered. It is a power sliding, tinted back glass in three sections.
While using the rear window defroster, I heard a loud thud. I looked back and saw a shattered rear passenger window. Also noticed smoke from lower corner. I was reversing out of driveway at a slow rate of speed. Outside temp was 20f.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving approximately 65 MPH, the contact heard a loud pop and the rear passenger side windshield shattered. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing, but was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 74,000.
I left home for work on 12/8/2016. The temp was 7 degrees out and my back window was slightly iced over. I turned the rear defrost on to clear up the window. Within ten minutes I heard what sounded like a gun going off. Upon inspection I realized that my rear 3 peace window had spider cracked into thousands of peaces. The sound it made sent me off the road to a frantic stop. This was in town going 30mph. I'm so glad my kids weren't in the rear seat as there is quite a bit of small glass peaces. This will set me back $600 and I cant imagine ever using the rear defrost button again as it might be a faulty switch that caused this or a faulty window. It seems the more I find on the internet the more I realize this is fairly common. Ford motor co.should really do something!
On a 20 degree morning I turned on the rear defrost and in about five minutes time I hear a loud noise. Upon looking around I found the back window had shattered on the passenger side. I was stationary at the time, thankfully, because the sound was a lot like a gun blast and if driving I could have swerved, it startled me so much. The window is shattered into thousands of pieces and visibility out of that window is severely hampered. This is an obvious design flaw and it effects the safety of the vehicle and a recall should be issued.
Tl* the contact owns a 2010 ford f-150. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the contact heard a loud noise when the rear window defogger was activated. The rear window exploded. The dealer stated that the failure was a known issue. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 44,000.
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