sitting in truck that was off and heard a loud crack. looked around and the rear drivers side window was shattered. nothing hit it and defrost was not on. just shattered for no reason. 30 degree F out
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This morning I was driving down the road and I heard a pop from the rear window. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw the right side of the rear window was shattered. I thought it might have been something from the road, however I didn't see and visible evidence of something hitting the window. Not long before this happened I did turn on the rear defrost. After a Google search, I see the rear defrost has been a common problem for these trucks. Not cool because the window is $1000 to replace now!
This morning (45 degrees F) I remote-started the truck to warm it up. As I strapped in my 5 year old into his carseat (Which does not contact the rear window at any point), We were startled by a load pop as the driver's side rear window broke. I immediately walked to the back of the truck to inspect and a small amount of smoke was raising from the bottom right side of that window where it meets the frame. I believe the rear window defroster was the cause of it. This happened 6 inches from my son's head..
The contact owns a 2013 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the moon roof failed to close securely. The contact used a tarp to cover the moon roof. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and diagnosed that the moon roof assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and remained at the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 72,861.
I was driving down the street around 7am, it was about 54 degrees outside and the portion of my rear window behind the driver seat exploded, sounded like a gun shot. I pulled over and I could hear sizzling and saw steam/smoke coming from a seam in the window so I got back in and turned off my rear defroster and the sizzling went away. I am concerned this will happen again after I get the window fixed or worse, I am worried my truck could go up in flames with my wife or kids in it.
Driving down the road at 40mph on the way to work this morning. Turned on the rear window defroster and about 2 minutes later, the driver side panel of the back tempered glass window spontaneously shattered. There is no evidence of any obvious defect to either side of the window. An impact wouldn't be possible given I was driving forward at 40 mph. I have looked online and seen message boards full of similar reports but don't see any recalls. I wanted to add my report to the numbers as this is ridiculous and I now have to pay $800 to have something replaced that definitely appears to be a known manufacturer defect.
The contact owns a A.R.E. Z series Truck Cap (n2497015) connected to a 2013 Ford f-150. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 mph, the driver side window on the truck cap flew off. The contact mentioned two years later, the passenger side window flew off the truck cap. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the diagnosis was undetermined. The driver-side window was repaired. The manufacturer of the equipment was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000.
The rear window defroster stopped working (winter). In researching the probable cause of the rear defroster issue we found over the past several years there have been countless stories & posts from around the country detailing specifically the issue we were experiencing with the defroster and realizing this was a know issue with this vehicle. There were countless stories, many harrowing accounts of broken rear windows due to the nature of the engineering to repair as well as way too many stories with customers having to deal with local and national ford representatives to try to address the obvious engineering issue. While I may agree this may be a personal observation, there are way too many occurrences of this problem occurring across multiple model years for ford leadership to not be concerned with this issue and doing something to facilitate the corrective actions to address the defect.
Ford f150 rear defrost shattered rear driver side window after remote start posing safety risk to vehicle occupants.
Started my truck with auto start and rear defrost cracked my back driver side glass.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the remote start was used start the vehicle and activate the defroster however, the rear windshield defroster shattered the rear windshield. The contact informed oxmoor ford lincoln (100 oxmoor ln, louisville, ky 40222) of the failure however, no assistance was offered. There was no recall for the defroster. The windshield was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was 180,000.
On 02/20/2021 parked my vehicle in my driveway. All glass was fine and intact. Morning of 02/21/2021 I remote started my truck to leave. Absolutely nothing has changed over night or the morning of, truck is sitting exactly where I parked it. No adverse weather. A few minutes later I am pulling out of my driveway and I look into my review mirror and see my driver's side, back window glass completely shattered. I know nothing has hit it from the inside, plus the very large headrest is in position and protects most of that window from the inside. I know nothing could have hit from the outside as a I have a properly fitted century cap on the bed of the truck and this protects the glass from being struck on the outside. I look up information on the internet and find many many complaints of this very issue occurring in multiple years of f150's and many similarly related to remote start, window defroster, allegations. I can not find anything that recognizes this as a recall yet. Several articles or videos I saw recommended a complaint through here. This many trucks, same issue, same make, models and quite a year span. This should be a recall.
I was traveling at 65mph cruise control on. Not a rough road and no other traffic. Turned on rear defrost to clear snow on rear glass that was blowing up from the bed. The drivers side rear glass panel shattered. There was no vehicle flex or impact to the window.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the sliding rear window panel located on the driver side suddenly shattered. During the failure, the rear window defroster had been activated and the temperature outside was below 30 degrees. The cause of the failure was not determined. The manufacturer was notified of the failure but offered no assistance. The local dealer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 68,000.
Driving down the road and a message pops up on the screen. It says "steering assist fault". It should have said omg don't panic and slow the truck to a complete stop and try not to die because you have lost all of your steering capabilities. I could not imagine if I was around too many vehicles or one of my children were driving the truck. This is such a major safety concern that all f150s with this potential problem should not be driven until repaired. With all of the safety measures and companies such as you guys why on earth is this truly life threatening issue allowed? Apparently, the 2013 model is not part of the recall for this problem? There are many complaints and many easily found forums talking about this issue. There has to be deaths attributed to this issue. For what is worth the other issues are nonlife-threatening but noless annoying and should be recalled. I have two 2013 f150 fords and both have had their rear windows replaced due to the defrost breaking. The lariat has had it's replaced twice, twice! Both trucks have had their sunroof guts replaced. One almost flew off the vehicle driving down the highway. Complaints and forums galore talk about all three of these issues.
The 3 piece rear window exploded with no provocation. My wife and I entered the truck closed the doors and a few seconds later heard a loud pop! On further investigation one of the panes in the three piece window had completely shattered. The rear defrost had not been turned on. The ambient temperature was about 32 f.
Started the truck at 6:40am with the remote start, went outside to get into the truck, put the key in the ignition to drive but truck was still in park. All of a sudden there was a loud bang and the back window was shattered/spiderwebbed. Smelt like burning wires also.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the rear defroster malfunctioned with a three panel sliding window. The window panel behind the driver shattered. The contact stated that this was the third time that the same window panel shattered since owning the vehicle. The dealer hassett ford (3530 sunrise hwy, wantagh, ny 11793, 516‑785‑7800) stated there was no recall for the issue and there was also no warranty on the vehicle. The manufacturer had not been contacted yet. The failure mileage was 23,000.
Sunroof fails to close *doesn't engage in to fully seal/locked position. And re-opens. No possible way to manually close without removing headliner. Vehicle was stationary one returning home and engaging close switch to sunroof. Now security and weather tightness is compromised.
Had the truck parked overnight in the garage. Still cold out so used the remote start to heat up the truck. As I was backing out, I noticed the back windshield behind the driver was totally shattered. Nothing hit the window.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f150. While his wife was driving at 15 MPH, there was an abnormal banging noise detected and noticed the rear windshield had exploded without warning or impact. The contact called hermann ford inc located at (614 s. Market st, hermann, mo 65041 (573) 486-3113) but was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure was 76,000. The VIN was not available.
The back window spontaneously shattered without any impact. I live in western oregon where temperatures are not extreme. This happened overnight and I noticed it driving to work the next morning. I have a camper shell on my pick up, so there was no impact from the outside. I have been the only one in the pick up and nobody was in the cab of my pick up to cause the damage from the inside.
I crank my truck up this morning to let it warm up while sitting in the driveway turn the rear defroster and heard a loud bang then I look back and noticed my driver side rear window was shattered
The rear window shattered while having the rear window defrost on and driving on a highway. Nothing hit the window, no big bumps or impacts.
Rear window shattered without any impact.
One cold morning I remote started my vehicle sitting in my driveway. After leaving the house I noticed the driver side rear window with slider was shattered. There was no exterior damage or something that made an impact. I have also read many other accounts of this issue on ford forums.
Turned on defrost and rear window shattered while at idle in the driveway. Vehicle not moving.. A visible burn mark on glass from defrost grid..
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While at a stop light with the auto defrost engaged, there was an abnormal banging noise and the rear driver's side window shattered without warning. The local dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 94,000. *dt the consumer stated that she used auto defrost to warm up the car prior to driving the vehicle. The temperature was 31 degrees that morning. The window was replaced.
Started vehicle with remote starter. Rear glass behind the driver seat shattered. Rear glass assembly has already been replaced once. This is a very common failure in f150's built from 2010 to 2014.
Brake reservoir warning light is on - reservoir 1/2 empty. No signs of leaking wiper stays on even if it's off. Instrumental dash dims in and out . Fuel gage reset b does not reset.
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