2013 f150 fx4 rear window shatters for no reason ,this has happened 2 times ,first time I turned on the rear defogger and 2 mins. Later it shattered ,this time mild summer day in the northest sitting in my driveway with the truck off and it shattered again , ,that's not right !!!
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While driving with rear defroster on, rear driver side window shattered
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the defroster shattered the rear driver's side glass. The contact called germain ford of columbus (located at 7250 sawmill rd, columbus, oh 43235, (614) 356-9743) and informed them of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 84,000.
As reported by hundreds of other users, a faulty rear defroster has caused the rear windshield to spontaneously shattered and got pieces in the rear seat. Luckily I was parked at my work parking lot, and there was no child in the backseat. There needs to be a recall or a fix for this. As well as reimbursement for my window.
Rear window exploded, shattered, no outside force. Passenger side of 3 section window. Truck was remote started, idling when I entered it, did not drive, was reading mail in a remote parking lot when window exploded sending micro shards up to 12" on inside and outside of window. More pictures if needed.
Mine just happened last week. Same thing, I live in pa and it has been cold here in the mornings and I use my auto-start. I got in to go to work and started down the road and went to put the rear defrost on and the light would not come on showing that it was working. I depressed the button several times but no light. It's dark when I head into to work so I could not see the back window very good. After work I left to go home and again went to depress the rear defroster button and it wouldn't come on. When I looked in the rear view mirror, I could see that the drivers side portion of my rear window was shattered. It was still in place but there was a million fractured pieces I'm assuming being held in place by the tint film. With the window still in place I could clearly see that it had not been hit by anything. There were no markings on the outside of the film as it was still in one piece. If you go to the ford authority site there are hundreds if not thousands of these occurrences. Ford should take responsibility for this.
Rear window shattered despite no impact
The back glass has shattered 2 times and a burning smell is appearing when I start my truck. I have 2 small kids in carseats and im concerned ! Both times my glass shattered I was warming the truck in cold weather. And the back defrost still works which scares me a little. Someone is gonna be injured or killed eventually!
I was walking to my vehicle after work in a paved employee parking lot and pushed the auto start on my key. The truck started and I stopped and talked to a coworker for about 1 minute and continued to my truck. After I turned the key to the on position I checked behind me to pull out of the parking spot and the rear drivers side of the 3 piece window was shattered. No marks from an impact to the window. You can't tell the window is shattered from the outside of the truck without getting very close to the window. I do not use the rear defrost option on the truck because I was told that it can malfunction and cause the rear window to shatter. After doing an online search I found out that the auto start can activate the rear defrost. I noticed during the online search that this is happening to a lot of people. Unfortunately some of them more than once to the same truck.
. I had remote started the vehicle in the morning. On the way to work the drivers side rear window later shattered with a loud pop with no impact or previous damage. I believe this is due to the rear defroster not shutting off. I have read many other complaints of the exact same thing happening (same section of the sliding window) but ford has yet to accept any responsibility for this.
While driving to work, I tried to turn on the rear defogger. It was 27 degrees f and the rear window was slightly covered with frost making it difficult to see out the back. After approximately 30 seconds, I heard a very loud bang. I looked in the rearview mirror and saw that my rearview window on the passenger side had shattered. I was going about 55 MPH at the time and no other cars were around me. This is the second window in this truck. Ford previously replaced the window under warranty due to the rear defogger not working. Not long after, the defogger stopped working again. I remember seeing many online posts about the defective rear window defoggers, but I assumed ford fixed the issue when they installed the replacement. Now that the window is shattered, it is evident that ford hasn't fixed anything and by the number of online complaints, they don't seem to care either. I don't understand how a recall hasn't been established yet with the safety concerns of broken glass near the passengers in the rear seats.
Rear window shattered with no impact what so ever
The defroster on the rear glass caused the back glass to shatter while driving.
I hit the button for the rear defrost, but it didnt light up. I had stopped at a gas station to get a drink and I was sitting in a parking stall with the truck running when I noticed smoke and smelled something hot. Shortly there after, about 5 seconds,I heard a loud bang, which sounded like a gunshot. I turned around and noticed that the rear window on the passenger side of this truck was shattered. I believe the problem to be created by the rear window defroster, that when the defroster isnt fully grounded, it causes the window to get too hot causing it to explode. But there is no way to know if the defroster is on or off because the light on the defroster was not on prior to me smelling the smoke and hearing the loud bang.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. The contact stated that the rearview mirror fractured while the defroster was activated. While driving 65 MPH, the rearview mirror fractured. There were no injuries. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 65,500.
Rear window shatters by itself, remains in place. In motion on neighborhood, 20 MPH, driving straight, 35 deg f outside; defroster off. Nothing impacted window.
Rear defrost fails to work. Rear window explodes upon use sending glass into occupant space.
On my ford f150 2013 the back window shattered a few minutes after I remote started the truck. The window had no prior damage or imperfections. The truck was parked when this happened.
Driver's side rear window pane shattered/spiderwebbed after using remote start. Entered stationary vehicle ten minutes after using remote start, noticed burnt plastic odor, heard loud bang and looked in rearview mirror to find rear window pane had shattered.
Rear window exploded without any impact from a foreign object. During drive I head a load boom and the rear window was broken. A simple internet search indicates that this is a common problem for the ford f-150
January 29, 2019 I was sitting at a traffic light after leaving office and heard a big pop noise, scared me to death. It was dark and cold and could not tell where it came from, it wasn't till I left for work the next morning in the sunshine I saw my back window was shattered (hard to tell with the head rest at night). When I got to office I looked on outside of window for damage but could hardly tell it was shattered and there was no visible damage to outside of glass or body of my f-150. I have a power rear middle window and it was fine, it was the passenger side window. Also my rear defrost was not on. This seems to happen to a lot of f-150 trucks. I got a quote and it was $800.00 doesn't seem fair that this is happening quite a bit to all the different model years and nothing has been recalled.
Early cold morning rear window defrost was on when the back rear driver side glass exploded. Was driving to work nothing was around this glass. It had been on about 15 minutes when it happened. Very loud pop at 60 MPH on a four lane divided highway.
Rear, driver side window just shattered out of no where
Rear driver side back glass shattered while driving. Vehicle was at temp. When failure occurred, with rear defroster running. Was traveling to work at 60 MPH when loud blast occurred in vehicle. I look around to see if I had hit something when I looked in my rear view mirror I noted that the rear driver side back glass was shattered and the the rear defrost that was on was now off. Outside temp. Per vehicle display was -9 current miles on vehicle at the time of the incident was 59,278. Road conditions were icy due to time of year and resent winter storm. Loss of control of vehicle and potential fatal impact could have occurred as the sound was intense and did cause me to jerk the wheel. Contacted dealer due to model year they stated the issue was not covered at the dealer level and I would have to escalate to ford customer service. Ford customer service stated that there is no open claims/warranty for this issue at this time so keep my receipt so if there is in the future I can be reimbursed.
Rear window defroster/outside door mirror defrosters are inoperative. Problem was fixed while under warranty at 34,164 miles although also failed again when out of warranty. While not positive, problem could still be faulty electrical contact design on rear window sliding center glass as previous failure. Malfunction creates a safety issue as frost blocks rear visibility both from door mirrors as well as rear window. Dealer notes rear window assembly must be replaced but without manufacturer cost coverage assistance.
Windshield washers do not operate below below 25 deg f even if reservoir is emptied of summer fluid and filled with -20 degree f winter fluid at end of summer and purged by running pump before cold weather. Washer pump motor runs when actuated so problem appears possibly check valve or nozzles at cowl. Cowl area cleared of snow and ice. Very angerous visibility condition especially during night driving as windshield remains smeared from other vehicles.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 ford f-150. While driving at low speeds with the rear defroster activated, a loud, abnormal noise was heard. The contact noticed that the rear driver's side window was shattered. Dahl ford davenport (1310 e kimberly rd, davenport, ia 52807, (563) 391-2600) was contacted and stated that the bumper to bumper warranty had expired. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.
Rear defrost shattered my rear widow on the passenger side.
Vehicle was in drive way warming up while I was in I heard a loud pop after examining my vehicle noticed the back glass was shattered.the rear defroster was on during this time.after investigating the matter on the internet several complaints about the rear defroster shattering window.
Early this morning (jan 9, 2019) my husand remoted started his 2013 f150 to heat it up before we left for work (it was mide 30's outside). After running for about 10 min we got in and before even backing out of the driveway we heard a loud pop. It sounded like someone shot our back window with a gun. We saw the back window directly behind the driver's seat was completely shattered. The tint film held it all together, but it was completely shattered. We got out to see if a bird flew into it or to find any reason and noticed there wasn't even a puncture to the window from outside. It was just completely shattered from the inside out. My husband will spend today finding someone to repair and we've now looked it up and found many comments of others having the same problem. Can you please help us all and urge ford to issue a recall?
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