Friday, june 12th, 2020, I was parked and heard a loud bang around 12:10 am, turns out my rear window shattered. It was 79 degrees fahrenheit, high humidity, and rear defroster was powered on at 12:00 am, didn't notice the damage until the morning. No impact marks or direct area that started the shatter, it shattered equally at all spots.
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It was a cold winter morning. I remote started my truck and had the rear defroster on to clear ice and snow from my rear window and mirrors. I was stationary, I put my truck into drive to pull out and without any type of impact, the driver side glass pane in my rear window shattered.
Wipers do not shut off, turn on for no reason.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. The contact stated that the windshield wiper failed to operate while driving in inclement weather. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. Neither the dealer nor manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure was 96,450. The VIN was not available.
Section of rear windshield shattered while driving. The rear windshield has a sliding middle section and heated defrost in the glass. The defrost for this windshield is on the same switch and circuit as the driver side mirror defrost. I was driving to work on the morning of january 7th 2020 at approx. 0630. The temperature was cool out and my driver's mirror was fogged up. I turned on my mirror defrost and approx. 5 minutes later heard a loud bang. I stopped the truck to se if something had hit my truck and found the driver's side portion of my rear windshield was shattered. I was driving down a rural isolated road with no other vehicles around at the time and no homes in the area. The window tine kept the glass in place and there were no holes in the tint where something pierced the glass. When the sun came I up checked more closely and it appears as if the glass shattered from inside the frame where the defrost wire was. I called the local ford dealership and they stated no recalls. When I searched online I found several complaints of similar issues with the rear defroster on ford f150 pick-ups. I paid my $500 deductible to have the glass replaced.
I was driving on the atlantic city expressway on january 20th and at approximately 3:30 pm, I heard a very loud pop, as if a rock had hit my windshield. I checked and saw nothing, then looked in my rear view mirror and saw that the rear view window on the driver's side had just shattered. It was a clear day with light traffic and I have no idea how this could have happened. I had my soft cover on and it was still on when I arrived at the auto repair shop that wound up replacing the window. The owner of the shop said he hadn't seen anything like it. He called ford to see if they had any information and he was told that my vehicle was out of warranty and they had no recalls. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture of it. However, I did search online and saw that other people have reported similar occurrences. I also saw that your organization is interested in receiving reports such as this, so that is why I am submitting it. It definitely surprised me when it happened and I am thankful no other vehicle was nearby as I did swerve initially. I am enclosing the invoice I received from the repair shop. They didn't charge me for anything but the parts. Thank you for taking the time to read this!
I was backing up in my driveway, when all of a sudden I heard a big bang, I put my pickup in park and got out to see what it was, when I seen mine back driver side window shattered, I have no ideal what happened, and I did not have on the defroster, I am still puzzled what happened.
Rear window broke when rear defrost was activated.
The rear driver side window shattered this morning from having my rear defroster on. I turned my defrosters on before work this morning and then drove approx 3 miles before hearing a loud sound from the top rear of my vehicle. It was a clear 1 lane road so it wasn't possible for anything to have hit me. Eventually I saw that the entire rear window was shattered. The only thing unique was that I had my defrosters on. I looked on the internet to see if this could have been the cause and quickly realized that this is a known issue reported my many people. However, it doesn't seem like ford will accept it as their fault.
Rear window shattered without cause.
Used remote start to start my truck after work. Walked out to my truck to find the rear drivers side window to be completely shattered.
Rear window (power/sliding/defogging) shattered without impact. This is a known and heavily documented issue in the f150 community, where the rear power sliding window will shatter without any external factors or forces in play. In this case, it happened while vehicle was stationary in driveway, remote start on, and temp outside approx 30 degrees f. No ice, snow, or rain on vehicle.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. While driving approximately 40 MPH, the rear driver's side window exploded and shattered without warning or an impact occurring. The vehicle was taken to gary yeomans honda (386‑492‑1703, located at 752 n tomoka farms road, daytona beach, fl 32124) where it was determined that the warranty was expired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there was no recall. The contact was referred to the federal safety agency. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 106,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. While reversing out of the driveway with the rear defroster activated, the rear glass on the driver's side suddenly shattered. The cause of the failure was not determined. Empire ford (106 jonesboro rd, abbington, va) and the manufacturer were notified, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 73,000.
The rear window in my 2014 f150 randomly exploded. This is the second time in a year and a half. The first time is was cold and I activated my rear defrosters. Shortly after, I heard a loud bang and looked back to see my window completely shattered. The second time, it was 83 out and I was driving on local roads. Both ovations the vehicle was traveling under 40 miles per hour
2013-2014 brake master cylinder leaking into the brake booster....my 2014 f150 has this same failure with 58k miles on the vehicle. It should be investigated and include this vehicle in the recall. My daughter was driving the vehicle this morning and the brake pedal went all the way to the floor when slowing to merge onto a us highway here in dagsboro, delaware 19939. Windshield wiper/turn signal switch recall....this 2014 ford f150 has the same symptoms as those that fall under the recall notice whereas the windshield wipers will all of a sudden come on and you cannot get it to turn off. No matter if you are moving or not this can occur sporadically without warning.
On tuesday, 7/23/2019 with temperatures in the low 80's in the afternoon and high 50's in the morning by 3:30 p.m in my 2014 ford f-150, purchased from texas, currently in kansas, my rear, left, tri-window shattered while parked at my job location. My truck was parked in a stationary position for 8 hours. There is no evidence of anything impacting my window and according to the government mechanics that looked at my window, "heat got to it", my window was broken by the elements.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. While driving 35 MPH with the rear defroster activated, the rear windshield shattered without warning or an impact. The vehicle was taken to big star ford (located at 17717 south fwy, manvel, tx 77578, (281) 607-9341). The dealer stated that they never heard of the failure. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and did not assist. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000.
The recirculation/fresh air flap door connection to the actuator broke off and fell into the AC heater blower motor fan. Current results are; 1) no control over air flow whether within the cabin (recirculation versus "fresh" air) and 2) that it makes a terrible noise and vibration as the broken part is within the circular fan. Eventual result could be 1) burn-out of the fan motor with possible overheating of the fan motor (electrical fire?), 2) heat problems for passengers 3) failure to defrost windshield under cold conditions. In reading internet postings (forums), this is apparently a common problem with a high cost to have repaired, for a simple broken piece of plastic.
Driver side rear window shattered out of no where when stopped at a light. Causig glass to cut my son.
January 11, 2019 my eco boost fx4 was just at 65k on the odometer experienced a hard shutter like many on the forums say and wouldn't accelerate on the interstate. Code came up misfire. Replaced all my spark plugs, that aren't suggested for change for change until 100k. Gap opened from .28 to .45. Intercooler had a good bit of oily residue in it. I also since then installed a vapor catch can for over 400$. It's a shame you have to do that. Also I recently had my rear defrost on the stop working on the model with the rear sliding window. Which again has many complaints. Fords fix is to replace the whole rear window at a heavy price. Box being able to defrost is a major visibility issue especially in the winter. Both issues have many complaint online and ford hasn't fixed either. The picture of the coke bottle is what drained out of the catch can by npr. It was 1 month of commuting and a 8 hour road trip.
Rear driver's side window shattered with nothing hitting it. I have a cap on the truck it would be impossible for the trucks window to be hit by a rock without the cap having been damaged. Truck was parked I came out and noticed the rear driver's side safety glasses was broke.
While I was in motion driving to work on a cold morning in my neighborhood, (7am @ 5mph) my rear window completely shattered on one of the three pieces that make op the rear window. It has the heating element integrated within the window and I suspect this damage was due to a rapid temperature change. No one was around the vehicle at the time of incident except for myself.
Tl* the contact owns a 2014 ford f-150. While driving, a popping noise was heard inside the vehicle moments after the rear defroster was activated. The contact discovered that the rear driver's side window had shattered. The vehicle was taken to mike castrucci ford (7400 alexandria pike, alexandria, ky) where it was determined that the entire rear window assembly needed to be replaced. The cause of the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but no assistance was offered. The failure mileage was 31,000.
At 0630 on march 24, 2019 I exited the express way and was stopped at a stop light. When the light turned green, I started to turn right and I heard a loud bang. As I was checking my mirrors I noticed my rear window had shattered. There were no other cars on the road, and I had not hit anything. Nothing struck my vehicle.
While sitting in a parking lot with no other vehicles anywhere near me, my rear window shattered. It remained intact and in place but every inch of it is spiderwebbed.
Rear window shattered, defroster was on for approx. 15 minutes and shut off as I got in. As I started to drive away, a loud pow and the driver side of the glass was shattered.
Sitting in a parking lot with rear defroster on, with blowing snow and approximately 38 degrees out side left rear window in 3 piece slider exploded. Heard a loud pop after looking found window spiderwebbed the tint only thing holding it together.
I was driving to work on a fairly cold morning in february 2019 and my rear defrost was off and I went to turn it on, I pressed the control button once and it didn't come on and as I went to press it again I heard a loud pop. When I looked back I noticed the drivers side of my rear glass was shattered. I was almost to our shop and wasn't going but about 45 MPH and there was nothing or nobody around that could have caused this.
I was backing out of a parking spot on sunday, march 10th, at 930am, and at less than 5 MPH, by rear window behind the driver side seat cracked and spider-ed all across. There was no signs of anything making contact with my window, I have a bed cover as well, there were no rocks, tree branches, or balls of any kind to be suspicious of causing my window to break.
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