NHTSA Complaint #10295710 — 2002 FORD F-150

I OWN A 2002 FORD F150 SUPER CREW PICKUP TRUCK. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THIS TRUCK IT DEVELOPED A LEAK IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND WAS LEAK FREE FOR ABOUT 2 YEARS. THE LEAK RETURNED AND DURING SOME HEAVY RAIN STORMS I HAVE HAD CHRONIC ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS DUE TO WATER LEAKING IN THE WINDSHIELD AND RUNNING DOWN BEHIND THE DASHBOARD AND GETTING INTO THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS. I HAVE HAD THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON WITH NO ONE IN OR NEAR THE TRUCK. AT THE SAME TIME, SOME OF THE DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS WERE ON VERY DIM. I HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY TO GET THE LIGHTS TO TURN OFF. I RAN THE HEAT IN THE TRUCK FOR A FEW HOURS TO DRY IT OUT AND IT SEEMED TO TEMPORARILY CURE THE LIGHTING PROBLEM. I ALSO HAD A PROBLEM STARTING THE TRUCK IN THE RAIN. I TURNED THE KEY TO THE START POSITION AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I GOT IN THE TRUCK THE NEXT DAY AFTER THE RAIN STOPPED AND IT STARTED WITHOUT A PROBLEM. I TOOK THE TRUCK TO A LOCAL GLASS SHOP AND HAD SOME SEALER PUT ON THE TOP RIM OF THE WINDSHIELD TO TRY AND STOP THE LEAK. IT DID NOT WORK. I WAS TOLD BY THE GLASS SHOP THAT THE ONLY WAY TO SEAL THE WINDSHIELD PROPERLY WAS TO REPLACE IT DUE TO THE FACT THAT THE WINDSHIELDS NOW ARE GLUED IN AND THE GLUE IS WHAT SEALS THEM. I AM RELUCTANT TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN BECAUSE THE FIRST REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. I MAY SPEND SEVERAL HUNDRED DOLLARS ON A NEW WINDSHIELD AND STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR