NHTSA Complaint #11065222 — 2011 FORD F-150

THE BACK WINDOW OF MY F150 SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE TRUCK IS KEPT IN STORAGE BECAUSE IT'S USED ONLY TO PULL A CAMPER ON A FEW OCCASSIONS DURING THE YEAR. ON JANUARY 25, 2018 I WENT INTO THE BED OF THE F150 TO INSTALL A NEW BREAK LIGHT INTO THE DOME OF THE BED. ONCE THE LIGHT WAS INSTALLED, I OPENED THE DOOR OF THE F150 TO TEST THE LIGHT AND I MANUALLY WITH MY HAND, PRESSED DOWN GENTLY ON THE BRAKE. THE BREAK LIGHT WENT ON AND I RE-ATTACHED THE LIGHTING UNIT TO THE TRUCK. ABOUT 1 MINUTE AFTER THAT A LOUD BOOM WAS HEARD AND I SAW THAT THE REAR WINDOW THAT DIVIDES THE CAB SEAT AND THE BED, ON THE PASSANGER SIDE WAS NOT ONLY SHATTERED, BUT THE MIDDLE HAD BROKEN APART AND THERE WAS GLASS NOT ONLY IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK, BUT ALSO THE BACK SEAT OF THE TRUCK WAS COVERED IN GLASS. THE TRUCK WAS IN A GARAGE WHERE IT HAD BEEN STORED FOR WEEKS EARLIER. AT NO TIME WAS THE MOTOR EVER STARTED NOR WERE THE KEYS INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION. THE DEFROST UNIT WAS NOT ON. IT APPEARS THAT SOMETHING ELECTRICAL IN THE FORD TRUCK HAS CAUSED THIS.