2011 FORD F-150 Visibilitydefrosterdefoggerhvac System Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEFROSTER FAILED TO OPERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS NOT OPERATING CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 71,500.

A WEEK OR TWO BEFORE THE INCIDENT I NOTICED THAT THE LIGHT ON THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON NO LONGER TURNED ON WHEN THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON WAS PRESSED. I WASN'T SURE IF THE REAR DEFROST WAS WORKING OR NOT. ON THE MORNING OF THE INCIDENT IT WAS COOL OUTSIDE AND THE WINDOWS WERE FROSTY. I PRESSED THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON AFTER STARTING THE TRUCK AND IT ONCE AGAIN DID NOT LIGHT UP. I STARTED DRIVING TO WORK WITH MY TWO KIDS IN THE BACK SEAT. AFTER DRIVING A COUPLE MILES I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AS IF SOMETHING HAD HIT THE TRUCK. I LOOKED IN ALL THE MIRRORS TO FIND WHAT HAD HIT THE TRUCK AND NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. IT HADN'T FALLEN OUT OF THE FRAME, BUT WAS SPIDER-WEBBED THROUGHOUT. WHEN I TOOK THE TRUCK TO THE DEALER THE SERVICE MANAGER SAID...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER OVERHEATED AND CAUSED THE WIRES AND REAR SEAT RUBBER FRAME TO BURN. THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR DOOR AND ONCE OPENED, CAUSING THE REAR WINDOW TO SHATTER. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED BUT A REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NO REPAIRS WERE MADE TO THE VEHICLE AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,700.

I WAS DRIVING INTO WORK HAD PUT MY DEFROSTER ON FOR THE BACK WINDOW ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HIT THE ROOF I GOT TO WORK LOOKED AT THE ROOF THEN NOTICED MY BACK RIGHT REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WAS SHATTERED IT'S A ELECTRIC SLIDING WINDOW AND MY INFANTS CAR SEAT IS PLACED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THAT WINDOW THAT SHATTERED I HAVE SEEN NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS MY BROTHER IN LAW HAS SAME TRUCK AND SAME HAPPENED TO HIM I CALLED FORD AND THEY ARE TOTALLY UNWILLING TO HELP IN ANYWAY IF I REPLACE THIS WINDOW THE SAME CAN HAPPEN AND GLASS CAN HIT MY SON CAUSE INJURIES. *TR

REAR DEFROSTER WOULD NOT WORK. 5 MINUTES LATER IT CAME ON FOR JUST A SECOND AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE WINDOW ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REAR NEXT TO THE SLIDER SHATTERED. AFTER DOING MORE RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THAT IS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE ON THE 2011 FORDS BUT THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RECALL. THIS IS DANGEROUS. THANK YOU *TR

THE PASSENGER (PS) SECTION OF THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING & WITHOUT ANY EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE WINDOW. THERE WAS A SLIGHT FROST ON THE WINDOWS & THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED AND THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER BUTTON WAS DEPRESSED AND WOULD NOT ACTIVATE. AS THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AN LOUD POP NOISE WAS HEARD. THE VEHICLE PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD & IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE PS SECTION OF THE REAR WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THE FORD DEALERSHIP THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED FROM WAS CONTACT TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY BULLETINS FOR THIS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO BULLETINS FOR THIS ISSUE HOWEVER, THEY HAVE SEEN THIS ISSUE MULTIPLE TIMES & DIRECTED ME TO CALL THE FORD MOTOR COMPANY CUSTOMER SERVICE LINE TO FILE A COMPLAINT. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE REAR WINDOW THAT NEEDED...

TL* THE CONTACT OWN A 2011 FORD F 150. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN HE TURNED ON HIS REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER, THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,500.