2012 FORD F-150 Visibilitywiper Problems

STARTED VEHICLE, LEFT DRIVEWAY, TURNED ON REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, AND LESS THAN A MINUTE LATER WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AT 40MPH DOWN A CITY STREET, HEARD AN EXTREMELY LOUD POP. INITIALLY THOUGHT SOMETHING HIT THE TRUCK IT WAS SO LOUD. BUT THEN LOOKED IN THE REAR WINDOW AND REALIZED IT HAD SHATTERED. *TR

WHILE BACKING UP OVER A SMALL SNOW PILE ON DRIVEWAY, LEFT PANE IN BACK WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON. WAS GOING SLOW AND TURNING AT THE SAME TIME, TRYING TO BACK INTO GARAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER SYSTEM FAILED TO OPERATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY THREE MINUTES LATER, THE WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO BE DIAGNOSED UNTIL THE WINDOW WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURE WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 42,000.

REAR GLASS ON FORD F150 SHATTERED APPROXIMATELY 2 SECONDS AFTER I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFOGGER WHILE DRIVING AT SLOW SPEED ON A STRAIGHT ROAD IN A RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISION. *TR

PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLOSION AND SMALL FIRE WHEN REAR DEFROSTER WAS ENGAGED. VEHICLE WAS IDLE IN SCHOOL CARPOOL LINE WHEN WHITE SMOKE APPEARED TO BE FORMING NEAR REAR WINDOW. THE VEHICLE BEHIND ME STARTED BEEPING AND POINTING TO MY REAR WINDOW. SUDDENLY THE WINDOW EXPLODED WITH A SOUND LIKE A RIFLE REPORT AND THE GLASS SPIDERWEBBED ON THE WINDOW. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF ALL CLIMATE CONTROLS AND INSPECTED THE DAMAGE. THE TRIM WAS SMOLDERING FROM THE ELECTRICAL FIRE AND AFTER GETTING HOME I TOOK PHOTOS AND STARTED TO INVESTIGATE THE PROBLEM AS WELL AS CONTACT THE DEALER. THE DEALER SAID THERE WERE NO RECALLS AND THE REPAIRS WOULD LIKELY BE OUT OF POCKET OR VIA INSURANCE CLAIM. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS INVOLVING THIS ISSUE AND THE MALFUNCTIONING REAR DEFROSTER SYSTEM. THERE IS A TSB ON THE FAULTY SYSTEM. YET THERE IS NO EFFORT TAKEN BY FORD OR THE...

WAS DRIVING VEHICLE AT 55MPH HEARD A LOUD BANG. SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION! THE SOUND STARTLED ME ALMOST CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. PULLED OVER AND GOT OUT, THE BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF THE WINDOW WAS ON FIRE. NOT REALIZING WHAT WAS HAPPENING I ATTEMPTED TO POUR WATER ON IT. IT CONTINUED TO BURN, THEN I QUICKLY TOOK A RAG FROM INSIDE THE TRUCK AND BEGAN TO TRY AN PUT OUT THE FIRE. BETWEEN THAT WATER ,RAG AND A SCREW DRIVER THE FIRE WAS FINALLY OUT. THE FIRE THAT WAS BURNING WAS VERY ODD IN NATURE NOTHING I HAD EVER SEEN BEFORE. I IMMEDIATELY LOOKED THE INCIDENT UP ONLINE AND SAW THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED HUNDREDS OF TIMES FORD MOTOR COMPANY IS FULLY AWARE BUT WILL NOT COVER IT UNLESS ENTIRE VEHICLE IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS TOTALLY A DANGER TO SOCIETY! THIS ALMOST CAUSED AN...

WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD POP FOLLOWED BY A STRONG SMELL INSIDE THE CAB OF THE TRUCK. EARLIER IN THE DAY I HAD USED THE REAR DEFROSTER AND WHEN I TRIED TO USE IT JUST BEFORE THIS LOUD POP, THE LIGHT ON THE DASH BUTTON WOULD NOT COME ON. UNBEKNOWNST TO BE AT THE TIME, AS IT WAS DARK OUT, 1/3 OF MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. THE NEXT DAY IN THE LIGHT I FOUND THE WINDOW DAMAGE. THE WINDOW CLEARLY EXPLODED OUTWARD, AS THE REMAINING GLASS WAS PUSHING OUTWARD AND THE BROKEN GLASS WAS IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK. FORD REFUSES TO REPAIR THE ISSUE, AS IT SAYS IT IS GLASS, BUT IT SEEMS CLEAR THE DEFROSTER HAS A ROLE IN CAUSING THE GLASS TO BREAK, EVIDENCED BY THE NO LONGER FUNCTIONING BUTTON AND THE BURNING SMELL WHEN IT HAPPENED. *TR

I DROVE TO MY DOCTOR'S OFFICE AND PARKED. I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE ICE FALLING ON MY BACK WINDOW (IT HAD BEEN FROSTY THAT DAY). I DIDN'T NOTICE THE DAMAGE AT THAT TIME. I THEN DROVE TO ANOTHER LOCATION AND HEARD IT AGAIN, AND WHEN I EXITED THE TRUCK AND CIRCLED AROUND THE BACK, I SAW THE SHATTERED GLASS PANEL AND SMALL HOLE ON THE PASSENGER'S BACK WINDOW. I HAD USED THE DEFROST BUTTON THAT DAY. I HAVE SINCE CLEARED THE PANEL OF GLASS PIECES AND SECURED A TEMPORARY PANEL IN PLACE. THIS GLASS PANEL IS RIGHT BEHIND MY 6-YEAR-OLD SON'S BOOSTER SEAT, WHERE HE ALWAYS SITS.

2012 F150 ECOBOOST REAR POWER WINDOW SHATTERED SPONTANEOUSLY AFTER TURNING ON DEFROST. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME AND HAS 38,000 MILES ON IT. FORD MOTOR COMPANY HAS REFUSED ANY COMPENSATION FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM DOCUMENTED BY MULTIPLE OTHER FORD F150 OWNERS. MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP DOCUMENTED AND PHOTOGRAPHED THE SHATTERED WINDOW. I WILL BE OUT OF POCKET $1000 TO REPAIR THIS. TIME FOR FORD MOTOR CO TO ADMIT A PROBLEM HERE AND ISSUE A RECALL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW RATE OF SPEED, THE REAR WINDOW AND SIDE VIEW MIRRORS WERE FOGGY. THE CONTACT APPLIED THE REAR DEFROSTER AND THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN SUGGESTING THAT THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000.

BACK PASSENGER SIDE BACK GLASS JUST SHATTERED THIS AM. TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 60, RAINING, HUMID IN THE CABIN, WITH REAR DEFROSTER ON. AFTER PARKING THE TRUCK, I SHUT IT OFF, THEN HEARD A VERY LOUD POP, LIKE A ROCK HIT MY GLASS. I GOT OUT AND VIEWED THE GLASS FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THERE APPEARED TO BE SMOKE COMING FROM THE MID-LINE, LOWEST POINT OF THE GLASS. THE FRAME WAS DRY IN ONLY THIS AREA, AND THE SHATTER WEBS OUT FROM THIS AREA.

I REMOTE STARTED MY F-150 SUPERCREW IN THE MORNING, IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 22 DEGREES F OUTSIDE. I DROVE TO THE CORNER STORE (0.1 MILES AWAY) TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT. I TURNED MY TRUCK OFF, WENT IN, THEN STARTED MY TRUCK BACK UP TO HEAD TO THE GAS STATION (0.2 MILES AWAY) & FUELED UP. I TURNED MY TRUCK BACK ON AND HIT THE REAR DEFROST BUTTON TO CLEAR SOME ICE ON THE REAR WINDOW. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 3-4 MINUTES (ROUGHLY 3 MILES), WHILE ON THE FREEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD "POP". I NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. IT WAS THE WINDOW PANE LOCATED BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE WINDOW AND WOULD'VE BEEN EXTREMELY UNLIKELY SINCE I WAS DRIVING. MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE (A SHORT, A SURGE, OR SOMETHING). MY TRUCK IS OUT OF THE 3 YEAR WARRANTY WINDOW, BUT...

STARTED UP TRUCK, WINDOWS WERE FOGGY SO TURNED ON FRONT AND REAR DEFROST. REAR DEFROST LIGHT CAME ON AND WENT OFF. PUSHED REAR DEFROST BUTTON AGAIN AND LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. PARKED THE TRUCK GOT OUT AND HEARD A LOUD POP. REAR WINDOW DRIVER SIDE COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THERE IS NO IMPACT AND BELIEVE THE REAR DEFROST IS DEFECTIVE AND SHORTED OUT CAUSING THE REAR WINDOW TO SHATTER. WAS NOT COVERED UNDER FORD EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DEALER WANTED $950 TO REPLACE.

DRIVING ON 03/04/2016, 7:45 A.M., 26 DEGREES F. HEARD LOUD BANG. REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW OF POWERSLIDE UNIT HAD SHATTERED AND SPIDERWEBBED OVER WHOLE SURFACE. NO SIGNS OF ANY IMPACT.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AS A RESULT OF FAULTY DEFROST SYSTEM. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WITH DEFROST ACTIVATED. WINDOW SHATTERED PRODUCING A LOUD POP. DEFROST FAILED TO WORK GOING FORWARD AND SPIDER WEB IN WINDOW WAS APPARENT ONCE DAMAGE WAS INSPECTED.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY TO WORK AND ALL THE SUDDEN A NOISE THAT SOUNDED LOUD LIKE A GUN SHOT WENT OFF AND MY DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD JUST SHATTERED.

DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE USING DEFROST. OCCURRED WHILE VEHICLE WAS NOT MOVING AND PARKED. A VISUAL INSPECTION WAS MADE TO INSURE THAT NO FOREIGN OBJECT WAS THE CAUSE. SHARDS OF GLASS WAS NOTED COVERING THE BACK SEAT AND FLOORBOARD. THIS COULD BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE IF A CHILD OR OTHER PERSON WAS IN THE BACK SEAT AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

I REMOTE STARTED MY 2012 F150 LARIAT AT WORK. 5-10 MINUTES LATER I WENT TO GET IN AND CLOSED THE DOOR AND BOOM THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SPIDER WEB CRACKED INTO A MILLION PIECES. I KNOW FOR A FACT LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING ISSUES WITH THIS AND IT NEEDS FIXED BY FORD. HERE IS THE FORUM I FOUND WITH LOTS OF OTHER CASES. HTTP://WWW.GLASSBYTES.COM/2014/08/NHTSA-RECEIVES-MORE-COMPLAINTS-OF-SHATTERING-F-150-BACK-LITES/.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I SPRAYED MY WINDSHIELD CLEANER AND TURNED THEM OFF BUT THE WIPER STAYED WIPING ON LOW. IT WAS FREEZING AT THE TIME AND ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT.

WAS DRING TO WORK ON SMOOTH ASPHALT ROAD WITH NO OTHER TRAFFIC VISIBLE. TURNED ON ELECTRIC REAR WINDOW DEFROST. HEARD LOUD NOICE LIKE GUNSHOT. FELT RUSH OF AIR. DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED.

ON 1/12/16 AT ABOUT 06T00 HRS., ON MY WAY TO WORK TRAVELLING ON MAIN STREET, THE RIGHT SECTION OF MY SLIDING REAR GLASS WINDOW SHATTERED. ( IT SOUNDED LIKE A SHOTGUN GOING OFF). THE TEMP WAS AROUND 30F DEGREES AND ICE ON THE WINDOW. I ACTIVATED THE DEFROST AND WITHIN TEN MINUTES THE GLASS SHATTERED. I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD JUST SHOT MY VEHICLE AND IT CAUSED TO SWERVE INTO THE ADJACENT LANE. HAD THEIR BEEN MANY VEHICLES ON THE ROADWAY AT THAT TIME I WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. I WENT TO THE LOCAL FORD DEALERSHIP IN DOTHAN, AL AND THEY SAID THAT MY VEHICLE WARRANTY WAS NO LONGER VALID AND THAT MY EXTENDED WARRANTY DID NOT COVER THE PART. I HAD THE SAME SLIDING GLASS REAR WINDOW REPLACED IN 2013 FOR FAILING TO CLOSE AFTER OPENING. I HAVE SEARCHED ONLINE AND HAVE NOTICED SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH FORD F150 YEAR...

FOR TWO YEARS THE REAR SLIDER AND DEFROST HASN'T WORKED. WHEN ACCELERATING TO PASS THE ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND THE TRUCK STARTS TO CHATTER.

I USED THE REMOTE START ON MY 2012 F150 PLATINUM ON A 20 DEGREE JANUARY MORNING. GOT IN DROVE TO WORK AND REALIZED WHEN I GOT OUT THE REAR RIGHT SIDE OF THE SLIDING WINDOW WAS TOTALLY SHATTERED. NO EVIDENCE OF VANDALISM OR ANYTHING HITTING THE GLASS. SHATTERED TOTALLY EVEN ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDOW. VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY BY 2 MONTHS BUT UNDER MILEAGE WARRANTY BY 9,000 MILES. FORD DEALER TOLD ME NOTHING THEY CAN DO. CALLED FORD AND REGIONAL CUSTOMER CARE CALLED ME AND SAID IT WOULD TAKE UP TO 3 DAYS TO GET ME AN ANSWER. DECIDED TO FORGET THEM AND USE MY COMPREHENSIVE INSURANCE JUST TO HAVE IT FIXED ASAP.

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT 30MPH OR LESS THROUGH THE CITY I TRIED TO TURN ON THE REAR DEFROST BUT THE INDICATOR LIGHT DID NOT COME ON. I THOUGHT EITHER A FUSE OR CONTACT MIGHT BE THE ISSUE BUT AS A CONTINUED TO DRIVE A FEW MINUTES LATER THE REAR SIDELIGHT WINDOW SHATTERED WITH A LOUD BANG. BROKEN GLASS COULD HAVE INJURED MY SON SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT AND VISIBILITY IS NOW COMPROMISED. NOTHING STRUCK THE WINDOW, THIS WAS CAUSED BY A MALFUNCTION OF THE DEFROST AND OR SUBSTANDARD GLASS OR THE COMBINATION OF BOTH AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. SOME POSTS ON THE INTERNET HAVE REPORTED LARGE AMOUNTS OF THE GLASS ALMOST FALLING ONTO INFANTS IN REAR FACING CAR SEATS. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED FOR SAFETY FOR PHYSICAL HARM TO PASSENGERS AND VISIBILITY SAFETY.

I STARTED MY 2012 F-150 AND ACTIVATED THE FRONT AND REAR DEFROSTERS. WHILE IDLING IN A DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP, LOOKED AROUND AND REALIZED MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDSHIELD PANEL HAD SHATTERED SPIDER WEB STYLE. LUCKILY I TURNED OFF THE DEFROSTER IN TIME AND WAS ABLE TO DUCT TAPE THE BROKEN WINDOW. UNFORTUNATELY, TINY SPLINTERS OF GLASS WERE ALREADY ON MY REAR PASSENGER SEAT, AND I GOT SOME IN MY HANDS FROM TAPING IT UP. THANK GOD NOBODY WAS SITTING IN THAT SEAT. TEMPERATURE WAS LOW 40S, I WAS TRYING TO GET RID OF A SLIGHT FROST.

I TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON MY TRUCK, SWITCH LIGHT BLINKED SEVERAL TIMES,AND THEN STAYED ON, A FEW MINUTES LATER A LOUD EXPLOSION FROM THE REAR OF VEHICLE HAPPENED, SOUNDED LIKE A GUN WENT OFF INSIDE CAB! REAR ,RIGHT SIDE GLASS PANEL WAS SHATTERED. THANK GOD NO OTHER VEHICLE WAS IN THE LANE NEXT TO ME! I SWERVED OUT OF REACTION THINKING SOMEONE HAD SHOT A GUN AT ME. I WAS TRAVELING AT 55 MPH ON TWO LANE HIGHWAY,NIGHTTIME, AND OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 31 DEGREES. *JS

REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS TURNED ON. 5-10MINUTES LATER, WITH THE VEHICLE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY, A REAR WINDOW PANEL SHATTERED, EMITTING A LOUD BANG. I BELIEVE THAT THE REAR DEFROSTER OR DEFECT IN THE WINDOW CAUSED IT TO SHATTER - NO OTHER EVIDENCE FOR SOURCES OF BREAKAGE WAS FOUND.

BACK SLIDING WINDOW DOESN'T WORK, POPPING SOUND FROM THE REAR END WHEN YOU ACCELERATE FROM A STOP.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS FAIL TO TURN OFF COMPLETELY AFTER USE. AT TIMES TURN ON BY THEMSELVES. BOTH PROBLEMS OCCUR INTERMITTENTLY. ACT SIMILAR TO INTERMITTENT MODE, BUT TIMING SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT. ONLINE SEARCH FOR ISSUE REVEALED NUMEROUS OTHER VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR PROBLEM, MOST CAUSED BY THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH THAT CONTROLS THE WIPERS. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE MULTIFUNCTION SWITCH AND REPLACED AT MY COST. DEALER NOTES INCLUDED "KNOWN ISSUE".

I WAS ON MY WAY TO WORK. IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 6:30 AM. I HAD MY REAR DEFROSTER ON AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I HEARD ALOUD BANG. I PULLED OVER GOT OUT LOOKED AROUND THE TRUCK TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY DAMAGE. I FOUND NOTHING. I GOT BACK IN THE TRUCK WENT TO BACK OUT AND NOTICE MY BACK RIGHT SIDE WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. IT WAS NOT HIT BY ANYTHING. I CALLED FORD ABOUT IT AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO ON ANY WARRANTY. THE BACK WINDOW INSTALLED IS AROUND $900.

REAR WINDOW OPEN AND CLOSED WHEN IT WANTED WHEN PUSHING THE SWITCH AND NOW IT WONT OPEN AT ALL. FUSES ARE GOOD. DEFROST WILL NOT WORK. POPPING SOUND FROM THE REAR DRIVE LINE WHEN YOU LEAVE FROM A SLOW STOP.

FORD FIXED MY REAR WINDOW, NO QUESTIONS ASKED....THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED....I STARTED MY TRUCK, PUT ON THE REAR DEFROST, DROVE OUT OF MY APARTMENT COMPLEX AND AS I WAS ABOUT TO EXIT THE COMPLEX I HEARD A LOUD POP/CRACK NOISE, I STOPPED, NO ONE WAS AROUND, (IT WAS 6AM IN THE MORNING), I CHECKED THE ENTIRE TRUCK TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND THE BACK LEFT PART OF THE REAR WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED!, NO SIGN OF IMPACT, JUST SHATTERED...APPARENTLY THERE IS NO RECALL OUT ON IT, SO IF IT HAS HAPPENED TO YOU OR DOES HAPPEN, TAKE IT IN!, WITH HOW MANY COMPLAINTS I HAVE ALREADY READ, IT MUST BE A MANUFACTURER DEFECT RELATED TO THE REAR DEFROST OR INSTALLATION OF THE WINDOW....

TRUCK WAS PARKED, REAR DEFROSTER HAD BEEN ON THE HOUR LONG TRIP. PARKED AT DESTINATION, A FEW MINUTES LATER THERE IS A LOUD POP SOUND, AS IF A ROCK HAD FALLEN ON THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK. AFTER WHICH I LOOK TO INSPECT POSSIBLE DAMAGE, TO MY SURPRISE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SUSPECT ANY TYPE OF DAMAGE. I LOOKED ON THE ROOF, THE BED ON THE TRUCK AND THE SURROUNDING OF THE VEHICLE. FOUND NOTHING TO SUSPECT AND COLLISION HAD HAPPENED. I DISMISSED THE NOISE SINCE THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF DAMAGE. THE NEXT MORNING I START UP MY TRUCK TO GO TO WORK AND LOOK THROUGH THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND FIND THE LEFT REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW IS SHATTERED COMPLETELY. I THEN BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE THE DAMAGE BY LOOKING FOR POINT OF IMPACT TO ONLY CONCLUDE THERE IS NO SUCH POINT. THE SHATTER IS A THROUGH AND...

ON FEBRUARY 19 2015 I REMOTE STARTED MY F150 IN THE DRIVEWAY TO WARM IT UP. I GOT IN THE VEHICLE AND PUT ON THE REAR DEFROSTER TO CLEAR THE MIRRORS AND REAR WINDOW. I HEARD A LOUD NOISE AFTER ABOUT 30 SECONDS LIKE AN EXPLOSION INSIDE VEHICLE. I LOOKED AROUND AND NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR GLASS WAS SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO EXTERNAL DAMAGE TO THE GLASS. PREVIOUSLY THIS VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A FORD DEALER ON MARCH 27 2014 FOR AN INOPERATIVE REAR DEFROSTER SYSTEM. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED IT AS AN OPEN IN THE RESISTER IN THE DEFROSTER GRID AND THE WHOLE REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY WAS REPLACED. FORD CORPORATE TOLD THE DEALER THAT THE WINDOW COULDN'T SHATTER BY TURNING ON THE DEFROSTER AND WOULD NOT REPLACE THE UNIT. I CALLED THE FORD CORPORATE NUMBER AND LODGED A COMPLAINT AND WAS GIVEN A CLAIM NUMBER. THEY HAD THE DEALER...

I WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY, WARMING MY TRUCK UP (I LIVE IN NORTHERN ILLINOIS AND IT WAS A COLD MORNING)WHEN I HEARD A LOUD SHATTER, I LOOKED AROUND AND EVEN OPENED THE COVER TO MY SUNROOF BUT DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING, THE NEXT DAY I WENT DOWN THE ROAD AND AS I WAS BACKING INTO THE DRIVEWAY I NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE GLASS OF MY REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED AND "SPIDERED". I LOOKED IT UP AND THERE HAS BEEN MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS HAPPENING WITH PEOPLE THAT HAVE THE REAR DEFROSTER. BUT FORD IS NOT COVERING THIS UNDER WARRANTY. I LOOKED INTO HAVING IT FIXED AND THAT RANGES FROM $550-$800 THAT'S A BIG OUT OF POCKET EXPENSE WHEN THERE IS CLEARLY AN ISSUE. A SAFETY ONE AT THAT, I HAVE 3 KIDS. THE SHATTERING SOUND ENOUGH IS ENOUGH TO STARTLE SOMEBODY IF THEY WERE DRIVING AT THE TIME. "LUCKILY"...

INCIDENT OCCURRED ON SATURDAY 2-21-15 AT OR ABOUT 3:30PM. THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT ABOUT 30MPH WHEN A VERY LOUD BANG WAS HEARD INSIDE VEHICLE. AFTER PULLING OVER A QUICK GLANCE AROUND INSIDE THE VEHICLE REVEALED THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE PORTION OF THE 3 PIECE REAR GLASS OF THE CAB HAS SHATTERED. THE GLASS REMAINS IN PLACE BUT HAD "SPIDERWEBED" AND IS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. UPON INSPECTION ON THE OUTSIDE, NO SIGNS OF IMPACT ARE VISIBLE AND THE POINT OF ORIGIN OF THE CRACKS APPEARS TO BE THE UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER WHERE THE GLASS IS COVERED BY THE RUBBER MOLDING. WHEN THIS HAPPENED IT WAS ABOUT 25 DEGREES OUTSIDE AND SNOWING, ALL SNOW HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM VEHICLE PRIOR TO DRIVING AND THE REAR DE-FROST/DE-FOGGER HAD BEEN RUN AND TURNED OFF ABOUT 10 MINS PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. A QUICK INTERNET SEARCH REVEALS THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE FOR...

AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE AND TURNING ON THE WINDOW DEFROST FRONT AND REAR I HEARD A LOUD POP FROM REAR OF TRUCK AND THE REAR SLIDING WINDOW HAD BROKEN ON DRIVERS SIDE. *TR

STARTED VEHICLE, TURNED ON HEATER AND REAR DEFROSTER (TEMP APPROX. 17F). DEFROSTER LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON. DROVE VEHICLE TO STORE ( APPROX. 15 MIN RIDE)HIT A ROUGH PATCH OF ROAD AND NOTICED A NOISE AT RIGHT REAR OF CAB WHICH I THOUGHT WAS ICE FALLING BETWEEN CAB AND BED. PARKED AND SHOPPED. RETURNED TO VEHICLE AND NOTICED RIGHT SECTION OF SLIDING REAR WINDOW GLASS WAS SHATTERED AND A PIECE WAS LAYING ON BED COVER. EXAMINED WINDOW AND FOUND NO SIGN OF ANY FOREIGN OBJECT NEAR WINDOW, GLASS SECTION HAD FALLEN FROM INSIDE OUT. AREA OF DAMAGED GLASS AT BOTTOM CORNER APPEARS TO BE BURNT AND DISCOLORED. WAITING FOR RESPONSE FROM DEALER. UPON ONLINE RESEARCH IT APPEARS THAT THIS IS NOT A UNIQUE OCCURRENCE ON THIS FORD MODEL AND FORD HAS BEEN NEGLIGENT IN ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

AFTER PULLING IN TO MY DRIVEWAY, ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS ON MY F-150 SHATTERED. WHILE I WAS DRIVING, I HAD THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ON. THE WINDOW SHATTERED SHORTLY AFTER I GOT OUT OF THE TRUCK AND CLOSED THE DOOR. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH ONLINE, I HAVE COME TO FIND THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE ON F-150 TRUCKS EQUIPPED WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER SYSTEM AND 3-PIECE SLIDING WINDOW. I TOOK THE TRUCK IN TO KOONS FORD OF ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND AND WAS TOLD THAT WHILE IT IS A FAIRLY COMMON ISSUE, FORD WOULD LIKELY NOT COVER THE REPAIR UNDER WARRANTY, AS THEY HADN'T IN THE PAST. I WAS QUOTED $694 FOR A REPLACEMENT. LUCKILY THIS DID NOT HAPPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, LIKE IT HAS FOR MANY OTHER PEOPLE. *TR

REMOTE STARTED TRUCK WHICH ACTIVATED THE REAR DEFROST, BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A POP AND MY DAUGHTER CRYING. I ASKED HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND SHE STATED SHE DID KNOW (AS WELL AS A 2.5 YEAR OLD CAN) AND THEN I NOTICED THE WINDOW BEHIND HER HEAD WAS SHATTERED, BUT INTACT. THIS IS THE DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW ON THE BACK GLASS. *TR

AT A STOPLIGHT I ACTIVATED THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS I HEARD A SHARP LARGE CRACKING SOUND. UPON INVESTIGATION I FOUND THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED BUT STILL IN PLACE. NO SIGNS OF CHIPS FROM INSIDE VEHICLE OR OUTSIDE WERE SEEN BEFORE THE INCIDENT. AFTER GETTING BACK INSIDE THE VEHICLE I NOTICED THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS INOPERABLE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE INTERSTATE THE DRIVER SIDE MIRROR GLASS (JUST MIRROR ITSELF WITH BLACK BACK SUPPORT) SLUMPED PARTIALLY DETACHING ITSELF FROM THE MIRROR ADJUSTMENT MOUNT MAKING IT UNUSABLE TO VIEW THE DRIVER SIDE SIDE REAR VIEW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTED AND MOMENTS LATER, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REAR WINDOW NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 38,000.

ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, SNOW HAS ENTERED THE DRIVER CABIN THROUGH THE DASH VENTILATION SYSTEM AND BLOWN SNOW INTO THE CAB AND CAUSED MOISTURE TO FREEZE TO THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT AND SIDE WINDOWS. THE ICE FORMS IN A FEW SECONDS AND MOSTLY BLOCK FORWARD VISIBILITY AND VIEW OF THE SIDE MIRRORS. THE VEHICLE COOLANT GAUGE IS SHOWING THE TRUCK IS WARMED AND HOT AIR IS BLOWING FROM DEFROST VENTS BUT NOT CAPABLE TO MELT OR CLEAR ICE OR IMPROVE VISIBILITY, EVEN AFTER 20 MINUTES. I HAVE TO SCRAPE THE ICE WITH MY HAND TO CREATE A PEEP HOLE SO I CAN SEE. ON ONE OCCASION WHEN THE EVENT HAPPENED, THE STREETS AND LANDSCAPE WERE BLANKETED WITH WHITE SNOW AND ICE AND IT BECAME EXTREMELY DIFFICULT FOR ME TO FOLLOW THE ROAD AND SAFELY EXIT. I WAS SCARED I WAS GOING TO CRASH INTO ANOTHER...

WHILE DRIVING AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10-15 MINUTES, SMOKE STARTED TO APPEAR UNDER AND AROUND THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WHICH RAPIDLY CONVERTED TO FLAMES. IMMEDIATELY STOPPED AND PARKED THE CAR. OPENED THE HOOD AND DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY. I HAD AN ABC FIRE EXTINGUISHER WHICH I USED TO EXTINGUISH FIRE. *TR