2013 FORD F-150 Visibilitywiper Problems

Turned on my rear defroster to melt ice and snow. As I was sitting in a drive-thru, just 15 minutes later, I saw smoke coming from the bottom edge of the rear window. At first I thought it was the exhaust but then realized that it was too thick. Within 30 seconds there was a pop, like a gunshot. The rear glass had shattered both inside and out. I pulled the truck over to the side and I could see smoke residue on the glass that was still being held in by the moulding. Then I noticed part of the moulding had actually melted. I went online to research and saw this was a problem with this model. Some people have actually lost their trucks to fire when using remote start. Ford should be held responsible to pay for this issue as this is a SAFETY HAZARD both due to...

Rear view mirror camera system. The camera continuously will turn on then go to a blue screen while in reverse. It may show the rear of the truck at times but again turns back to a blue screen while reversing. It is a safety concern while reversing the vehicle.

Driving to work this morning after remote starting my truck due to cold weather. 10 minutes into driving, the driver side of the 3-piece power slide rear glass shattered with no impact or any other damage. Online searching indicates it is a frequent problem and likely caused by the rear glass defroster.

2013 Ford F150 crew cab back window shatters when defroster activated. When I pushed the defrost button the window on the back drivers side shattered. This is a major safety concern.

sitting in truck that was off and heard a loud crack. looked around and the rear drivers side window was shattered. nothing hit it and defrost was not on. just shattered for no reason. 30 degree F out

This morning (45 degrees F) I remote-started the truck to warm it up. As I strapped in my 5 year old into his carseat (Which does not contact the rear window at any point), We were startled by a load pop as the driver's side rear window broke. I immediately walked to the back of the truck to inspect and a small amount of smoke was raising from the bottom right side of that window where it meets the frame. I believe the rear window defroster was the cause of it. This happened 6 inches from my son's head..

I was driving down the street around 7am, it was about 54 degrees outside and the portion of my rear window behind the driver seat exploded, sounded like a gun shot. I pulled over and I could hear sizzling and saw steam/smoke coming from a seam in the window so I got back in and turned off my rear defroster and the sizzling went away. I am concerned this will happen again after I get the window fixed or worse, I am worried my truck could go up in flames with my wife or kids in it.

THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING (WINTER). IN RESEARCHING THE PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE REAR DEFROSTER ISSUE WE FOUND OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTLESS STORIES & POSTS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY DETAILING SPECIFICALLY THE ISSUE WE WERE EXPERIENCING WITH THE DEFROSTER AND REALIZING THIS WAS A KNOW ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE. THERE WERE COUNTLESS STORIES, MANY HARROWING ACCOUNTS OF BROKEN REAR WINDOWS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE ENGINEERING TO REPAIR AS WELL AS WAY TOO MANY STORIES WITH CUSTOMERS HAVING TO DEAL WITH LOCAL AND NATIONAL FORD REPRESENTATIVES TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE OBVIOUS ENGINEERING ISSUE. WHILE I MAY AGREE THIS MAY BE A PERSONAL OBSERVATION, THERE ARE WAY TOO MANY OCCURRENCES OF THIS PROBLEM OCCURRING ACROSS MULTIPLE MODEL YEARS FOR FORD LEADERSHIP TO NOT BE CONCERNED WITH THIS ISSUE AND DOING SOMETHING TO FACILITATE THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS TO ADDRESS THE DEFECT.

FORD F150 REAR DEFROST SHATTERED REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AFTER REMOTE START POSING SAFETY RISK TO VEHICLE OCCUPANTS.

STARTED MY TRUCK WITH AUTO START AND REAR DEFROST CRACKED MY BACK DRIVER SIDE GLASS.

ON 02/20/2021 PARKED MY VEHICLE IN MY DRIVEWAY. ALL GLASS WAS FINE AND INTACT. MORNING OF 02/21/2021 I REMOTE STARTED MY TRUCK TO LEAVE. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HAS CHANGED OVER NIGHT OR THE MORNING OF, TRUCK IS SITTING EXACTLY WHERE I PARKED IT. NO ADVERSE WEATHER. A FEW MINUTES LATER I AM PULLING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AND I LOOK INTO MY REVIEW MIRROR AND SEE MY DRIVER'S SIDE, BACK WINDOW GLASS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. I KNOW NOTHING HAS HIT IT FROM THE INSIDE, PLUS THE VERY LARGE HEADREST IS IN POSITION AND PROTECTS MOST OF THAT WINDOW FROM THE INSIDE. I KNOW NOTHING COULD HAVE HIT FROM THE OUTSIDE AS A I HAVE A PROPERLY FITTED CENTURY CAP ON THE BED OF THE TRUCK AND THIS PROTECTS THE GLASS FROM BEING STRUCK ON THE OUTSIDE. I LOOK UP INFORMATION ON THE INTERNET AND FIND MANY MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS VERY ISSUE...

I WAS TRAVELING AT 65MPH CRUISE CONTROL ON. NOT A ROUGH ROAD AND NO OTHER TRAFFIC. TURNED ON REAR DEFROST TO CLEAR SNOW ON REAR GLASS THAT WAS BLOWING UP FROM THE BED. THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR GLASS PANEL SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO VEHICLE FLEX OR IMPACT TO THE WINDOW.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND A MESSAGE POPS UP ON THE SCREEN. IT SAYS "STEERING ASSIST FAULT". IT SHOULD HAVE SAID OMG DON'T PANIC AND SLOW THE TRUCK TO A COMPLETE STOP AND TRY NOT TO DIE BECAUSE YOU HAVE LOST ALL OF YOUR STEERING CAPABILITIES. I COULD NOT IMAGINE IF I WAS AROUND TOO MANY VEHICLES OR ONE OF MY CHILDREN WERE DRIVING THE TRUCK. THIS IS SUCH A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN THAT ALL F150S WITH THIS POTENTIAL PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL REPAIRED. WITH ALL OF THE SAFETY MEASURES AND COMPANIES SUCH AS YOU GUYS WHY ON EARTH IS THIS TRULY LIFE THREATENING ISSUE ALLOWED? APPARENTLY, THE 2013 MODEL IS NOT PART OF THE RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM? THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS AND MANY EASILY FOUND FORUMS TALKING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THERE HAS TO BE DEATHS ATTRIBUTED TO THIS ISSUE. FOR WHAT IS WORTH THE OTHER ISSUES...

THE 3 PIECE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITH NO PROVOCATION. MY WIFE AND I ENTERED THE TRUCK CLOSED THE DOORS AND A FEW SECONDS LATER HEARD A LOUD POP! ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ONE OF THE PANES IN THE THREE PIECE WINDOW HAD COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THE REAR DEFROST HAD NOT BEEN TURNED ON. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE WAS ABOUT 32 F.

STARTED THE TRUCK AT 6:40AM WITH THE REMOTE START, WENT OUTSIDE TO GET INTO THE TRUCK, PUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION TO DRIVE BUT TRUCK WAS STILL IN PARK. ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE BACK WINDOW WAS SHATTERED/SPIDERWEBBED. SMELT LIKE BURNING WIRES ALSO.

HAD THE TRUCK PARKED OVERNIGHT IN THE GARAGE. STILL COLD OUT SO USED THE REMOTE START TO HEAT UP THE TRUCK. AS I WAS BACKING OUT, I NOTICED THE BACK WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE DRIVER WAS TOTALLY SHATTERED. NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F150. WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL BANGING NOISE DETECTED AND NOTICED THE REAR WINDSHIELD HAD EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT. THE CONTACT CALLED HERMANN FORD INC LOCATED AT (614 S. MARKET ST, HERMANN, MO 65041 (573) 486-3113) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE WAS 76,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE BACK WINDOW SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. I LIVE IN WESTERN OREGON WHERE TEMPERATURES ARE NOT EXTREME. THIS HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AND I NOTICED IT DRIVING TO WORK THE NEXT MORNING. I HAVE A CAMPER SHELL ON MY PICK UP, SO THERE WAS NO IMPACT FROM THE OUTSIDE. I HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE IN THE PICK UP AND NOBODY WAS IN THE CAB OF MY PICK UP TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE FROM THE INSIDE.

I CRANK MY TRUCK UP THIS MORNING TO LET IT WARM UP WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY TURN THE REAR DEFROSTER AND HEARD A LOUD BANG THEN I LOOK BACK AND NOTICED MY DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED

THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE HAVING THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON AND DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY. NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW, NO BIG BUMPS OR IMPACTS.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT.

ONE COLD MORNING I REMOTE STARTED MY VEHICLE SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. AFTER LEAVING THE HOUSE I NOTICED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WITH SLIDER WAS SHATTERED. THERE WAS NO EXTERIOR DAMAGE OR SOMETHING THAT MADE AN IMPACT. I HAVE ALSO READ MANY OTHER ACCOUNTS OF THIS ISSUE ON FORD FORUMS.

TURNED ON DEFROST AND REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WHILE AT IDLE IN THE DRIVEWAY. VEHICLE NOT MOVING.. A VISIBLE BURN MARK ON GLASS FROM DEFROST GRID..

STARTED VEHICLE WITH REMOTE STARTER. REAR GLASS BEHIND THE DRIVER SEAT SHATTERED. REAR GLASS ASSEMBLY HAS ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE. THIS IS A VERY COMMON FAILURE IN F150'S BUILT FROM 2010 TO 2014.

BRAKE RESERVOIR WARNING LIGHT IS ON - RESERVOIR 1/2 EMPTY. NO SIGNS OF LEAKING WIPER STAYS ON EVEN IF IT'S OFF. INSTRUMENTAL DASH DIMS IN AND OUT . FUEL GAGE RESET B DOES NOT RESET.

2013 F150 FX4 REAR WINDOW SHATTERS FOR NO REASON ,THIS HAS HAPPENED 2 TIMES ,FIRST TIME I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFOGGER AND 2 MINS. LATER IT SHATTERED ,THIS TIME MILD SUMMER DAY IN THE NORTHEST SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH THE TRUCK OFF AND IT SHATTERED AGAIN , ,THAT'S NOT RIGHT !!!

WHILE DRIVING WITH REAR DEFROSTER ON, REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED

AS REPORTED BY HUNDREDS OF OTHER USERS, A FAULTY REAR DEFROSTER HAS CAUSED THE REAR WINDSHIELD TO SPONTANEOUSLY SHATTERED AND GOT PIECES IN THE REAR SEAT. LUCKILY I WAS PARKED AT MY WORK PARKING LOT, AND THERE WAS NO CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL OR A FIX FOR THIS. AS WELL AS REIMBURSEMENT FOR MY WINDOW.

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED, SHATTERED, NO OUTSIDE FORCE. PASSENGER SIDE OF 3 SECTION WINDOW. TRUCK WAS REMOTE STARTED, IDLING WHEN I ENTERED IT, DID NOT DRIVE, WAS READING MAIL IN A REMOTE PARKING LOT WHEN WINDOW EXPLODED SENDING MICRO SHARDS UP TO 12" ON INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF WINDOW. MORE PICTURES IF NEEDED.

MINE JUST HAPPENED LAST WEEK. SAME THING, I LIVE IN PA AND IT HAS BEEN COLD HERE IN THE MORNINGS AND I USE MY AUTO-START. I GOT IN TO GO TO WORK AND STARTED DOWN THE ROAD AND WENT TO PUT THE REAR DEFROST ON AND THE LIGHT WOULD NOT COME ON SHOWING THAT IT WAS WORKING. I DEPRESSED THE BUTTON SEVERAL TIMES BUT NO LIGHT. IT'S DARK WHEN I HEAD INTO TO WORK SO I COULD NOT SEE THE BACK WINDOW VERY GOOD. AFTER WORK I LEFT TO GO HOME AND AGAIN WENT TO DEPRESS THE REAR DEFROSTER BUTTON AND IT WOULDN'T COME ON. WHEN I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR, I COULD SEE THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE PORTION OF MY REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. IT WAS STILL IN PLACE BUT THERE WAS A MILLION FRACTURED PIECES I'M ASSUMING BEING HELD IN PLACE BY THE TINT FILM. WITH...

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED DESPITE NO IMPACT

THE BACK GLASS HAS SHATTERED 2 TIMES AND A BURNING SMELL IS APPEARING WHEN I START MY TRUCK. I HAVE 2 SMALL KIDS IN CARSEATS AND IM CONCERNED ! BOTH TIMES MY GLASS SHATTERED I WAS WARMING THE TRUCK IN COLD WEATHER. AND THE BACK DEFROST STILL WORKS WHICH SCARES ME A LITTLE. SOMEONE IS GONNA BE INJURED OR KILLED EVENTUALLY!

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I TRIED TO TURN ON THE REAR DEFOGGER. IT WAS 27 DEGREES F AND THE REAR WINDOW WAS SLIGHTLY COVERED WITH FROST MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO SEE OUT THE BACK. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 30 SECONDS, I HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG. I LOOKED IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR AND SAW THAT MY REARVIEW WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE HAD SHATTERED. I WAS GOING ABOUT 55 MPH AT THE TIME AND NO OTHER CARS WERE AROUND ME. THIS IS THE SECOND WINDOW IN THIS TRUCK. FORD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE WINDOW UNDER WARRANTY DUE TO THE REAR DEFOGGER NOT WORKING. NOT LONG AFTER, THE DEFOGGER STOPPED WORKING AGAIN. I REMEMBER SEEING MANY ONLINE POSTS ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGERS, BUT I ASSUMED FORD FIXED THE ISSUE WHEN THEY INSTALLED THE REPLACEMENT. NOW THAT THE WINDOW IS SHATTERED, IT IS EVIDENT THAT FORD HASN'T FIXED ANYTHING AND BY THE NUMBER...

. I HAD REMOTE STARTED THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING. ON THE WAY TO WORK THE DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW LATER SHATTERED WITH A LOUD POP WITH NO IMPACT OR PREVIOUS DAMAGE. I BELIEVE THIS IS DUE TO THE REAR DEFROSTER NOT SHUTTING OFF. I HAVE READ MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING (SAME SECTION OF THE SLIDING WINDOW) BUT FORD HAS YET TO ACCEPT ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.

I WAS WALKING TO MY VEHICLE AFTER WORK IN A PAVED EMPLOYEE PARKING LOT AND PUSHED THE AUTO START ON MY KEY. THE TRUCK STARTED AND I STOPPED AND TALKED TO A COWORKER FOR ABOUT 1 MINUTE AND CONTINUED TO MY TRUCK. AFTER I TURNED THE KEY TO THE ON POSITION I CHECKED BEHIND ME TO PULL OUT OF THE PARKING SPOT AND THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE OF THE 3 PIECE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. NO MARKS FROM AN IMPACT TO THE WINDOW. YOU CAN'T TELL THE WINDOW IS SHATTERED FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE TRUCK WITHOUT GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE WINDOW. I DO NOT USE THE REAR DEFROST OPTION ON THE TRUCK BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT IT CAN MALFUNCTION AND CAUSE THE REAR WINDOW TO SHATTER. AFTER DOING AN ONLINE SEARCH I FOUND OUT THAT THE AUTO START CAN ACTIVATE THE REAR DEFROST. I NOTICED DURING THE ONLINE...

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITH NO IMPACT WHAT SO EVER

THE DEFROSTER ON THE REAR GLASS CAUSED THE BACK GLASS TO SHATTER WHILE DRIVING.

I HIT THE BUTTON FOR THE REAR DEFROST, BUT IT DIDNT LIGHT UP. I HAD STOPPED AT A GAS STATION TO GET A DRINK AND I WAS SITTING IN A PARKING STALL WITH THE TRUCK RUNNING WHEN I NOTICED SMOKE AND SMELLED SOMETHING HOT. SHORTLY THERE AFTER, ABOUT 5 SECONDS,I HEARD A LOUD BANG, WHICH SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. I TURNED AROUND AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THIS TRUCK WAS SHATTERED. I BELIEVE THE PROBLEM TO BE CREATED BY THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER, THAT WHEN THE DEFROSTER ISNT FULLY GROUNDED, IT CAUSES THE WINDOW TO GET TOO HOT CAUSING IT TO EXPLODE. BUT THERE IS NO WAY TO KNOW IF THE DEFROSTER IS ON OR OFF BECAUSE THE LIGHT ON THE DEFROSTER WAS NOT ON PRIOR TO ME SMELLING THE SMOKE AND HEARING THE LOUD BANG.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERS BY ITSELF, REMAINS IN PLACE. IN MOTION ON NEIGHBORHOOD, 20 MPH, DRIVING STRAIGHT, 35 DEG F OUTSIDE; DEFROSTER OFF. NOTHING IMPACTED WINDOW.

REAR DEFROST FAILS TO WORK. REAR WINDOW EXPLODES UPON USE SENDING GLASS INTO OCCUPANT SPACE.

ON MY FORD F150 2013 THE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED A FEW MINUTES AFTER I REMOTE STARTED THE TRUCK. THE WINDOW HAD NO PRIOR DAMAGE OR IMPERFECTIONS. THE TRUCK WAS PARKED WHEN THIS HAPPENED.

DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW PANE SHATTERED/SPIDERWEBBED AFTER USING REMOTE START. ENTERED STATIONARY VEHICLE TEN MINUTES AFTER USING REMOTE START, NOTICED BURNT PLASTIC ODOR, HEARD LOUD BANG AND LOOKED IN REARVIEW MIRROR TO FIND REAR WINDOW PANE HAD SHATTERED.

REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT FROM A FOREIGN OBJECT. DURING DRIVE I HEAD A LOAD BOOM AND THE REAR WINDOW WAS BROKEN. A SIMPLE INTERNET SEARCH INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THE FORD F-150

JANUARY 29, 2019 I WAS SITTING AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT AFTER LEAVING OFFICE AND HEARD A BIG POP NOISE, SCARED ME TO DEATH. IT WAS DARK AND COLD AND COULD NOT TELL WHERE IT CAME FROM, IT WASN'T TILL I LEFT FOR WORK THE NEXT MORNING IN THE SUNSHINE I SAW MY BACK WINDOW WAS SHATTERED (HARD TO TELL WITH THE HEAD REST AT NIGHT). WHEN I GOT TO OFFICE I LOOKED ON OUTSIDE OF WINDOW FOR DAMAGE BUT COULD HARDLY TELL IT WAS SHATTERED AND THERE WAS NO VISIBLE DAMAGE TO OUTSIDE OF GLASS OR BODY OF MY F-150. I HAVE A POWER REAR MIDDLE WINDOW AND IT WAS FINE, IT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. ALSO MY REAR DEFROST WAS NOT ON. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO A LOT OF F-150 TRUCKS. I GOT A QUOTE AND IT WAS $800.00 DOESN'T SEEM FAIR THAT THIS IS HAPPENING QUITE...

REAR, DRIVER SIDE WINDOW JUST SHATTERED OUT OF NO WHERE

EARLY COLD MORNING REAR WINDOW DEFROST WAS ON WHEN THE BACK REAR DRIVER SIDE GLASS EXPLODED. WAS DRIVING TO WORK NOTHING WAS AROUND THIS GLASS. IT HAD BEEN ON ABOUT 15 MINUTES WHEN IT HAPPENED. VERY LOUD POP AT 60 MPH ON A FOUR LANE DIVIDED HIGHWAY.

REAR DRIVER SIDE BACK GLASS SHATTERED WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE WAS AT TEMP. WHEN FAILURE OCCURRED, WITH REAR DEFROSTER RUNNING. WAS TRAVELING TO WORK AT 60 MPH WHEN LOUD BLAST OCCURRED IN VEHICLE. I LOOK AROUND TO SEE IF I HAD HIT SOMETHING WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR I NOTED THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BACK GLASS WAS SHATTERED AND THE THE REAR DEFROST THAT WAS ON WAS NOW OFF. OUTSIDE TEMP. PER VEHICLE DISPLAY WAS -9 CURRENT MILES ON VEHICLE AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT WAS 59,278. ROAD CONDITIONS WERE ICY DUE TO TIME OF YEAR AND RESENT WINTER STORM. LOSS OF CONTROL OF VEHICLE AND POTENTIAL FATAL IMPACT COULD HAVE OCCURRED AS THE SOUND WAS INTENSE AND DID CAUSE ME TO JERK THE WHEEL. CONTACTED DEALER DUE TO MODEL YEAR THEY STATED THE ISSUE WAS NOT COVERED AT THE DEALER LEVEL AND I WOULD HAVE...

WINDSHIELD WASHERS DO NOT OPERATE BELOW BELOW 25 DEG F EVEN IF RESERVOIR IS EMPTIED OF SUMMER FLUID AND FILLED WITH -20 DEGREE F WINTER FLUID AT END OF SUMMER AND PURGED BY RUNNING PUMP BEFORE COLD WEATHER. WASHER PUMP MOTOR RUNS WHEN ACTUATED SO PROBLEM APPEARS POSSIBLY CHECK VALVE OR NOZZLES AT COWL. COWL AREA CLEARED OF SNOW AND ICE. VERY ANGEROUS VISIBILITY CONDITION ESPECIALLY DURING NIGHT DRIVING AS WINDSHIELD REMAINS SMEARED FROM OTHER VEHICLES.

REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER/OUTSIDE DOOR MIRROR DEFROSTERS ARE INOPERATIVE. PROBLEM WAS FIXED WHILE UNDER WARRANTY AT 34,164 MILES ALTHOUGH ALSO FAILED AGAIN WHEN OUT OF WARRANTY. WHILE NOT POSITIVE, PROBLEM COULD STILL BE FAULTY ELECTRICAL CONTACT DESIGN ON REAR WINDOW SLIDING CENTER GLASS AS PREVIOUS FAILURE. MALFUNCTION CREATES A SAFETY ISSUE AS FROST BLOCKS REAR VISIBILITY BOTH FROM DOOR MIRRORS AS WELL AS REAR WINDOW. DEALER NOTES REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY MUST BE REPLACED BUT WITHOUT MANUFACTURER COST COVERAGE ASSISTANCE.

REAR DEFROST SHATTERED MY REAR WIDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.