2013 FORD F-150 Visibilitywiper Problems

EARLY THIS MORNING (JAN 9, 2019) MY HUSAND REMOTED STARTED HIS 2013 F150 TO HEAT IT UP BEFORE WE LEFT FOR WORK (IT WAS MIDE 30'S OUTSIDE). AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 10 MIN WE GOT IN AND BEFORE EVEN BACKING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY WE HEARD A LOUD POP. IT SOUNDED LIKE SOMEONE SHOT OUR BACK WINDOW WITH A GUN. WE SAW THE BACK WINDOW DIRECTLY BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. THE TINT FILM HELD IT ALL TOGETHER, BUT IT WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. WE GOT OUT TO SEE IF A BIRD FLEW INTO IT OR TO FIND ANY REASON AND NOTICED THERE WASN'T EVEN A PUNCTURE TO THE WINDOW FROM OUTSIDE. IT WAS JUST COMPLETELY SHATTERED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. MY HUSBAND WILL SPEND TODAY FINDING SOMEONE TO REPAIR AND WE'VE NOW LOOKED IT UP AND FOUND MANY COMMENTS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. CAN YOU PLEASE...

VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVE WAY WARMING UP WHILE I WAS IN I HEARD A LOUD POP AFTER EXAMINING MY VEHICLE NOTICED THE BACK GLASS WAS SHATTERED.THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS ON DURING THIS TIME.AFTER INVESTIGATING THE MATTER ON THE INTERNET SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE REAR DEFROSTER SHATTERING WINDOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW DEFOGGER WAS INOPERABLE A YEAR AGO. THE DEFOGGER BEGAN WORKING AGAIN THIS YEAR AND SHATTERED THE REAR WINDOW. THE CONTACT CALLED HOLIDAY FORD AT 877-478-5316 (LOCATED AT 390 N ROLLING MEADOWS DR, FOND DU LAC, WI 54937) AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 86,000. *TT CONSUMER STATED REAR DEFROSTER STOPPED WORKING SOMETIME LAST YEAR. THIS WINTER CONSUMER TRIED IT AGAIN AND STARTED WORKING. DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND CONSUMER STOPPED USING IT. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM REVEALED IN THE INTERNET.*JB

IT WAS ABOUT 20 DEGREES OUT AND I DROVE TO WORK WITH MY FRONT AND REAR DEFROSTERS ON. AFTER I BACKED INTO MY PARKING SPOT I HEARD A VERY LOUD POP OR BANG. STARTLED ME. I GOT OUT AND COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING WRONG ALTHOUGH IT WAS STILL DARK OUT. WHEN DRIVING HOME, I NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE PORTION OF THE REAR POWER SLIDING WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. I'M PISSED! CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN FOR AN ESTIMATE. WAS TOLD IT'S NOT COVERED AND MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED ANYWAY. COME TO FIND OUT IT'S A COMMON PROBLEM. OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE HERE.

REMOTE STARTED TRUCK. 10 MINUTES LATER I GOT IN, PUT KEY IN IGNITION AND ABOUT 30 SECONDS LATER I HEARD A LOUD POP. I LOOKED BACK AND THE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. DEFROST WAS ON.

I WAS DRIVING BACK FROM THE GAS STATION AROUND 2230 HRS ON A WINTER NIGHT. I WAS GOING ABOUT 35 MPH ON A CITY STREET WHEN I SUDDENLY HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG; LITERALLY SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT, I QUICKLY LOOKED AROUND, BUT I DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING AT THE TIME. IT WAS DARK AT MY HOUSE WHEN I GOT HOME, I WALKED AROUND THE TRUCK BUT DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OBVIOUS AT THE TIME. WHEN I CAME OUT THE NEXT MORNING I GOT INTO MY TRUCK AND LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS SHATTERED, NO HOLE, NO PIECES MISSING, NO OBVIOUS SIGNS IT WAS STRUCK. THE WINDOW IS ACTUALLY BOW OUT A BIT LIKE THE FORCE WAS FROM THE INSIDE.

THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND NO IDEA HOW THAT HAPPENED. IT HAPPENED WHEN IT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. *DT*JB

USED REMOTE START ON TRUCK. TRUCK WARMED UP FOR APPROXIMATELY 5-10 MINUTES, OUTSIDE TEMP 40 DEGREES. UPON ENTERING TRUCK , A LOUD EXPLOSION RESEMBLING A GUNSHOT OCCURED. MY 4 Y/O DAUGHTER FRIGHTENLY POINTED OUT THAT THE REAR DRIVER SIDE GLASS HAD SHATTERED. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS DEFECT ON FORD FORUMS.

2013 FORD F-150 SUPERCAB FX4. POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW WITH DEFROST SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT. I HAVE A FIBERGLASS TOPPER, SO THERE IS NO WAY THAT SOMETHING FROM THE OUTSIDE COULD HAVE IMPACTED THE WINDOW. THE DRIVER-SIDE SHATTERED, BUT THE SLIDER AND PASSENGER-SIDE WERE UNAFFECTED. THE OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS IN THE LOW 30S FAHRENHEIT; NOT SURE WHETHER THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST WAS ACTIVATED. I HEARD THE GLASS BREAK WHILE I WAS DRIVING, BUT DID NOT REALIZE WHAT HAD HAPPENED UNTIL I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION.WHEN I CLOSED THE DRIVER-SIDE REAR DOOR, I HEARD THE GLASS FALL OUT.

AT APPROX 0800 ON 12/03/2018 WHILE DROPPING MY DAUGHTER OFF AT POTOMAC HEIGHTS ELEMENTRY SCHOOL, WE WERE SITTING STILL WAITING IN THE PARENTS DROP OFF LINE ON THE SCHOOL PROPERTY WHEN WE HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG, MY DAUGHTER POINTED AT THE REAR WINDOW AND SAID THAT IT WAS SHATTERED, SHE POINTED AT THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW, AT WHICH TIME I GOT OUT OF THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT IF WE WERE HIT BY ANYTHING. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION YOU CAN SEE NO IMPACT TO THE VEHICLE OR THE WINDOW. I GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AND PULLED FORWARD TO DROP OFF MY DAUGHTER AND AT THAT TIME REPORTED TO THE SCHOOLS STAFF WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I ASKED FOR THEM TO REVIEW THEIR VIDEO TAPE AND SEE IF SOMETHING HAD IN FACT HIT THE VEHICLE AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD AND CALL ME BACK. AT APPROX 0845 I CALLED THE LOCAL...

THURSDAY MORNING 12-6-18 IT WAS ABOUT 0 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT I STARTED MY TRUCK AND TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW / MIRROR DEFROSTER. I WAS ABOUT 2 MILES FROM THE HOUSE WHEN I HEARD A BANG COMING FROM MY BACK SEAT AREA ON THE DRIVERS SIDE IT WAS LOUD ENOUGH THAT IT MADE ME JUMP. AT THE TIME I COULD NOT FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS BUT MY REAR DEFROSTER WOULD NO LONGER WORK. I MESSED AROUND WITH IT A FEW TIMES BUT IT WOULD NOT LIGHT THE DASH LIGHT. LATER ON AS THE SUN WAS SHINING JUST RIGHT I NOTICED THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY BACK WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. AT THAT POINT IT ALL BECAME CLEAR TO ME WHAT THE NOISE WAS AND WHERE IT HAD COME FROM. F150 BACK GLASS SHATTERED WITH REAR DEFROSTER ON.

REAR DRIVERS SIDE PORTION OF CENTER SLIDING WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO REASON WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, UNOCCUPIED AND NOT RUNNING. TOPPER IS ON THE BOX, WHICH RULES OUT ANY SORT OF IMPACT.

ONE OF THE VEHICLE'S REAR WINDOWS (THE 1 REAR WINDOW CLOSEST TO THE DRIVERS SIDE; THERE ARE 3 REAR WINDOWS IN TOTAL) WAS SHATTERED WITH NO APPARENT IMPACT POINT. IT WAS A COLD MORNING AND THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED WITH THE REMOTE START OPTION FROM THE KEY FOB. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, AND HAD NOT BEEN MOVED PRIOR TO NOTICING THE SHATTERED WINDOW. AS THE VEHICLE DOOR WAS OPENED, I COULD HEAR A "CRACKLING" WHICH RESEMBLED THE SOUND OF STATIC. I WAS ABLE TO SEE THE SHATTERED WINDOW, AND IT IT SOUNDED AS THOUGH THE WINDOW SHATTER WAS SPREADING. THERE WERE NO HOLES OR DENTS IN THE WINDOW, AND THERE WAS NO "CIRCLE" OF SHATTERED GLASS THAT WOULD RESEMBLE AN IMPACT POINT. THE LAST TIME THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN DRIVEN, THE DAY PRIOR, THE WINDOW WAS NOT SHATTERED.

REMOTE STARTED MY 2013 F150 FX4 CREW CAB AND 10 SECONDS LATER HEARD A LOUD POP. GOT INTO TRUCK AND SAW BACK DRIVER SIDE WINDOW BLOWN OUT. TRUCK NEVER MOVED. LOOKING FURTHER AND ONLY SEE DEFROST CONTROLLER TOUCHING GLASS.

DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AFTER TURNING ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. VEHICLE WAS MOVING ON A STATE HIGHWAY.

TAKATA RECALL , THE REAR DEFROST DOES NOT WORK AND IT HAS HAPPENED TO MULTIPLE PEOPLE WHERE THE REAR GLASS EXPLODES. I HAVE DISCONNECTED THE CABLE CONNECTING THE REAR DEFROST TO STOP IT FROM HEATING UP BUT IT IS A COMMON ISSUE ON 2013 FORD F-150 TRUCKS. IF THE CABLE CONNECTING THE REAR DEFROST BEHIND THE DRIVER SIDE IS DISCONNECTED THE LIGHT FOR THE REAR DEFROST WORKS AND THE SIDE MIRRORS WORK BUT ONCE CONNECTED AGAIN NOTHING WORKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE IN HIS HOME, THE CONTACT USED THE REMOTE STARTER TO START THE VEHICLE. WHEN HE EXITED HIS HOME AND WALKED TOWARDS THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW HAD SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A FORD DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HOLIDAY FORD AT (877) 478-5316 (390 N ROLLING MEADOWS DR, FOND DU LAC, WI 54937), BUT THE DEALER REFUSED TO SERVICE THE VEHICLE BECAUSE IT WAS SERVICED AT ANOTHER LOCATION AND THE CONTACT WAS NOT A LOYAL CUSTOMER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 102,000.

AFTER USING REAR DEFROST, LEFT SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITH A LOUD POP, SENDING BITS OF GLASS ONTO PAX IN THE BACK SEAT. AFTER READING ONLINE THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF TRUCK AND NEEDS TO BE A SAFETY RECALL.

TAKATA RECALL FOR FORD F150 2009-2014 EQUIPPED WITH REAR SLIDING WINDOW WITH DEFROST FEATURE. REAR WINDOW OR SECTIONS OF THE REAR WINDOW WILL SHATTER IF THE REAR WINDOW & SIDE MIRROR DEFROST SYSTEM IS ENGAGED. A SECTION OF MINE BROKE TODAY WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK. HAD 22 MILES TO DRIVE IN THE SNOW BUT IT WAS NOT THAT COLD OUTSIDE AND I ONLY HAD THE REAR DEFROST ON WHEN WE FIRST LEFT WORK AND HEADED OUT. DEFROSTER TIMES OUT AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES SO IT WAS OFF FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES AND THEN THE DRIVERS SIDE PANEL POPS AND CRACKS. I EVEN HAD THE REAR WINDOW OPEN A WEE BIT SO I COULD PUSH MORE AIR THROUGH THE CAB TO DEFROST THE WINDSHIELD BETTER.. WHEN I FIRST HEARD IT, I THOUGHT A TREE BRANCH HIT THE TOP OF THE ROOF. BUT THE NOISE SOUNDED A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. AFTER PARKING THE VEHICLE AT A FUEL STATION, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL POPPING SOUND. UPON INSPECTION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE HUB CITY FORD DEALER (4060 S FERDON BLVD, CRESTVIEW, FL) WAS CONTACTED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE WINDOW SHATTERED DUE TO THE REAR DEFROSTER INDEPENDENTLY ACTIVATING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS INFORMED OF THE FAILURE BY THE DEALER DUE TO TSB # 10053423. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.

USING THE FACTOR INSTALLED AUTO-STARTER I REMOTELY STARTED MY F-150 TO WARM UP, OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 29F. AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIVE MINUTES OF RUNNING MY WIFE AND I GOT INTO THE TRUCK TO DRIVE TO WORK. WITHIN A MINUTE WE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND WE THOUGHT SOMEONE THREW A SNOWBALL AND HIT THE TRUCK. WHEN WE LOOKED IN THE REAR WINDOW TOWARDS THE NOISE WE SAW THAT THE LEFT REAR WINDOW SECTION EXPLODED; LUCKILY THE THE COATINGS KEPT THE PIECES CONTAINED. THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS NOT TURNED ON BY NEITHER OF US.

TRUCK WAS PARKED, NOT RUNNING GOT IN HEARD A LOUD POP NOISE, LOOKED AROUND SAW REAR PASSENGER SIDE REAR SLIDER WINDOW SHATTERED. THE OUTSIDE TEMP. WAS ABOUT 38 DEGREES. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED. TO THE TUNE OF. $1000.00 EACH TIME. WHEN IS ENOUGH...ENOUGH? THERE IS AN ISSUE HERE. PLEASE HELP.

THE REAR WINDOW BEHIND DRIVER SIDE SHATTERED/FISSURED INTO TINY CRACKS. WE HAD AN ISSUE OF THE REAR DEFROSTER NOT FUNCTIONING THE WEEK BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. HAVING HAD A BOUT OF EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, I WENT OUT TO WARM UP THE TRUCK AND DECIDED TO TRY TO SEE IF THE REAR DEFROSTER WOULD WORK TO DEFROST THE REAR WINDOW AND TO MY SURPRISE THE LIGHT POPPED ON SO I CAME BACK INTO THE HOUSE WHILE THE TRUCK WAS WARMING UP. UPON WALKING BACK TO THE TRUCK WHICH WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY, I NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED/FISSURED IN TINY CRACKS EVERYWHERE.

I USED THE REMOTE START TO WARM UP MY CAR (IT WAS 3 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT THAT NIGHT), I GOT IN, STARTED THE TRUCK, THEN STARTED MESSING WITH MY PHONE (STILL PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY). I HEAR A LOUD POP AND LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND MY DRIVERS SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED (SPIDERWEB CRACKS THROUGH THE WHOLE THING, WINDOW STILL INTACT THOUGH). COULDN'T HAVE BEEN A ROCK OR SOMEONE THROWING SOMETHING AT MY TRUCK SINCE I WAS BACKED INTO MY DRIVEWAY.

REMOTE STARTED THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT, AROUND 7:30 PM ON A 23 DEGREE TEMPERATURE NIGHT IN CENTRAL INDIANA. WE THEN GOT INTO THE VEHICLE ROUGHLY 5 MINUTES LATER. BOTH DOORS WERE THEN CLOSED AND THE KEY WAS PUT INTO THE IGNITION. ONCE THE KEY WAS IN THE IGNITION, WE HEARD A VERY LOUD "BANG" NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. WE NOTICED THE DRIVER'S SIDE 1/3 OF THE POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. WE EXITED THE VEHICLE TO INSPECT THE DAMAGE. NOTHING WAS PRESENT IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK TO CAUSE US TO BELIEVE SOMETHING HAD HIT IT. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION ONLINE AND A CERTIFIED MECHANICS OPINION, IT HAS COME TO OUR ATTENTION THAT THIS IS A "COMMON" ISSUE WITH FORD F-SERIES TRUCKS. THE REAR DEFROST MECHANISM BECOMES TOO HOT DURING REMOTE START AND CAUSES THE TEMPERED GLASS TO BECOME UNSTABLE AND SHATTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE REAR DEFOGGER WAS ACTIVATED AND THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DONLEY FORD LINCOLN OF MOUNT VERNON (1455 COSHOCTON AVE, MT VERNON, OH 43050, (740) 392-2222) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS A SHORTAGE IN THE REAR DEFOGGER. THE REAR WINDOW NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DEFOGGER WAS BUILT INTO THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT ASSIST. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,800.

MY WIFE STARTED THE TRUCK WITH THE REMOTE START ON THE MORNING OF 02/05/2018. SHE DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY UNTIL SHE GOT IN THE TRUCK TO HEAD TO WORK. SHE CALLED ME AND SAID THAT WHILE LOOKING IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR IT LOOKED LIKE THE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. SHE STOPPED AND TOOK A CLOSER LOOK AND REALIZED THAT IT WAS SHATTERED. WE DRIVE THE TRUCK EVERY DAY AND HAVE NOT HAD ANY ISSUES WITH ANYTHING FLYING UP AND HITTING THE WINDOW.

I REMOTE STARTED MY VEHICLE IN THE MORNING. IT WAS 12 DEGREES OUT. GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE IT ABOUT 2 BLOCKS ON A SLOW NEIGHBORHOOD ROAD IN A STRAIGHT LINE AND HEARD A LOUD BANG INSIDE THE CABIN. THE REAR DRIVERS SIDE BACK PANEL WINDOW HAD FULLY SHATTERED. I COULD NOT SEE OUT OF THE WINDOW AND GLASS WAS ON THE INSIDE OF MY BACK SEAT.

1/26/17: IT WAS 45 DEGREES THIS MORNING SO I USED THE REMOTE START (FACTORY SUPPLIED ON KEY REMOTE) TO GET MY TRUCK RUNNING BEFORE LEAVING FOR WORK. AS I WALKED OUTSIDE (DID NOT TOUCH THE TRUCK), I HEARD A LOUD GUNSHOT. THINKING SOMETHING HAD FALLEN ON THE TRUCK I LOOKED UP AND IT WAS NOT PARKED UNDER ANYTHING. I WALKED AROUND THE TRUCK TO FIND THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE PANEL OF THE BACK WINDOW WAS SPIDERED. AGAIN, I WAS NOT DRIVING OR PARKED UNDER OR AROUND SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE IMPACTED MY TRUCK/WINDOW.

WHILE DRIVING TO WORK ON THE MORNING OF JANUARY 18, 2018, I HEARD MY TRUCK MAKE A FAIRLY LOUD "POP" SOUND THAT CAME FROM SOMEWHERE DIRECTLY BEHIND ME. DUE TO THE COLD TEMPERATURES WE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING HERE IN INDIANA I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF THE SOUND. I ASSUMED IT WAS JUST COLD PARTS MOVING OR MAYBE I HAD RAN OVER A SMALL POT-HOLE. AFTER FINISHING MY WORK DAY I RETURNED TO MY TRUCK, WHICH WAS LOCKED AND PARKED IN A SAFE LOCATION AWAY FROM ANY HAZARDS, TO FIND MY REAR WINDOW BLOWN OUT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. THE WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED INTO TINY PIECES BUT MANAGED TO STAY HELD TOGETHER BY THE FACTORY TINT I ASSUME. HOWEVER THERE WAS A SMALL HOLE WHERE GLASS WAS MISSING IN THE CENTER PORTION OF THE WINDOW. ONE COULD TELL BY LOOKING AT THE WINDOW THAT IT HAD EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE...

WINDSHIELD WASHER NOZZLES FREEZE AND FAIL TO SPRAY WHEN COLD OUT, EVEN WITH HIGH CONCENTRATION OF ALCOHOL IN WASHER SOLVENT. SUNSHINE IS SOMETIMES ENOUGH TO WARM THEM AND MAKE THEM WORK. I BELIVE THEY AREN'T SHROUDED ENOUGH AND WATER FROM OUTSIDE ENTERS THE NOZZLES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE REAR GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT CALLED A LOCAL DEALER (ROBINSON BROTHERS FORD, 11455 AIRLINE HWY, BATON ROUGE, LA 70816) AND WAS ADVISED TO CONTACT AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

REAR WINDOW ON DRIVER SIDE SHATTERED AFTER REMOTE WARM UP OF TRUCK ON COLD DAY. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION FOR 10 FEET. I HEARD A LOUD POP AND THOUGHT SOMETHING LANDED ON THE ROOF. I THEN LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW WHERE THE GLASS HAD SHATTERED. VERY WELL KNOW ISSUE WITH F-150'S: HTTP://ABC13.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/DRIVER-SAYS-HER-F-150-WINDOW-SPONTANEOUSLY-SHATTERED/2768932/ HTTPS://WWW.F150FORUM.COM/F38/EXPLODING-REAR-WINDOW-145329/

REAR DRIVERS SIDE GLASS SHATTERED (BUT REMAINED IN PLACE) ONE COLD MORNING SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY WARMING UP WHEN THE REAR ELECTRIC DEFROST WAS TURNED ON. TURNED INTO INSURANCE COMPANY FOR CLAIM. WHEN I TOOK IT TO AUTO GLASS REPLACEMENT SHOP THEY SAID THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD ONE THIS WEEK THEY REPLACED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. APPROXIMATELY THIRTY SECONDS AFTER THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE, THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED BEFORE OR AFTER THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AFTER USING REMOTE START WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER ENABLED WHILE VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN 30 DEGREE F AMBIENT. MUCH OF THE BROKEN GLASS REMAINED IN WINDOW OPENING, HOWEVER SMALL FRAGMENTS WERE FOUND ON REAR SEATS AND FLOOR.

REAR WINDSHIELD EXPLODED WHEN DEFROSTER WAS ON (DRIVERS-SIDE ONLY). TEMPRATURE WAS AROUND 30-35 DEGREE'S OUTSIDE. TRUCK HAD BEEN REMOTELY START AND RUNNING FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MINUTES BEFORE SHATTERING.

I HAVE HAD REAR WINDOW ISSUES SINCE I BOUGHT THE TRUCK. FIRST WAS WHEN THE REAR DEFROST/MIRROR DEFROST WASN'T WORKING. THEY REPLACED THE WINDOW IN 2014. SECOND TIME WAS IN APRIL OF 2017. WE HAD A HEAVY FROST AND I COULDN'T SEE OUT THE BACK WINDOW OR THE SIDE MIRRORS, SO I TURNED ON THE DEFROST. ABOUT TEN MINUTES LATER I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. I IMMEDIATELY STARTED LOOKING AROUND THINKING SOMEONE SHOT AT ME. I DIDN'T REALIZE RIGHT AWAY DUE TO THE REAR HEADREST COVERING A LARGE PORTION OF THE WINDOW, THAT THE DRIVERS SIDE STATIONARY SECTION OF THE BACK WINDOW HAD EXPLODED. THE GLASS STAYED INTACT, HOWEVER TINY SLIVERS OF GLASS FELL ONTO MY DAUGHTERS CAR SEAT WHICH WAS IN FRONT OF THIS WINDOW. FORD DID REPLACE THE WINDOW, RELUCTANTLY AND I PAID AN INSURANCE DEDUCTIBLE, EVEN THOUGH THE INTERNET...

THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AND PART OF THE GLASS FELL OUTWARD AFTER THE DEFROST HAD BEEN TURNED ON. SITTING STILL IN A PARKING LOT IN FRONT OF A BUSINESS.

I HAD A HEAVY FROST IN MY AREA, SO WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, I TURNED ON THE REAR VIEW WINDOW DEFROST AND AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT. I WAS ON AN INTERSTATE SO I WASN'T SURE WHAT HAD HAPPENED. AFTER LOOKING AROUND, I REALIZED MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. I INSPECTED THE WINDOW, THINKING THAT MAYBE IT WAS HIT BUT THE GLASS WAS INTACT AND THERE WAS NO MARKS OR APPEARANCE OF DAMAGE FROM OUTSIDE. I WENT ONLINE AND SEARCHED FOR THIS AND FOUND IT TO BE A COMMON ISSUE. I SPOKE TO MY FORD DEALERSHIP SERVICE MANAGER AND HE STATED THAT THEY HAD THREE BREAK THE SAME DAY IN THE SAME MANNER. THIS IS DANGEROUS. MY KIDS CAR SEATS ARE RIGHT BY THIS WINDOW. IF THEY WERE IN THEM, THEY WOULD HAVE HAD SMALL GLASS SPECKS ALL OVER THEM. I BELIEVE THIS IS...

I HAD MY REAR DEFROST ON FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES ON MY WAY TO WORK. I HEARD A LOUD POP AND STOPPED TO SEE WHAT HAPPEN. I NOTICED THE DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. I TOOK IT TO A FORD DEALERSHIP AND THEY WHERE NO HELP. I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO GET IT FIXED AS I HAVE THREE SMALL KIDS WHO RIDE IN THE BACK. THE GLASS PLACE THAT FIXED IT TOLD BE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT FORD WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF. MY TRUCK IS A 2013 WITH 56,000 MILES ON IT.

STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT AND TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. THE INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON THEN FLICKERED ON AND OFF. LESS THAN ONE MINUTE LATER THE DRIVER'S SIDE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60 DEGREES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE REAR DEFROST WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE REAR WINDSHIELD AND DEFROST MECHANISM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT WAS ALSO CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE OF THE WINDOW DEFROSTER WOULD CAUSE THE REAR WINDSHIELD TO FRACTURE AND INJURE HIS TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WHO WERE TRANSPORTED IN CHILD SAFETY SEATS IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 45,000.

BACKING OUT SLOWLY OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD POP, CONFUSED I STOPPED GRABBED MY FLASHLIGHT AND EXAMINED. OUT OF NOWHERE MY REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW NEXT TO THE SLIDER HAS SHATTERED. AND AS SOON AS I GOOGLED THE PROBLEM IT IS EVERYWHERE. THIS SEEMS LUDICROUS FOR FORD NOT TO OFFER FIXES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE REAR WINDSHIELD SHATTERED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT THEN WAS ADVISED BY GLASS REPAIR SPECIALIST, THAT A FAULTY CONNECTION IN THE REAR DEFROSTER HAD CAUSED THE WINDSHIELD TO SHATTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56, 500.

I WAS TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY IN FEBRUARY 10TH, 2014 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD NOISE LIKE SOMETHING HAD STRUCK THE REAR PART OF MY ROOF. I LOOKED IN THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW THAT MY REAR LEFT SIDE WINDOW PANEL HAD COMPLETELY CRACK (SPIDER-ED). I THOUGH IT MAY HAVE BEEN AN OBJECT THAT CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN UNTIL THE SAME INCIDENT TOOK PLACE 3 YEARS LATER AND THIS TIME MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED. I HAVE NOW RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT OTHER FORD F150 OWNERS HAVE EXPERIENCE THE SAME DEFECT IN THEIR VEHICLES.

REAR POWER WINDOWS WITH DEFROST OPTION CAUSED WINDOW TO SHATTER WHEN DEFROST WAS TURNED ON. LOUD, ALMOST GUNSHOT NOISE CAN BE HEARD WHEN IT HAPPENED. INTERNET SEARCHES ON THE SUBJECT CONFIRM IT IS NOT AN ISOLATED INCIDENT EITHER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, THE REAR SLIDING WINDOW SHATTERED AFTER THE CONTACT ACTIVATED THE REAR DEFROSTER WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000. SJ

THE WEATHER WAS APPROXIMATELY 25-29 DEGREES F. I REMOTE STARTED THE TRUCK AND IT RAN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES BEFORE I GOT IN THE TRUCK TO DRIVE. I DROVE ABOUT 100 FEET AND HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG. I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW THAT MY DRIVER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT SOMETHING HIT IT, SO I GOT OUT AND LOOKED AND THERE WERE NO CHIPS OR A SPOT WHERE THE CRACK STARTED. THE WINDOW JUST BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I HAVE A REAR SLIDING WINDOW WITH DEFROST. I WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH WHEN IT HAPPENED INSIDE OF THE CITY, JUST A LITTLE WAY FROM MY HOUSE.

THE VEHICLE WAS IN MY DRIVEWAY. I REMOTE STARTED IT. 10 MINUTES LATER I ENTERED VEHICLE AND INSERTED KEY AND TURNED ON THE VEHICLE. 10 SECONDS LATER I HEARD A LOUD POP AND WHAT SOUNDED LIKE LEAVES RUSTLING, VERY SLOWLY . IT WAS 5 AM AND DARK, FRIDAY DEC 23RD, SO I DROVE TO A LIT PARKING LOT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. I NOTICED THE REAR GLASS BEHIND THE DRIVER'S SEAT WAS SHATTERED. IT WAS AROUND 30F. THERE ARE A LOT OF INSTANCES OF THIS HAPPENING WITH FORD PICKUPS.