I have powered windows. Today while going to work and getting on the highway going south on I-35 in Okc, Ok. I had the driver side window partially rolled down and once I was at highway speeds I decided to roll the window up as I usually have always done before. After the window reached the closed position I heard a loud pop as if a rock hit the window and immediately after that the window fell down and slammed into the bottom well of the door panel. To my amazement and not understanding what just occurred, I tried to re-raise the window back up unsuccessfully. So far its sitting in the parking lot taped up with plastic over it since its about to rain until I can get it taken care of. On another note the other rear back passengers windows squeak when they are raised or lowered. What next!! Probably more of the same.Sweet!!

2005 Ford f150 super crew lariat

My back window regulator went out a few months back, but at least it was in the shut position. My front driver's side door window regulator went out yesterday. I am leaving tomorrow, so needed a quick fix and took it to Cerritos Ford for service. I just picked it up and they charged me $490. I had gone online and looked at the internet cost and couldn't find one over $90 with most being around $50. When I asked the service clerk why I was being charged so much, he said it was because it was a better product than after market. I said, "Soo, you mean it doesn't break then?" He said yes, so I asked him why mine broke then. He didn't have an answer.

PS. They also said its warranty is 30 days. Nice confidence it their product. This is one of the reasons you don't take your car in for service to the dealer.

It was the driver's window switch. Piss poor quality when the switch goes out with less then 34000 miles on the truck. The passenger door switch went out a month later. The service writer tried to give me grief over that switch, saying the truck was now out of warranty. I had bought the truck 4 months prior as a Certified Used from this dealer. I stomped over to my salesman and raised some hell and they paid for the switch. Now have 72000 miles and starting to have switch problems again with both switches, and this time I will have to pay for it.

Called Ford Motor this morning regarding the fourth window that we had to have the window regulator replaced. Guess what the fourth window is out of warranty. The other three were covered under the warranty. Dealership charged Ford $1,000. per regulator to replace when it was under warranty. Today's repair was $452.00. Did the window regulator deprecate in value? Anyway Ford said that there has not been one complaint regarding the window regulator filed except ours. I explained that I was on a website that listed over 100 of them. Apparently you have to call Ford so that they can list the problem before they will send a note to their engineers. I ask the gentleman shouldn't the dealer be responsible to report unusual amounts of one part being replaced on the same type of vehicle? He had no reply for that one. The purchasing dealer told my husband there was plastic in the regulator which cracked very easy and that Ford should have made them of metal. The repairing dealership acted like this was the first one that they replaced. My husband said that he has replaced so much plastic the next vehicle will not be a Ford. This truck is in mint condition with only 29,212 miles. Ford where are your ethics evidently they were tossed out the window just so that you can make a buck.

I have 150,000 miles on my Ford F-150. Understanding the window regulator is not the issue on the truck with this kind of mileage. The problem is that i have had 6 regulators go bad... yep the truck has 4 windows and each has gone up. now the second time on the front right. The windows on the front and back of the right side have gone bad twice. These are the windows the least used.

I took the door panel off to see if it was just off the track there is a black piece of the regulator that the cable goes through. the "CHEAP" piece of plastic is not sold separately. Ford needs to use better material.

(OK, I've already submitted a complaint about this issue but it hasn't hit the site yet do to the back log. If you can connect the two that would be great.) After reading the other posts and finding out that Ford's excuse for not issuing a recall for this problem is that they claim it isn't a safety issue I wanted to add my opinion on the matter. I'm here to tell you that when a truck window falls into a door without any warning out of the blue, the bang is LOUD! If I had been driving when it happened I know it would have startled me enough to possibly make me lose control of the truck, can I say I would have definitely wrecked, no, but was it a definite possibility, YES! Not to mention what would happen if it were the driver side say, during heavy rain or snow, a dust storm as another poster suffered, extreme heat or cold when you are far from home, etc.....And with my newborn in the truck!...... SHAME on Ford for claiming this isn't a safety issue!

Just as others have said this happened out of the blue. No funny noises, no rubbing or grinding sounds to indicate that something was messing up, nothing! I go out to get in the truck and head to work this morning, open the front passenger side door and set my bags down, hear a thump and turn around to see that my window had fallen into the door! Had to get the entire window assembly from the dealer at $180 plus change to fix it, luckily my husband is a shade tree kind of guy so he fixed it himself. Meanwhile, because we share this vehicle and have too kids that can't be taken to child care in a truck with no window in November, we both lost half a day's pay because he doesn't get leave time at all and I have none because I just got off maternity leave this week! Oh yeah, and you can imagine how happy my boss is that I had to call in during my first week back to work! I love my truck but we've had two recalls repaired at no cost to us since we bought it used not even two years ago, and now this! Come on! Ford bite the bullet, make the recall, start taking responsibility and fixing your $h!t. Now I'm just waiting for the next recall or the next window to break.....

This is my 5th Ford Vehicle. I have never had to replace any window regulators on any of my Fords until now. My oldest son had to go practice for a motorcross race the following day. We got all loaded up and as I opened my drivers side door, the glass just dropped down in side the door. I couldn't believe it. Already cutting time close, this was the last thing I needed. We had to drive an hour and half to get to the track and there was no way I was going to drive that 81 miles on the highway with the window down. I was pissed. I took the door apart and clamped vice grips on each rail to hold it in place. It vibrates and drives me insane. I am a Marine. I work hard for what I have and I keep it in nice shape. This really chapped my ass. I called Ford on Monday cause they were open on Saturday. It is amazing how much it cost just for the part. I was very shocked to see how many 2005s have this same issue. From the sounds of it, I should be expecting the rest to go soon. Was bullshit. Thanks Ford for going cheap on your parts. I hope the executives at Ford enjoy their hefty salaries and pensions while guys like us put it on the line every 6 to 12 months for their freedom and safety.

The other day I promised my two young sons that I would take them fishing on Skaha Lake. It was a beautiful morning and we set out early. My kids had been waiting all week for the trip. As we neared the lake i rolled up the drivers side window and heard a loud bang. I thought someone threw a rock at the side of my truck. I rolled down the window to look at the side of my truck and the window fell into the door. Fantastic. Within site of the boat launch. The area was crowded and I could not leave the truck insecure so we had to turn around. With crying kids I went to the nearest body shop. (Ford was closed on the weekend....surprise surprise) and they took a look and said the regulator was shot. I will be out over $300 and most importantly, a day fishing with the kids was cancelled. Thanks Ford.....thanks.

Just like all the rest; I was driving along and the passenger side window just fell into the door, it was so loud it scared the sh*t out of me too. I had recently read all the reports concerning the window problems and was just wondering when would it happen to me. With these many dead on complaints I knew it would be just a matter of time before it would happen to me. Now with that said and done; I guess we just sit back and wait on the next three to fall right. Ford are you listening; you can deny this now but when you guys are fighting a major liable lawsuit in some court room concerning this premature failure just bet there will be plenty of ammunition to help sink that boat.

WTF over...I had my driver side window fixed because the damn thing fell inside the door...cost me nothing...that was last year...however...the @$#@ thing just fell inside the door again....Oh and by the way...it's no longer under warranty....but really...same window almost less than a year apart.

I used to love Ford...but they are really starting to piss me off...I used to own Ford stock...but guess what...sold that &^%$ too....FORD (Found On Road Disabled). Really FORD...step up to the plate, recall and fix the &^%$ issue!!!!

I have been a new Ford buyer for several years. Usually when they get around 50,000 miles I trade them in for a new one. My latest purchase is a 2004 Ford F-150 Super Crew 4x4, which is the late year production, so it is the same as the 2005 model as far as used parts are concerned. $39,000 list price and a beautiful truck to me. The driver's side window regulator decided to break on our way to the store one day (mind you, the truck only had approximately 3,000 miles on it). The dealer fixed it under warranty; not a problem. The truck now has just under 24,000 miles as of 8/10/2011. as you can tell, not used much. I have since replaced the driver's side regulator once and the passengers side twice, which brings us to six if you count the originals. This morning I was driving down the road, heard a pop and looked over to the passenger's side front window. It was fine. When I got out of the truck, the right rear window was down about 2 inches. Here we go again. I have been a mechanic and body man for 38 years and of course fix my own problems. I feel sorry for those of you who are "money out of pocket" for repairs. I don't really want to switch brands, but if something doesn't change, that is exactly what will happen.

Same problem as I had in March of last year, the window fell into the door on 7/31/11. I had to have the window regulator replaced at a cost of $357.67 this time. This was the window on the driver's side (so two have now been replaced). I have never had to have a window regulator replaced on any car/truck that I have ever owned, now two for the 2005 F150. Perhaps a problem you think? The dealers stock the regulator, they are making money on it, Ford has not accepted responsibility for taking care of an ongoing problem. If they won't deal with this problem, I'll not be dealing with Autoway Ford in Bradenton, or any other Ford dealer in the future.

LSPARKS

BRADENTON, FL

I have a 05 Ford F-150...Completely true of what the other users are experiencing. Roll the window up, "BANG!" followed by the glass quickly dropping into the door. Makes a grinding noise when I try to roll it up, nothing happens. The part has to come directly from the dealership at a cost of 140 to 175 with an additional 120-150 for labor. Ended up spending 295 for the repair. The manager said it would take an hour and a half to fix and conveniently they had the part in stock. (lucky me). The repair was done in 20 minutes and NOT an hour and a half as he quoted over the phone.

I've driven a Ford for the last 30 years and I wanted to get another Ford next year, but if the other windows do this, I may have to see what Chevy and Dodge have for this is clearly an issue ford seems to be ignoring.

In July 2009, we were driving down the road and the back passenger window would roll down all by it self, we would roll it back up and it continued to roll down, the last time it dropped down in the door and broke. Took it to a auto repair shop and they replace the window regulator and glass window, cost us $465.36 to replace, we only had 16,522 miles on this truck, we don't drive it that often, but I ask this, who in his right mine would make a window regulator carriage out of PLASTIC ?????? Especially for people in the hot south in Texas. The truck was paid for and warranty expired, or so we were told.

I want my money back, Ford get you act together, these beautiful trucks with junkyard parts is an embarrassment to you and your company. Even when I called Ford Credit Co. about pay off on this truck, I couldn't even understand the person I was talking too...

I asked him where are you at, in Taiwan, what I said, I want to speak to someone in America, finally was able to speak with a person in Dallas Texas. Bring our business back to America, make the parts in America, all other countries parts are JUNK!

My 2005 Ford F-150 XLT Super Crew 4x4 has been nothing but trouble. I have had both front hub assemblies replaced; the front passenger hub assembly has been replaced twice. These failing really sucks when you expect a four-wheel drive vehicle to be, well, 4-wheel drive. I had the transmission re-built at 26,000 miles and now my rear passenger window regulator has failed. It is 95 degrees outside and my window is down permanently. I am dropping it off to my mechanic today who said he can fix it for $200, parts and labor. I refuse to take it to the dealer as they would only rip me off again! Ford really builds crap these days. I will not buy Ford again, ever!

1st i had an extended warranty from this company called Continental warranty 7/100000,so i thought i was good my back rt passenger cant be controlfrom rear the left rear window came down and never came back up.So the dealer called the warranty co.the warrantyrefuse to pay for regulator,becacuse it's not a covered part, but the motor is.Now get this when you buy the motor the regulator is attached you can't buy them separately.We need to come together because this a defective part which is costing us alot of money,if we do this together Ford can be made fix these windows on recall if anyone knows how to go about this I will gladly help,I love my Ford f150 but i dont like to be made a fool of.

Update from Jul 1, 2010: 3 days later my front passenger regulater broke evrytime i let my windows down i wait for that terrible sound. thats 800.00 dollars in one whoop hard on a fixed income

Update from Aug 6, 2010: this aug 8 2010 friday morning backs out the drive start to drive my street pop there goes window # 3 drivers window !00 degree weather and all.This just doesnt make any sense these regulators in this model ford has to be deffective. Is their anyone out there with fords main address so i can write their product manager

My right front window went down and wouldn't come up. I could still hear the motor trying to work. I thought my extended warranty would cover it, but not. I was told it was a power window regulator that was not covered by warranty and cost me $300. I see by these complaints that it is not an isolated problem. How can we be sure that the dealer isn't calling it something that is not covered by warranty? My drivers side window rattles when down so it is probably ready to fail. I have always been a Ford man, but this is crap.

While cruising down the highway, I decided to turn on my A/C to cool the inside down. I rolled up my drivers side window and a crackling noises occurred as if a gun shot hit the side of truck. I looked all around and didn't see any damage, but when I stopped, the drivers side window fell into the door. I took the truck into a glass repair shop and they told me the window was fine, but the regulator needed replacing. I have 32000 miles on my truck, so like most Ford dealership, they refused to accept responsibility for the defective unit based on being out of warranty. It cost $349.00 to repair (but not using Ford as the repair company). "Ford, Built Tough", yeah right.

In December of 08 I replaced the power window regulator on the drivers door. It was covered under the warranty so it only cost me a hundred bucks. Today May 24, 2010 I replaced the rear passengers door window regulator. It cost me $417.76 because the extended warranty ran out in 2009. Seems to me Ford has a serious problem here. How long is it going to be before I have to replaced the other two regulators? Just a side note, my wife drives a 2004 Pontiac Gran Prix with 61000 miles and all four of the power window regulators are the original ones. Maybe thats the answer.

Well, now I have two new window regulators, one on the passenger side and one on the driver side. I filed a complaint mid 2009 about my passenger side. Sure enough within months the drivers side broke down. The window was slightly opened without me opening it and within a mile the window went all the way down and stayed there. Like I said before, this has got to be a design error or poor materials. If an engine or transmission can last over a 100,000 miles with daily use you would think a window would maintain its operation for more than 15,000 or 16,000 miles. Ford should step up to this and at least pay for the part replacement if not for both the labor cost and parts.

Built Ford Tough! Where did they get that add. Recently I have spent 800.00 replacing 8 spark plugs and a coil. On top of that they told me I need to replace cam phaser whaterver the ^#%# that is. I just know it is another 1400.00. Low and behold Monday the drivers side windows will not go up and down. Took me about half hour before I finally got it to a point where the 20 below temps are not rushing in. Sounds like that will be another 400.00. When does it stop.

This is vechicle I was hoping to drive for a lifetime. Yeah sure! 56,000 miles and nothing but trouble. Come on Ford! Live up to your add and start fixing these problems. Built Ford Tough! Yeah if you have an open checkbook.

Reading all the complaints on this issue really pisses me off! I barely have 40,000 miles and I have regulator failure. I can't believe there hasn't been a recall. And talking with Ford, they state if its not a safety issue there will never be a recall. Really ,come on Ford, this is truly pathetic that Built Ford Tough doesn't mean crap anymore. Cheaper parts but still charge high $$$$. Luckily I am from a mechanical back ground and can fix this issue myself, ($100.00-Kragen/O'Rielys plus 2-3 hours time) but for the average joe this may get pricey if you go to the dealer ($175.00 plus labor). Ford you truly need to step it up, fix the default and take care of your customers. Oh and now starting to see the back electric slider tends to stick too (lovely).

I ONLY PUSHED THE POWER WINDOW BUTTON TO OPEN AND THE WHOLE THING JUST FELL INSIDE MY DOOR. I CALLED A MOBILE WINDOW REPAIRMAN AND HE SAID THAT THE "PLASTIC" (USED TO BE METAL) ACTUATOR AND REGULATOR BROKE AND THE BELT IS BROKE AS WELL. "IT'S A DEALERSHIP FIX" HE SAID. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND LOW AND BEHOLD THE I ONLY HAD DRIVE TRAIN WARRANTY (MY BAD, LESSON LEARNED, BUT OF COURSE WHEN I BOUGHT THE TRUCK THEY SAID WELL IT ALREADY HAS A BRAND NEW AC IF ANYTHING ELSE GOES OUT IT WILL COST CLOSE TO NOTHING) SO THEY CHARGED ME $89 TO RUN DIAGNOSTICS AND THE $400 ON TOP OF THAT. WHAT DO YOU DO OR SAY. I ASKED IF I COULD DO IT MY SELF BUT FORD SAID IF THEY DONT INSTALL IT, IT WOULD VOID THE PRODUCT WARRANTY IF SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO IT IF I INSTALLED IT. AS MUCH AS VEHICLES COST TODAY AND WITH ALL THE GOVERNMENT HELP THE AUTO MAKERS GET YOU WOULD THINK IF YOU BOUGHT A VEHICLE PERIOD ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG SHOULD BE COVERED FOR THE LIFE OF THE VEHICLE AND STOP CATEGORIZING EVERYTHING IN SUB CATEGORIES "WEAR AND TEAR PARTS" AND "EXTENDED WARRANTY", IT'S JUST NOT RIGHT.

Second time in 5 1/2 months....Rolled the window down to get some air on the way home after running a few miles on the track and the window falls all the way down. Take it to the dealer and after my extended warranty Im out $100 to get it fixed :(. Today 12 Jan 10 window rolls down but is not coming up. Same prob I believe so off to the dealer and the window switch is bad, Down goes another $100 deductible. I wish For would own up to these crappy window switch and regulator parts..Just makes it hard to buy American. BTW this is my 3rd Ford and second F-150.

Well, here's another sad story on window regulators and Ford F150. I just experienced my second window on my 2005. The first occurred around 26,XXX miles but luckily covered by the factory warranty. This one failed to close after opening. Second one failed yesterday. It started with the loud pop while setting in a parking lot. A few minutes later traveling 70 mph the window fell. I was in heavy traffic but was lucky nothing happened to cause a accident. I too am disappointed in Ford after all the quality talk and buy American products. I paid for a extended warranty but this ordeal will still cost me $100 and one day without my work vehicle. A friend told me it happened to his Ford Expedition and he was quoted over $500 for repair. After reading a few reports here, this is a real problem and Ford needs to step up and take responsibility on this one. Now, I wonder when the next one goes!