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Rear window shattered this morning during start up. I auto started the vehicle this morning at approximately 3:35. When I went out to get on about 7 minutes later, smoke bellowed out the door. I quickly shut off the vehicle and opened the hood, nothing indicated an issue.m but when I walked around the vehicle I noticed the rear window buldging out and shattered, the window was hot to the touch.
hello i am a mechanic and have noticed on many of the f150s wiper transmission failure on the passenger side the due to water build up on the cowl the drivers side where the cowl meets the arm has two lower drain holes and 6 drain holes on the right side and a rubber seal around the wiper arm the passenger side only has two drain holes leading to water sitting and rotting the rubber seal allowing water to corrode the wiper pivot point causing total failure
hello i am a mechanic and have noticed on many of the f150s wiper transmission failure on the passenger side the due to water build up on the cowl the drivers side where the cowl meets the arm has two lower drain holes and 6 drain holes on the right side and a rubber seal around the wiper arm the passenger side only has two drain holes leading to water sitting and rotting the rubber seal allowing water to corrode the wiper pivot point causing total failure
It is a known defect in the 2.7 ecoboost engine that the driver side turbo oil supply line fails, causing engine oil to pool during a start up after a cold soak. The smoke produced causes several safety risks. 1. The smoke obstructs the rear camera. 2. The carcinogenic smoke causes a health and environmental hazard 3. The burning of oil can also lead to excessive parts wear and possible engine failure, which, given at the right time, could lead to injury. There are countless cases all over. When I notified the dealership they informed me it is a repair left at the responsibility of the consumer.
- Papillion, NE, USA
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Entire rear window appears to have bulged outward and shattered....Outside temperature in 90s (not unusual for this time of year)...parked in driveway...no contact with anything else...no one in vehicle
Hello. My 2017 Ford F-150 has experienced the faulty windshield wiper issue resulting in the wiper motor to fail. As a result, I've had to replace the wiper motor engine\wiper arms twice in the past couple of years. All services were taken care of through the local Ford Dealership including transaction history. I understand the recent recall for this issue but when I contact Ford Customer Service, they state it does not apply to my specific model. The recall for this was just anounced this week but only for 2021 & 2022 models. Please help. Thanks
I started my truck at 7:45 AM; temperature was 25 degrees and the windows were covered in frost. I turned the heater on, got out to load my truck; as I opened the door I heard a loud pop and a slight electrical odor. On examining the cause, I realized that the rear cab window had shattered with no provocation. Glass shards everywhere in the cab and in the truck bed. My dogs in the backseat, or I in the front could have been impaled with any one of these shards.
Rear windshield is leaking water into cab when it rains outside. The rear window is a power opening sliding window. Appears that windowstripping is not keeping water out around the sliding window.
Unknown start date. Rear sliding window top rail easily pops off rear window. Symptoms could be clattering behind the rear seats, or water leaking into rear window. Other symptoms are loud road noise from the back seat. Rear window can be unseated from the bottom rail and can be dangerous if this happens while passengers are in the back seat or while driving. My passengers were at danger due to the rear window bouncing. Issue is available for inspection. Dealer has not confirmed reproduction of issue. There were no warnings, suddenly I heard loud road noise and clattering when I hit bumps. Ford will not fix this without replacing entire real sliding window.
On 4/1/22 while driving the rear glass exploded. There are many reports of this issue online. the vehicle was in a perfectly flat road with no holes and for no apparent reason it just exploded with a very loud bang. Thankfully this happened in a 40-mph zone, i can only imagine what would happen if this occurred at a high rate of speed. this vehicle is not used as a commercial vehicle, and we don't off road...
Rear defroster started smoking during morning warm up using remote start. Rear windshield was shattered violently. Very dangerous situation to be in. The shattering happened during a drive.
While driving my vehicle the rear driver's side window completely shattered for no apparent reason. Weather conditions were clear and temperatures were mild (80 degrees). If a passenger would have been in the back seat at that time there could have been serious cuts from glass shards. I have an appointment on Sep. 28, 2021 to have the window replaced by a independent service center.
The Ford F-150 multi function switch has gone bad. The windshield wipers stay activated in the slowest mode. This obstructs the view of drivers, and is distracting. The part number is: Fl3Z-13K359-ac. This malfunction is an issue for 2015 models and newer. There are many videos online pertaining to this multi function switch malfuntion.
At 62,000 mileage, the ac compressor had to be replaced and belt that I was warned would seize. I am a first responder driving into our nearby mountain range. We dropped off the truck at the santa cruz, ca Ford dealership on Sep 28, 2020 and the job was completed on fri Oct 2, 2020. They said it was fixed. 10 minutes later there was no ac as we drove home. This was during the ca wildfire season and daily aqi checks for health hazards. I brought it back in on mon, Oct 5, 2020, they said their machine was broken and they had to send it out. We had to drive with our children in hazardous wildfire air quality all of October with the windows down. The defrost did not work either properly, blows into face instead, so the weather turned andresulted in me getting dispatches, driving in the dark through the mountains with no defrost windshield function. Hazard. Their machine was fixed Dec 18, 2020 so I brought it in again. It did not work, and the ac and defrost still broken as mechanics determined a connecting part they broke off in attaching the machine to my truck and now had to order that part from detroit. I brought it in Jan 7, 2021 and it was supposedly all fixed. 3 days later no ac or defrost. I work with a sheriff dept who has had this occur to their fleet of F150's this last year, and been given the runaround with supposed fix. They auctioned off their trucks because it was never properly resolved. This seems like a possible Ford part recall, and is a hazard for drivers.
The rear window in my Ford F-150 cracked. There were no previous compromised areas and it was untouched when it happened. The vehicle had been in my garage. I had used the auto start to warm up the vehicle in the morning. It ran for approximately 15 minutes. I prepared to leave for work and noticed the large crack and chunk missing in the rear window.
The weather was slightly below freezing and my truck was parked in my drive. I used the remote start function on my key fob to allow the truck to warm up before I got in. After a few minutes I got in the truck. While the truck was parked and upon closing the door I heard glass shatter behind me. When I looked the entire plate of back glass on the truck had, for lack of a better word, exploded. Top to bottom and side to side the glass had completely broken. There was glass both inside my truck and in the bed of the truck.
I used remote start on the truck. This activates the defrost. It was in the garage with door down on that side (another door was open). I went out and the rear windshield was completely shattered. There was a burning smell in the truck when I entered. This could not have been due to something hitting it as it was enclosed within the garage..
The contact owns a 2017 Ford F-150. The contact stated that the vehicle was started remotely and the contact smelt burning plastic. When the contact entered the vehicle, the rear window exploded both outward and inward with some glass on the backseat. The contact exited and examined the vehicle and he disconnected the battery as a precaution. The vehicle was sitting with the hood open waiting to be towed to the dealer (hanna motors 371 hume St, collingwood on L9Y 1W5 705-445-4300). The contact lives in the us and was visiting relatives in Canada. The contact mentioned just getting the vehicle's window repaired by a glass insurance company was difficult and offered no assistance. The manufacturer had not been contacted yet. The failure mileage was 54,000.
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- Sedro-Woolley , WA, USA