10.0
really awful- Crashes / Fires:
- 0 / 0
- Injuries / Deaths:
- 2 / 0
- Average Mileage:
- 52,444 miles
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Was operating the rear window defogger and the rear passenger side section of the power rear window slider shattered. The local Ford dealer acknowledged it is a problem but Ford has not recalled. The local window repair company said that most times it is the passenger side that shatters. The truck is out of warranty and repair is not covere.
- Milan, IL, USA
January 16, 2016 driving in the Ford F150, temperature about 55 degrees, windows were fogged a little, used the defrosters. Heard a loud bang, looked around to see the passenger side of the rear window shattered.
- Guyton, GA, USA
It was a 45 degree day I turned on rear defroster for approx. 10 minutes vehicle was stationary I heard a loud pop and passenger side rear glass in the 3 piece unit was blown out this was followed by the smell of burnt rubber I have read many other complaints on this issue please review.
- Mount Morris, NY, USA
Earlier this week, my husband was driving to work with the rear defrost on, suddenly he heard a loud pop, looked back and the rear drivers side glass panel was completely shattered, but intact. No holes. No visible damage. Just spontaneously shattered. It's going to cost me 600$ to replace! how is this not recalled or covered? I am done with Ford. Getting rid of this truck asap.
- Flat Rock, MI, USA
Exploding rear glass. Driving thru Kansas and encountered some freezing rain. I activated the heated mirrors and rear window defroster as the temp outside was around 25 degrees. I was traveling around 40mph in the interstate at the time, a few minutes after I had activated the defroster we heard what sounded like a gun shot. After a quick look around we noticed one section of the rear window had exploded. My young daughter was in her car seat directly under the window and had small shards of glass in her hair. In researching this issue we have found that this is a serious issue with this model year but the manufacturer is not taking responsibility for the defect. We are hoping for a NHTSA intervention for this safety issue,
- Hartsburg, MO, USA
The original Michelin tires on my 2010 F-150, had to be replaced due to cracking around the rim on the inside of the tire. Tires had 31346 miles at replacement on 5 Oct 2015. I also had to replace the original rear shocks at 31360 miles due to one leaking and one that was not working at all.
- Killeen, TX, USA
I was driving down the road and my rear windows were fogged up so I turned on the rear defrost and my passenger side rear window shattered.
- Suttons Bay , MI, USA
While driving to work on a very cold morning, with the defrosters on both front and back. I suddenly heard a very loud pop, then upon checking my rear view mirror I notices that my passenger side of the rear window was shatter. All of the glass was still in place, but the glass looked a very tight spiders web. I called my local Ford dealer about the issue and was told that broken glass is not covered. After the incidence I did some research and found that many others have had the same problem on many model years of the F-150 to include my 2010 F-150 lariat. It ended up costing me $661.99 out of my pocket to fix a know problem with the rear glass.
- Jacksonville, NC, USA
Driving to work had rear defroster on and outside temperature was high 30S or low 40S. Saw smoke start to billow out in middle of rear slider. Pulled over and checked, smoke went away when I opened the power slider about 6". when I closed the window with the power slider the right rear backglass shattered. This is apparently a common problem with this model truck.
- Zanesville, OH, USA
One section of my 3 piece rear window completely shattered after the rear defrost had been on for a few minutes, in 60 degree weather.
- Sumter, SC, USA
Leaving red light, truck stalled. Oil light came on, lost power steering, brake. Was able to coast at an angle to the side. Could have caused an accident or traffic jam. Put truck in park, waited a minute, turned back on and gave it gas. Ran fine after that. Took to dealership next day. They said would not be any way to know what happened without pulling engine apart. Suggested multi point inspection and tune up. Did not mention this issue occurring previously or the numerous complaints of this issue online. They found a dusty air intake sensor that could have caused the problem. Changed spark plugs and performed tune up & oil change. Incident happened again leaving gas station pump on Dec 29, 2014. When restarted, it cranked several times but wouldn't fire up. Tried 3 times before successful start. Ran fine after that. Afraid a stall at high speed or when pulling my horse and trailer will cause major accident. Have seen complaints of fuel purge valve or throttle body butterfly valve causing this. Needs to be addressed by Ford.
- Houston, TX, USA
I was driving down the highway around February 6th 2011 and my 2010 F150 stalled on me. I was able to crank it back up and keeping moving. This was not the first time this happened. It was the worst one seeing has how I was doing maybe 60. I took it to the Ford dealership and they said they could find a problem while driving the truck, so downloaded some new software to my computer and said that should fix the issue. On April 11th the same thing happened again, I was driving in a parking lot and my truck stalled. I wasn't able to crank the truck back up for almost 30 minutes. When I was able to start it back up there are a burning smell coming from the truck. I this time had the truck towed to Ford and spoke to them today and they stated they again found nothing wrong and couldn't recreate the problem. The have contacted Ford hq for answers. My worry is that I am going to get in a crash because of this problem. I have done some looking around on the internet and found a lot of people having this issue, and nothing seems to be getting done.
- Lawrenceville, GA, USA
Driving my 2010 Ford F-150 down the highway. Truck stalled and quit for no reason. It started right back up but scared the crap out of me. The truck seemed like it always idled rough from day # 1. it currently has under 13,000 miles on it. No engine light came on.calling Ford dealer first thing in the morning.
- Bardstown, KY, USA
Slowing to change lanes into a West bound turn lane; truck brakes and power steering suddenly heavy and unresponsive. Brought truck to a halt by stomping on emergency brake, while fighting steering and drifting into on coming traffic. Truck completely stalled! put into park and cycled the ignition key to re-start truck. Scheduled service visit with local Ford dealership for 5/10/2011.
- Chandler, AZ, USA
While driving my F150 on the interstate at approximatly 70 mph, in temp at 33 degrees I heard a bang and observed my rear window start to spiderweb on the right side the rear window defroster was on to clear the blowing snow off the window from the bed.
- Fairmont, WV, USA
I keep having problems with my 2004 Ford F150 fxr window regulators. The drivers side window will just drop to the bottom of the door panel for no apparent reason. This time I was on the interstate and when I attempted to roll the window up there was a "pop" and the window fell down> it startled me causing me to swerve and nearly hit a vehicle next to me.
- Oxford, AL, USA
2010 F-150 XLT tail gate.
- Taylor, MI, USA
As I was driving on the freeway, I heard a very loud pop, or bang inside the car which startled me as I was driving, and made me swerve a bit as I thought I was being attacked. As I pulled over the the shoulder, I saw my rear windows go down by themselves.the window repair place had to do something temporary to lock my windows and unplug the window motor. They told me I need to get the regulator for the windows, and I had to do so as soon as possible because the temporary fix may not hold and could cause the window to shatter which may cause damage to people. I looked everywhere for the parts, and cannot find them. Not even the dealer has them.
- West Covina, CA, USA
- Leslie, MI, USA