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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 !!!
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.
- Clute, TX, USA
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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 the window still in place I could clearly see that it had not been hit by anything. There were no markings on the outside of the film as it was still in one piece. If you go to the Ford authority site there are hundreds if not thousands of these occurrences. Ford should take responsibility for this.
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!
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 search that this is happening to a lot of people. Unfortunately some of them more than once to the same truck.
. 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.
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 of online complaints, they don't seem to care either. I don't understand how a recall hasn't been established yet with the safety concerns of broken glass near the passengers in the rear seats.
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.
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
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- Grosse Pointe Park, MI, USA