2014 FORD F-150 Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED UPON STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT RUNNING TO WARM UP THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REVERSING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW (OF THE THREE PART WINDOW) FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO WESTFIELD FORD INC. (6200 SOUTH LA GRANGE ROAD, COUNTRYSIDE, IL 60525, (877) 470-0298) WHERE THE DEALER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OUT OF WARRANTY AND WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH ANY REPAIRS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000.

TRUCK WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. REMOTE STARTED, SAT FOR 5 MINUTES IN DRIVEWAY. ENTERED TRUCK AND HEARD A POP. LOOKED IN REAR VIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED DRIVERS SIDE PANE OF REAR POWER SLIDING WINDOW HAD SHATTERED, APPARENTLY THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER OVER HEATS THE GLASS AND CAUSES IT TO EXPLODE. HAVING DOME SOME RESEARCH THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING TO MANY F-150 OWNERS FROM 2010 RIGHT UP TO 2015. FORD REFUSES TO REPLACE GLASS. HA THERE BEEN A CHILD IN A REAR FACING CAR SEAT IN THE VEHICLE IT COULD HAVE CAUSED INJURY FROM THE SHARDS OF GLASS. THIS IS A WIDE SPRED PROBLEM FROM WHAT MY RESEARCH SHOWS.I IMPLORE THE NHTSA TO ISSUE A RECALL ON THE DEFROSTER AND HAVE FORD MOTOR COMPANY ABSORB THE COST OF REPAIR AND REPLACEMENT OF WINDOWS AFFECTED BY DEFECTIVE DEFROSTERS. VEHICLE HAS 30K MILES ON IT, NOT ACCIDENTS, NO NEGLIGENCE BY OWNER

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE REAR WINDSHIELD FRACTURED AFTER THE REAR DEFROST WAS ENGAGED. ANDERSON FORD IN SAINT JOSEPH, MISSOURI WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND REFERRED THE CONTACT TO AN AUTO GLASS SPECIALIST. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 65,000.

I STARTED MY TRUCK THIS MORNING WITH THE AUTOSTART IT RAN ABOUT 10 MINUTES I WENT OUT GOT IN THE TRUCK AND STARTED ON MY WAY TO WORK ABOUT FIVE OR SIX MINUTES INTO IT MY TRIP MY DRIVER SIDE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE WINDOW IT IS A POWER SLIDING REAR DEFROST WINDOW. I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO REASON AS TO WHY THIS HAPPENED OTHER THEN THE REAR DEFROST IT WAS ABOUT 35 HERE THIS MORNING WITH A HEAVY FROST ON THE GROUND

3 TIMES WITHIN A 2 MONTH PERIOD WHILE DRIVING, MY TRUCK DISPLAYED THE WRENCH SYMBOL IN THE EVIC SCREEN AND IT WENT INTO LIMP MODE.(THE MOST RECENT WAS 2-28-18) PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, SHUT IT DOWN AND RESTARTED. THAN IT WORKED AS NOTHING HAPPENED. THANK GOD I WAS NOT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC OR TOWING. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.

MY REAR WINDOW ON THE PASSENGER SIDE SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING HOME. BELIEVED TO BE FROM A REAR DEFROST DEFECTION.

I WAS DRIVING ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET WITH THE REAR DEFROSTER ON. SNOW AND LOW TEMPS WERE HAPPENING AT THE TIME. WHILE DRIVING IT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT WENT OFF. I CHECKED MY MIRRORS AND REAR VIEW MIRROR AND THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED THE REAR WINDOW DRIVERS SIDE WAS SHATTERED. THANK GOD NO ONE WAS SITTING THERE. UPON SOME INTERNET SEARCHING THIS IS A WELL KNOWN EVENT FOR F-150 AND FORD STILL HAS DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 FORD F-150. WHILE TRADING IN THE VEHICLE, THE DEALER (MARK PORTER FORD, 1360 MAYHEW RD, JACKSON, OH 45640) INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE CURRENT VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY INVOLVED IN A CRASH. WHILE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN JUNE OF 2017, THE CONTACT ASKED THE DEALER IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN A CRASH AND WAS INFORMED THAT IT HAD NOT. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE.

DRIVER SIDE HVAC BLEND DOOR FAILURE SEEMS TO BE DEFECTIVE BASED ON NUMBER OF FAILURES. BLOWS ONLY HOT AIR (FULL HEAT).

WIPERS STAY ON IN SLOWEST INTERMITTENT SETTING, WILL NOT TURN OFF! VISIBILITY IS AFFECTED BY WIPERS SMEARING WINDSHIELD.