Wiper problems of the 2010 Ford F-150 - part 2

I was parked in my vehicle, was about 25 degrees outside I had my rear window defroster on after about 10 mins of being on the back glass passenger side popped.

I was driving this morning with the temperture around 30degrees. I turned on my rear defrost to thaw my mirrors and rear glass of frost. Within 10 minutes of leaving my driveway, while driving I heard a large pop that resembled a gun shot, my daughter started screaming and stated my back window had broken. There are burn marks on the defrost contacts, shards of safety glass off of my window that shot out when exploded with my 5 year old daughter in the rear seat and her car seat. Vehicle was in motion approx 55 mph. The sound alone caused me to lock up my brakes out of instinct to investigate the loud noise that sounded like a gun shot and to examine the vehicle. This is a serious safety issue and needs to be addressed! there was a burning smell of what smelt like electrical wire burning present when this happened and minimal smoke in the back of the vehicle.

It was 7 degrees this morning and there was ice on my rear window. I turned on the electric defrost and about 5 minutes later I hear a loud bang. The passenger side rear window exploded / shattered into pieces. We called Ford and they are not willing to rectify the situation or addres it in any way.

While operating the vehicle on a cold morning, I engaged the rear window defroster. The car was in traffic on the interstate on WI hwy 45 travelling 70 mph. Shortly 2-5 minutes of turning on the electric defroster, the glass shattered rather violently sending glass into the passenger compartment and truck bed.

Wife was driving home on a 30 degree snowy day with rear defroster on. Backed into the garage and as she turned the truck off a lot bang occurred. I was in the garage at the time and realized the passenger rear window spider cracked and essentially shattered. Ford says there is no recall, had replaced the next day for 600 dollars.

While driving my Ford f150 on a state highway I turned on the defrost switch for the rear window. Within a few minutes time the rear window panel shattered with a loud pop expelling glass shardes over the rear seating area. A smell of burning plastic accompanied this incident causing me and my family to pull off the road and evacuate the vehicle. This truck has 58000 miles on it and Ford says its not there problem although after researching this many people have had this same experience.

While driving on a local road (approx. 45 mph, raining, approx. 50 degrees outside) heard a sound that sounded like a gun shot. Looked around and didn't see anything next to me or behind me. When next stopped the truck got out to check to see if something happened to the truck body. Then realized the passenger side back rear window shattered. (it's a 3-part rear window. ) looking very closely, the glass spidered, starting from the bottom corner closest to the center window up to the opposite top corner. The glass spidered inside the car. Outside the glass, although still intact, was buckled facing out. At the time this happened, the rear window defroster was on. When got back in truck to travel home, during the drive the window broke with small pieces of glass falling all over the back seat. Very lucky that no one, family or pet, was in the backseat when this happened as would have been hit by broken glass. Believe this issue is related to rear defroster along with glass manufacturing. Contacted the local Ford dealership and since car is out of warranty they can fix but at least $1000. Contacted Ford motor company, no recall available.

While driving down the highway, I turned on the rear window defroster to melt some snow on that window. No cars in sight in either direction. Suddenly there was a load noise (almost like a gunshot). The back sliding window panel on the passenger side blew out. There appeared a hole about the size of a softball. The rest of the same panel was shattered. My wife and I literally jumped. She hollered. At first we thought someone had shot the window. I can only imagine what would have happened if someone was sitting in the back seat in front of the window when it blew. I asked the man who installed the new one and he said he does about 5 of these a year. I checked online, and one website had 104 complaints about the f150 window blowing out. I think this should be checked into.

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.

I was driving down the freeway at about 65 mph. I was the only vehicle in traffic. As I was going down the road with the rear and front defrost on, my driver side rear window shattered and had spider web cracks all through the window. There have been many other complaints about the rear windows shattering. Tons of witnesses could be found by a simple google search of 2010 f150 rear window shattering. Please investigate.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 40 mph, there was a loud explosion and the contact discovered that the sliding rear window on the passengers side had shattered. The contact stated that the rear defroster was powered on at the time and it appeared as if the glass shattered where the defroster was attached to the glass. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 66,000. Sw.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 10 mph, while making a left turn there was a loud bang without warning. The contact stated that the rear passenger side window shattered. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 63,500. Sg.

Driving down the road after having the rear window defroster on for ~5 to 10 mins heard loud pop. Thought something hit the truck upon investigation found rear passenger side section of back glass shattered but still in place. Googled problem on internet and found many other instances that had this same issue on several forums. No signs of impact where anything hit the window.

2010 Ford f150 platinum left rear window shattered when using rear window defroster. Turned defroster on and heard a loud crack after approx 3 minutes use. 11/21/2015. Similar to other scenarios and replies posted here but I have added some photos. It would appear a water leak has caused water to build up in the track and shorted the circuit. 1st image of shattered window. 2nd image of melted window casing.

Rear glass shattered upon use of the rear defrost.

Blend door actuator, temperature actuator, heating & air system quit working correctly on driver's side of vehicle. Apparently this is an issue on other Ford models. Luckily I was not in a situation where the windshield was foggy or icy. But very concerned that it could be a problem for others. If this part would fail someone in a ice storm or very humid conditions, it would become a vision problem for the driver. In researching this issue several others people have had problems - I do not know if any resulting accidents occurred.

Tl-the contact owns 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that when started the vehicle and turned the rear defogger on, the rear window exploded. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,000. Aw.

Started rear defrost due to fog on the windshield. Drove about 5 miles at 25 mph and heard a very loud pop. It sounded like something hit the roof. Proceeded to work and looked at the rear glass. The passenger side rear window was completely spiderweb. Tape was placed on the window in an effort to hold shards of glass that were falling off. As I was taping additional small glass shards were found. Ford is unwilling to admit that any of this might be due to a product defect. This will cost around 600. 00 to replace and of course a day off work.

Was driving my 2010 Ford f150, turned on rear window defroster. Just took off from stop sign and it sounded like a shotgun going off. Stopped and my rear window was shattered. Was going less then 10 mph. Is there any recall on this? now I have to file a incident report with my insurance company and I did nothing to cause the window to shatter. If there is no recall why not !!!!!.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 10 mph with the defroster activated, the contact heard a loud noise coming from the rear of the vehicle. Upon further inspection, the contact noticed that the rear passenger's side window had shattered. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,650. Oo.

Rear window on passenger side with the frost on shattered.

While parked in a parking lot, heard load pop sounding like a gun shot. Found rear window shattered in many pieces. After doing research found this is a common issue with this make and model. Should be a safety recall issue.

Turned on rear window defroster after about 5 minutes there was a loud bang, the rear window on the passenger side shattered.

Cranked truck up to warm up 45 degrees outside. Got in truck after ten minutes of warm up time. Went to shift to reverse and heard a loud pop noticed the passenger side of the rear glass had spiderwebed. This seems to be a real problem with these trucks.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 15 mph, the passenger side section of the rear window suddenly cracked. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,250.

The contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, the rear defroster was turned on and immediately after a loud abnormal noise emitted from the rear passenger side. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed that the rear passengers side window had fractured. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the failure was caused by the rear defroster due to the type of factory glass it was made of. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

The passenger side of the sliding rear window shattered approximately 2 minutes after turning on the rear defroster.

After turning on rear defroster on a 15 degree day I heard some electrical snapping and popping sounds. I turned off the rear defroster for a few minutes then back on again. Not long after that I heard a very loud bang which was my right side rear window shattering. It stayed in place but was completely spider webbed with a few small missing pieces.

The ambient temperature was approximately -10 degrees fahrenheit. I went to warm up my truck and turned on the rear window defroster. When I returned to my vehicle to drive to work I found that my rear window on the passenger side had shattered. I inspected the window for signs of vandalism but besides the spidering of the tempered glass there was no sign of any impact. After an extremely short google search I found this is one of the most common problems with with the 2010 F-150. The complaints about this problem are so abundant it's become comical. Which is not a good thing Ford. . . You shouldn't be content with your product being a punchline.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the rear defroster was activated and the rear window shattered. The passenger side fixed section shattered because of the failure of the defroster. The contact had also noticed that the defroster wires were burned and were heated which caused the glass to shatter. The failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle had not been taken to a mechanic for a diagnosis,however, the window was replaced multiple times. The manufacturer were also notified of the failure multiple times. The approximate failure mileage was 34,000. Gb.

Driving my son to school on a cold morning with the rear defroster on. About 10 minutes into our drive we heard a very loud pop and my son noticed that the window behind his head had shattered. After researching this issue it seems to be fairly common among this year model with people describing the exact situations. Called Ford and they refused to do anything about it. Absurd that this defect and the related costs should be passed on to the consumer when it is an obvious issue with the truck.

On the morning of 12/29/14, he had a heavy frost so I used my rear window defrost on my drive to work. Drive was approx. 10 minutes. When I got out of the truck at work, all glass was ok. When I got back in truck to leave work, I looked in rear view mirror, I saw that the passenger side of the three piece rear window was shattered. The glass stayed in the frame and did not fall out. I had to spend over an hour on the phone with my insurance company just to file a claim, and it took the glass company two tries to install the new rear window and rewire it to make it work again. Ford knows there is a problem because they have changed the design on the window along with the wiring to the window. Why will Ford not step up and at least admit there is a problem with the rear defrost and offer to fix it.

Rear passenger window (lite) shattered approx. Three minutes after rear defroster switched on. Vehicle has power sliding rear window. Outside temp. Around 20f. Started truck cold (ambient temp). Glass remains intact as of this writing.

Tl-the contact owns a 2010 Ford F-150. The contact stated that while driving approximately 35 mph, the rear window shattered after the rear defroster was activated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 49,300. Pam.

Started crew cab f150 fx4 and turned on interior defroster. Approx. 5 mins later, while still in park in the driveway, turned on rear defroster. 3-4 minutes later, while backing out the driveway, I heard a loud bang! I stopped immediately and exited the truck to see if I had hit anything. Because the car was not near anything other than the driveway, I proceeded out the driveway only to notice the rear, passenger side window (of three) had shattered. Window was still in place but completely shattered. Will be contacting Ford to find a remedy for this.