Windshield Problems of Mercury Mountaineer

It is very difficult to see at night in a Ford with a heated windshield. The lines in the windshield create glare and haze when the headlights of oncoming cars hit the windshield.

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On cold mornings, the front windshield fogs/frosts up. Turning heat on and selecting defrost provides little to no air to windshield. Dealership identified it as a broken vent select door, requiring dashboard to be removed and part replaced, $1100 fix. In doing research on the vent select door - cars are designed that if the selector breaks that the air should default to the front defrost so that windshield would not fog/frost and cause a life threatening situation. Multiple times this has occurred while driving, all along believing that the fogging up was due to snow build up on outside vents. The fact that the vent broke and did not push air to the windshield is why I'm logging this complaint as it could have resulted in a life threatening situation. In reading the other entries, noting that I've had to have the rear coil springs replaced and had back liftgate replaced after cracking.

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The contact owns a 2008 Mercury Mountaineer. The contact stated that the front heated windshield gives off a glare at night. The windshield was replaced, but the glare is still present. The contact stated that the windshield causes him to feel tired. The current mileage was 1,823 and failure mileage was 23. Updated 03-04-08.

I was washing the SUV in may 2007, and after washing the windshield off I went to the back of the car to wash off the back when I came around to the front and the front windshield was cracked. There was no evidence of a rock, or dent hole, the car was in the driveway. I was standing there and washing it and it just somehow got cracked along the bottom of the windshield.

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There was a recall on rear windshield glass on certain Ford motor company vehicles. The insurance companies investigation determined that the damage sustained by the consumer's vehicle was from a flaw in the rear windshield glass. The insurance company request reimbursement from Ford. ***transfer to occ***.

On national tv there was a recall for Ford expedition regarding water leaking from the windshield with the interior being soaked on a rainy day. I own a Mercury Mountaineer 2002, and am experiencing the exact same problem for about 5 months, and until recently it has worsened. When I called Ford on 6/22/05, they explained that my vehicle id was not part of the recall. I would greatly appreciate having this investigated since it seemed to be quite dangerous for a windshield to be leaking water. When I touch the glass windshield I can actually move it. What if I hit a pot hole. . . Could the glass shatter and break from lack of stability. I drive daily with my three children, and am very concerned about having the manufacturer fix this problem. Should I have a new windshield put in? will this fix the problem or just temporarily stop the water from leaking inside? I would appreciate any direction in this matter.

This is a design problem. The defroster even on highest heat and fan setting, along with the wipers on highest speed, cannot keep the windshield from freezing up at any/all speeds when snow is falling on the vehicle. The driver must stop every few miles and clear off the windshield, especially the passenger side, or else the windshield wipers stop working (jammed by the ice on the windshield). It is clearly a major safefy defect in the 1999 Mercury Mountaineer when driven in the snow.

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