Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY | |||||
| 0457 | 03/22/2004 | 10008542 | Pop/thump noise at end of window movement and/or driver's window bounce back and reverse to mid-position. *tt | 08/04/2004 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VISIBILITY - DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER SYSTEM - REAR WINDOW | |||
| 3000 | 1 | ||
| Vehicle doesn't come equipped with a rear defogger system. as a result, driver is unable to see out the rear in rainy or snowy weather. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - GLASS, SIDE/REAR | |||
| 10/01/2006 | 1 | 01/24/2006 | |
| On sept 31 all was well. the temperature dropped down to 40+ degree's that night. well much to my surprise i went to get in my 03 f150 to go to the store, and the rear glass was all shattered. nothing hit, nothing around it. the temp only got up to 78 today oct.1-2006. we have had stranger weather then this why would the glass just shatter like that. there has to be some defect in the glass to do that?i live off a budget and can not afford to pay for replacing the glass. so what can be done to help me replace the rear glass,i sure can't drive to work with no rear glass. my 03 f150 is still under factory warranty. so please help me replace the glass. *nm | |||
| 01/15/2004 | 5000 | 1 | |
| While parked rear window shattered into pieces without warning. *ak | |||
| VISIBILITY - POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | |||
| 07/20/2004 | 55000 | 1 | |
| The consumer feels, that the position of the power window switch poses a safety risk. a child or an animal can activate the switch just by sticking their head out of the window. the consumer's dog was able to engage the switch and almost crushed his head in the window. *la the window on the drivers side was discontinued in the 2003 model. *sc *jb | |||
| VISIBILITY - REAR WINDOW WIPER/WASHER - SWITCH/WIRING | |||
| 01/01/2003 | 12/24/2002 | ||
| The windshield wiper blade doesn't reach out enough in order for the consumer to see. please provide additional information. dealer is aware of the problem. ph *ts | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD | |||
| 10/16/2007 | 7200 | 5 | 08/03/2003 |
| Recently, the headlights, fog lights, dash lights, auto light functions, door locks, exc., all began perform erratically; including the dash lights going out while driving at night! the next day i went great lakes ford in ludington, mi. as soon as i mentioned one of the symptoms, the tech immediately knew the problem: he told me that the oem adhesive on the windshield had failed causing water to leak down behind the dash and directly onto the gem module and fuse panel. he said he has seen this problem over and over with this year f150 and had probably fixed more than 100 over the last year or two. the local windshield shop, duneside auto glass; the owner told me that they have done more than 25 windshields this year at great lakes ford for this exact same problem. i check the ford websites and also found that there is a tsb listed for this problem. the cost of the repair was $1200 which included $500 in parts for the box asy, module and new light switch,$351 in labor and $325 for a new windshield plus taxes. how can there not be a recall for this? if the problem is that prevalent at a northwestern michigan ford dealer, it has to be everywhere else in the country. *tr | |||
| 11/01/2005 | 1 | 12/15/2003 | |
| Dt: the contact stated windshield leaked. as a result of the leak the vehicle suffered electrical damage. the instrument panel malfunctioned. when he took the vehicle for service the mechanic discovered the problem. the windshield was being repaired along with the electrical system. he has been in contact with ford, and they offered no free solution. *ak | |||
| 10/19/2005 | 45000 | 1 | 05/09/2004 |
| 2004 expedition eddie bauer with 45k miles windshield bubbled making viewing difficult and driving dangerous. this started small and then went on to involve most of the windshield in little over a week. dealer replaced windshield for $150.00. windshield definitely defective and dangerous needs reporting. *jb | |||
| 07/22/2005 | 66882 | 1 | 12/31/2002 |
| After hearing an annoying whistle and/or wind sound in our 2003 ford f150 super crew fx4 truck found that the windshield was not attached to the upper part of the car (we could see daylilght). we took it to a body shop the next day where they discovered that the windshield was not attached by any sealant, it was being held in by the molding only. a auto glass company was called and they discovered that the poly that is suppose to be on the windshield was on the rubber molding. | |||
| VISIBILITY - WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER | |||
| 10/14/2004 | 1 | ||
| While driving in inclement weather, the windshield wipers would come on and go off intermittently. the dealer was aware of the intermittent problem. the mechanic informed the driver that the windshield wiper motor needed to be replaced. please fill in additional information. *jb | |||