Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| EQUIPMENT | |||
| 12/15/2010 | 139000 | ||
| Ford f-150 heater blend door model year 97-04 is defective, causing inoperability of windshield defroster and iced over windshield interior resulting in near total loss of driver visibility during freezing conditions with snow. ford is on notice of this problem. see the information below, from an internet company manufacturing and selling a replacement blend door, along with installation instructions not requiring removal of dash. local dealer (jones west ford, reno, nv.) denies any recall, will not repair. ford consumer complaint department denies any recall, will not repair. see: http://www.heatertreater.net/ford%20f150%2097-04.htm. this is a kit to do a complete repair on the blend door malfunction that is common to 97-04 f150's. every f150 in this range either has, or will have, this common failure over time. | |||