| Issue ID | 754595 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10298383 |
| Manufacurer | FORD MOTOR COMPANY |
| Brand | FORD |
| Model | F-150 |
| Model Year | 2004 |
| File date | 23/12/09 |
| Component | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Upon rolling my 2004 ford f-150 passenger power window down to get on a military base where i work on a daily basis and they check your identification for security reasons on a daily basis. I drove past the check point and tried to roll power window up. I then heard a loud pop which sounded like a gunshot and the window just "dropped "into the door. I tried to roll the window up but just heard a motor inside the door housing. Needless to say the window was stuck in the down position for a day or two until i could take the door panel off and push the window up and taped it in the up position. This happened to the driver side door about 2 years ago 3 days before i deployed to iraq. My wife had the driver door fixed at the ford dealer for $100. 00. My ford truck is still under warranty because it is not driven that much, due to me being out of the country for months at a time but i have read over 1000 complaints about this same window situation. What does it take to have a company recall a product. I have not taken my ford f-150 to the dealer yet, but i am expecting to pay at least another $100. 00 to fix it. The bad thing is i have 2 rear windows that i can expect to break and will most likely end up replacing them also. Hopefully before my warranty is up in another 8000 miles. You would think ford would fix these defective products in good faith since america has stood by them in the current economy as they seem to doing better than gm and all the other bailout car makers. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 67000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | SAN DIEGO, CA |
| VIN pattern | XXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 15 |
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