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2013 Ford F-150 Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1141180
Internal NHTSA #	10667064
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	F-150
Model Year	2013
File date	29/01/14
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The rear window shattered! After haven driven for an hour and a half in -04 degree f temperatures, with the mirror defroster on, when i arrived at my destination i got out and closed the door and i heard a loud pop and the tinkling sound that shattered glass makes as it falls to the ground. It seems to me that the rear window and in combination with the mirror defrost system is a crude "open loop" heating system that works on a timer instead of a temperature feedback loop to control the temperature of the glass. The rear window defroster is also tied to the driver's side and passenger's side mirror defrosters, so when you turn the mirror defroster on the rear window defroster is also on. I have a cap on the truck so the rear window doesn't see as much cold air as the mirrors do, but all three stay on the same amount of time. There is a timer circuit that turns the defroster off after 10 minutes and the mirrors immediately frost back up once it turns off, so i hit the button and they come back on again. You have to do this every 10 minutes while you are driving in freezing temperatures or the mirrors are unusable. I don't need the rear window defroster, but i need the mirror defroster. So my theory is that because of the "cheap" design of the window defroster system, the rear window over heated to the point that the pressure developed inside the cab when closing the door shattered the overheated glass. The very same problem happened again on 12-10-2014.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	23473
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	PITTSBURGH, PA
VIN pattern	1FTFW1EF8DFXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	8
Drive train type	4WD
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Vehicle speed	0
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Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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2013 Ford F-150 Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Ford F-150 Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

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