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1998 Ford F-150 wipers, windshield & visibility problems

66 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 1998 Ford F-150, which is 4% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
66 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
62,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 1998 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 62,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 62,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 50% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles0
20k to 40k miles5
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 62,000 miles, and 50% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Possible mirror defect on 1998 f150. The vehicle swerved and the passenger side mirror struck a mailbox. The mirror collapsed and the mirror inside had become detached, flew through the passenger window, struck the consumer in the chin and flew out of the driver window. This was the second incident. The first incident, the mirror collapsed as designed to, however, the mirror detached forcefully landing in the passenger's seat.

July 2004 Injury

What isn't wrong with this truck? With less than 80,000 miles on it...spare tire fell off while being driven, interior lights randomly stay on, both doors are rusting out from the bottom, knob to regulate temperature fell off and assembly needed replacement, front brakes calipers stuck and caught on fire, exhaust system has rusted off twice, transmission went up and was replaced under warranty at less than 20,000 miles, radiator rusted through, and the headliner is falling down off the ceiling.

Reported at 86,000 miles, May 2008

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