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2001 Ford F-150 wipers, windshield & visibility problems

26 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2001 Ford F-150, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
26 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
78,000 miles 12 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 5
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2001 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 78,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 0 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 1 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 78,000 miles
Based on 12 complaints that include mileage. 42% 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 miles1
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 12 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 78,000 miles, and 42% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Child 2 1/2 yr old in truck. Had head out window & stepped on button & window was raised. Driver tried to lower window as child kept stepping on button. Child was choking. Had to break window to get child's head out of window.

May 2000 Injury

Matching NHTSA recall id: 01v258000 snow on windshield, attempted to use wipers but immediately shut them off since they did not move. Windshield wiper motor caught fire and produced a large amount of smoke which filled the cab and also came out from under the hood. Vehicle was shut off and fire and smoke cleared on its own. Snow was removed by hand from windshield. Vehicle was placed back in the on position (but not started) and the windshield wipers would not turn off even in the off position.

Reported at 86,828 miles, December 2008 Fire

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