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2004 Ford F-150 wipers, windshield & visibility problems

872 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2004 Ford F-150, which is 36% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
872 36% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
64,000 miles 802 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
7 and 0
Injuries and deaths
7 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2004 Ford F-150 Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 64,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 37 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 106 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 212 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 216 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 138 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 48 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 26 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 10 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 2 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 64,000 miles
Based on 802 complaints that include mileage. 44% 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 miles37
20k to 40k miles106
40k to 60k miles212
60k to 80k miles216
80k to 100k miles138
100k to 120k miles48
120k to 140k miles26
140k to 160k miles10
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles2
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 802 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles, and 44% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 7 crashes, 7 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving down the road when my window on my ford f150 lariat came crashing down two weeks ago( my child was sitting next to the window she is 6 mths old) & it distracted me long enough to look back @ the road & there was a car stopped to make a sudden turn & I couldn't slow down fast enough & I hit them in the rear. All 4 of us went to hospital with minor injuries. It was my fault the cop said but I told him about the window & he didn't give me a ticket thankfully.

Reported at 54,000 miles, November 2009 CrashInjury

I was driving and went to roll down my driver side window on the way home from work and the whole window just dropped into my door never to be seen again. To my luck, it began to rain.....badly. As if getting wet wasn't enough, every time a vehicle would pass me going the other direction at an intersection I would get splashed with nasty road water in my face!!! It sprayed me so bad once when a vehicle passed me that I hit the curb and could have easily had a horrible accident or worse, killed someone on a curb!!!

Reported at 62,000 miles, May 2008 Crash

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