2016 Ford Edge VISIBILITY/WIPER

The rear window spontaneously shattered/exploded. The rear defrosted was on as well as the rear wiper. It was 30 degrees outside.

On [XXX], around 7 PM, while my 2016 Ford Edge SEL was parked in front of my apartment, I used the remote start feature to start the vehicle. After activation, the rear window shattered unexpectedly. I could hear the crackling sounds, and the rear window was falling apart. There were no external impacts or visible damage to the window prior to this incident. The vehicle was stationary, and the weather conditions were normal at the time. I went to Elder Ford of Rochester Hills. The manager informed me that they could not do anything and that I should fix the car before returning it at the end of the lease period. I mentioned that there was Technical Bulletin FSA# 17B39 for the 2016 Ford Edge in Canada, but the manager informed me that it was only valid for Canada. He advised me to keep the receipt in case Ford USA issues a similar recall. FSA# 17B39 informs that war and salt can weep through the rear wiper motor shaft grommet. The residues in the rear defroster and cause uneven heat in glass and cause it to break or shatter. I live in Michigan so this is a common situation of salt/water during winter. It is unacceptable that this issue was not addressed. I had to pay $397 to fix a problem that was not caused by me. There are numerous complaints in forums about this same issue. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Rear Windshield shattered spontaneously. 28 degree morning 7am commuted to work without issue. 40 degrees sunny after work 4pm and glass was shattered. No foreign objects or impact.

Sitting in my car this morning and turn the rear defroster on and out of no where my back window explodes from the inside out. Nothing was touching it or fell on it. Alot of people have this same issue but Ford won't cover it. Luckily my daughter wasn't in her rear facing carseat or I'd be one super angry mom. seriously a safety hazard, what if we were driving down the road and it exploded causing us to swerve and cause serious injuries to ourselves or someone else, who'd be liable then.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD APPROXIMATELY 55MPH AND HEARD A LOUD POP THAT SOUNDED LIKE GLASS BREAKING. IT WAS DARK SO I COULDN'T TELL WHAT HAPPENED UNTIL I GOT HOME. I FOUND THE BACK HATCH GLASS HAD SHATTERED. I HAD BEEN USING THE REAR WIPER AND DEFROST. I READ ON THE INTERNET THAT CANADA HAD A RECALL 17B39 FOR THIS CONCERN. IT WAS APPROXIMATELY 29 DEGREES OUT WITH LIGHT SNOW WHEN IT HAPPENED

REAR LIFTGATE GLASS SHATTERED/EXPLODED AS THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR WAS SHUT. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN DRIVEWAY. A BASKETBALL SIZED HOLE WAS LEFT IN THE SHATTERED GLASS. REAR LIFTGATE WAS NEVER OPENED DURING THIS TIME, AND THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS OR EXISTING DAMAGE TO THE LIFTGATE OR LIFTGATE GLASS. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OUTSIDE IN MID 30 DEGREE WEATHER FOR ABOUT 4 HOURS PRIOR TO GLASS EXPLODING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD EDGE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH ENTERING A PARKING LOT, THE REAR WINDOW FRACTURED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A GLASS COMPANY TO HAVE THE GLASS REPLACED. THE GLASS COMPANY WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE CAUSE OF THE FRACTURE. THE REAR WINDOW GLASS WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000.

ON TUESDAY 29 APRIL 2020 WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND STRIKING NO BUMPS OR POTHOLES WE OBSERVED THE PANORAMIC FIXED PORTION OF THE SUNROOF CRACK FROM CORNER TO CORNER. NOTHING HAD STRUCK THE GLASS AND THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR TEMPERATURE WERE ABOUT EQUALIZED. THIS HAS CAUSED A SEVERE SAFETY HAZARD AND I AM NO LONGER DRIVING THE VEHICLE AS I USE THIS TO TRANSPORT MY SEVEN-MONTH-OLD GRANDSON AND CANNOT TRUST THE GLASS PANEL FORD HAS BEEN CONTACTED AND HAS NOT OFFERED ANY RESOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM

WHILE DRIVING IN MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER THROWS THE WATER IN FRONT OF THE DRIVERS MAIN FIELD OF VISION; THE END OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER PASSES DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER AS IT IS WIPING THE WINDSHIELD AND THE EXCESS WATER FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER IS THROWN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DRIVERS FRONT/DIRECT FIELD OF VISION MAKING IT VERY HARD TO SEE DURING THE RAIN CREATING AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD; THIS COULD EASILY BE REMEDIED WITH A SHORTER WIPER ARM MECHANISM ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.

LARGE CRACKS HAVE DEVELOPED IN THE REAR, FIXED, PANORAMIC SUNROOF. THE CAR IS GARAGE STORED AND THE GLASS DOESN'T SHOW ANY SIGNS OF IMPACT ON THE OUTSIDE. THEY APPEAR TO BE STRESS FRACTURES.

I NOTICED THE REAR SUNROOF WINDOW HAS A VERY STRANGE AND CIRCULAR CRACK THAT FOLLOWS HOW THE ANTENNA IS PLACED ON TOP OF VEHICLE. THERE IS NO IMPACT OR DAMAGE AROUND THE WINDOW OR THE FRAMING SURROUNDING THE WINDOW. I DISCOVERED THE DAMAGE WHILE WASHING THE TOP OF THE VEHICLE. WE DO NOT SIT IN THE BACK OF THE CAR (ONLY THE 2 OF US) AND VERY RARELY OPEN THE SHADE TO ALLOW THE LIGHT INTO THE VEHICLE. IT WAS NOT THERE A COUPLE MONTHS AGO, THE LAST TIME I GOT UP HIGH ENOUGH TO WASH THE TOP. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION, THE SERVICE GUY FOUND NO IMPACT DAMAGE BUT VERY SLIGHTLY FELT THE GLASS "CATCH" EVER SO SLIGHTLY WHILE RUNNING A PEN OVER THE GLASS. THE "CATCH" IS A PIECE OF GLASS CRACKED ON 2 SIDES AND BEING PUSHED UP BY THE PRESSURE OF THE CRACKED, MOVING GLASS. ACCORDING TO THE INSPECTOR, THIS "CATCH" IS A PROBLEM AND HE DOES NOT THINK FORD WILL TAKE THE BLAME FOR THEIR DESIGN FLAW. THIS WINDOW IS CLEARLY A DESIGN FLAW, THERE IS NO OTHER EXPLANATION WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE WAY THE CRACK FOLLOWS THE CONTOUR OF THE ANTENNA. I HAVE PICTURES ON MY PHONE BUT I DO NOT DOWNLOAD OR HAVE THE ABILITY TO SEND THEM AT THIS TIME.

10 NOV 2019, USED THE KEY FOB TO CLOSE THE REAR HATCH. CAME BACK HOME AND FOUND THE REAR WINDOW COMPLETELY SHATTERED BUT STILL INTACT. THERE WERE NO HOLES OTHER INDICATIONS OF ANYTHING THROWN AT THE WINDOW. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED TWENTY-FIVE FEET OFF THE ROADWAY IN MY PRIVATE DRIVEWAY. THERE IS NO REASON WHY THIS WINDOW SHOULD HAVE SHATTERED.

VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE OVERNIGHT. THE NEXT MORNING I PULLED THE CAR OUT OF GARAGE AND TURNED IT ON TO WARM UP. I THEN DROVE MY SON DOWN TO THE BUS STOP (ABOUT 4 HOUSES DOWN ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET) AND HEARD NOSES WE THOUGHT WAS ICE FALLING OFF VEHICLE. REALIZED THE WHOLE BACK WINDOW WAS COMPLETELY SHATTERED AND FALLING OFF. COMPLETED AN INSURANCE CLAIM AND HAD TO PAY DEDUCTIBLE TO HAVE WINDOW REPLACED. THE SAFELITE TECHNICIAN THAT COMPLETED THE REPLACEMENT STARED THIS WAS THE 4TH FORD EDGE HE'S HAD TO REPLACE THE BACK WINDOW ON THIS PAST YEAR FROM THE WINDOW SHATTERING.

SUDDEN REAR BACKLIGHT SHATTER IN COLD WEATHER WHEN BACKING OUT OF DRIVEWAY. OUT DOOR TEMPERATURE WA 9F. VEHICLE HAD BEEN WARMING UP IN GARAGE FOR 10 MINUTES BEFORE DRIVING.

I NOTICED A SPIDER WEB STYLE CRACK ON THE REAR SUNROOF PANEL, WHILE IT WAS PARKING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 FORD EDGE. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE DEFROSTER WAS IN USE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KOONS FORD OF BALTIMORE (6970 SECURITY BLVD, WOODLAWN, MD 21244, (410) 298-3800) WHERE THE DEALER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD GET IN TOUCH WITH THE MANUFACTURER AND THEN GIVE HIM A CALL BACK. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 26,000.

WIPERS LOCK ON EACH OTHER & STOPS, MAKING FOR VERY DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WHEN RAINING VERY MUCH. IN MOTION, EVERY TIME IT RAINS !!!

REAR WINDOW SHATTERED FOR NO APPARENT REASON.

6 MONTHS AGO I HAD MY WIPER BLADES REPLACED AS RECOMMENDED BY DEALER. WVER SINCE THEN IF ITS RAINING MILDLY THE DRIVERS WIPER BLDE GETS STUCK AND IT WAS WHILE I WAS TRAVELING ON A TRIP. FELT UNSAFE. FORD HAS REPLACED THESE BLADES TWICS AND EVEN THE MOTOR FOR WIPERS. IT IS STILL HAPPENING. I THINK QUALITY OF THE BLADES ARE NOT GOOD. THIS ALWAYS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND IF IT WAS NOT HEAVILY RAINING JUST REGULAR RAIN. I MUST SAY HOWEVER THT FORD DEALER HAS TRIED THEIR VERY BEST AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WONDERFUL. I JUST FEAR THAT WIPER BLADES ARE NOT OF GOOD QUALITY

IF DRIVING IN A VERY SLIGHT DRIZZLE OR MIST, THE WIPERS DO NOT OPERATE PROPERLY IN THE INTERMITTENT MODE OR SINGLE SWIPE OPERATION. THE WIPERS WIPE THE MOISTURE OFF, THEN STICK, OR STUTTER AND JUMP ON THE RETURN. AT HIGHWAY SPEED WIND GETS UNDER THE WIPER WHEN IT JUMPS AND CAUSES A HARD SLAP AGAINST THE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS DANGEROUS AS VISIBILITY IS IMPAIRED - PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT IN A SLIGHT RAIN. UPLOADED IS RECORD OF REPAIR VISIT. MORE SERIOUS EVENTS ON LONG ROAD TRIP 09/25-10/14/2018.

FIRST MALFUNCTION EXPERIENCE (NOVEMBER 2, 2017): I WAS DRIVING ON LOCAL STREETS AT AROUND 40 MPH IN STEADY BUT LIGHT RAIN. WHILE USING THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS IN MANUAL MODE (PUSHING DOWN ON THE MULTI-FUNCTION STALK), THE WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. I TRIED SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT ANY SUCCESS, SO I TRIED PUSHING THE STALK UP TO USE THE WIPERS ON INTERMITTENT OR FASTER SPEEDS. THAT DID NOT WORK EITHER. I PULLED OFF TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AT MY EARLIEST POSSIBILITY, TURNED THE CAR OFF AND TURNED IT BACK ON AND THE WIPERS STARTED WORKING PROPERLY. SECOND MALFUNCTION EXPERIENCE (NOVEMBER 13, 2017): LESS THAN ONE WEEK WE HAD THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT AROUND 60 MPH IN LIGHT RAIN. WE WERE USING THE WIPERS IN MANUAL MODE WHEN THEY STOPPED RESPONDING. THE WIPERS STOPPED RESPONDING TO MANUAL ACTIVATION OR INTERMITTENT OR FASTER SPEED MODES. THE RAIN DID NOT PREVENT US FROM CONTINUING TO DRIVE AND IT WAS ABOUT FOUR MINUTES BEFORE WE TRIED THEM AGAIN IN HIGH SPEED MODE AND THEY RESPONDED. DURING THE TIME WE WERE EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT WIPERS, THE REAR WIPER FUNCTIONED PROPERLY.

REAR (FIXED) WINDOW OF THE PANORAMIC MOON ROOF SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED IN A JAGGED OVAL SHAPE APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT IN LENGTH WITHOUT ANY IMPACT OR OTHER VEHICLES NEARBY WHILE DRIVING AT ABOUT 40 MPH. I HAVE READ A FEW OTHER COMPLAINTS WHERE THE GLASS CRACKED AND SHATTERED INTO THE VEHICLE COMPARTMENT UNDER THE SAME OR SIMILAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP RANDOMLY WHILE BEING USED OR WHEN TURNING THEM ON. MOVING THE LEVER UP AND DOWN ON THE STEERING WHEEL SOMETIMES GETS THEM WORKING AGAIN. OTHER TIMES THE CAR HAS TO BE TURNED OFF AND RESTARTED.