My brother borrowed my X to pick up a 35 kw generator. He parked the truck and gen on the street in front of my house, not a busy street. About two hours later my wife calls me and says when she got home the back drivers side pop out window (tinted) was laying in the street. We were worried someone had broken in. I figured out nothing was gone and thought that it must have been the heat. As I was cleaning up the glass my neighbor said that it happened sometime while a lawn care company was working across the street. I somehow doubt they will admit responsibility, even if they did it, without a witness. Anyway, ins deductible is $250. Local glass company said the glass is "limited availability" and is $1000. There may be one on a parts X that I have been getting little things from.

Has anyone had this glass blow out from the heat?
How hard is it to put the glass in?
Did the XLTs have factory tint? I have additional tint.

 

I have a 2004 XLT that does have the factory tinted windows that I am starting to part out near Colorado Springs. Although I couldn't imagine shipping a piece of glass that large. Let me know if you are anywhere near here.

 

my old 2004 had the pass size big vent window fall out!!! luckly $100 deductible fir a $1300 window. i went with the solid mount VS the vent window so it would not happen again.

 

Was the window open or closed? Cause that is crazy.

 

I'm thinking that it's an old wife's tale that heat causes car windows to shatter while parked. Car glass is tempered...unless it wasn't done correctly from the factory.

Maybe it was not installed correctly? Mounting bolts too tight?

 

it was closed and the truck was parked.

 

The parts yard did not have the glass. I am too busy to mess with it this weekend anyway. Safelite put "crash wrap" over the opening and will know on Monday when they will have the glass in. Only Ford makes it. $250 will fill the tank less than twice, so I guess it is a "bargain."

 

Not much holding those things in. I rarely open mine anyway and I would be fine with a fixed one and a cheaper price on the truck.

 

Yeah, after reading other posts about the expense to replace them, I don't use mine all that often either. Plus, my drivers side tends to drop a bit, like the closer or the hinges are getting sloppy. I sure liked using them, funnels the fresh air through nicely. Maybe I should use them, get the drivers side to fall out, I have zero deduct on glass. I live 8 miles off paved roads , between my three driving vehicles, usually will replace on windshied a year from errant gravel.

 

Driver's side rear quarter glass is a KNOWN problem with Ford and with CarLite (the OEM and replacement glass manufacturer) - but good luck with getting them to cop to it. Last summer, came home to no rear quarter glass on the driver's side ON the Ex, and lots of tinted glass pieces on the driveway. Hmm. Heat? I lived north of St. George, Utah and it was a hot day... Took it to TechnaGlass in town, they ordered the glass, and when it showed a few days later, they installed it. No problem, right? Yeah, until two weeks later and we come home and there's the new glass sitting on the driveway leaning against the rear tire... "what the..." Brought the glass in, considered it might make a nice table, but would leave a HUGE hole in the side of the truck. Called Dan at TechnaGlass... Between Dan and his contacts, and a little research by me; I found out that CarLite has had "issues" with the adhesive that holds the hinges (front of glass) to the glass itself. That answered the question I had of why the glass came out, twice, and the hinges were still in the window frame on the truck. So, Dan was able to find another glass (they are not common, believe me) (or inexpensive, either - $700 to $800 from a reputable auto glass guy, more (of course) from Ford) and replace it. Rather than take a chance, we took the vented window and used adhesive all the way around to hold it in the frame; in the hope that at some future time it could be restored to function. That would be my recommendation - get your tinted vent window; and glue that sucker in.
But trust me that Ford and CarLite BOTH are aware of the problem, and are hoping it just goes away. And the problem is the adhesive on the hinges at the front edge of the glass. And the problem is the driver's side - here in the southwest I have heard of more than one rear quarter glass failure; and they have all been driver's side windows. (take a look closely, the right and left side windows are different; not mirror image - they are the same SIZE for appearance's sake, but they are not the same glass in reverse) Anyway, good luck to you. Once you find one, glue it in and use the vent window on the right side - that and the driver's door window down make a "flow through and across" vent - lol.

 

dang i love using mine on the drivers side because its not the exhaust side of the excursion.

 

After two months I finally got my glass in. Actually it is the 5th one. Ford/Fedex seed to have an issue. The first two arrived shattered. The 3rd was chipped on the edge, the installer noticed. #4 had a chip in the middle. At this point the glass company was worried that ford would run out or fedex would quit delivering them. finally one came in in one piece. Now I just need to get the tint redone.

 

sounds like you are singlehandedly responsible for destroying the entire stock of drivers side rear glass...

 

I am just an innocent victim in this. You can blame Fedex careless or ford for outsourcing delivery of a fragile part.

 

Actually fed-ex and ups aren't supposed the ship glass because the the $100 automatic insurance.......ups and my experience with them anyway.