2016 Ford Explorer Wipers & Visibility Problems

Opened driver door to exit vehicle and heard a loud POP! Noticed rear window had exploded. Glass flew outside behind vehicle and continued to fall in rear of vehicle.

The windshield trim blew off while driving on the Highway. Happened so fast I couldn’t tell if it blew into the ditch or what happened to it. Could have easily hit a vehicle behind me and cause an accident.

While driving on the road my front windshield trims started to come loose, cracked and flew away. The windshield trims are compromised all around the front windshield trims. Did report the issue today at the Ford Dealership, they claimed I had to deal with FORD directly.

I know it was a Friday in April 2021 not sure what Friday. I was driving down I95 and noticed weather stripping from right side of windshield flapping and hitting the side of the car. Suddenly a piece of plastic flew off the car I am not sure but I do think it hit a vehicle behind me.

While driving down the highway the windshield weather strip molding broke off and was flapping over the windshield. Luckily it did not break off, that could have caused a really bad accident. However it was flapping all around.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that his wife was driving at an undisclosed speed, the rubber from the windshield was flapping and making noises, almost causing a collision. The contact inspected the windshield and saw that the front passenger’s and driver’s side rubber on the windshield had deteriorated.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. The contact stated that while driving, the rear glass exploded without an impact. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer were made aware of the failure.

/employee started the car to warm it up and the back window exploded. Had to have back window replaced. Vehicle had been parked overnight in his driveway.

Employee was driving home from work. He had warmed up his car before driving about 10 minutes. All of a sudden his back window exploded.

Rear window on lift gate exploded while the vehicle was sitting in the driveway. Side door was opened to the vehicle, and then the back window blew out. This caused small glass pieces to fall inside and outside the vehicle.

Just leased this 2016 ford explorer. It has 700 miles on it. We have not made a payment.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that water had entered the vehicle, and the inside of the windshield was freezing. There was an abnormal sound coming from the vehicle.

While driving on the highway, windshield trim flew off (2 different times, passenger and driver side). It scared me at first when it started to come loose because it flapped around and I wasn’t really sure what was going on. And can’t pull over or slow down on highway.

The passenger side windshield trim flew off while driving on the interstate with no warning. Other than it hitting the side of our car when flying off, no other incident occured. Nobody inspected the windshield trim as we installed a new trim piece we got on Amazon ourselves.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, the rear glass unexpectedly shattered. There was no impact on the windshield to cause it to shatter. The dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

There have been EXCESSIVE delays with the repair of the A-Pillar trim. This item flew off of our vehicle while traveling down the highway at 70mph. THANKFULLY this piece did not impact the car behind us.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact received notifications of NHTSA Campaign Numbers: 24V031000 (Structure) and 25V347000 (Structure). The contact stated that water was leaking onto the passenger’s side floorboard and passenger’s side door, causing an electrical short with the windows.

The moonroof malfunctions and can be stuck in the open position. The drain plug for the moonroof can easily get clogged causing water to back up into the overhead structure. This causes water to fall onto the driver and passengers.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the sunroof failed to close. The seat belt warning light was illuminated.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact became aware that the sunroof had started to detach and had sunken into the interior of the vehicle, creating an opening that allowed water to leak into the vehicle. There was no warning light illuminated.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the air bag warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that there was windy sound coming from the front passenger's side door while driving.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that after it had rained, water entered the vehicle through the sunroof and would accumulate inside the roof of the vehicle. While coming to a stop while driving, the water would flow to the front of the vehicle and leak inside the cabin through the ceiling light console.

The windshield trim on right side of the car is coming ungluded. Now weather strip is flapping all over the place damaging my passenger window and mirror. I am now noticing trim is coming unglued on drivers side door.

Driving NB on I95 in Georgia IVO MM 12, my windshield started vibrating on the passenger side with a loud flapping noise. Slowed down, pulled over at the next exit and discovered the trim around the windshield had detached. It appears that the trim allowed air to lift the side of the windshield.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the front windshield trim separated and detached from the vehicle. The dealer was contacted, and the dealer stated that the warranty did not cover the trim replacement.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the driver’s side windshield side trim loosened. The contact pulled over on the side of the road and placed the trim back in place, but the failure reoccurred.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver's side front window detached. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the thread was replaced; however, the failure recurred.

While driving normal speed on the freeway, the passenger windshield molding flew off. Also, the driver side side window meeting has flown off. Both replaced at my cost.

On August 20, 2022, the left side pillar molding unexpectedly came loose while driving and began flapping about. On August 24-25, 2022, we replaced both exterior a-pillar moldings and brackets at our own expense.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, the front driver’s side trim detached from the windshield without warning. The contact then stated that the passenger side trim was also detaching.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that after a rainy day, while entering the vehicle, she noticed water on the front passenger’s side floor. The contact took the vehicle to the local dealer, where it was diagnosed with needing the windshield to be sealed.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the A and B molding used to secure the windshield, detached from the vehicle. The contact pulled over and retrieved the pieces.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the rear seat passenger noticed that a black material had detached from the front of the vehicle. The contact stated that the plastic trim from the windshield had detached.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the trim around the windshield separated and was striking the door. The contact returned to the residence and attempted to secure the trim back to the windshield however, the trim could not be secured.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated that the trim located around the front driver side windshield loosened and detached from the vehicle while driving at highway speeds. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer where they replaced the trim on the front driver side windshield and tightened the trim on the front passenger side windshield.

The contact owns a 2016 Ford Explorer. The contact stated while driving 70 MPH, the contact heard a knocking noise from the front driver’s side window. The contact pulled over to the side of the road and inspected the vehicle and noticed that the weatherstrip on the front driver’s side door was detaching from the molding that held the weatherstrip from the windshield.

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 ford explorer. The contact stated while driving at approximately 70 MPH, the rubber seal around the driver's side window detached. The vehicle was taken to (coconut point ford located at 22400 s tamiami trail, estero, fl 33928) for a diagnosis.

Backup camera is cloudy/foggy. Brought it to ford service department attention in regards to Issue Date 2022-08-26 Campaign 22S51/22V644 Per Fullerton Ford, they would not participate. I feel this is a visability issue when backing up and would like Ford to also consider 2016 ford Explorer in this recall since it is a safety issue

Molding on front windshield is damaged and coming off affect visibility

Trim around windshield becomes loose on highway and rattles against windshield and rubber seals have started coming loose

The windshield cowl is separated from the body of the car and could break apart and hit a car

Our trim around our windshield came off while driving on a highway. Tried to fix it ourselves but trim replacement would not fit on it properly.

My windshield panel trim came off while I was driving

My window pillars flew off both last week. driver and passenger side windshield trim panels flew off in like to caused a wreck.

The rear windshield spontaneously shattered while driving on 495 south in ma. Fortunately no one was injured and the glass remained intact to pull off to safety. With the impact of the car door opening and closing, pieces of glass began to break away.

Rear window wiper is not working anymore.