I just noticed, much to my dismay, that the interior roof of my cab is a bit soggy from a heavy rain.
I have a '97 regular cab F150 with a rear slider window. It looks like the upholstery (carpet soft kinda stuff) on the cieling of my cab has come loose from where it meets the rubber insulation on the top of the rear window.
Any suggestions for a quick fix? I'm in Portland, OR and the rain won't go away for another seven months...

 

a quick fix would be to find out where it's coming in at (either the rubber molding around the window, or the third brake light) and caulk it. Or use schlastic. Is that how you spell it? That's how I say, it, you know what I'm talking about?

 

Welcome to the club. Mine has been leaking for ages. I'm gonna put silicone around the window and check out the brake light. I've been putting this off forever. This is a very common problem.

 

I'm fairly sure the gasket around the back window is done...I suppose caulking it with silicone or RTV is a good short term solution.
With the amount of water that it is gonna get hit with up here in Oregon I doubt any silicone or RTV will last through the wet season though.
Anyone know a cheap place to order a new gasket for the rear window?

 

Well you can use caulk and silicone all you want but it isnt going to fix the problem and it will also most likley not stop the water from coming in. You are going to have to remove the window and then cut two tabs off the window surround that prevent the window itself from mounting flush. There is a TSB on this. You will also have to buy the seal kit for the slider as it may also be leaking and then also buy the new butyl tape needed to re seal the window. Here is the TSB#01-1-11 Go to your local ford dealership and ask them to print out that TSB for you it give parts numbers and instructions on how to resolve this problme.

Richard

 

Under warranty,Ford tried to replace my slider gasket.They broke the slider frame upon removal and had to replace it with a new slider.No more leaks and a new slider.BTW,the Ford tech said they (slider frames) almost always break upon removal.

 

The back window on my '99 leaked. The rubbel seal on the top part rear window where the plastic trim is had basically rotted-out. I took some clear window sealant and filled in the gap and now it leaks MUCH less. It still leaks through the 3rd brakelight though (the one near the top of the cab). I think the water is coming in through the hole that the brakelight wire goes though, but I really cant think of a good way to seal that.
The leak now is very minimal, so Im just going to let it go and hope for the best. In a downpour you get a very slight drip, so Im not going to worry about it and hope for the best. Good luck

 

I had a new 98 F150 which had a back window leak during its first rainstorm in San Diego in January of 98, one week after I bought my truck. You would be surprised, I took my truck in to service, and there were 3 three other new trucks with the same problem. Well they installed a new back window and guess what, the new one also had a leak. So I went in for a second window and now they had to replace the ceiling cover due to the water damage. Again, I saw another f150 truck there for the same problem. Now I was upset because Ford knows they have a seal problem with the back windows and never did a re-call. the funny thing, my friend bought a 2005 f150 and also had to have his rear window re-placed due to water getting inside the cabin. Things have not changed, good luck, but with my last window change, they added extra sealer around the window and never had another leak.

 

I have the same problem with my 97 150 supercab with the sliding window. I will try the silicone first. It does leak form the top because the headliner is wet, so my guess is the 3rd brake light or top seal. It is 12 years old now and 275,000 miles so I have a few more leaks than I had when I was new too !!!!!

 

Got my 98 f150 used from ford dealer. Had truck 2 days.rear window leaked soo bad from slider and top of window could keep fish in back seat.Dealer could not stop leaks so they replacedwindow.Tectold me all windows with sliders will at some time leak.Also told me if you remove third brakelite housing you will see where window frame is notched out. This is the low spot where windows leak from.Seal up this spot.

 

I have a '97 F-150 Extended Cab with a rear slider window that leaked. I used enough silicone rubber to essentially seal the entire back window from the weather - still leaked. Went to the dealer who sent me to the glass expert they use. The expert said that Ford came out with a new designed rear slider in 2002 and many earlier windows will begin leaking sooner or later - mine didn't start until 2005. Seems the frame develops a tiny crack and there is (per the glass expert) no way to get silicon rubber to the crack.

He replaced the entire rear window and used a new butyl (sp?) rubber gasket and I've had no leak since. Cost, with labor and tax, around $700. High cost but I didn't want the headliner nor the back seat to rot.

I never have gotten all the silicon rubber from around the window!!

Robert