My dealer called me to let me know that my door repair kit is in repair "B" . The no crack repair. I was told that my truck will be the first one they have done. I sure will be glad to roll down my windows again.

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99 Lariat 5.4 style side, Gibson exhaust, Bilstien shocks, 4WD spoiler with fog lights, upgraded audio system, Donelley rear view mirror,extang tonneau,hellwig rear sway bar,bug shiled,SuperChip

 

How much will this repair cost? Please let those of us know, who's warranties are LONG gone.

Thanks

 

My truck is still under warranty. I will find out out it would of cost me and let everyone know!

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99 Lariat 5.4 style side, Gibson exhaust, Bilstien shocks, 4WD spoiler with fog lights, upgraded audio system, Donelley rear view mirror,extang tonneau,hellwig rear sway bar,bug shiled,SuperChip

 

I dropped mine off this morning for the 'preventative' repair. I'm still in the 3year warranty period. The TSB says 1.2 hours to glue the blocks in place. This will be a fairly cheap repair compared to repainting entire doors when a crack emerges.

 

If the doors aren't cracked yet and you're out of warranty, can a private party get
the kit to do the repair themselves?
Also, how hard would it be to do the repair yourself?

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'98 F-150, 4X4, ORP, Lariat SC, 5.4L, auto, electical/towing groups, 6" Trailmaster lift, billit grill, Eagle Alloy 16X9 wheels, 285/75/16 Wrangler AT/S tires, K&N, Flowmaster full duals, Ford/Duraliner bedliner, 87000 miles.
'92 F-150, 4X4, 5.0L, 5Sp., Flareside, Eagle alloys, BFG 31X10.50, K&N, Flowmaster catback duals, hooker shortie headers, aluminum grill gaurd, PIA lights, bedliner, stainless wheel well moldings and bedcaps, ventshades, bugshield, 145000 miles.

 

I would think you could order the kit itself. It does have a part number. The TSB has the instructions in it you could follow them and do it yourself. My truck is at the dealer getting it done now let youy know how it goes.

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99 Lariat 5.4 style side, Gibson exhaust, Bilstien shocks, 4WD spoiler with fog lights, upgraded audio system, Donelley rear view mirror,extang tonneau,hellwig rear sway bar,bug shiled,SuperChip

 

Yea, I printed the TSB and took it to the parts dept. It was the first one they ordered. When the parts came in, I called the body shop and brought it in the next day. I didn't get the cost, but I'd suspect it would be around $50 (1.2 hours + parts). I'd bet a lot of shops will just do it under warranty. The TSB has instructions & pictures that didn't sound like it would be too hard to just do it yourself.

 

btr said;
Yea, I printed the TSB and took it to the parts dept
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What is the TSB number and where did you find the entire thing to print out?

 

My '98 F-250LD 4x4 SC goes in Monday for passanger door retro-fix kit (no crack showing). If anyone has had this done already, I hope I hear from you before Monday. So far, the only things I've heard is to verify with the service tech, that your windows go up and down just fine, and to be sure they still do that, when you pick it up.

Frank
I got a repair order opened up with just 5 miles left on my 36,000 warranty. The drivers door was already replaced.

 

I got my truck back on fri. The dealer did a very good job I must say. I even got a car was too!! The bill for the repair was $438.00 which is covered by the 36,000 mile warranty.

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99 Lariat 5.4 style side, Gibson exhaust, Bilstien shocks, 4WD spoiler with fog lights, upgraded audio system, Donelley rear view mirror,extang tonneau,hellwig rear sway bar,bug shiled,SuperChip

 

Did yours have a crack? If not, $438 sounds like a lot to glue a couple of blocks inside the door.

 

TSB 01-2-6

I used the TSB sectio on the Ford Insider Web site, maybe try the Ford web site.

 

No both my doors were not cracked. I just have not been using the windows for over a year and half. I did seem to bee allot of money though for the repait.

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99 Lariat 5.4 style side, Gibson exhaust, Bilstien shocks, 4WD spoiler with fog lights, upgraded audio system, Donelley rear view mirror,extang tonneau,hellwig rear sway bar,bug shiled,SuperChip

 

I would think this "fix" should eliminate the flex in the outside door panel that occured without them. On mine, with no fix and a crack just appearing, if you open the door and look at the door handle, while opening and then closing the window fully, you "shouldn't" see any flex at all. Mine flexs a good 1/4" or more when the window "seats" itself in the upper runner.

Really pisses me off too. Can't roll down the damn windows until I get this fixed. Since the truck is out of warranty and I'm at least the second owner, I'm probably screwed. Checked the price from one Ford dealer and was quoted over $700 to have the "fix" applied to both doors and the crack fixed on the drivers door!!

I'm thinking of just getting the fix, so at least the crack won't get worse and then just deal with the crack on my own. I'm also kinda waiting to hear if this "wonder fix" from Ford will really stop the flexing.

Thanks for letting me vent......

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1997 F150 4x4 Off Road, SuperCab, Short Box, 5.4, Royal Blue/Silver, K&N, Gibson SS, LT265/75/16 Wild Country APT's

 

Retro-Fix kit done to my trunk.

They did both doors! I was only expecting them to do the passanger door, cause my drivers was already replaced in Dec'00 by another dealer. The replacement door had a small recess where the crack normally shows up, so I figured, and so did that dealer, that this was due to some kind of 'fix' done to these doors. Perhaps they are from an '00 of '01 model? Don't know. Anyway, I don't think anyone can get their door replaced anymore, unless there's a 2" crack (per TSB).

So, anyone having the retro-fix be sure two things happen:
1) They should do BOTH doors, crack or no crack!
2) Be sure to tell them to validate that the windows go up and down just fine, before the do the work. I've read here somewhere, that maybe, the blocks could be placed off just a bit and hinder the windows smooth motion.

Otherwise, can't tell anything was done. So hopefull I have a reinforced 'new' drivers door, and a now reinforced after 36,000+miles passanger door (which never showed a crack). My original drivers door had about a 1/4 inch crack.

Frank