Rear window leaks--Read!
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From: Owens Cross Roads, AL
Rear window leaks--Read!
If you have a 2000 Ford F150 and you are finding moisture on your seats...there's possibly 2 culprits that can be at hand. First, there was a manufacturing defect in the frame of the rear glass. The seam on the sliding back glasses located to the passenger and driver side of the back glass could break with normal truck usage (torque and twisting). If that happens..the window has to be replaced. If you got lucky and Ford put in the redesigned glass where the plastic frame seams aren't located near the sliding rear window...it could be just the butyl seal has failed.
Got mine replaced today. Glass tech immediately told me I had "aftermarket glass" (I've always owned the truck..and never replaced it...so I figured the dealership must have done something before I bought it)...My leak was due to the butyl seal breaking down. It looked like the 3rd tail light was leaking...but it wasn't....it was next to the 3rd tail light.
It's very easy to R&R that glass...it's like 12 bolts around the perimeter...and the gray plastic trim does not have to be removed....
Cost of R&R Back glass with new butyl seal ~$151
Cost of new back glass installed: $330.
I'm glad they didn't break that glass!!! I'm also glad that frame wasn't cracked!
Got mine replaced today. Glass tech immediately told me I had "aftermarket glass" (I've always owned the truck..and never replaced it...so I figured the dealership must have done something before I bought it)...My leak was due to the butyl seal breaking down. It looked like the 3rd tail light was leaking...but it wasn't....it was next to the 3rd tail light.
It's very easy to R&R that glass...it's like 12 bolts around the perimeter...and the gray plastic trim does not have to be removed....
Cost of R&R Back glass with new butyl seal ~$151
Cost of new back glass installed: $330.
I'm glad they didn't break that glass!!! I'm also glad that frame wasn't cracked!
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It's actually funny...I don't drink so I don't have a use for the "beer window"....nor have I ever thrown cans into the back of my truck...but it just seems right to have the sliding rear window....I barely ever open it...unless it's spring or fall...and I like the breeze.
Oh wait...I used to use it all the time when I was in college. I'd sit in a lawnchair in my bed....with my speaker out the window and my CB microphone so I could talk.....But that was 12 years ago....Hmmm...simpler times!
Oh wait...I used to use it all the time when I was in college. I'd sit in a lawnchair in my bed....with my speaker out the window and my CB microphone so I could talk.....But that was 12 years ago....Hmmm...simpler times!
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my solid rear window is leaking. Top driver side. I'm going to try to silicone the window where glass meets metal. But I have to remove the plastic trim. What is the butyl seal. Is it the rubber seal that has shrunk between glass and plastic trim.
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From: St.John,Indiana
i installed an aftermarket sliding window in my o2 f-150, it started to leak pretty good last year....if someone was sitting in the sit right behind the driver seat it would leak right on top of the seat.........so.....i sold it and bought a brand new truck!!