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2013 Ford FOCUS Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1034259
Internal NHTSA #	10560517
Manufacurer	Ford Motor Company
Brand	FORD
Model	FOCUS
Model Year	2013
File date	02/01/14
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The windshield wipers rest on a portion of the windshield that is not heated. After having fully cleared my windshield of snow and ice before my trip, i was quite surprised to find my windshield wipers non-functional when i went to use them to clear road spray from my windshield. What had happened was that the wipers had refrozen to the windshield after having been cleared earlier. I commonly drive with the vehicle's climate control set to the floor/defrost setting to keep the windshield warm, especially on the first leg of a trip. This is the first vehicle i own where the wipers disappear from the view when they are not used. Inspection of the windshield design shows that the lower portion of the windshield is not directly exposed to cabin heat, nor is there a easy path for engine heat to affect this area. There should be, at a minimum, a method to defrost the lower portion of the windshield that the wipers rest on, either through direct thermal electric means, or by exposure to cabin heat when the hvac is on the defrost setting. Having wipers that randomly not function because they are frozen represents a significant safety hazard when road spray covers your windshield due to greatly reduced visibility. Additional hazards are present because you have no choice to but to immediatly stop on the side of the road to free your wipers. This leaves you exposed to traffic traveling at high speeds while you are stopped, as well as the inherent risk associated with merging back on the road from a full stop without the aid of an on-ramp, or other acceleration lane.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	8000
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	WAVERLY, IA
VIN pattern	XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
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No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	29/06/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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2013 Ford FOCUS Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2013 Ford FOCUS Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

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