Ford F-150 Recall: Your Windshield Might Fall off

The most recent Ford F-150 recall affects a comparatively small number of pickups

The bad news is that the possibility of the windshield falling off makes the recall absurd.

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It's terrible enough to have a crack in your windshield, but what if it suddenly fell

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The most recent Ford F-150 recall indicates that there is a genuine risk.

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Your chance of losing your windshield is minimal—just 4,361 trucks, or around 5%

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but it is still conceivable. With my luck, the windshield has already been removed.

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) states that the vehicles

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It's possible that their front windshield adhesion is defective

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which might lead to the windshields breaking away from the body.

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