Ford visibility problems

I've had plenty of Ford in the bay over the years, and the visibility complaints on these don't surprise me. 2,576 on the NHTSA record across 166 model-year entries (2005–2025) is not a fluke. The complaints are spread across the lineup — no single model is doing all the work. That tells you it's an engineering or supplier pattern, not a one-off bad year. 2 fatality reports on file with NHTSA tied to this category on Ford vehicles. That elevates this from nuisance to safety-critical. Repair cost runs around $350 on average — relatively low for an aggregated category. Across the 1,006 complaints reporting odometer mileage, the median failure lands at about 49,074 miles. Wipers, washers, backup camera, defroster — exercise all of them on the test drive. None of these failures are emergencies but they add up.