Liftgate glass spontaneously shattered!

Dismay · Dec 3, 2009

Outside temp was about 27 degress, I was sitting in the drivers seat with the door open warming up the vehicle (rear defrost was on for a while then off), and all of the sudden the rear glass just exploded. Anyone have this happen before? It did have aftermarket tint as well.

laydout97 · Dec 3, 2009

That sucks man! I have never heard of that happening before.

BlackDenali · Dec 3, 2009

thats crazy. I believe that happened to roadrageror's denali

yukonjacks · Dec 3, 2009

That happens a lot with vans, I can't remember the details of how and why but when you go to get the glass replaced the tech will explain it better than I

BlackDenali · Dec 3, 2009

Found the pic

saturday · Dec 4, 2009

Hey man i saw a replacement glass on ebay motors last night. not sure the year, but its got to be cheaper than going to the dealship.

:mexsmoke:

Narco · Dec 4, 2009

years ago in high school my buddy had a dodge avenger. his rear window spontaneously shatered out 3 times in less than 2 years

redemn93 · Dec 4, 2009

if you have full coverage insurance they will replace it free. its a safety hazard.

ecordell · Dec 4, 2009

That's absolutely crazy, just never heard of it....

puckhead · Dec 4, 2009

Must heat up too fast or something. Kinda like throwing hot water on a cold window

titanium02 · Dec 4, 2009

screw cold weather

redemn93 · Dec 4, 2009

i love south florida...

ROBERTOcritser · Dec 4, 2009

i heard of a friend who cracked his front glass supposedly by heating up the glass to quick . He was running late for school, hopped in his hummer and was gunnin it the whole way and I guess the heater gettin hot faster than the window cracked it. but Ive never heard of a glass just shattering out like that.

Dismay · Dec 4, 2009

Yeah there must have been a small crack/chip that wasn't visible, and the quick temp change just pushed it over the edge. Anyways, I have full glass coverage with $0 deductible, so a new one is going in tomorrow morning!

fatnlowtahoe504 · Dec 4, 2009

puckhead said:
Must heat up too fast or something. Kinda like throwing hot water on a cold window

exactly what i was thinking..

rgaffney · Dec 5, 2009

I had no idea that could even happen

coopiesb · Dec 5, 2009

ive had it happen to me a couple times... worked at a car wash and when it was cold in the early morning we had a couple crack from the hot water/cold window

ballsie · Dec 6, 2009

I hope you werent getting shot at!

ecordell · Dec 7, 2009

I've heard that it's from having a short in one of the wires for the defrost....the glass is real cold and that short get's real hot and BAM!!!! bye bye window

05Yukon · Dec 7, 2009

This happened on my moms Yukon it was parked in a parking lot. It was hot outside and it exploded.

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