My Rear window EXPLODED! Completly Shattered!
Melting Slicks
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From: St. Louis, MO
Don't know if this will help, but my ex g/f had a university sticker (12 x 6" or so) across the defogger in her rear window, and one cold morning BLAM, same thing. Supposedly due to a hotspot from the sticker over the wires.
Burning Brakes
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From: Olympia WA
Did you have your rear defogger on? Honda had a problem with rear windows blowing out because the rear defoggers stayed on too long, we would update by installing timers that would shut em off at a certain length of time fixed the problem. Honda paid for the windows. 
Team Owner
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From: Lake Elsinore, CA
Tis same thing happened to the rear window on my 86 Trans Am many years ago. I was living in Ft. Lauderdale at the time. I had just driven the car for about 2-3 minutes from my apartment to a local supermarket and parked it in the lot. About 30 seconds after going in the store, I heard my license tag called out over the PA system so I ran out to my car. The rear window had completely exploded and the remaining hatch had been blown back about an inch from the resulting force, pulling it out of the latch. Several people told me they heard the explosion from across the parking lot and no one was near my car when it happened.
Apparently, the hot ,summer S. Fla. sun had heated the glass, I had run the A/C for a few minutes driving to the store, and then the sun heated the glass again while the car sat in the lot. The pressure differential it created due to the temp differences inside and outside the car sucked the window into the cooler interior. Most of the glass ended up inside the car.
Apparently, the hot ,summer S. Fla. sun had heated the glass, I had run the A/C for a few minutes driving to the store, and then the sun heated the glass again while the car sat in the lot. The pressure differential it created due to the temp differences inside and outside the car sucked the window into the cooler interior. Most of the glass ended up inside the car.
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From: Philadelhia pa
HMMM, Dime sized hole near downtown Newark, Ill vote for either the bullet theory, blue ice or a spare nut that fell off an airplane.
Oh and for the local aroma, that is why it is affectionately called the armpit of the nation!
Oh and for the local aroma, that is why it is affectionately called the armpit of the nation!
Burning Brakes
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From: Castleton VA
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Originally Posted by MTurnbo
Considering that you were in North Jersey the likelyhood is it was a stray bullet falling to the ground. 
Last edited by mneblett; Jan 24, 2006 at 04:09 PM.
Burning Brakes
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From: Castleton VA
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Originally Posted by S76HeliPilot
HMMM, Dime sized hole near downtown Newark, Ill vote for either the bullet theory, blue ice or a spare nut that fell off an airplane.
Oh and for the local aroma, that is why it is affectionately called the armpit of the nation!
Oh and for the local aroma, that is why it is affectionately called the armpit of the nation!
Burning Brakes
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From: Mustangs are like Tampons.. Every P*$$* has one!
Don't knwo if this has been said or not but my first thought was maybe a bird dropped something. They pick things up thinking it is food and if they cannot eat it they drop it. Maybe that was it. sorry to hear about it though. Good Luck getting it fixed!!
Doug
Doug
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From: Ex-SF Bay Area; now happily Denver area
Originally Posted by vetteamerica
He means the aroma from the exhaust fumes 
