Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2001 07:12:58 -0300 From: "david" <dcyrnopsamove_me*hfx.eastlink.ca> Subject: Re: Rear window disintergrates...
wow, that IS a mystery. i suppose that water could do it in a really odd circumstance, but it seems unlikely. i used to work in a glass factory, and it's pretty hard to break tempered glass. although, if you want to break it, you hit the edge. maybe it was a drastic temperature change. dave "Tim Wise" <tjwnopsamnet.au> wrote in message news:3b2d90c6nopsamns1.netconnect.net.au... > Has any one else in this news group experienced this problem? > > I have a 1997 900 S Talladega 3 door that was parked outside > last night, it was a very cold night with the temperature below > 0 degrees C. > > I got up early to go to the airport, took some bags out to the car > and put them in the back through the hatch which was covered in frost, > or at least what looked like very heavy frost. (Very light frost and a > shattered windscreen.) > > Went back to get a second load and as I closed the hatch a small chunk > of glass dropped out of the center of the rear hatch window. Then I noticed, > (in the dark) that the entire rear hatch glass had shattered and stayed in > the frame? > > Anyone have this happen to them? > > Seems unlikely someone could belt the window hard enough to shatter it and > yet leave > it in the frame. > > The only theory I could come up with was water getting under the rubber > seals and then > freezing and the resultant expansion of ice shattered the glass, although I > believe the hatch > is encapsulated glass so this seems unlikely. > > Replacement glass is over $900AUS which I'm told is not that expensive > compared to > other makes. > > Any ideas? > >
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