[Kozhawk]

I was driving and my back window exploded. See attached pictures.


It was a warm day (about 27c - 81f) and we had been driving around earlier with the windows open and about 10 minutes prior to the glass breaking I rolled up the windows, closed sunroof and turned on a/c. There were no bumps or anyone driving beside us. Also the Trailhawk is only 3 weeks old with 1800km on it. This happened on a Saturday after the dealer was closed so it will be going in first thing Monday morning and I have no idea what the wait time will be to replace. Also I think that some of the glass has scratched some of the paint above the taillights.

I'm thinking this could be thermal shock or a poorly manufactured piece of glass.


Has anyone else come across this issue? or any tips on what to mention to the dealer so it is covered under warranty?


Don't ask why the pictures are upside down - I have rotated and saved, then re uploaded, then rotated and save then re uploaded, repeated a few more times with the pictures in every direction and still look like this. No idea.

Thanks for looking.
Kozhawk

 

[dawhitesTH]

Whoa. There was another member who had a similar cracked window at a parking lot. Claimed it was someone that smashed into the KL.

 

[shepherdgirl]

Is it factory glass or is there aftermarket tint on it? We have our home windows done with privacy/uv tint, and one window did crack from the thermal stress. It was replaced under warranty by the 3M installer.

 

[Kozhawk]

It is the factory tint from Jeep.

 

[scarpi]

Had to have been either defective glass or maybe a bad chip then it cracked. My glass has been in a lot of summer heat lately (over 100F daily) and no problems.

 

[UN4GTBL]

That sucks! Hope they fix it up for you quickly!

 

[madchemist24]

OR ... many years ago, some kid f'n around shot a bb at my dad's International as he drove by. The back window looked just like that. Any chance someone sniped you?

 

[v4m0]

Screams Warranty all over it. The tint shouldn't be the reason, but I remember someone posted the reasons why we must don't tint the panoramic sunroof :surprise:

 

[taatmk]

A while back, had a car sitting in the garage with the garage door opened. A BB was shot at it, and the entire lift gate glass shattered like that.

 

[sasire]

exploded rear driverside window - new trailhawk

Yesterday my back door window exploded while driving. Thought I was shot at but found no evidence of any projectiles. No other cars nearby and I was on a neighborhood road doing about 30 mph. My jeep is two weeks old. I'm going to ask the dealer about defective tempered glass....

 

[Treaty]

I'm going to ask the dealer about defective tempered glass....

Bummer! What's your build date? You should compare build dates with @Kozhawk

 

[Jeepster1]

I would just guess that if the window was installed too tight with no expansion/contraction room; heat, cold, vibration, jarring could blow it up like that.
I do notice that edges and the curved part on each side are broken.
Just a thought.

 

[v4m0]

A second case? What happened with the first one? Did the warranty covered the fix?

I want to think that these are isolated problems :surprise::|

 

[RojStock]

What color is your TH @sasire? Maybe it is a Mango Tango thing.

:grin:

 

[tqburke]

Exploding Black Glass 2014 Jeep Wrangler

Hi

A friend of mine has a 2014 Jeep Wrangler. It was parked outside and when she returned to the car the drivers side fixed glass window was all shattered. There was no evidence of a projectile and it looked like it was fitted too tightly or the glass was defective. Jeep Australia are claiming not to cover this under warranty. Clearly this is happening to a lot of Jeeps, does anyone know if there is class action or a recall planned to deal with this issue?

Thanks.

 

[Trailhawk84]

Mine had the same exact thing happen and it looked the exact same. I thought some ******* kid smashed it. Did you get any info from the dealer?

 

[SoCalCherokee]

Looks like it happened because your vehicle flipped over!! :grin:

Seriously that's weird, if you found no evidence inside the vehicle like a rock or BB's I'd have the dealer look at it.

 

[akguppy]

It's been 8-months, something has to have been figured out by the OP.

 

[SoCalCherokee]

It's been 8-months, something has to have been figured out by the OP.

Don't ya hate it when people start a thread but never update what happened??


It's like only taking one bite of a big piece of chocolate cake and not being able to finish it!! :grin:

 

[UN4GTBL]

Don't worry guys