NHTSA Complaint #10512807 — 2008 CHRYSLER CROSSFIRE ROADSTER

ADHESIVE ON REAR WINDOW ASSEMBLY IN THE CONVERTIBLE TOP FAILED CAUSING WINDOW ASSEMBLY TO FALL OUT. INCIDENT OCCURRED AFTER PARKING VEHICLE IN GARAGE - OWNER WATCHED WINDOW ASSEMBLY FALL AWAY AS HE WENT TO CLOSE THE GARAGE DOOR...VEHICLE IS LOW MILES, ALWAYS GARAGED OR COVERED, ALWAYS HANDWASHED - NOT POWERWASHED. THIS APPEARS TO BE SAME PROBLEM CHRYSLER HAS HAD WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE THE 2005 MODEL YEAR WHEN LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE FAILURES WERE REPORTED. MUCH FEWER ARE REPORTED FOR 2006, 2007 OR 2008 AS MANY FEWER WERE BUILT AND EVEN FEWER OF THOSE WERE IMPORTED TO THE US. THIS 2008 IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE FOUND REPORTS OF WINDOW ASSEMBLY FAILURE ON TO DATE, BUT THEN ONLY 2,000 WERE BUILT AND MOST OF THEM DID NOT COME TO THE US. CHRYSLER, AFTER MUCH NOISE AT THE CONSUMER LEVEL, FINALLY ISSUED A RECALL IN SEPTEMBER 2011 FOR THE 2005 VEHICLES (X31 TSB SB-23035-11REVA), BUT LIMITED THE RECALL, FOR A REASON THEY DID NOT DISCLOSE, TO ONLY VEHICLES SOLD IN JUST EIGHT STATES...UPDATED 06/12/13 *BF *TR