NHTSA Complaint #10682761 — 2010 FORD ESCAPE

THE REAR WINDOW OF THE CAR SUDDENLY EXPLODED. I CLOSED THE TAILGATE, AND A MOMENT LATER, THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED WITHOUT PROVOCATION. MORE OF THE SHATTERED GLASS WENT INTO THE CAR THAN WENT OUTSIDE IT. IT DID NOT INJURE ME, FORTUNATELY, BUT HUNDREDS OF SHARDS OF GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE. THE MOST RIDICULOUS THING WAS THAT THERE WAS NO SEEMING CAUSE. NOTHING WAS TOUCHING THE WINDOW. THE TEMPERATURE WAS CHILLY BUT MODERATE (40'S). THERE WAS NO INDICATION THAT ANYTHING WAS AMISS; THE WINDOW JUST EXPLODED. LOOKING ONLINE, IT SEEMS THAT THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN REPORTED IN 2010 AND SOME 2011 FORD ESCAPES, AND THERE WAS EVEN AN INCONCLUSIVE INVESTIGATION IN 2011 BY THE NTSB. BUT AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO RECALL ON THE WINDOW. *TR