NHTSA Complaint #11058139 — 2010 VOLVO C30

I HAVE A 2010 VOLVO C30. IN LATE NOVEMBER 2017 I WAS IN A MINOR ACCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY. SOMETHING CAME OFF A BIG RIG IN FRONT OF ME AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD AS WELL AS ME RUNNING OVER SOMETHING. I ASSUME THE TRUCK BLEW A TIRE, AS THE TRUCK STARTED SPARKING UNDERNEATH. THE NOISE WAS SO LOUD, I THOUGHT THE WINDSHIELD HAD BROKEN. WHEN I PULLED OVER, I DIDN'T SEE ANY REAL DAMAGE BUT A SMALL PIECE OF MOLDING WAS LOOSE NEAR MY FRONT TIRE. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS I WOULD HEAR A LOUD JARRING NOISE WHENEVER I HIT A BUMP A CERTAIN WAY. ALSO, WHEN THE PASSENGER DOOR WAS SLAMMED SHUT. IT SOUNDED LIKE MY CAR WAS FALLING APART. IT CONTINUED TO GET MORE FREQUENT, BUT I COULDN'T TELL WHERE IT WAS COMING FROM UNTIL WE STARTED GETTING FREEZING TEMPERATURES IN THE MORNING AND I COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE WINDSHIELD RATTLE OVER EVERY BUMP. WHEN I PLACED MY HAND ON THE UPPER DRIVER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD, I COULD ACTUALLY PUSH IT FAR ENOUGH TO CREATE A GAP BETWEEN IT AND THE CAR. TODAY I HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. THE WINDSHIELD TECH SHOWED ME THAT THERE WAS NO PRIMER ON THE GLASS ACROSS THE TOP AND IN LARGE AREAS DOWN BOTH SIDES OF THE GLASS. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL FACTORY INSTALLED WINDSHIELD. ALTHOUGH I HAD NEVER HAD ANY ISSUES WITH LEAKAGE, IT WAS PROBABLY THAT WAY FOR A LONG TIME AND THE ACCIDENT JARRED IT LOOSE. I SHUTTER TO THINK WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF THE ACCIDENT HAD BEEN MORE MAJOR. IF THE AIRBAGS WOULD HAVE DEPLOYED, I IMAGINE THEY WOULD HAVE PUSHED THE GLASS RIGHT OUT. AFTER DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE, I SEE MANY REPORTS OF THIS WINDSHIELD SEAL FAILURE ACROSS SEVERAL YEARS AND MODELS OF VOLVOS. I AM SHOCKED VOLVO HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL.