2010 FORD F-150 Visibilityglass Siderear Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHILE IT WAS SNOWING, THERE WAS A LOUD ABNORMAL NOISE. THE CONTACT NOTICED THE FOLLOWING DAY THAT THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW WAS SHATTERED BUT STILL IN TACT IN THE WINDOW FRAME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SAFELITE WINDOW REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALERSHIP. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED THREE TIMES SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 32,000. *TT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WITH THE DEFROSTER ACTIVATED, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 74,000. UPDATED 04/18/17 LJ *CN

WITH THE REAR DEFROST ON THE BACK GLASS EXPLODED WHILE DRIVING. *TR

ON A 20 DEGREE MORNING I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST AND IN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES TIME I HEAR A LOUD NOISE. UPON LOOKING AROUND I FOUND THE BACK WINDOW HAD SHATTERED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I WAS STATIONARY AT THE TIME, THANKFULLY, BECAUSE THE SOUND WAS A LOT LIKE A GUN BLAST AND IF DRIVING I COULD HAVE SWERVED, IT STARTLED ME SO MUCH. THE WINDOW IS SHATTERED INTO THOUSANDS OF PIECES AND VISIBILITY OUT OF THAT WINDOW IS SEVERELY HAMPERED. THIS IS AN OBVIOUS DESIGN FLAW AND IT EFFECTS THE SAFETY OF THE VEHICLE AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW GLASS SHATTERED INTO PIECES WITHOUT WARNING. THE LOCAL DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 71,500.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO OBSERVE THE FAILURE, BUT NOTICED NO SIGN OF IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000.

2010 F-150 PASSENGER REAR WINDOW SPIDERED THIS MORNING WHEN I TURNED ON REAR DEFROST. *TR

REAR WINDOW ON PASSENGER SIDE WITH THE FROST ON SHATTERED. *TR

THE REAR WINDOW DRIVER SIDE SPIDER WEBBED. IT WAS 55 DEGREES OUT AND I OPENED MY WINDOWS. THIS IS THE 2ND TIME THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. THE OTHER TIME WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW IN 11/2013. I BELIEVE FORD NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS.IT HAS TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEFROSTER. *TR

THE TRUCK WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY WARMING UP WITH THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON WHEN A LOT OF SMOKE STARTED COMING OUT OF THE AREA AROUND THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE HEAD REST. I TURNED OFF THE TRUCK AND THEN THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW PANEL HAD SHATTERED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE SECTION OF THE REAR WINDOW SUDDENLY CRACKED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,250. UPDATED 03/30/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED SAFELIGHT GLASS REPAIRED AT LEAST 100 OTHER FORD TRUCKS WITH THE SAME FAILURE. UPDATED 10/20/2015 *JS

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. IT WAS 22 DEGREES (F) OUT..I TURNED MY REAR DEFROSTER ON, MY 2010 F-150 PLATINUM ON. DRIVING ABOUT 57 MPH AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG LIKE I WAS GETTING SHOT AT.. I LOOKED BACK TO REALIZE THAT MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED..(THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE THREE PIECE POWER REAR WINDOW). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND DISCOVERED THAT THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED AFTER THE REAR DEFROSTER WAS ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 49,300. UPDATED 01/09/15*LJ UPDATED 01/13/15

TURNED ON REAR DEFROST AND DROVE FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. DAUGHTER REPORTED HEARING A "STATIC" NOISE WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY SMOKE AND A "POP" AS THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE REAR GLASS CRACKED-(GLASS SPIDERWEB) BUT STILL INTACT. *TR

DRIVING HOME WITH MY FAMILY FROM IN-LAWS HOUSE. UPON STARTING THE TRUCK I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER, ABOUT 5 MIN LATER I HEARD A LOUD BANG, LIKE SOMETHING LANDED ON THE ROOF. LATER ON REALIZED IT WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE SECTION OF MY REAR WINDOW. IT SHATTERED, BUT REMAINED FULLY IN TACT WITH NO IMPACT SPOT FROM INSIDE OR OUT. AFTER GOOGLING THIS I SEE IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE AMONG THESE VEHICLES. *TR

WITH THE TEMP OUTSIDE BEING ABOUT 48 DEGREES I HAD MY REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ON AND THE HEAT ON INSIDE. WHILE I WAS DRIVING I HEARD A LOUD POP, LIKE THE TRUCK WAS BEING SHOT AT OR A LARGE BOLDER WAS THROWN AT VEHICLE. WHEN I STOP THE TRUCK TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED I NOTICED THAT THE REAR WINDOW ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WAS SHATTERED. I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE CLOSER WHEN I GOT HOME AND NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NOTHING IN THE BED OF THE TRUCK, LIKE A ROCK OR SOME OTHER OBJECT AND THERE WAS NO HOLE IN WINDOW. *TR

WHILE LEAVING HOUSE, I TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER. ABOUT 5 BLOCKS FROM HOME, I HEARD A LOUD POP, LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR AND SAW THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE OF REAR WINDOW COMPLETED SHATTERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOWS SUDDENLY SHATTERED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DIAGNOSED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,847.

WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST APPROXIMATELY 3-5MINUTES LATER REAR PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED. NOTHING HIT THE WINDOW IT APPEARS TO BE RELATED TO THE REAR DEFROSTER. *JS

TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST AND A FEW MINUTES LATER THE RIGHT-REAR WINDOW (OF THE THREE PIECE POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW) EXPLODED. *TR

FOR NO APPARENT REASON, THE REAR WINDOW HAS SHATTERED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 FORD F-150. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, HE HEARD A LOUD SOUND COMING FROM THE REAR SEAT. THE CONTACT SOON REALIZED THAT THE REAR WINDOW HAD EXPLODED WITHOUT ANY WARNINGS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 41,900. UPDATED 3/14/14*CN THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE SECTION OF THE 3 SECTION REAR WINDOW EXPLODED INTO HUNDREDS, IF NOT MORE PIECES. UPDATED 04/01/14

WHILE DRIVING INTO WORK AT 0445 HRS ON A SMOOTH ROAD WITH AN OUTSIDE AIR TEMP AROUND 5 DEGREE I HEARD A LOUD BANG COMING FROM THE CAB AREA OF THE TRUCK. I HAD LET THE TRUCK WARM UP BEFORE DRIVING AND TURNED THE REAR WINDOW DEFROST ON APPROX. 2 MILES BEFORE I HEARD THE NOISE. IN CHECKING MY VEHICLE, I NOTICED THAT PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW HAD BUSTED. WHEN I SPOKE WITH THE FORD DEALERSHIP, THEY SAID THEY WERE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT FEEL IT WAS BAD ENOUGH TO HAVE A RECALL. IT SOUNDS LIKE IT IS GOING TO COST APPROX. $800 IF IT IS NOT COVERED BY MY WARRANTY. *TR

I STARTED MY TRUCK JAN. 27TH,2014 ON A VERY COLD MORNING AND TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROST ON MY 2010 FORD F150 SUPER CREW-CAB TRUCK. I LET THE TRUCK WARM UP AND WHEN I GOT TO MY DESTINATION I NOTICED THE REAR, PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. I HAVE SEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET WITH SAME THE PROBLEM WHICH SOUNDS LIKE IT COULD BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. I GOT AN ESTIMATE TO GET IT FIXED. THEY WANTED OVER $800 . I HAVE A $500 DEDUCTIBLE ON MY INSURANCE. I DON'T NEED THIS EXPENSE. I WILL BE CALLING FORD CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER TO COMPLAIN. *TR

I STARTED MY TRUCK UP AND ACTIVATED THE REAR DEFROSTER . IT WAS EXTREMELY COLD ABOUT 11 DEGREES IN NJ APPROX. 5 MINUTES LATER I DETECTED WHAT APPEARED TO BE A CRACKLING NOISES WHICH RESULTED IN THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW POPPING AND SHATTERING. I HAVE RECENTLY CONTACTED FORD AND ADVISED THEM. I WAS TOLD MY VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THEY CANT HELP ME OUT WITH THIS ISSUE. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE GLASS FOR THAT YEAR DUE TO THERE BEING THOUSANDS OF ISSUES RELATED TO THE SAME ISSUES ON THESE VEHICLE. AS A LONG TIME FORD CUSTOMER I FEEL THIS IS ENOUGH OF AN ISSUE WHICH WILL CAUSE MY TO SWITCH MY CHOICE IN FUTURE TRUCKS. *TR

STARTED THE CAR IN THE MORNING. TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. BEGAN TO SHOVEL THE DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD POP FROM THE TRUCK. DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING UNTIL I GOT IN TO BACK UP AND SAW THE REAR PASSENGER WINDOW GAD SHATTERED. FORD DEALER WAS VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE "WINDOW" PROBLEM, AS THEY DESCRIBED IT. SAID THAT BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WAS PAST 50,000 MILES THAT IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. I RARELY USE THE REAR DEFROSTER. THE DEALER SAID I SHOULD TAKE IT TO THE LOCAL GLASS SPECIALIST TO HAVE IT REPLACED. THEY NEVER MENTIONED THAT IT MAY BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT A KNOWN REPETITIVE PROBLEM SHOULD BE PAID FOR BY FORD. IF IT IS AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM, I MAY BE REPLACING MY WINDOW MORE THAN ONCE. *TR

THE RIGHT REAR WINDOW (PASSENGER SIDE) SHATTERED FOR THE SECOND TIME, WHEN THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER WAS BEING USED. *TR

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE 3 PIECE REAR WINDOW WITH DEFROSTER SHATTERED AFTER I TURNED IT ON. I HAD DRIVEN MAYBE 1 1/2 BLOCKS AFTER TURNING IT ON. I DON'T FEEL SAFE TURNING IT ON ANYMORE. THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT COMPANY DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED IT. I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE USED WITH ABOUT 24050 MILES ON IT SO I DON'T KNOW IF THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. *TR

I HAD TURNED ON MY REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER AND AFTER ABOUT 5 MINUTES I HEARD A LOUD BANG. THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE REAR POWER SLIDING WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. *TR

WAS DRIVING INTO DRIVEWAY AT APPROX. 5 MPH AND HEARD LOAD POP. WHEN GOT INTO GARAGE I GOT OUT AND NOTICED PASSENGER SIDE BACK WINDOW WAS SHATTERED. WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME I HAD TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTERS ABOUT 4 MINUTES BEFORE THIS HAPPENED. LOOKING INTO THIS, IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH FORDS AND THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE ANY PROBLEMS. *TR

IN THE MORNING I TURNED ON MY REAR DEFROST IT WAS APROX 40 DEGREES OUT. ABOUT 10 MINUTES INTO MY DRIVE I HEARD THAT SOUNDED LIKE A GUN SHOT INSIDE THE TRUCK SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES AND PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD... LOOKED AROUND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. AS THE SOUND SEEMED TO COME FROM THE ROOF OF THE TRUCK I LOOKED AT THE ROOF AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I DISCOUNTED IT AS A CAR BACKFIRE AND PROCEEDED TO THE GAS STATION. AT THAT POINT I NOTICED MY REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAD EXPLODED. LATER EXAMINATION I DISCOVERED MANY COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE CALLED FORD BOTH DEALER AND CORPORATE AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO RECORD OR RECALL OF THE PROBLEM. THIS DOES POSE A SAFETY HAZARD AS THE SOUND OF THE WINDOW EXPLODING IS VERY LOUD AND DISTRACTING AND TYPICALLY AS I'VE READ HAPPENS IN MOTION....

I WAS SITTING IN MY CAR WITH THE REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER ON (60 OR 70 DEGREES OUTSIDE) AND HEARD A VERY LOUD POP. WHEN I LOOKED AT THE BACK WINDOW IT HAD EXPLODED (SHATTERED COMPLETELY WITH NO SPIDER WEB CRACKS) AND NO ONE DRIVING NEARBY, CUTTING GRASS, WALKING, ETC - THERE WAS NO ONE AROUND, NOTHING NEXT TO THE TRUCK OR IN THE BED THAT COULD HAVE HIT THE WINDOW. I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE IN MULTIPLE FORUMS AND FOUND THAT A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DESCRIBED THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENING TO 2010 F-150S WITH REAR DEFROSTER ON. THE WINDOW REPLACEMENT COMPANY IN TOWN ALSO STATED THEY HAD REPLACED 3 OR 4 WINDOWS THAT HAD THE SAME THING HAPPEN. I'M LUCKY NO ONE WAS SITTING NEXT TO THE WINDOW BECAUSE SMALL SHARDS OF GLASS FELL INTO THE SEAT AND INTERIOR OF THE TRUCK. *JS

MY HUSBAND AND I JUST PURCHASED A 2010 FORD F150 LARIAT SUPER CREW ON 9/7/13. ON 9/15/13, WHEN HE LEFT FOR WORK AT 5 AM HE PUT ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. HE DROVE 2 1/2 MILES TO WORK AND AS SOON AS HE SHUT OFF THE TRUCK, HE HEARD A LOUD POP. THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. *TR

THIS MORNING I SWITCHED ON MY REAR DEFROSTER. OUTSIDE TEMPERATURE WAS AROUND 50 DEGREES. WITH A FEW MINUTES I HEARD A LOUD POP. INSPECTING THE GLASS OF THE VEHICLE I FOUND THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR WINDOW BROKEN (SPIDER WEBBED). THE DEALER IS TELLING ME THAT GLASS IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. *TR

WHILE DRIVING I PUT MY REAR DEFROSTER ON AND I HEARD A VERY LOUD POPPING SOUND. WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR I NOTICED THE BACK WINDOW SHATTERED. *TR

I WAS DRIVING AND HEARD A VERY LOUD BANG. THEN I HEARD THE REAR WINDOW CRACKLING AND LOOKED BACK AND NOTICED THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW HAD EXPLODED AND SHATTERED. IT WAS ONLY BEING HELD TOGETHER BY THE FACTORY TINT BUT THERE WERE GLASS SHARDS THROUGHOUT THE BACK SEAT WHERE MY CHILDREN SIT. THE WINDOW IS A POWER SLIDING REAR WINDOW WITH DEFROST. I ALSO HAD THE REAR DEFROST ON DURING THE TIME WHICH MAY HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THE WINDOW SHATTERING. *TR

TURNED ON THE REAR WINDOW DEFOGGER AND AFTER ABOUT 2 MINUTES THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE REAR WINDOW EXPLODED. *TR

OUTSIDE TEMP WAS 22, WHILE WARMING UP TRUCK, TURNED ON REAR WINDOW DEFROSTER & WITHIN 5 MINUTES; THE PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW SHATTERED. *TR UPDATED 03/27/13*LJ

CPSC: I1310446A. 2010 FORD F150. CONSUMER STATED HIS REAR WINDOW EXPLODED AFTER TURNING ON THE REAR DEFROST. *LN...UPDATED 03/20/13 *BF

I WENT OUT TOO WARM UP MY TRUCK THE OTHER MORNING BEFORE WORK. I STARTED THE VEHICLE, TURNED ON HEAT AND THE FRONT AND REAR DEFROSTER. CAME BACK OUTSIDE TO LEAVE ABOUT 10 MINUTES LATER, AS I STARTED TO PULL OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY I HEARD A LOUD POP. I GOT OUT OF MY TRUCK TO INSPECT MY TIRES, WHICH I THOUGHT WAS THE PROBLEM AT FIRST. THEY WERE FINE. I WAS NOT SURE WHAT THE NOISE WAS, SO I GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE. AS I PROCEEDED TO BACK OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY AGAIN I LOOKED ON MY REARVIEW MIRROR AND NOTICED MY BACK GLASS WAS SHATTERED. I HAD MY REAR DEFROSTER ON, WHICH FOR SOME REASON SHATTERED MY PASSENGER SIDE REAR WINDOW. I TOOK MY TRUCK INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THERE IS NO ISSUE AND FORD IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GLASS. AFTER DOING SOME...

ON MY 2010 FORD F150 4X4 TRUCK THE RIGHT SIDE REAR WINDOW CHATTERED WHEN I TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER. YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE WAS SOME KIND OF ENERGY BUILT UP AT THE BASE OF THE WINDOW AND IT EXPLODED OUT, BENDING THE WINDOW THIN ALUMINUM OUTER COVERING AND IT HAS A CHARRED LOOK TO IT. THE REAR WINDOW IN THAT SECTION IS CHATTERED IN A MILLION PIECES JUST WAITING TO CRUMBLE OUT. * ...UPDATED 03-20-13 *BF

I HAD STARTED MY TRUCK, TURNED ON THE REAR DEFROSTER , AND WITHIN 10 MINUTES THE BACK PASSENGER SIDE GLASS COMPLETELY SHATTERED. IT APPEARS THAT THERE WAS A SMALL ELECTRICAL FIRE OR SHORTAGE IN THE CORNER OF THE GLASS WHERE THE DEFROSTING MECHANISM ATTACHES TO THE WINDOW GLASS. THE WINDOW SEAL DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MELTED, BUT AT THE TIME OF GLASS BREAKING , THERE WAS A LOUD BANG (SOMETHING LIKE A FIRE CRACKER EXPLODING). *TR UPDATED 12/04/12*LJ ...UPDATED 03/20/13 *BF

I WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON A COLD MORNING AND HAD MY REAR DEFROSTER ON. ABOUT 5 MILES FROM HOME I HEARD A LOUD, GUN SHOT TYPE SOUND AND COULDN'T FIGURE OUT WHAT HAPPENED. I THOUGHT IT WAS A BLOWN TIRE BUT WHEN I LOOKED IN MY REAR VIEW MIRROR I REALIZED THAT THE BACK PANEL IN MY REAR WINDOW HAD SHATTERED. IT WAS TOTALLY SPIDER-WEBED. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLAIMED THE DEFROSTER WAS FUNCTIONING FINE SO THEY WOULDN'T COVER IT. *TR UPDATED 11/30/12 *CN

WENT OUT AND STARTED MY VEHICLE TO LET IT WARM UP WHILE I WALKED MY DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING BEFORE HEADING TO WORK. AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES I WAS READY TO HEAD TO WORK. I OPENED MY DRIVERS DOOR AND ALL THE SUDDEN HEARD A LOUD "POW" VERY LOUD. I LOOKED AROUND AND SAW THE BACK WINDOW HAD EXPLODED THROWING TINY SHARDS OF GLASS ALL OVER. IT COULD HAVE EXPLODED IN A CHILD'S EYES OR MY DOGS. THE WINDOW IS THE REAR ELECTRIC HEATED SLIDING GLASS. THE PASSENGER SIDE IS THE ONE THAT BLEW. I TOOK IT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THE LADY TOLD ME SHE HAS SEEN SEVERAL OF THEM DO THAT. THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS IF IT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS DRIVING, BECAUSE OF THE LOUD NOISE AND BECAUSE OF THE FLYING GLASS. LUCKILY THERE WERE NO CHILDREN IN THE BACK...