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Old 06-29-2005, 09:55 AM
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Anyone experience this? My wife was driving her '02 A4 along the highway this morning in San Jose. Her moonroof was closed, she didn't drive behind any trucks, but all of a sudden her moonroof shattered. She didn't drive through any overpasses either (that someone could throw something at her). I've heard of rear windows on BMWs doing this, but never anything like this on Audis.
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Old 06-29-2005, 10:07 AM
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rear windows on Avants have been known to shatter...first I've heard of moonroof
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Default Its probably defect in glass where a small crack or sudden change in temp. will make it shatter.....
There are cases where windshields and windows on cars suddenly shatter or develop cracks after sitting long under the sun on hot days...then suddenly being washed on cold water. Sudden changed in temperature makes defective glass to fail on such stress.
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I fell to one of those cases =P
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Yep, I had the rear avant window shatter issue.
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Me too....right after using to defroster
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Happens to windows here in AZ also...it could be the sudden temp change.
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Happened to my sister in law...is that covered under warranty?
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Read about this on a BMW board...one just exploded on a brand new 3-series. Same supplier maybe?
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stupid avant rear window... happened to me too
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