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Joan - 04 Aug 2004 16:56 GMT
We only had our Honda crv  for a year now. The front windshield was replaced
when a crack caused by a stone that  hit the window. That has happened with
other vehicles before.

Now yesterday it  was  high  80's and  very humid heat -----after work I
went to the car ( sitting in  employee parking lot from 6 am to 4 p.m. ) to
find the  2nd side passenger  window ( tinted dark glass ) completely busted
and  in splinters. I did call the cops prior to the insurance co. Nothing
taken out of the car and the officer felt the window just busted from the
heat.

I was wondering how often that happens.?  I have other cars ( not Honda's )
in the past with never a window busted from the heat.

Any similar experience? And should one keep windows open a crack in extreme
heat. ? Or would turning on the AC in a hot car cause the window to crack??
Just wondering

thanks

Joan
Caroline - 04 Aug 2004 17:06 GMT
I was curious and so group.googled for {window heat break car}. See, for
starters, the first two threads at

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=window+heat+break+car&ie=UTF-8&hl=en

It apparently does happen often enough that I'd be inclined to believe heat can
do this (via several possible mechanisms, ranging from a flaw to temperature
differentials from edge to center, to maybe water splattering on a hot car
window... )

> We only had our Honda crv  for a year now. The front windshield was replaced
> when a crack caused by a stone that  hit the window. That has happened with
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> heat. ? Or would turning on the AC in a hot car cause the window to crack??
> Just wondering
Bill - 04 Aug 2004 20:35 GMT
>We only had our Honda crv  for a year now. The front windshield was replaced
>when a crack caused by a stone that  hit the window. That has happened with
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
>Joan

I've only seen 2 windshields that broke from heat. They were both
"crystallized" appearing vs "cracks. Not sure how side windows would
appear however.
I always leave my windows cracked a little bit open when the car is
sitting in the sun. I feel extreme heat is detrimental to the plastic etc.
interior parts.
starboy869 - 04 Aug 2004 20:43 GMT
I had this happen to a toyota I once owned.

> >We only had our Honda crv  for a year now. The front windshield was replaced
> >when a crack caused by a stone that  hit the window. That has happened with
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> sitting in the sun. I feel extreme heat is detrimental to the plastic etc.
> interior parts.
E. Meyer - 04 Aug 2004 23:24 GMT
On 8/4/04 10:56 AM, in article
XG7Qc.10564$Jp6.7055@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net, "Joan"
<rosskat@pipeline.com> wrote:

> We only had our Honda crv  for a year now. The front windshield was replaced
> when a crack caused by a stone that  hit the window. That has happened with
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
>
> Joan

Where was the broken glass?  If it was mostly inside of the car, somebody
broke your window.  If it was mostly outside the car, it could have been
blown out by the heat, but high 80's isn't really all that hot.
Jim Yanik - 05 Aug 2004 02:00 GMT
> On 8/4/04 10:56 AM, in article
> XG7Qc.10564$Jp6.7055@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net, "Joan"
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> could have been blown out by the heat, but high 80's isn't really all
> that hot.

Tinted window;it probably all held together.(it should have,window film on
glass acts just like a laminated windshield)
When thieves broke into a neighbors car,they had to pull the glass out of
the door after 'smashing' it,as it mostly stayed in one big piece,they left
it laying on the ground.

Someone could have throw a rock at it,or used a centerpunch,it might just
have been vandalism.Some people do not respect other's property.

I've also heard of thieves busting car windows that had dark tints just to
see IF there's anything inside worth stealing,as the dark tint prevents
easily checking for items.Called police on a guy breaking a car window in
my apt.complex,dark tinted windows,turns out the car was a junker,didn't
even have a steering wheel on the column,and the thief never got into the
car because the window held together.Nothing to steal in it,either.

The cops did not get there in time to catch him,though.;-(
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E. Meyer - 05 Aug 2004 14:23 GMT
On 8/4/04 8:00 PM, in article Xns953BD5D7A39CAjyanikkuanet@204.117.192.21,

>> On 8/4/04 10:56 AM, in article
>> XG7Qc.10564$Jp6.7055@newsread3.news.atl.earthlink.net, "Joan"
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>
> The cops did not get there in time to catch him,though.;-(

It makes a difference whether it has factory tint or the aftermarket film
sheet on it.  When the thieves broke the factory tinted back side window on
my Mazda pickup with factory tint, the glass was mostly in the car.  If it
has the tint film, them I agree with your logic - the film will tend to hold
it together.  

A rock from a lawn mower or edger or vandal would fit the description given
by the OP.  
motsco_ _ - 05 Aug 2004 04:34 GMT
> We only had our Honda crv  for a year now. The front windshield was replaced
> when a crack caused by a stone that  hit the window. That has happened with
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>
> Joan

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Joan, your car can't 'blow out' the windows because it's not an air-tite
vessel. The groundskeeper probably hit a patch of gravel and his riding
mower threw one pebble at yor window at high speed. Happens in
residential neighborhoods every evening, all summer.  :-(

'Curly'
JXStern - 05 Aug 2004 18:17 GMT
>Now yesterday it  was  high  80's and  very humid heat -----after work I
>went to the car ( sitting in  employee parking lot from 6 am to 4 p.m. ) to
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>I was wondering how often that happens.?  I have other cars ( not Honda's )
>in the past with never a window busted from the heat.

Some 1987-period Accords would crack the windshield from stress, and I
believe mine did so when parked in a cool garage after driving on a
hot day.

But anything smashed to splinters was done by a rock or other major
impact.

J.
 
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