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Passenger window randomly blew in!

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#1 ·
Hi! I was driving about 70mph yesterday on the highway in the middle lane, no cars in front of me and a F250 on my right and all of a sudden I heard a huge POP and my front passenger window completely shattered into my car. There is no way it could have been a rock, and none was found.

Subaru is trying to charge me for it and I'm pushing back. There's no way a rock or anything else could have done this since there was a truck on my right. And they didn't throw anything, their windows were up.

Has this happened to anyone else??

Thanks!
Ginger
 
#3 ·
Good luck with getting Subaru to make the repair. There really is no way to prove that it just randomly failed, but there's no way they can prove it didn't either. But they hold the cards I suppose.

I can see the air pressure from the bow wave from the truck causing it though, if you hit it just right. You can feel the effects from other vehicles, particularly trucks, when the pass you or pace you. You get buffeting and it probably just hit the right frequency at the right pressure and blew your window in, especially if it's defective in some way.

Hope you get it solved. You can always file an insurance claim but it may not cost as much to repair as your deductible.
 
#4 ·
I was in a 2002 OB when the sunroof blew out while going down the highway. We were nowhere near anything that could have done it. Luckily the shade was closed and the glass mostly went up and out. We drove to the dealer my friend purchased it from and it was covered. The car was relatively new an still under the original warranty. A side window though I'm guessing will be tougher since in their mind it could have just been a random thief or similar.

In short, I've seen a window blow out for no reason. It could be due to a fault during the annealing process when they make the glass. Since that is so uncommon and difficult to prove I'm not sure what you can do.
 
#5 ·
Just because you didn't find a stone doesn't rule it out. If the truck ran over a stone just right, it could have kicked it up sideways. The fact that the window shattered to the inside of the vehicle is a clue that an impact from the outside could be the cause. Would think that the replacement would be covered by your comprehensive portion of your auto insurance.
 
#7 ·
I've had the misfortune of having two windows blow out on me. The first one happened in 1998 and it was the front passenger window of a minivan. Second time was the driver's window in 2009 in a Honda CRV. Both cars were only a couple of years old at the time, both on the freeway, no obvious causes, and I heard a loud whoosh right before each.
 
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