justinlay Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Well today I have experience something that I never had before. About 4 weeks ago I decided to go buy a new car. So I was intrested in the Ford Fusion. After having it for about 4 weeks or a month should I say runs good with lots of power and drives real smooth. After leaving my last store, BTW i work for Pepsi, I drive to 5 stores and stock pepsi. I went to get in the car and when i shut the door. I heard glass shader. My back window just completely busted out. You can tell it was never hit with anything. You can see the glass pushed out, so I'm guessing it a defect?? I'm going to get ah old of the dealer ship bright and early Saturday to get this fixed. I'm just wondering if anyone has experience this yet?? I think I smell Ford's First Recall for the 07 Fusion? Ill give ya ll an update how everything turns out Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdawnaz Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 yeh that'll be interesting to see if they take responsibility...keep us posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 I personally wouldn't use a Ford Fusion to deliver Pepsi. Maybe if you cut back on a couple of cases it wouldn't put any pressure on the back window. :haha: Very interesting though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nos7667 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Granpa may have hit it right on the money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 I think he just does the ordering..and the stocking from within the stores backroom. I doubt hes using the fusion to deliver the stock, It usually comes on a truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 That is odd......tempered glass is very strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Sometimes when the temperatures are high and all the windows are up it creates a lot of heat in the car. So when you open the door and the cooler air rushes in it cracks the glass and when the door shuts it blows the glass out. So on really hot days keep your windows cracked a little to let the hot air vent. Edit : Normaly back windows are not tempered glass. Only the front and side windows are tempered. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 er.. its like 98 degrees here in florida , which in a car is more than well over 110 + and as of recently weve had steep temp drops out of nowhere.. This is my 16th car and ive never had that happen. Only time ive ever had a rear window blow out was in my last car due to the subwoofers in the trunk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJVageli Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 er.. its like 98 degrees here in florida , which in a car is more than well over 110 + and as of recently weve had steep temp drops out of nowhere.. This is my 16th car and ive never had that happen. Only time ive ever had a rear window blow out was in my last car due to the subwoofers in the trunk. :haha: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Sometimes when the temperatures are high and all the windows are up it creates a lot of heat in the car. So when you open the door and the cooler air rushes in it cracks the glass and when the door shuts it blows the glass out. So on really hot days keep your windows cracked a little to let the hot air vent. Edit : Normaly back windows are not tempered glass. Only the front and side windows are tempered. We could go round and round, Coknuck; but I believe all the glass is tempered. Otherwise it would break in to freaky large chunks when shattered. But, I will admit, I am definitely NOT a glass expert, so I could easily be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coknuck Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 We could go round and round, Coknuck; but I believe all the glass is tempered. Otherwise it would break in to freaky large chunks when shattered. But, I will admit, I am definitely NOT a glass expert, so I could easily be wrong. I was getting tempered and safty glass mixed up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dn0 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 I was getting tempered and safty glass mixed up. Good point, I think you are correct on that point; Time for google. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted April 14, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 I personally wouldn't use a Ford Fusion to deliver Pepsi. Maybe if you cut back on a couple of cases it wouldn't put any pressure on the back window. :haha: Very interesting though. LOL No i wasnt delivering i just stock the stores Sometimes when the temperatures are high and all the windows are up it creates a lot of heat in the car. So when you open the door and the cooler air rushes in it cracks the glass and when the door shuts it blows the glass out. So on really hot days keep your windows cracked a little to let the hot air vent. Edit : Normaly back windows are not tempered glass. Only the front and side windows are tempered. Well It was around 50 degress out when i got in. In side the car was about the same temp. Im trying to get ahold of the salesman that sold me the car. The back glass is tempered Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlewis23 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Glass is funny you really never can tell if it was a defect in the glass or if someone did something. There any many things that could have caused this, like if you had your windows tinted and used a glass cleaner with ammonia it could of helped a little bit. Just be glad you got it fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 If FORD does not cover it it should be covered by your insurance anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 ill cover it for you. [me=.s1]grabs the blanket from the other room.[/me] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted April 14, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Well Just got back from the ford house. Ford is covering it, and got a rental i get to abuse for the time being Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Well Just got back from the ford house. Ford is covering it, and got a rental i get to abuse for the time being Give it hell bro.. give it hell. Last week i rented a chevy monte carlo ... hehe.. they dont wanna now where that cars been 800 miles later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted April 14, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Give it hell bro.. give it hell. Last week i rented a chevy monte carlo ... hehe.. they dont wanna now where that cars been 800 miles later Oh I will :knuppel2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
php Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Maybe clear things up a bit.. on most cars, the front window is laminated glass (perhaps aka safety glass), and the sides and back are tempered glass. There may be some cars with laminated glass in the back window, but it's certainly not common. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommie gorman Posted April 14, 2007 CID Share Posted April 14, 2007 Maybe clear things up a bit.. on most cars, the front window is laminated glass (perhaps aka safety glass), and the sides and back are tempered glass. There may be some cars with laminated glass in the back window, but it's certainly not common. That has been my experience also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinlay Posted April 25, 2007 Author CID Share Posted April 25, 2007 Well got the back glass fixed last week. They told me it was a defect. It took them 4 days to fix it. They had to order the part so that took most of the 4 days. They fixed it with no hassell, and looks like they did a good job besides in some spots they left some glass. The only reason I found glass is cause i was installing my new system. I was running wires to the trunk. Well hopefully that new glass can take the abuse from 2 12's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voltageman Posted April 25, 2007 CID Share Posted April 25, 2007 I had a quart sized glass bottle of OJ explode out of nowhere in back of my old car when I was like 18.. It had just a small amount of OJ in the bottle, and god is the only one who truely knows how long it was in the hatchback part of the car. It was really hot, and really sunny that day, and I guess it was baking in the sun... I'm in the car with one of the waitresses, waiting for my job at the time to open up. We weren't moving, and didn't even have the radio on, when...BOOM! All we hear is glass shattering, and with the associated BOOM, we assumed someone shot at us... Upon further investigation, it was deemed I was a teenage slob.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
granpa Posted April 25, 2007 CID Share Posted April 25, 2007 Well hopefully that new glass can take the abuse from 2 12's Well 2 twelve packs of Pepsi shouldn't have any effect on your new glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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