[Author Prev][Author Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Author Index][Thread Index] Re: Spontaneous Windshield Breakage?!?
At 23:14 25.05.98 -0400, Bryan Kamerer wrote: > Today I returned to my car after leaving it parked for 4 hours to find the >windshield had broken in front of the passenger, vertically in a fairly >straight line about 6 inches, then the break turned towards the center 90 >deg. for another 8 inches. Absolutely not there when we left the car - >both the passenger and I confirm this. > Anybody ever heard of anything like this? I recall reading an article in one of the car magazines where the editors complained that they had the windshield broke on the BMW 540i they tested when they set the A/C to defrost mode on a sunny day. I think you could get an opposite effect: if you drove your car for a while with the A/C set to low temperature and then left the car in a sunny spot, the windshield could get rapidly heated and break from the stress. Aleksander Mierzwa Warsaw, Poland mailto:alex@matrix.com.pl 87 Audi 5000CS turbo (mine) 88 Renault Medallion wagon (mom's) 91 mountain bike (just in case both cars broke at the same time :-)
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