Driver side window shattered on me while driving

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  1. A Bug

    A Bug Heavy Load Member

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    I was going sixty something on i-40 when all of a sudden the window explodes right next to me. I did not see anything hit me, just seemed to shatter for no reason.

    Does this happen to anyone else?
     
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  3. Fajo

    Fajo The Dark Knight

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    Could of got a rock tossed at you. You would not of heard hit it as the breaking of the glass is louder then the strike.
     
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  4. MM71

    MM71 Heavy Load Member

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    Your 'ol lady take a hit out on you?
     
  5. HalpinUout

    HalpinUout Road Train Member

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    Bet you had to change your undies after that :eek:
     
  6. Nighthawk325

    Nighthawk325 Light Load Member

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    Ticked somebody off? BB gun rock or other flying object or if it was loose in the door and hit a pot hole hard enough maybe. But they don't just shatter on their own.
     
  7. S M D

    S M D Road Train Member

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    Is it a Volvo? Because it happened to me also. I was driving through Utah winter time around 2am baaaanggg glass allover me. It scared the living snot out of me. Heart bump and all

    It also could have been a rock i had on happen recently too a loud bang on my window but it didmt shatter this ttime.The first time though I had no idea how it happen.
     
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  8. mhyn

    mhyn Road Train Member

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    happened to me twice. defective(not proportional heat tempered) glass busts itself..
     
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  9. AirborneLegg13T

    AirborneLegg13T Light Load Member

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    I guess they didn't get that shooter out of az?
     
  10. Hurst

    Hurst Registered Member

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    I've had the windshield crack on me in cold weather,.. never had a side glass explode by itself unless something hit it and made it explode. Back in the 90's kids throwing rocks got me in Md on i270.

    Hurst
     
  11. OLDSKOOLERnWV

    OLDSKOOLERnWV Captain Redbeard

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    Probably defective? Had a Freind with a 98 dodge pickup, his son closed the drivers door and the whole back glass shattered. Things will catch you off guard.
     
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