Side/rear Glass problems of the 2005 GMC Envoy

The contact owns a 2005 GMC Envoy xl 370. While traveling a highway rate of speed, the rear windows fractured without warning. The vehicle was taken to a glass repair shop where both windows were replaced, but the failure recurred. Two years later, while the vehicle was parked in the driveway, the rear windows fractured again. The vehicle was taken back to the glass repair shop who replaced the rear windows. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 40,000.

Car was parked in driveway for the afternoon and the rear glass shattered for no reason. No evidence of anything hitting rear glass. Half the glass was inside vehicle and half the glass was blown backon the hood and bumper of my second car which was parked directly behind said vehicle. Neither one was in motion.

The contact owns a 2005 GMC Envoy. The contact stated that the rear window on the liftgate suddenly exploded. Prior to the failure, the contact noticed that the liftgate would not stay in the up position. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop where it was being repaired. The contact also noticed that the fuel sensor light would illuminate intermittently. The vehicle was repaired by a local mechanic twice (the contact was not sure what type of repair) but the failure continued to occur. The manufacturer had not been notified. The current and failure mileages were approximately 120,000.

The contact owns a 2005 GMC Envoy xl370 denali. While the vehicle was parked and the contact was standing under the rear hatch window it exploded. He stated that the explosion sounded like a bomb. The contact stated that he did not have a shirt on at the time and had cuts from the glass on his back. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 104,751. Updated 12/23/lj the consumer stated the vehicle was repaired at a cost of $1500. The manufacturer paid for the repairs. Updated 01/01/jb.

I have a 2005 Envoy that I purchased less than a year ago from a local Chevrolet dealership. On the day of the failure, I did not drive the vehicle to work. When I returned home, I found that the back trunk hatch had somehow opened on its own, causing it to separate from the glass. The trunk hatch was broken in such a manner that it could not have been brought on by another individual or object. After noticing this defect, I contacted the dealership. The automobile was taken to the dealership the next day where they filed a claim with the warranty company. However, the service technician decided that the struts were not the cause of the defect and worked properly and could not hypothesis on why this failure had occurred. He reported this to the warranty company who thus denied the claim because they do not cover the glass on the automobile. I was displeased with the outcome and contacted both the warranty company and the GMC headquarters myself, hoping that this initiative would resolve the situation. It is my belief that there is some type of defect that caused the hatch to open on its own. The company will only replace the struts and are requiring me to pay for the glass replacement and labor for something that I neither caused nor could have prevented.

Rear glass door came unglued at hinges damaging the struts and almost falling on my head. Dealer was contacted and replacing the glass door was suggested at $1500. 00. Repairing attempted using glue and glass door came loose again. It was a near miss, could become a fatality. Main rear door struts were damage and the door almost hit me again.