Side/rear Glass Problems of Volkswagen Beetle

My husband was installing the baby seat into the back seat of our car in preparation for bringing our newborn son from the hospital on a cold rainy evening. When he turned the rear-window defogger on. The rear window of the car exploded into small fragments of flying shrapnel which spattered all over the back seat and baby seat. My husband sustained minor cuts on his hands and head. If this had happened the next day, when we were to bring my son home. He might have been blinded and badly lacerated or much worse. The entire back of the car was soaked due to the driving rain. Before my husband got the car into a garage, significant water damage was done to the entire back passenger compartment. I contacted vw to pay for our deductible and reimburse us for the water damage, and their only answer was that the vehicle is out of warrantee and that they will not help us. I mentioned the seriousness of the injuries which could have happened had my son been in his rear facing baby seat when the glass shattered. They weren't even interested in taking the information down. The customer service agent, a mr. Brandon curtis, seemed willing to help, but it seems his supervisor overruled him. I hope we can find a way to get vw to pay for our expenses, but even more importantly, it is vital to make sure this never happens to anyone while there is a child or infant on that back seat. Dt.

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I was driving on highway, 10 miles south of providence, ri on I-95. It was 82 degrees and sunny. I had a/c on. Suddenly rear window, for no explainble reason, exploded outwards. There was a loud "boom" and the window shattered in thousands of.

The back glass just exploded into a million pieces while it was in the garage overnight.

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There is a major distortion in the center of the rear window. It makes front end of other vehicles look like crumbled up. Front windshield at bottom has a major distortion which extends vision 15 feet in front of vehicle. Consumer will be contactng manufacturer. The defect in rear window was noticable only to taller persons according to the consumer.

The rear window or rear hatch glass is severlydefected such that viewing through the rear view mirror or directly through the glass is substantially impaired. The defect creates a terrible danger on rainy nights when it is impossible to view through the window trafic as it approaches because the glass is deformed in such a way that it blurrs the headlights and or environment lights such as; street lights. You are unable to judge whether the other car is going to pass or will be able to stop in time to prevent a collision.

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Eighteen months after purchase, the vehicle would not start when consumer tried to turn it on. After the third time, consumer had the vehicle towed to the dealer. Consumer was informed it was a computer malfunction.

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