On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:56:39 GMT, "Joan" <rosskat@pipeline.com> wrote:
>Now yesterday it was high 80's and very humid heat -----after work I
>went to the car ( sitting in employee parking lot from 6 am to 4 p.m. ) to
>find the 2nd side passenger window ( tinted dark glass ) completely busted
>and in splinters. I did call the cops prior to the insurance co. Nothing
>taken out of the car and the officer felt the window just busted from the
>heat.
>
>I was wondering how often that happens.? I have other cars ( not Honda's )
>in the past with never a window busted from the heat.

Some 1987-period Accords would crack the windshield from stress, and I
believe mine did so when parked in a cool garage after driving on a
hot day.

But anything smashed to splinters was done by a rock or other major
impact.

J.

 

On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 15:56:39 GMT, "Joan" <rosskat@pipeline.com> wrote:
>Now yesterday it was high 80's and very humid heat -----after work I
>went to the car ( sitting in employee parking lot from 6 am to 4 p.m. ) to
>find the 2nd side passenger window ( tinted dark glass ) completely busted
>and in splinters. I did call the cops prior to the insurance co. Nothing
>taken out of the car and the officer felt the window just busted from the
>heat.
>
>I was wondering how often that happens.? I have other cars ( not Honda's )
>in the past with never a window busted from the heat.

Some 1987-period Accords would crack the windshield from stress, and I
believe mine did so when parked in a cool garage after driving on a
hot day.

But anything smashed to splinters was done by a rock or other major
impact.

J.