Exploded Rear Window

craigmidlands · Feb 16, 2011

Apparently today i was told it was a common problem (yet another) for the rear door window to explode when shutting the door???

Is this the case, or is there something i should do to prevent this from happening again?

PS Anyone got a spare they want to sell, local to the black country

coolkrio · Feb 16, 2011

never heard of that

MrJC · Feb 16, 2011

I have heard of it once.... heavy wheel on door with no propper inner support, just buckles in and pops the window. .... cheap enough to replace..MTC3469 Rear safari door glass - plain
If your spare is on the door get a swing away carrier

khaos · Feb 16, 2011

Seen front windows smash when you slam the door with the window down.

ben.suffolk · Feb 17, 2011

khaos said:
Seen front windows smash when you slam the door with the window down.

That happened to me when i had a 110. It was because the channel in the door had rusted off so the glass could move and it shook against a bolt.

lightning · Feb 17, 2011

Happened to ours a couple of years ago. 2006 90CSW, wife pulled up at work and BANG the rear window exploded.
She's absolutely certain nothing hit it, she says there was nobody about in the industrial estate at the time.
New window fitted and it's never happened again. I still wonder if it was hit by a flying stone, as there was a road sweeper truck operating nearby. Couldn't tell from the shattered glass as by the time I got there somebody had removed it from the door and stuck a plastic sheet over it.

Grimmer · Feb 17, 2011

My rear window exploded when my doris reversed into the garage, spare wheel hit the wall and it creased the whole door, window went bang. Ended up straightening the door with some gentle persuasion from a sledgehammer, nice bloke from autoglass fitted new window and it's been fine since. You couldn't really do that with any other motor

craigmidlands · Feb 17, 2011

mmm, sounds like it is a common problem then

MrJC has got it in one me thinks!!!! Cheers for the link

andy mcd · Feb 17, 2011

usually happens when the rear door gets a bit rusty and has a spare wheel on the back, has happend to me a couple of times, Last time it was when i went over a large pot hole the window smashed. Turned out the door was pretty ffffed anyway, new door complete with window sorted that.
I just take the spare wheel off of the rear door when i go to play in the mud

bevhelee · Feb 18, 2011

I Had one go because the door had weakened where it was drilled for the rear wiper, then I had another one go when a road roller pushed me off an un finished road in Mongolia, still driving round with a piece of wood in its place.

Lee

Penfold6290 · Feb 18, 2011

Used to suffer with this on our first Defender. The steel door frame was weakened around the area where the wiper spindle went through so the frame could flex when SWMBO would shut the door with a certain amount of fervour.

We had 2 or 3 break before I had the frame strengthened/repaired and fitted a swing-away spare wheel carrier.

For the time it would take I would take off the door trim and have a very thorough check of the steel box section for cracks or flexing.

Martin

craigmidlands · Feb 21, 2011

Can see where the glass breakage started by pattern of shards. happens to be where a weld was put in centre of the channel where window sits. Defo needs some remedial work and preferably a swing away carrier

bevhelee · Feb 22, 2011

When you fit a swing-away make sure you adjust it properly otherwise when you shut the door you have the added weight of the carrier as well as the wheel.

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