Wind Deflector Shattered
So I was driving in a residential neighborhood going 25 mph then all of a sudden crack!! Glass fell and my moonroof deflector just shattered. I looked at it and my god its horrible. I didn't find any object that struck it.
damn, that sucks :X have any pictures? its happend to quite a few people here on SL. seems like there is about 1 post per week about the glass shattering. sorry to hear, hope the dealership fixes it ASAP w/ no problems.
Originally Posted by yellowxboy
i was gonna say that at first but doesnt the blue version have it fixed already?
I have an 06. Yes I got the recall. Well its simply a piece of laminate.. thats not going to prevent it from shattering... it just prevents glass from falling... which got into my hand and had to cut myself about 5 times to remove the glass
im going after my class tomorrow to bi*** about it.. if they refuse to fix it.. i dont know where im going to go from there... but im going to print out the other topics that include the deflector shattering just to show them this is BS!. I pay for a car and how can such a poor design be released to the public....
o yeah sorry no pics guys.... i was too mad to even take any.. i wanted to tape it quick since i got class tomorrow... all i can say is that its COMPLETELY shattered.... there are a few pieces still hanging... but ive closed my moonroof... taped over the button just to remind me and double taped the moonroof deflector
Originally Posted by Mmartin_47
im going after my class tomorrow to bi*** about it.. if they refuse to fix it.. i dont know where im going to go from there... but im going to print out the other topics that include the deflector shattering just to show them this is BS!. I pay for a car and how can such a poor design be released to the public....
If there's no evidence of impact, it should be covered under warranty.
Hope your dealer doesn't give you a hard time when you take your car in. Mine didn't, and pretty much assured me everything was covered under warranty before even inspecting the car. Anyway, if you do run into a hard time, give Scion Customer Care a call. I found them to be pretty attentive to complaints, and their follow-up was excellent.
The all-glass roof design looks great on paper, but they didn't execute it very well.
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Originally Posted by Mmartin_47
So I was driving in a residential neighborhood going 25 mph then all of a sudden crack!! Glass fell and my moonroof deflector just shattered. I looked at it and my god its horrible. I didn't find any object that struck it.
had you gotten the deflector recall done??
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i can tell you that if you opted to NOT get the recall handled, they will most likely
tell you your SOL
it will help prevent it from shattering, but if you have a ginnormous rock or wutever hit it, no amount of laminate will protect it
so if thats the case, your SOL anyways
tell you your SOL
it will help prevent it from shattering, but if you have a ginnormous rock or wutever hit it, no amount of laminate will protect it
so if thats the case, your SOL anyways
I think im going to trade my 06 in at the Mazda dealer for either an 3 or 6 series... The tC seems to be poorly designed... hatch rattling, moonroofs exploding, wind deflector shattering, etc. Well I'll go to the dealer to talk about the deflector at around 2:30 PST.
Originally Posted by Mmartin_47
I have an 06. Yes I got the recall. Well its simply a piece of laminate.. thats not going to prevent it from shattering... it just prevents glass from falling... which got into my hand and had to cut myself about 5 times to remove the glass
And you realize that it prevents the glass from falling into the car and into tons of little pieces?
And you didn't get it performed?
And then your glass broke into tons of little peices and fell into your car?
And you want THEM to do something about it now?
HAHAHAHAHA!
Sure, the laminate wouldn't have prevented it from actually breaking... but from the sounds of your situation it is the ENTIRE REASON they decided to apply the laminate. I'd tell you to take a walk...
It sucks it happened, and I'm sorry if you actually got injured... but seriously. If you didn't get the work done that they recommended, you just might be SOL.
Any glass will break if something hits it or there's enough heat stress. And it will NOT shatter "no matter what" ... it may BREAK... but shattering assumes that it's breaking into a lot of tiny pieces and falling all over the place - which the laminate (that you believe is useless to get done) is intended to prevent.





