I'm not sure who was following it, but my car had the back glass panel broken by road debris and it has been in the shop since Monday the 6th. They found that the window needed to be replaced (obviously) and that the trunk would need to be repainted, due to flying glass coming off the roof which chipped it up pretty good. Well, the bodyshop called today and told me they found some damage to the rear hatch glass as well, so they're contacting my insurance company to have them come out and re-evaluate my car.

this SUCKS.






and my pimpin ___ car in the meantime.

 

True pimping car.....^_^

 

ouch that must've been a big piece of debri. pimp that cavy like a champ and go off roading in it.

 

sure it sucks on some levels.. but your dealer is helping you out, the insurance co. to pay for the rest.. i'd say you have a good dealer working for you..

 

Sorry to hear that bro, it's harsh.

 

sux... is this covered under warrenty?

 

Yeah I honestly can't complain. The dealer couldn't cover it under warranty because it was caused by debris, but my deductible is only $100, and they're fixing it all up for me.

I could be on foot!

 

okay you knew this was coming..

with that cavalier, not that reliable.. you might be on foot..

j/k

 

Chevrolegs!

 

i have the same pimpin car whenever my ride is down haha.

hope your glass isssues are cleared up soon.

 

bwahahaha

Seriously, this Crapalier is a 2004, and it has a squeaking wheel bearing, squealing brakes, and it stinks like sweat.

 

Since they believe something hit your roof, and since that is pretty much a random luck thing, will your insurance payments go up, or will they stay the same?

 

Most likely they will stay the same, since I have no tickets and no accidents. They categorized it as road hazard/vandalism so it's a comprehensive claim, rather than a collision claim.

 

I don't know if your insurance company would be willing to let you do this, but you may be able to upgrade to a different car (if you really don't want to drive that car). My older brother had a Taurus I think when he got in an accident and he talked to the company (I can't remember who he's insured with) and they let him upgrade to a brand new Honda Accord EX, no extra cost or anything. It even had leather, I believe.

And that must've been some big debris. Eek. I hope you get your tC back soon.

 

Im getting scared now since this have happend to several people on the board.

 

what happened to that investiagtion that was going on?

 

Honestly I wouldn't be too concerned. I think it was total luck of the draw for me, the rock just hit right where the glass is glued/attached to the track, so it broke the whole damn thing. Even now that this happened, I'm not worried about it but I sure miss my car a whole helluva lot.

jrv2000 - My car wasn't being investigated really, just trying to have the service mgr determine the cause fo the break. THey actually had the area where I took that close-up pic circled in tape so I could see it. I was far more pleased to learn that it had been caused by a rock than for it to have been a glass flaw or a problem with the car. I'd have been really upset about that.

 

ah so it was a rock?
i think in your original post you said didn't knwo the cause

did the dealers figure that out? and how....

 

something fell from the overhead in the garage did it?.... jk

 

Well in the first pic, you can see the star shaped crack that shows a point of impact. It just happened that the point of impact was on the frame, and it caused the whole glass to break. They called out a glass guy from Elite Auto Glass to look at it, and I was there when he was able to determine it. He said most stationary glass like that which is attached to a frame will crack/shatter if a rock hits right on the place where the glass is connected to that frame. Simple physics, I would say.