My '04 has 2 spots at the very top of the rear glass that look like the glass is bubbled or chipped or something.. it's on the inside, and you can't feel it because it's up past where the headliner and crap is.. I haven't done a thing in that area to cause such a thing.. I'm curious to hear if anyone else has had this on their vehicles, and if so did Ford replace the window? I'm a bit hesitant to bring it in, since if they do replace the glass that would require me to get it retinted...
rear glass chips.. bubbles..??
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1low03gt
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I just had my rear window replaced under warranty in my GT a month and a half ago.Mine was chipping at both top corners of the rear glass at the edges,and worked it's way about 2 to 3 inchs down the side edge between the 2 lites of glass were the laminate is 
.I know of a couple of other guys with the same issue,and they had theres replaced under warranty aswell.Funny thing is,we all have '03 mustangs,and this issue was first noticed by a buddy of mine that spotted it on another website with a few guys complaining of this issue with there Mach 1's.The mechanic i deal with a the dealer i go to,said it could be twist in the chassis,but i've had subframes on her since the first week i had her,and the one guy i know,just uses his mustang for sunday driving.I just think there is a defect in the chassis around the rear window,or the glass could be defected
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.I know of a couple of other guys with the same issue,and they had theres replaced under warranty aswell.Funny thing is,we all have '03 mustangs,and this issue was first noticed by a buddy of mine that spotted it on another website with a few guys complaining of this issue with there Mach 1's.The mechanic i deal with a the dealer i go to,said it could be twist in the chassis,but i've had subframes on her since the first week i had her,and the one guy i know,just uses his mustang for sunday driving.I just think there is a defect in the chassis around the rear window,or the glass could be defected .Thanks for the info. To the above guys, the tint stops about 3 inches below where these chips are, so there's no way they're going to blame it on that. Guess I'll bring it in for that.. (along with the clicking noise I hear coming from the passenger side near the windshield lately too.)
alsyr44
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Man...wish I saw this thread about a month ago. I have a 03 GT and noticed the same thing you guys are talking about. I have tint on the back, but didnt think that had anything to do with it. I took it to ford, but my weather stripping in the conrner the glass was busted was all scuffed up. I had no idea how it could have got scuffed and of course ford said I probably hit something like a garage door so they didnt cover it. I knew I didnt hit anything, but my car had been to 3 different places within that month for random things and I figured it happened when one of the shops had it. Of course the shops all said they said they didnt, which now maybe I believe them.
Bottom line I had to pay for glass and new tint. Sucks.
amnit:
Oh yeah...I've got that weird clicking noise too, but I wasnt 100% sure where it was comming from. Thats actually how I noticed the glass was chipped/chipping, and I thought perhaps the clicking noise was the glass. I've since fixed the glass and still have the noise.amnit: again
Bottom line I had to pay for glass and new tint. Sucks.
amnit:Oh yeah...I've got that weird clicking noise too, but I wasnt 100% sure where it was comming from. Thats actually how I noticed the glass was chipped/chipping, and I thought perhaps the clicking noise was the glass. I've since fixed the glass and still have the noise.
amnit: again
I have no tint, but have the "chip" at the top, driver's side of the rear glass.
I'm going to wait to get everything fixed just before the warranty is up.
I'm going to wait to get everything fixed just before the warranty is up.
DMAN302
My mom says thanks for the pearl necklace.
Windshield in my 04 had a problem just like that earlier this yr. They said the glass is actually two pains of safetly glass bonded together with a tint in between..the separation created a "chip" appearance. Result was brand new windshield on the vert, and was told Ford would only cover this one time...if it happened again I would need to claim it.
1low03gt
20+ Year Stangneter
alsyr44 said:Man...wish I saw this thread about a month ago. I have a 03 GT and noticed the same thing you guys are talking about. I have tint on the back, but didnt think that had anything to do with it. I took it to ford, but my weather stripping in the conrner the glass was busted was all scuffed up. I had no idea how it could have got scuffed and of course ford said I probably hit something like a garage door so they didnt cover it. I knew I didnt hit anything, but my car had been to 3 different places within that month for random things and I figured it happened when one of the shops had it. Of course the shops all said they said they didnt, which now maybe I believe them.
Bottom line I had to pay for glass and new tint. Sucks.
Oh yeah...I've got that weird clicking noise too, but I wasnt 100% sure where it was comming from. Thats actually how I noticed the glass was chipped/chipping, and I thought perhaps the clicking noise was the glass. I've since fixed the glass and still have the noise.
I would talk to the service manager about this issue,or to ford directly,you shouldn't have had to pay,being an '03,warranty should've covered it,regardless.That is total B.S crapola .We are not the first to have this issue,and we wont be the last
.Just for anyones info, I took my '04 in today to have the gears installed, and mentioned about the rear glass. He said it'd be covered under warranty since it's on the inside and inaccessible due to the headliner covering that part, and they'd re-tint it for me.
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