S60 sunroof shattered

The sunroof on my '01 S60 shattered for no apparent reason - it was parked
outside with the roof open and when I came out the inside was nothing but a
mess of glass. It is unlikely that it's vandalism as it was parked off the
street in an area with no pedestrians (or assorted riff-raff).
I vaguely remember a previous thread touching on this but a Google search
turned up nothing.

The car's still under warranty - do you think I have a chance getting
covered under that?

Thanks in advance for any information.

Rob

 

Warranty - maybe. More likely insurance if you have coverage for it.

I have had a window explode spontaneously - and my neighbors have had a
couple, including a rear window - when the window was facing west at sunset.
Apparently the tempered glass can decide not to stand it any more and the
cooling was just too much for it.

Mike

 

Hi, Rob - - -

This was never raised to the status of "Recall," but is a known
problem. I'd go to my friendly Volvo Dealer with every expectation of
free replacement. The internal stress in tempered glass is fantastic,
so it's likely surprising that more windows don't just give up and blow
out.

bob noble
Reno, NV, USA

 

check this out http://forums.swedespeed.com/zerothread?id=27952

PS