NHTSA could recall Toyota Corolla, Matrix, and Pontiac Vibe over window fault

I came out of my office yesterday (Dec 10,2008) to find the rear window on my 2009 Pontiac Vibe busted. No sign of on object that may have hit it. It appear to have ‘exploded’. Checking security video to determine how this may have happened.
Is there possibly a problem, as in earlier vibes, with windows exploding?

I had the same thing happen to my 2009 Vibe 3 days after I picked it up (Jan 5, 2009). Dealer said it must have been vandalism but it clearly wasn’t. GM saying they won’t cover it. What was the outcome of your situation Sandy? Have you found out if this is widespread?

Not much I could do. No one witnessed what happened, no evidence of anything flying through the car on that very windy day.
Back window was replaced after three weeks, covered by insurance. Total cost was about $1100.00 Cdn ($250 deductible).
I haven’t heard of this happening to anyone else, other than you, of course, Lisa.
My power windows are now sticking on chilly days (-2 C and below) which seems rather silly to me. I have to open my car door to swipe in to my parking lot at work or go through the driver-through. Kind of annoying.

I awoke this morning to find the passenger side rear window of my 2003 Toyota Corolla shattered. The car had been locked night before last and not used at all yesterday. We discovered the breakage just after sunrise this morning. Thinking at first it was vandalism, we didn’t take the time to process the scene. When the glass guys got here to fix the window, we realized that the force that blew out the window had come from inside the locked car. The glass had been blown as far as 6-8 feet away from the side of the car. The little bit of glass inside the car had fallen directly below the window in the backseat. The glass guy thought that possibly a serial number etched into the glass during the manufacturing process had compromised its integrity but felt that it would have taken severe temperature changes to create pressure strong enough to do the damage done. We had unusually windy weather yesterday but no drastic temperature changes. All the windows were completely up on the car. I’m just looking for a cause for this and found this Web site when I Googled. I would welcome information from anyone experiencing a similar incident. My search brought up part of Sandra’s post. I have had no trouble with any of the windows of this car, thus far, and we’ve had it a couple of years already.

Front passenger window shattered on 2006 Toyota Matrix driving home over a bumpy part of the highway last night. Cold weather. No sign off what caused breakage. Will tell Toyota and hope warranty or insurance cover it.

Our 2010 Vibe just had the drivers side window blow out while she was driving it. She wasn't hurt and the dealer says they will cover it.

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