2003 Toyota Corolla window shattered problem

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.

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Submitted By: Kathy Guevara