The sunroof glass is broken, more like blown by open in an apparent upward force. It’s a warm day today in Texas at 83 F. I can’t imagine the cabin pressurized enough to blow it out, but that’s exactly what it looks like. The HVAC was set to full auto so I don’t know if the recirculation flap was open or closed. I sifted through the broken glass looking for a foreign object or even an impact point on the glass. I can’t find anything. Weird!

 

This happens a lot. The glass is tempered and a scratch or even a defect in manufacturing can take years to present like this. Google will show you just how common it is but I think it was a particular issue in the early to late 2000s. If it was not tempered glass, it would not be an issue. And the truck has air vents in the back behind the rear tail lights, so the pressure inside can not build up. Actually one of the function of those vents is to make closing the doors possible.

 

Weird. Yeah, I was wondering if anyone had experience with our LR3 vents getting stuck shut. This rig has experienced far greater temperatures swings than what we had yesterday. It was parked in the same spot for three days without moving, so I’m not exactly sure when it happened. I expect yesterday as there were no leaves or other debris in the mix.

The replacement glass is about $1,200. Hoping a new one doesn’t spontaneously combust.

 

Vents can’t get stuck. They are literally very thin rubber flaps over a large vent outlet. They act sorta like a check vacate letting air out but not allowing air to blow back in.

 

That is a big OUCH. Maybe your insurance can cover that....mine covered my fixed glass roof. Glass breakage was a "no questions asked" type policy.

 

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that website has lots of them at junk yard for under 1200$

 

Nice website for used auto parts! Thank you all for your help!

 

Yeah, I use Car-Part all the time for used stuff. Got a transfer case for my LR3 by searching on that, I think I paid $45! The junk yards basically load the entire vehicle into inventory then just remove the damaged/missing stuff. As long as they are good at that, its pretty accurate.

 

I have mental scars as a 16-year-old buying a used taillight assembly for my 1980 Mercury Capri from a junk yard who charged me almost the same as a new one. I was hot! This looks promising for the replacement glass. Maybe it's time I reacquaint myself with the industry. Online inventory is a massive help! Thanks again for the reference.