| Issue ID | 1176006 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10706071 |
| Manufacurer | Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. |
| Brand | VOLKSWAGEN |
| Model | EOS |
| Model Year | 2007 |
| File date | 15/04/15 |
| Component | VISIBILITY/WIPER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Car was parked during incident. Found back glass completely shattered. It appears to have spontaneously exploded as the trim was approximately 1 ft away from the car and any loose glass was on the outside of the car only. There was no indication of any impact or vandalism. Contacted vw service dept who states they have never heard of anything like this happening and indicated no recalls or service bulletins. When looking online there was in fact several reports of vw spontaneous exploded rear glass and even more reports of exploding sun roofs. Thankful i was not driving at the time however, because if is not attributed to a reported vw problem, costing me $750 to get repaired. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 114000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | BIXBY, OK |
| VIN pattern | WVWAA71FX7VXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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