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Subject:Re: Sliding window keeps breaking - '85 GL
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 22 Feb 2000 23:23:59 -0500
At 10:14 PM 2/22/2000 , Per Lindgren wrote:
>Over 100 1997+ Passat Wagons, and an unknown number of EVs have had problems
>with the rear windows. The glass shatters, or rather explodes in the cold,
>when
>the heater lines are used. According to the importer, the reason is that the
>lines are too close to each other, making the tempered glass too hot. Of
>course,

Honda Accords did that back in the early '80s...same problem.

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David Beierl - Providence, RI
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