88 Suburban--shattered tailgate window

[kw]

Saturday I was loading up the Suburban for a run to the local dump. The tailgate, when I initially closed it, hung up on some cardboard, I moved it and shut the tailgate. Then I heard the little pieces of glass falling into the bottom of the tailgate. Yup, busted rear window.

I have no idea how it happened, and now the tailgate is jammed shut. I took off the panels and guess I'll have to pull the rods to manually open the tailgate.

Have any of you had a rr window shatter, and what caused it? I'd hate to get a new piece of glass only to see this happen again.

Thanks in advance,

Kurt

[68Timber]

I had my door glass shatter on me not too long ago closing the door. Not fun at all.

[low88burb]

my back window did on mine when i was going onto a bridge and sup. bottomed out !

[62 Longbed]

I recently broke my rear glass on my 1986 Suburban ... My side latches were loose so when I closed mine one side caught and the other side didn't , so I slamed it harder hoping it would catch .. then heard the shattering glass as it fell into the gate . @%#$^ !!!!! Had tinted glass , but found cheap clear replacement if it happens again ...

[6 Door King]

Check the clearances around your window channels, most auto glass will not shatter if hit on the face, but on an edge it will explode. I would look for a stray bolt or exposed point that my have blown the glass. If you care to head south, I have a tinted glass you can have as a leftover from my crew cab conversion.

[kw]

Thanks all.

6 Door King I sent you a bmail re the window.

Kurt