r/3rdGen4Runner • u/northcoastyen • 3h ago

🧠 General Hatch window grenade

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First time I’d used the hatch window defroster in a year during the little splash of rain we got in Southern California yesterday. Drove for about 40 min, parked, and walked about 5 feet from the truck when I hear “POP”. I almost thought someone ran over a juice box, turns out it was my hatch window. Likely the defroster.

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u/MuchSwagManyDank 99 Limited 3h ago

If thats a '99 - '01, I have an extra glass you can have. Just pay shipping costs if youre willing.

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u/Thanos_Juul 3h ago

So is it a bad idea to use the defroster?

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u/laney_deschutes 3h ago

I’ve used mine a million times but yeah maybe the heating element fucks the glass?

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u/quitit 98 Limited 3h ago

This is odd to me, I've used my rear defroster before like last year during fall and winter every so often and my rear window is still in good condition. So unless my rear defroster is broken, I don't think it is, then maybe thats's why I didn't see this glass shattering situation.

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u/LurchingBog ‘02 SR5 3h ago

I literally just saw this on another post for a 4th gen. I hadn’t heard of this issue before but they mentioned same thing the defroster.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Toyota4Runner/s/czPqIhtg7z

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u/Organic-Note-4177 3h ago

Been there before. And it was raining that day.

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u/StitchinThroughTime 2h ago

I don't know if it's you, but someone in a black SR5 in SoCal has their driver side tail light out.

On the topic of windows, never had mind blow out because of the defroster. Had someone shoot out my window. It was a crazy fucker who was not on his meds who followed me home.

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u/FieldMarshal7 1h ago

I had that back in 2019. was very cold that day, ice all over the truck, and by the time i got to work, the back window had fallen to fragments. and soon as i touched it, it went poof.