A shocked driver told how the rear window of his car “exploded” when temperatures rose to 27 degrees across Scotland.
Kevin Scott’s one-year-old Renault Kadjar was parked outside his house on Saturday when his wife asked him to get something out of the trunk.
But the 58-year-old noticed that something was wrong with the glass in the rear window of the engine and initially thought it could be condensation or moisture inside.
Kevin Scott now has a £ 150 deductible on his insurance
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But on closer inspection, he found that the entire rear window had splintered into a “spider web” made of broken glass.
Kevin of Newton Mearns is now facing a £ 150 deductible for his insurance to replace the broken glass and await the arrival of the new screen.
He said: “My Renault Kadjar sat all day yesterday in the afternoon heat in my off-road driveway. My wife asked me to get something out of the trunk.
“As I walked around the back, I noticed that everything was kind of crystallized after breaking into thousands of small pieces.
“At first I thought it was condensation that you can get into the window if you have a leak, but I thought it was a bit strange.
“I touched it and then it started to give way and I realized that the whole thing was gone. “The temperature gauge read 27 ° C when I opened the car door to get in the back.
“When my wife took a photo of it a few minutes later, it was 25 ° C. It’s just amazing.
“I don’t know if it’s a design flaw in the car that builds up the heat inside, but I’ve never heard of anything like this before.”
Renault was contacted for comment.
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