So, the rear glass on my 2008 Mazda6 got smashed by a rock kicked up by the neighbor's lawnmower. Sux - but that's life I guess.
My reason for this post is that as the glass guy was replacing the rear window, I was alarmed by what I saw.... a bunch of glass fell inside the rear panels where the side airbags reside. There was literally handfuls of broken glass shards laying right on the airbags. I asked the guy if he was planning to get all that glass out of there and he said no. He explained that the panels can't be removed without taking out the rear seats and a bunch of interior trim and that was something he could not do given the time constraints of a "normal" glass repair. He then told me that anytime you have broken glass, you are going to have a certain amount of it that never gets removed from the car. When I asked him if he thought it was dangerous to have a bunch of glass inside the panel with the airbag, he would not comment but agreed to try to "vacuum out as much as possible".
WTF! So if my side airbags go off, are they going to blast broken shards of glass out like a shotgun?
How hard is it really to remove those panels? I guess I will have to do it myself, since the glass company is obviously not going to do the job right.
Has anyone else seen anything like this?
My reason for this post is that as the glass guy was replacing the rear window, I was alarmed by what I saw.... a bunch of glass fell inside the rear panels where the side airbags reside. There was literally handfuls of broken glass shards laying right on the airbags. I asked the guy if he was planning to get all that glass out of there and he said no. He explained that the panels can't be removed without taking out the rear seats and a bunch of interior trim and that was something he could not do given the time constraints of a "normal" glass repair. He then told me that anytime you have broken glass, you are going to have a certain amount of it that never gets removed from the car. When I asked him if he thought it was dangerous to have a bunch of glass inside the panel with the airbag, he would not comment but agreed to try to "vacuum out as much as possible".
WTF! So if my side airbags go off, are they going to blast broken shards of glass out like a shotgun?
How hard is it really to remove those panels? I guess I will have to do it myself, since the glass company is obviously not going to do the job right.
Has anyone else seen anything like this?
