Exploding Rear View Mirror

Hey All,

Worked the net for a while and found exactly NOTHING about this exact scenario.

I've got a 2013 Tacoma. Last night as I was driving home my rear view mirror just exploded. Pop-bang, glass dust all over the place.

Nope, wasn't shot at. All the windows were closed and there's no other "entry point."

Anyone else heard of anything like this happening? Even the service guy at the dealership this morning was stumped.

 

Maybe your truck tried to off itself? Is it a 2WD?

 

Har.

And no.

 

What the hell....no I have not seen anything like that!

It certainly looks like some sort of impact though...

 

im guessing it has the back up camera right where it blew up?

 

Right.

When the battery is on the backup cam screen is still illuminated.

 

What's that gizmo at the bottom of the mirror?

Edit - beat me to it. The rear camera display overheated and took the mirror out with it.

 

???

 

like after its exploded, the screen is still illuminated? or before it exploded the screen was on all the time?

 

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads/exploding-windshield.441943/

 

Have never seen anything like that.

 

After. it only showed before when in reverse.

 

Saw that, this is the actual mirror, not where it is attached to the wind shield.

 

my guess would be it shorted, then overheated and boom. popped. hopefully that's still covered under warranty.

 

But if it shorted, then why would the screen still be illuminated when the battery is on?

Curiosities abound. A Toyota field tech is looking at it tomorrow. If there's enough information, I'll post an update.

Just curious if anyone had see anything like this.

 

No. I do like the Alien Theory however.

 

I have never seen it that bad, but I have seen rear view mirros crack due to expansion and contraction of air pockets in the glue used, but never that bad. It looks like you had more than air in that pocket

 

Demonic passion.

 

^this. Totally
Was Satan getting freaky with your mirror when it exploded?

 

Just tempered glass being tempered glass. If it has a flaw on the edge, an inclusion, or maybe even if its installed under tension, tempered glass can be like a bomb that can spontaneously explode someday or maybe never. Had a 20 year old rear car window explode while just sitting on a blanket in a corner. And I helped clean up the aftermath of a new Chrysler rear window that spontaneously exploded too. Unlucky shit sometimes happens.