There are more than 45 million cars in Germany. No wonder the most unusual things happen every now and then. The story of the open water bottle in the trunk of an electric car is currently making the rounds online. The water runs into the battery. Damage: more than 10,000 euros. Another case: When maneuvering in the parking garage, a pipe gets in the way and the rear window of the VW Multivan breaks. Not so bad. The partial comprehensive insurance pays for that.But then: The window is simply glass, and that on a six-month-old car. Shards and shards are distributed in the hollow body of the flap and cannot be sucked out. Simply leaving it in would be fine, as we all know that broken pieces bring good luck. It just clatters and rattles while driving. This is difficult to tolerate, especially in a leased vehicle. Of course you can replace the entire tailgate, which costs around 5000 euros and is at the expense of the fully comprehensive insurance, which then becomes more expensive, and the deductible in this case is 2000 euros. So, as always, good advice is expensive. Is there perhaps a special vacuum cleaner that can get the crumbs out? At VW Commercial Vehicles in Hanover we are well aware that when the rear windows of buses have steep angles, the glass particles can get into the interior of the tailgate if the window completely breaks and are then difficult to remove. “Whether it’s replacing or dismantling the tailgate, in the end it’s a matter of balancing the effort; it remains high in both cases.” Laminated glass is not installed, not even on the sides, so that the panes can be easily broken with an emergency hammer and can serve as an emergency exit after accidents. Conclusion: There is no simple, cheap solution. The customer is surprised, pays with a gnashing of teeth or just drives with a grinding and rattling noise in the future. You get used to a lot of things.
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