Some vehicles may experience exterior trim heat damage when parked near a glass building

Bulletin number

MT-003-21

Component

Visibility: power window devices and controls

Summary

Some vehicles may experience exterior trim heat damage when parked near a glass building. This may be caused by the suns reflection. If a building creates enough of a curve with a series of flat windows, which act like mirrors, the reflections all converge at one point, focusing and concentrating the light onto the street below.

Owners of these vehicles have filed 600 complaints in the visibility category.