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Car rear window and back glass replacement in Miami.
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A car rear window that burst in a Doral lot, a liftgate glass that broke when a palm frond came down, a pickup slider that cracked on Krome Avenue: we bring the matching rear glass to where the car is parked and set it the same visit.
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- Installs Monday to Saturday, 8am–6pm, across Miami-Dade
- Insurance or self-pay; coverage checked before booking
Car glass, not phones
The rear window of your car
Search for back glass in Miami and the map fills with phone repair counters. This page is about the other kind: the glass at the back of a car, SUV, minivan or pickup. That is the only back glass we replace, and we do it at your home, office or apartment lot rather than at a counter.
Rear glass is a bigger job than it looks from the outside. The window is part of the car's electrical system, it seals the cabin against the rain, and on SUVs it rides on a hatch that opens and closes every day. Tell us the body style when you ask for a quote, because a sedan and the SUV version of the same model take completely different glass.
Which glass
Five kinds of rear glass
Each one is a different part with different hardware attached. Knowing which you have makes the first quote the right one.
| Body style | The glass | What it usually carries |
|---|---|---|
| Sedan or coupe | Fixed back glass bonded into the body behind the rear seat | Defroster grid, often a printed radio antenna, sometimes the third brake light |
| SUV, crossover or minivan | Liftgate glass mounted in the hatch door | Defroster grid, rear wiper mount, sometimes a separately opening glass panel |
| Hatchback | Glass in the hatch, close to the roofline | Defroster grid and a rear wiper |
| Pickup with a slider | A rear window with a center pane that slides open | Latch, tracks and on many trucks a heated grid on the fixed panes |
| Pickup, fixed rear | One solid rear window behind the cab | Sometimes a defroster grid, on older trucks often nothing |
Not sure? Text a photo of the back of the car to (877) 350-5962 and we will tell you which part it takes.
When it breaks
Why back glass falls apart
Most rear windows are tempered glass. When they fail, they do not crack and hold the way a windshield does; they break into thousands of small pebbles that land in the trunk, the cargo floor, the rear seat and the gap under the hatch seal. It can happen from a thrown stone, a falling branch, a break-in, a hatch closed on something sticking out, or on a hot afternoon with no cause anyone can point to.
Leave the pieces where they are until we arrive if you can, apart from what is on the seats you need. The technician clears the frame and the opening before the new glass goes in, and vacuums the cargo area and the trunk we can reach. The defroster grid and any antenna leads are plugged back in and checked before the job is called done.
Until we get there
Keeping the rain out of the cabin
The National Weather Service in Miami puts the median rainy season from about May 20 to October 17, with roughly 70% of the year's rain falling in that stretch. An open rear window in a Miami summer is a soaked headliner by the evening.
- Park under cover if you can: a garage, a carport, or the covered level of a parking structure.
- No cover? Tape heavy plastic sheeting over the opening from the outside, onto the glass frame and not onto the paint where you can help it.
- Lay a towel over the cargo floor or the rear deck to catch what gets past the plastic.
- Treat the plastic as a parking cover. It tends to tear or flap loose at highway speed on the Palmetto or the Turnpike.
- With the rear view blocked, your side mirrors do the work. Florida's tint statute calls for mirrors on both sides whenever a rear window is made non-transparent.
Dark rear glass
Privacy glass, film and the tint law
Many SUVs and minivans leave the factory with dark privacy glass at the back. We match that glass to the original part, so the new rear window looks like the old one. Film that someone added later comes off with the broken glass and is a tint shop's job to put back.
If you do put film back on, Florida's tint law sets the limit for the rear window: the film has to let through at least 15% of visible light, or at least 6% on a multipurpose passenger vehicle such as most SUVs and vans, and reflect no more than 35%. Our main site's Florida window tint guide covers the rest of the rules.
On site
Where we can set your back glass
Driveways and open lots
The most common spot. Shade helps on a summer afternoon, and the rear of the car needs to be reachable with room to stand behind it.
Covered garages
Good for rainy months. On an SUV the liftgate has to open fully, so we ask about the ceiling height above the back of the car, especially on lower condo garage levels.
Apartment and office lots
Tell us where the car sits and whether a guard or front desk needs our name. A space with nothing parked tight behind it makes the job easier.
When it is raining
We do not set rear glass in rain or lightning. With no cover and a storm on the way, we call to move the time and you pick the new one.
Paying for it
Back glass and your deductible
Florida's windshield deductible rule is about the windshield only, as our Florida insurance page shows from the statute's text. A rear window claim goes under your comprehensive coverage with the policy's normal deductible, and if our quote is lower than that deductible, paying us directly is usually the simpler route. Some policies carry a glass add-on that changes this, so we read the declarations page with you before you decide.
If a claim makes sense, we help you file it, and the claim stays in your name. The Miami cost page works through the deductible question glass by glass, and the Florida insurance page quotes each statute.
Back glass questions from Miami
Text a photo of the rear of the car to (877) 350-5962, or call our Miami line, (305) 677-8371.
Does Florida's windshield deductible rule cover back glass?
No. Florida's rule covers windshield damage only. Rear glass on a car with comprehensive coverage takes the policy's normal deductible, unless your policy has a glass add-on that says otherwise.
Do you replace phone or tablet back glass?
No. We replace glass on cars, SUVs, minivans and pickups only: windshields, door windows, back glass and sunroof glass.
Will my rear defroster work after the replacement?
The new glass has its own defroster grid, and the technician reconnects it and any antenna lead before finishing. If something we did is not right, our lifetime workmanship warranty covers our workmanship and defects in the glass we install, for as long as you own the vehicle.
Can you replace just the sliding pane on my pickup's rear window?
It depends on the truck. On many pickups the slider comes as one assembly with the fixed panes and the frame. Send the year, make and model, and we tell you which part yours takes.
Is it safe to drive with the back window covered in plastic?
Short trips at lower speeds are the usual way to get by, with both side mirrors adjusted for the blocked rear view. On the highway the plastic tends to tear, so leaving the car parked under cover until the new glass is in is the safer plan.
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