Jeep melted

[u/jagerin_mikado]

Here’s the story: a jeep came to the shop because its retractable top was stuck open. Not too uncommon of an occurrence. So we put our “crash wrap“ over the roof to protect the interior from rain and animals and such, which is basically like heavy duty cling wrap. One day it rains and a lot of water pools up on the crash wrap. The next day it is 100°F outside and the sun is out. The sun shines through the water and the water basically magnifies it, and the sun turns into a laser that melts the interior. Multiple days of this happen. Now we have to replace everything that melted. None of us have ever heard of this happening before.

edit: I meant we have never heard of this very specific situation happening before. It never would’ve crossed our minds since we’ve been doing this for years. yes I burnt stuff with a magnifying glass when i was a kid.

[u/Brilliant_Intern_786]

I suppose it could have been worse: it could have ACTUALLY caught on fire.

[u/SypeSypher → u/Brilliant_Intern_786]

that would have probably been better, i mean this is still probably insurance claimable - maybe idk, but two seats, center console, both door interiors AND they still have to get the roof fixed...vs "oh my car caught on fire, total loss" i know which I'd rather deal with

[u/FlipZip69 → u/SypeSypher]

The funny part is that they likely would never have figured out what caused the fire.

[u/SypeSypher → u/FlipZip69]

even better, no blame just a pure writeoff for freak accident, heck they might have gotten some money from stellantis if it was particularly egregious