Every New Vehicle Owner Convinced Their Model Has Defective Windshield and Roof Glass

I have 2021 Toyota Avalon. I have three stone chips in two months.. i feel like the windshield is too weak compared to my old car 2005 BMW X3 I traded in.. I’m waiting on a new windshield comes in at the local shop here..

I bought a 2022 Acura MDX A-Spec in March of this year. I have not put very many miles on it and I have been happy with it. I was driving home from work at around 6PM, pulling up to a red light in traffic, when a Lexus SUV driving on the shoulder kicked up a rock that hit my windshield. I heard it, was annoyed, but what do you do? I figured I would go to get it filled on my lunch break that next day! NOOOOT! I go to leave for work that next morning to see that darn windshield cracked about 4-5 inches already! WTH!

Acura claims that they do NOT cover this, as it is NOT included in the warranty once cracked! SMH.

I am now understanding why I have seen so many people around town driving new vehicles that have the blue tape from replacing their windshields. I have owned 5 other Acuras and never had to have any of those windshields replaced!

KICKER: Acura told me it would be $3k to be replaced. Get out of here! YEAH, NO!!

My 2021 Toyota camery sunroof shattered. It sounded like a gun shot. Nothing was in front of me so I don't know how anything could hit my sunroof.

My mom just got a Toyota Venza. She has had 2 chips in 8 WEEKS!!!!!

2020 Tacoma, two chips in the first three months, fine… whatever. I have windshield insurance (AAA). Repair guy comes out, looks at glass and shows me long vertical scratches IN the glass, not on the inside, not on the outside, can’t feel them. He said he has NEVER seen anything like this. Long story short….Toyota said it’s not their problem…. Still dealing with it!

We bought a 2021 Toyota Sienna and have been quite happy. This morning, while driving on the interstate the windshield suddenly began to crack, it was silent, spreading horizontally until it covered the majority of the width of the windshield and while it was spreading, it made a single loud cracking sound--but NOT before, so I don't think it was an impact. We've been told that it will be around a thousand dollars (camera system) and that there may be supply chain issues.

I just bought a 21 Jeep Wrangler Willy's in WA and moved to Wyoming. Got a chip in the glass in WY and now it has expanded 14"...Gorilla glass? I have had the car just over a month and purchased extended warrenty. Doesnt seem right.

We have two Toyota siennas 2021. Both of the windshields cracked yo the point of needing to be replaced within 3 months of purchase due to a rock hitting them.

Not 3 weeks after I bought a Toyota Rav 4, I was on the freeway and a small pebble “tapped” my windshield. My daughter and I watched in horror as the crack spread from the edge of the driver’s side to the middle of the windshield. I’ve had many pebbles hit my windshield but I’ve never had this happen before. Quoted 2K to repair!!

I have a 2020 Toyota RAV4. A few weeks ago, on a very cold Canadian morning, I turned my car on and let it run for 15 minutes to warm up and so that the ice on the windshield would start to melt. I scraped the windshield with a plastic scraper. I did not use much force or effort as the ice was already sliding around on the glass. I got into the car to see that the entire windshield was scratched from me scraping the ice. Long story short, I contacted the dealer and Toyota Canada and they refused to replace the windshield claiming that the windshield was no longer under warranty and they refused to acknowledge that the windshield could have a manufacturer defect such as being too soft to handle a plastic scraper?! Needless to say, I am fuming.

I have a 2019 TACOMA Pick-up. The windshield just cracked (while driving at about 5mph) for no apparent reason. It was about 20 degrees which may have contributed.

Additionally, must husband also worked at a Toyota dealership and had 2 different 2019 Demo Camrys - and both winsdhields broke while driving on the highway, which left him responsible for the $1,000 deductible..

Obviously, this is a design flaw in all of the Toyota vehicles (not a configuration issue which should be attributed to a certain model). This problem is across the full spectrum of Toyota vehicles. How much $ could the company be saving selling vehicles with "TOO THIN GLASS" . Apparently this is still an ongoing SAFETY issue. VERY DANGEROUS!!! NOT GOING TO BUY ANOTHER TOYOTA - since no effort has been made to correct this deficiency; despite ongoing class action lawsuits.

I had multiple cars with this problem! And I've been saying for awhile how cheap all these windshields have gotten.. now I know manufactures are just making crappy products to maximize their profits.

2017 Acura MDX with 1 ding 1st 2 weeks
2017 Cadillac XT5 with 3 Ding 1st 3 months
2002 Subaru Outback with 1 ding and 1 larg crack in 1st month

I have a 2021 Lexus 300 hybrid the windshield spontaneously cracked from
The center of the windshield where the crown of the glass meets the roof of the car. At the origin there is an obvious deviation in the glass and a separation wide enough to stand a business card in. Dealer refuses to replace claiming the crack was caused by a rock chip.

I have a 2022 Ford Edge, 2 weeks and a day, & the windshield has a crack.

3 broken windshields in one year for 2021 Toyota RAV4. I’m just driving around town. I didn’t hear the first 2.I heard the third , but saw nothing hit. I wonder if it cracked from press on its own. Should I buy my own Safelite ?

2021 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid - 2 chips/cracks in one month by rocks. No other windshield would have chipped/cracked because it was not even hit hard.

I can't say what it is because when you touch the surface from both sides of the glass, it is smooth.

When getting my windows tinted, the ladies fake diamond decoration around her apple watch scratch my driver-side window. It was replaced. The cracks get filled. I am tired of going to the auto glass repair places. About to trade it in for a 2015 because in 5 years the windshield stayed flawless.

2021 Audi A6 purchased Nov 2021. Chip fixed within second month, second chip month later turned into an 18 inch crack overnight. Got replaced with OEM for the tune of $2200 and within 4 days have 5 new chips needing repair. Has never been driven on gravel roads, this is all from highway or city driving. Owner less than 6 months and has less than 8,000 miles on vehicle that is now about to be on its third windshield. Unfortunately, my insurance doesn’t have $0 deductible for windshield replacement. I’m convinced it’s a defect. Dealership told me that Audi windshield chips and cracks are rare and that I am just unlucky. Apparently they’ve never read any recent car forums about these issues.

My husband and I purchased a new 2021 Toyota 4 Runner in September 2021. We’ve had 9 chips fixed and I currently need one more fixed making this 10 chips in my new 4 Runner. We also have a Toyota RAV4 2019 and have had 9 chips and a full windshield. I’ve talked to Toyota service department today May 6, 2022. They had the nerve to tell me that I’m the only customer in all their 1,000’s and 1,000’s of customers had this issue. So I began to do my research as I knew I wasn’t alone in this issue of cheap windshield of Toyota. I found lots and lots of customers who have had this same problem!

I bought a Toyota 2019 CHR and driving down a real highway no cars in sight, I hear a pop and instantly have a 5" line in my windshield. Wondering how they have cheapened the glass the car manufacturers are using.

I noticed one day when i got into my 2022 hyandi elantra that the windshield was cracked. It wasn't just a simple chip or a small cracked it was almost a perfect circle and not 1 but 2 circles one on top of the other. It looked like it had been hit with a hammer or something of that sort. Thankfully I have cameras and let me tell you they sure do come in handy sometimes. I looked at my cameras and saw the whole incident unfold. It was daylight so I could see it perfect and no it wasn't vandalized. I myself had to watch the incident a couple of times because I couldn't believe it, I even zoomed in to get a real close look. So it was nothing I mean nothing at all any where around my car. I could hear and see it perfectly. It cracked once and then again. Also I did not have NO scratches, chips or cracks in my windshield before this. So explain to me what happen. If that isn't a malfunction then what is it? By the way yes I did take it to the hyandi service center and sent them the video and of course I'm currently waiting on them to hopefully replace it.

There has to be available data that shows the history of windshield replacements on each model of car, going back 20 to 40 years. My suspicion is that the windshields on older cars got a lot of rock hits, but they never resulted in any damage other that the small spot where the rock hit. However, if windshields on newer model cars are flimsy, then the comprehensive insurance rates are going to be taking big increases in the next couple of years. An insurance company cannot afford to charge you $100/yr for comprehensive and replace the windshield once a year.

My daughters Subaru was hit by a tree branch denting the roof and cracking the windshield. Since the repair it has broken twice more in the same spot.

Brand new 2022 Alfa Romeo Stelvio Veloce, one chip last week noticed after a hand wash, one today after normal driving, very small but durability is a concern. Out of all of the vehicles I have owned not one of them has ever gotten a chip from local normal driving--our work van is 20 years old and doesn't have any chips.

2021 Nissan Versa first freeze of the year turned on the defrost and it cracked right down the middle begging inning from the top

We completed a 7500 mile trip on July 8. During the trip, approx. on July 5, heard a pop as a big truck was passing us on the right. We noticed nothing on the windshield at that time. Today, July 18th, while preparing to head to a local store, noticed a long crack on the passenger side, angling upward toward driver side. On our similar trip last year, after having driven about 6000 miles, we stopped at a diner for breakfast; when we came out, there was a crack on the driver's side, starting at the top, angling downward. Windshield replacement was needed, costing us over $500. The vehicle is a 2021 Hyundai Santa Fe SUV.