Windshield Crack, does this sound like a defect or Impact?
While driving with the heater-defroster on, I noticed a crack that went up from bottom-middle of the windshield and then turned left. I neither felt nor hard an impact. You can’t even feel the crack from either side.
Has this happen to anyone else here? I’m assuming it’s a defect and should be covered under warranty.
Has this happen to anyone else here? I’m assuming it’s a defect and should be covered under warranty.
While driving with the heater-defroster on, I noticed a crack that went up from bottom-middle of the windshield and then turned left. I neither felt nor hard an impact. You can’t even feel the crack from either side.
Has this happen to anyone else here? I’m assuming it’s a defect and should be covered under warranty.
Has this happen to anyone else here? I’m assuming it’s a defect and should be covered under warranty.
Got a pic?
I'd be willing to bet there's impact evidence somewhere along the run of that crack. It could be small, but it's probably there.
The likelihood of a spontaneous crack based on a defect of some sort might not be non-existent, but it's pretty damned tiny.
The weather is horrible in Jersey right now so you wouldn’t be able to see the crack in the pix. I did the ball-point pen test mentioned on several websites. I ran the tip of the pen across and along the crack on both sides of the windshield and felt no drop in difference on the surface of the glass. A drop or the pen riding the crack of the glass would indicate a definite impact. But lets see what they find under the molding...
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Dude, you are having the same issue I went through in June of 2007 when I purchased my JK. Over 1.5 years ago. Trust me. The dealerships want no part in replacing under warranty. The crack I had developed was exactly in the middle, went straight up for 5 inches, then spread horizontally to the ends of the defroster and then back down. I have a picture of it and will post it up. Swallow the pain and just get a new windshield. Ive wasted the time for both of us already......


