I have a 2004 Subaru Forrester. I thought it was a a car built for inclement weather and bad driving conditions. I was driving in the suburbs on a perfectly good road in cold weather - about 20 degrees - and I had the defogger on. I heard a “thwack” which I thought was something dropping on the r…

Using this site’s Search function on “windshield crack cold” gives the first answer: no, but yes. That is, it “should” not crack, but it COULD crack. Second answer: I’ve used Safelight more than once (Sigh!), and they did OK by me.

It is probable there was a small chip or defect that contributed to the problem, or even something just happened to hit it you did not notice, I would not blame Subaru on that one.

Glass is funny. It’s very strong in some respects, and very weak in others. Your windshield cracked, so deal with it. Have the windshield replaced by the company your insurance company recommends. There is ZERO difference between a Safelite windshield and a Subaru windshield, other than the name…

You hear an impact. Glass doesn’t ‘twack’ when it breaks from thermal stress. It would have been a ‘tink’. Also, there is nothing wrong with Safelite glass. It will not reduce the value of the car. All Subaru glass will get you is a lighter wallet to pay for dealer mark-up, then added delivery to t…

Windshields can crack for any reason. If you do or don’t use Scotch-gard, it can cause a crack. Nobody cares about non-Subaru glass except for Subaru. Subaru glass does not exist no matter what a label says. If you save some money, you will be better off.

It could be a simple stress fracture. Car bodies are not 100% rigid and every car body suffers some body flex while driving. Maybe you just happened to get one of those with a tight fitting windshield and age/miles caused the glass to give up. When I worked for Subaru I saw 4 or 5 Subarus that suff…

Thanks to you all for your responses. This is very reassuring. The Safelite info is good to know, as it is the most convenient place to take the car, and less expensive. I googled 'em and found some pretty negative statements, so I figured there was only one place to turn - Click and Clack and th…

The temperature can contribute to a windshield crack. To prevent this from happening again in the future, it would be best if you’d apply window tinting on your car. While others find this capricious, it is 100% helpful to one’s car.

Safelite I had lots of leaking problems as they used their own spec glass in my 1988 VW Jetta GLI 16v. Apparently I had a rarer VW Jetta actually built in West Germany due to the high performance model. The majority were built in Mexico and the steel stamping presses including windshield frame was d…

Should a windshield crack from the cold!? 2 questions

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Joseph_E_Meehan January 12, 2009, 1:38am 6

Nothing wrong with Safelite. People don’t look to check to see what brand glass is there. As long as it is in one piece and not scratched and cracked, they don’t worry. I’ll bet you did not look to see what brand glass was on your car when you bought it.

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