Windshield class action lawsuit?!?

[Luxy60]

Unless they (plaintiff's) can prove regulatory non-compliance or a design/ manufacturing defect that Jeep ignored, this is going no where.

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[roaniecowpony]

Unless they (plaintiff's) can prove regulatory non-compliance or a design/ manufacturing defect that Jeep ignored, this is going no where.

I think civil lawsuits can use a 'reasonable man' test.

 

[blessidsoul12]

Also it says "2016 to current" Jeep Gladiators...

Fake news

 

[TheNewGuy]

Also it says "2016 to current" Jeep Gladiators...

Fake news

Fake news.... ?‍
I wouldn't get too hung up on the author's wording.

 

[Borderline Jeep]

My Mazda Miata got a lot of cracks and chips. 1. My Miata was super low and got hit by everything that was kicked up. 2. There is a lot of crap, rocks, debris, on the roads. More than I expected.

 

[NBB]

On a related note - is there a windshield at any price that doesn’t just completely suck?

I’m getting my 4th in 2 yrs installed this AM - trying whatever the Safelite special is this time. 1 OEM and 2x Gorilla each lasted only a few months each.

The real sting is throwing away an additional $100 for each time I tint one.

Coincidentally - my premiums went up about $80/6months - kind of figured I’m paying for everyone’s windshields and roll-overs.

 

[JSFoster75]

WTAF

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/jeep-c...ls-wrangler-gladiator-windshields-shattering/

A gnat chipped the new windshield? Now that is one I've not heard before... LOL

 

[Deleted User 38384]

Exactly what do people expect from a windshield that is practically straight?

My thought exactly!!

 

[WXman]

This one has chapped me for years. I've had a: 92 YJ, 11 JKU, 12 JKU, 18 JLU, 20 JT, and 21 JT with the flat windshields. NONE of them ever cracked a windshield. I drive all types of roads from 25 MPH one lane county roads to 70 MPH interstates. There's a rock quarry 1.5 miles from my house with dump trucks pulling onto the highway all day long. In December it was -28F here. Yesterday it was 91F here. I have never seen the issue with these windshields.

Yet, if you go to the JL forum guys gripe and moan about the windshields constantly. I chalk it up to the whine and cry mentality in society today. If there was a problem I would have found it by now.

 

[ClubKenny]

That's the kind of guy who ends up running your HOA...

 

[AFD]

On a related note - is there a windshield at any price that doesn’t just completely suck?

I’m getting my 4th in 2 yrs installed this AM - trying whatever the Safelite special is this time. 1 OEM and 2x Gorilla each lasted only a few months each.

Anecdotal, but I've read a few good comments here about the HGP windshields. They also use Gorilla Glass, but are not the same windshields as the Mopar GG..

https://www.hyperformanceglassproducts.com/shop-windshields/

 

[NWJeepr]

FCA should counter with “If you’d fold your windshield down, that little gnat bastard wouldn’t be able to break it”.

And class action suits are stupid. Lawyers are gonna get $20,000,000 and Jeep owners will get about 17 cents.

I'm actually surprised there isn't a warning label on the a-pillar to wear a helmet and/or eye protection when driving with the windshield down.

Ope... someone will probably try to turn a buck on that too.

 

[Ratbert]

If you read the original article it sounds like a lot of whining: https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2023/jeep-windshield-lawsuit-glass-cracks-and-breaks.shtml

 

[NBB]

Anecdotal, but I've read a few good comments here about the HGP windshields. They also use Gorilla Glass, but are not the same windshields as the Mopar GG..

https://www.hyperformanceglassproducts.com/shop-windshields/

"OUT OF STOCK"

Anyone get insurance to cover one of these? List seems comparable to Gorilla, no idea what insurance would give them.

Better yet - has anyone taken them up on their 2 yr warranty?

 

[TheNewGuy]

My thought exactly!!

Although in your case you could just replace it with a sheet of plexi and send it

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