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Originally Posted by Campnjoe
So we went to pickup the coach from storage and discovered a hairline crack in the windshield. Its about a foot long starting at the seal and moving straight down to just slightly past the transition line. Its about a foot in from the side, almost inline with the center of the steering wheel.. Any ideas on what happened here? I don't recall it being there when we dropped it off and we cannot see any impact marks. Would this be a warrenty item? A stress crack? We have had the coach for around 5 months. Its odd that it is so straight. Should we drive it like this? We have a trip planned for this weekend?
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Cracks start at the edge when there is defect in the glass or something is pressing at a point on the glass's edge. Cracks are only bad when the vehicle is equipped with air bags, as the windshield is an integral part of the safety restraint system. Cracks are fairly common when the chassis racks traveling over rough surfaces. The bigger and hotter the windshield the more susceptible the windshield is to cracking. Fortunately, most windshields are not made of tempered glass, so they crack rather than shatter like tempered glass.
My Hurricane has a small crack in the lower left corner I would much rather live with it, rather than take a chance on a new windshield that leaks. As my coach doesn't have airbags and the crack does not effect my vision, I am more than happy to live with it.
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