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my insurance on my CX9 with HUD would cover only the aftermarket. I could pay the difference but was assured it would be fine.
Three windshields later they replaced it with OEM. And it was perfect.
Pros: perfect performance
Cons: aftermarket blurry HUD
Vehicle:
Mazda
I had mine replaced... took a good sized rock to the windshield on our Premium trim PHEV. (Heads up display, lane monitoring, ect.) The smashed middle of the damage made repair a no go.
I did it through Safelite and they used an OEM because there was no aftermarket available. Glass Only Repair Insurance saved us $2,000.00 out of pocket after glass, install and recalibration.
Pros: OEM available, insurance savings
Cons: rock damage, repair impossible
Vehicle:
Mazda
Personally, I think the Kia windshields are on the thinner side. I have over 40K on my Carnival and no cracks whatsoever.
Pros: no cracks after 40K
Cons: windshields thinner side
Vehicle:
Kia Carnival
Mileage: 64374 km
We’ve had a 2025 Kia Carnival EX for a little more than 4 months and less than 4,000 miles. Twice in the past month we’ve had a rock from the highway flip up and crack the windshield. We hadn’t even had a chance to schedule the first small repair when this second (very large) crack happened.
Cons: cracks easily, poor durability
Vehicle:
Kia Carnival
Mileage: 6437 km
2024 Mazda CX-30 windshield cracked from first Little Rock to hit it then got another small crack randomly, I believe at least these models do have a awkwardly shaped windshield that makes it noticeable weaker in comparison to most vehicles
Cons: cracked easily, awkwardly shaped, weaker
Vehicle:
Mazda
We had an issue like this with our 2020 Kia Telluride, where you could tell how cheap and thin the new Windshield was. One little chip and it was already running through out the whole Windshield; it was a really soft hit too.
Cons: cheap, thin, easily cracked
Vehicle:
Kia
I had a CX5 that went thru 6 windshields in 2.5yr period! Luckily my insurance had glass coverage and I paid $50 per replacement but still… not fun. I had other CX5’s and they all had some sort of windshield issues, either full replacement or chip filling.
Cons: frequent replacements, windshield issues
Vehicle:
Mazda
Unfortunately the quality of the OEM glass is horrible and I had them replace it again. The replacement was just as bad so at this point I've given up on getting a windshield free of distortion.
Cons: horrible quality, distortion issues
Vehicle:
Mazda
I just came looking for this post because I cannot believe the amount of chips and cracks I'm having with this car. Just had safelight out for the 3rd time and haven't even reached a full year with this car yet.
Cons: amount of chips and cracks
Vehicle:
Mazda
Garbage. I got scratches from scratching ice of the windshield in my first year. Even my old Renault Clio hadn't had this sh1t of quality in it's windshield.
Cons: scratches easily, poor quality
Vehicle:
Mazda
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