2023 F-150 Lightning Windshield Cracked After Defrost—Ford Won’t Cover It! Help Needed

[TurboChris]

Correct! So mine must have been defective.

I agree your's had a defect and regardless if it was a defect right from the factory or a defect over the time of ownership, unfortunately it didn't show itself until after the glass defect warranty period expired. Not much you can do, sucks but dwelling on it won't change anything. Get it fixed and move on, it didn't crack because of the heater alone, like you said it had a defect.

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[Altivec]

I'm 67 years old and have been driving in Canada since I was 15, including over 30 years as a licensed mechanic. I've owned hundreds of vehicles—everything from my first 1953 GMC truck to my beloved 1957 Chevy Bel Air—mostly in northern Alberta, where we’d get at least a month of -40°C every year. Chips in the windshield? Sure, they happen. But I’ve never once hesitated to use my defroster, and I’ve never had a crack ruin my day. Are you seriously saying you’d be fine shelling out $1,200 every year just to replace a windshield?

Where in the world did I say any of that. I also live in Alberta, however in the city, where they are heavy with sanding, and sometime the sand is a little bigger than sand. When you are on the freeway going 100kmh and you get hit with that, you get chips. You put your defroster on with a chip and you get a crack. Not using your defroster in Alberta is not an option. Paying $1200/year to change glass is also not an option unless you are rich. What I said, its the norm here to just leave the chips and cracks because its just going to happen again.