Wiper problems of the 2021 Toyota Venza - part 1

A large crack appeared on the windshield of my 2021 Toyota Venza. Due to this being a safety issue when driving the vehicle, so I looked into having it repaired by a local shop. When the Venza was taken to the repaired, the repair shop notified me that the issue didn't originate from a rock/chip. The issue was with the windshield or the windshield installation. After a quick google search, it came to my attention that this is a frequent issue with this year and make. There are class action lawsuits about this issue. This needs to be addressed by Toyota.

Spontaneous crack in the windshield without any external mechanixal force, such as rock, hale, or any other foreign body.

I bought this vehicle when new in 2021 and I started to see people complain about the quality of the windshield and how they were getting cracks from rocks on it. I’m [xxx] , and never had a windshield replaced in my life. After seeing people post this, I added windshield coverage to my car. Last year I had a rock hit my windshield and it cause a small star like crack. Right away I called the insurance company and was able to take care of it that day. Few days ago I hear another rock ding. Had nobody in front of me but think it was from the car on the side of me kicked it up. Some time passed and I saw the crack coming down the middle of the next morning it was even longer. From the top of the window down past my camera. I have an appointment for replacement this week. What I was reading seems to be true. Never in my life had I have this happen, had plenty of rocks hit my vehicles over the year. Never had one crack. I know they exist but seeing it form a lot of Venza owners tells you something. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

This morning, I noticed a crack on the windshield of my 2021 Toyota Venza. The car was parked outside in the cold, and it seems like there’s some issue with the Toyota windshields, as it cracked for no apparent reason.

With no impact, our windshield cracked. I see many, many other owners of 2021 and later Toyota Venza have had this happen to them. This is clearly a large problem, so I'm hoping that by reporting our incident you will be encouraged to investigate further. Please let me know if you need any additional information, but the key points are that there has been no impact to the windshield that we are aware of, and the windshield cracked while driving. Thank you for your attention t this matter.

I was driving and my windshield just cracked . Nothing struck my windshield before incident happened.

Hit by a very small rock. Started with a small fracture about 8 inches long and after 8 hours the crack has multiplied to be about 16-18 inches.

The front glass (windshield) on the passenger side was broken; I got into the car, I turned it on and suddenly I heard a loud clicking noise and dirt came out from the top to the middle, disgonally, I emphasize the car was not moving.

A small rockchip hit the windshield and caused a crack which quickly began to grow at an alarming rate. The crack grew to about the size of half the windshield in a one day time. The windshield is very surprisingly fragile.

I was driving down the freeway and my windshield unexpectedly cracked. I was not struck by a rock or other object, it cracked out of nowhere.

Huge crack developed suddenly in windshield. This is the third repair I have had to make. This windshield seems to crack easily - even the slightest hit damages the windshield. With this crack I can feel the separation in the glass. It’s dangerous. Doing a simple internet search reveals this as a known issue.

I have been driving this car for over a year and have not had any impact, collision or any kind of accident. Last week I noticed a crack around the windshield. I starts from the bottom, up towards the middle and arcs toward the driver side. There is no point of contact or any indication that a small/tiny rock fell on it. At first I thought it was a rain drop that rolled down on the windshield but after cleaning both inside and outside, I realized it was a crack.

Windshield crack for no resend. No impact at all. Car was parked.

Recently while driving on sunrise highway in longisland newyork I got multiple hits by bolder, one bolder made a crack which is almost 18 inches now and increasing.

I recently bought this car and without any reason have a crack on my windshield I have read many people who have had similar issues and gets worse after replacement having to replace their windshield many times. I am concerned at the safety of the cars windshield and its defect nature. Also have issues with visibility with wipers not clearing rain effectively on the drivers side.

Windshield has severe cracking without being struck by anything.

Toyota 2021 Venza has faulty windshield glass the prematurely cracks under no external impact. In fact, the car was parked and when I came back, there was a crack on the windshield. Several owners have reported similar issue with similar failure patterns mode. There's also pending class action law suit for this issue.

Winsheild cracked out of no where. Driving on i95.

My windshield cracked and was replaced twice for some unknown reason. First in 2021 and now 2023.

A small crack appeared on the windshield driver side of vehicle. I have no recollection of any items or debris hitting the car and damaging it. I then searched online and found there have been many registered instances of this specific car model windshield (2021 and newer) either easily cracking or seemingly cracking under no impact.

Driving at 45mph alone on a paved road. Outside temperature 85f. Suddenly a crack appeared on the driver side of the windshield (about halfway up from hood). Crack was initially about 3 to 4 inches long. By the time I got home (10 miles - about 15 minutes) the crack was 24 inches long and still growing. Failed component: windshield risk? degraded driver vision, possibility of glass flying into passenger compartment reproduced: not yet, it happened Saturday afternoon. Inspected: not yet it happened Saturday afternoon warning lamps? no.

Front windshield struck by a rock creating a dime sized crack on the upper driver side windshield and within days an approximately one foot long horizontal crack extended toward the center.

Windshield cracked with no reason. Did not drive on highway but a over 10-inch crack appeared nowhere on the driver side. It was the second time our windshield cracked. This is definitely an issue with defective glasses.

The windshield has cracked 2 times since I bought the car – 1 crack per year. This is an expensive repair. In no other vehicle have I experienced windshield cracks so frequently. Is this windshield thinner than industry norms? two times an object has hit the windshield while I was driving. Initially each impact only caused a chip on the windshield. Then a 12 inch crack appeared: a) the first crack appeared during the chip repair; b) the second incident's crack appeared 30 minutes after the windshield was chipped. The latest crack is available for inspection. The cracks caused no safety issues.

Windshield cracking when I hit a "hard shell" bug on the interstate. . . Not a rock, nor a stone, but a bug!. . . Nobody around the vehicle in the middle of nowhere. . . ;in broad daylight. . . Going to cost me a high deductable because it cracked right in the line of vision for the driver. . . Total replacement required. . . Toyota wont stand behind their product . . . This windshield is way too soft. . . !!!.

A crack in the windshield appeared at approximately 13,000 on June 20, 2022. It appeared after a short local trip-seemingly out of no where. Initially the crack was about six inches long, ending at the bottom of the window pane. Minutes later, the crack continued an additional foot. The crack has continuted to grow and on 10/14/22 is in excess of 2 feet long, with approximately 19,000 miles. The windshield had been out of stock since July, 2022 when I initiated an insurance claim. It is now scheduled to be replaced on 10/24/22.

Windshield crack development possibly from an unnoticed very small impact. On August 13, 2022 we noticed a crack from center passenger side bottom edge arcing up and towards the driver side. No impact was ever noticed, heard, or seen. Upon close inspection there appears to possibly be a small/micro impact point that should not result in the development of a crack. This affects safety due to visibility issues. Insurance claim filed but not inspected or repaired.

My windshield was hit by a small rock about 2 inches from the bottom. This spread into a crack at least a foot long that curves across the windshield.

The windshield inexplicably cracked. The outside temp was 78 degrees, it was sunny and I was driving with no traffic or other cars at all on the road. There is no sign of a rock strike or any object impact to the windshield.

I came out to get in my vehicle and observed a large crack beginning in the heat band along the bottom of the windshield. I was not aware of anything that hit my windshield to cause such a significant crack. After observing where the crack begins, it appears to have just split and cracked. A clear point of impact is not apparent.

Cracked windshirld.

Windshield cracked on its own.

Windshield cracked extremely easily, small pebble cracked more than half my windshield. People also reporting theirs cracking from just sitting. (have never seen this happen in other cars I’ve owned) many other people owning 2021 Venza are having same issue. Already called Toyota corperate to inform them of issue.

Car has a windshield crack starting at the rubber seal into the windshield approx. 7 inches. It happened while sitting. It hadn't been driven.

I purchased my car on Dec. 21, 2021 and on March 12, 2022, a small pebble hit the driver side windshield on the lower side and created a small ding. By the next day, the windshield had a 30 inch crack across the drivers side in an arch toward the top center. It took until April 19, 2022 before the replacement windshield could be installed due to back order. My drivers visibility was terrible with sun glare on this crack. I had to pay my deductible to have it replaced. On may 16, 2022, as I was driving down the highway another small rock apparently hit the passengers side lower part of the windshield, but this time it shattered the glass so hard that a hole was formed and shards of glass shot out all over my dash. The crack went two ways up toward the top center in another arch. This scared me so bad I was shaking. Now my car is not safe to drive and I don't know how long it will take to have this oem windshield replaced yet again. There is something wrong and now I am seeing that there are many more people with this same problem. There is also a class action lawsuit against Toyota for knowing the windshields are bad and refusing to do anything about it.