NHTSA Complaint #10192443 — 2007 TOYOTA FJ CRUISER

2007 FJ CRUISER. DURING NORMAL DRIVING I GOT A PEA SIZED DING ON THE WINDSHIELD APPROXIMATELY 4 MONTHS AGO. APRIL 25TH GOT A CRACK WHICH IS STILL TRAVELING TOWARD THE PASSENGER A PILLAR. MAY 15TH GOT A QUARTER SIZED STAR. ALL RESULTING FROM SMALL (I MEAN SMALL, REALLY SMALL) PROJECTILES. GLAD I DID NOT REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD 4 MONTHS AGO, OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IT TWO MORE TIMES. THIS WINDSHIELD IS A DISASTER. I OWNED 6 CARS OVER 27 YEARS AND HAD ONE BUSTED WINDSHIELD FROM A 3" PIECE OF CONCRETE. I OWN MY FJ FOR 11 MONTHS AND HAVE THREE PLACES WHERE THE WINDSHIELD IS DAMAGED FROM INCIDENTS THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE DAMAGED IT AS MUCH AS THEY DID. TOYOTA DESIGNED AN UPRIGHT WINDSHIELD (A DESIGN I LOVE), PRESUMABLY UNDERSTANDS THE LAWS OF PHYSICS (WHICH I DON'T), AND DID NOTHING TO MITIGATE THE DESIGN IN ORDER TO MAKE THE FJ WINDSHIELD LAST THE WAY A MORE STEEPLY WINDSHIELD MADE FROM THE SAME MATERIAL WOULD LAST. THIS IS AN OFF ROAD VEHICLE FOR CRYING OUT LOUD! WHAT WERE THEY THINKING - THAT PEBBLES WILL MAGICALLY AVOID THE FJ WINDSHIELD BECAUSE THE FJ IS SO GOOD LOOKING? I PLAN ON REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD WITH A PPG PRODUCT. TOYOTA DOES NOT DESERVE THE BUSINESS IN MY JUDGMENT. *TR