NHTSA Complaint #11123118 — 2016 TOYOTA PRIUS

WHILE DRIVING FROM TUCSON TO PHOENIX ON US ROUTE 10 AT AROUND 65 MPH ON THE WAY TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON AUGUST 24, 2018, IN 100 DEGREE F. HEAT, A CRACK BEGAN IN THE LOWER DRIVERS SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND WAS A FOOT LONG WITHIN SECONDS. BY THE TIME I REACHED HOME AT 5:00PM, THE CRACK HAD GROWN HORIZONTALLY TO MORE THAN TWO FEET IN LENGTH. I HAVE AVOIDED WASHING THE WINDSHIELD WITH COLD WATER, OR AT ALL, AND IF THE CRACK HAS LENGTHENED FURTHER IN THE MORE MODERATE TEMPERATURES, I HAVE NOT NOTICED. THERE IS NO OBVIOUS SIGN OF A ROCK IMPACT. WHEN THE SUN IS A THE WRONG ANGLE, THERE IS A DISTRACTINGLY BRIGHT GLARE FROM THE CRACK.