NHTSA Complaint #11501178 — 2021 KIA TELLURIDE

VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD issue reported to NHTSA

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Complaint Details

ODI Number	11501178
Vehicle	2021 KIA TELLURIDE
Component	VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
Date of Incident	January 7, 2023
Date Filed	January 11, 2023
Mileage	N/A miles
Crash	No
Fire	No
Injuries	0
Deaths	0
Vehicle Towed	No
State	AZ

Consumer Description

Windshield was hit by a TINY piece of gravel or road debris - so small we didn’t even see it. It left a ding in the windshield about the size of a pencil point - maybe a couple of millimeters in diameter. Before we could even pull off the road, the grass has cracked about three inches. Within about ten minutes the crack spread another three inches. Within a couple of hours, the crack had traveled both up towards the roof and down towards the hood - approximately two inches in both directions. This is a known problem with Kia windshields since the debut of the 2020.

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