A very small piece of gravel hit the lower, center of the windshield. A crack started both up and down immediately. The crack curved back toward the bottom and stopped a few days later. I have never seen such poor quality glass. What would happen in an accident" the Mazda dealer said this replacement could cost up to $1200. For another cheep glass replacement"

- Vancouver, WA, USA

I was driving on the highway when all of a sudden I heard a pop, I looked all over the windshield and I didn't see anything. I drove for another 15 minutes and when I looked to my right I saw a 6 inch crack that started from the edge of the windshield on the passenger side. It could not have been from a pebble or impact because at the time I heard the pop there were no cars or trucks in front of me. When I took the car to the dealer a couple days later to get an oil change I asked them what they think of the crack and they said that it was from an impact as there was an impact point on the crack. That same day I took the car to a repair shop and it took them a while to look for a replacement windshield. I did some research online and apparently it has been happening a lot to other Cx-5 owners.

- Belleville, MI, USA

I leased a 2014 Cx-5 grand touring in April 2014. On 7/21/14 & at 1800 miles I noticed a large crack in the windshield that started from the top edge and extended down below the rear view mirror. When I inspected the windshield from the outside I could see no rock chip. On 7/25/14 I took the car to H*** body & paint and inquired about replacing the windshield. The technician there said it looked like a pretty obvious case of a stress crack & told me to take it to the dealer to see if they would fix it. That same day I took the car to the dealership & reported to the service dept that I had a crack in my windshield that wasn't from a rock chip. But the tech said he could see the rock chip right away & performed a "pen test" to show me the rock chip. He pointed the pen directly to what he said was the chip & I looked at it closely. I said, "that still doesn't look like a rock chip to me; it looks like the crack started from the top edge underneath the seal." The tech said it doesn't take much at all for a crack like that to start. I commented that Mazda must use very poor quality windshields that crack so easily from a rock chip so tiny that I can't even see it, & with only 1800 miles on it. The tech said I was welcome to get a second opinion about the rock chip but that the Mazda warranty doesn't cover glass anyways. On 7/28/14 I took the car to T***glass and inquired about replacing the windshield. They quoted me a price near $400. I said, "whoa, that's a lot of money just because of a teeny-tiny rock chip!" the tech said, "that's not a rock chip, that's a stress crack." I told him, "the dealer told me on Friday that it's from a rock chip." The tech looked at the windshield again and performed the "pen test." He came back & said, "there is no rock chip on that windshield." I contacted the dealership management & they agreed to do a "good will" replacement.

- West Valley City, UT, USA

Left side trim piece on the rear by the tires suddenly came off while driving over benicia bridge on a bit of wind gust. After that incident happened exited and inspected it if I hit any debris and there was no damage just came off suddenly.

- San Jose, CA, USA

In about one year and 12,000 miles this is the second cracked windshield I have had. This time I was driving and heard a pop. One minute later, there was a crack at the bottom of the windshield. No hits by a rock, nothing. This is an structural part of the car that is failing constantly, according to other Mazda owners and Mazda is looking the other way and denying that they have a problem. As somebody has said, it is probable that in order to save weight they made the windshield too thin, and it fails after a few months of service due to excessive stress. When you go to the dealer, they run the "pencil test", an idiotic way to test stress and they tell you that a rock hit your car.

- Saint Paul, MN, USA

Crack appeared in the windshield while parked overnight. Crack starts halfway up, at the driver side edge of the windshield and extends approximately 16 inches towards the middle of the windshield. When the windshield was replaced, the installer did not find any evidence that the windshield had been struck by anything.

- Marietta, OH, USA

Cracked windshield on a new - 1800 miles, 2014 Cx-5 grand touring with smart city brake support system and rain sensor. A crack mysteriously appeared in the front windshield of my car, as it was parked in our driveway. The crack starts at the top center and runs straight down to the rear view mirror and then forms an "S" shape and stops beneath the mirror. As discussions grow on the Mazda forum www.mazdaforum.com/forum/Mazda-Cx-5-54/cracked-windshield-2014-Cx-5-grand-touring-w-smart-city-brake-support-system-31837/, it is apparent that this is a problem. I wonder if this problem is due to poor factory installation and/or an overall issue with the quality of Mazda windshields. At this point, I am concerned about safety issues, especially in an accident or anything that impacts the windshield, such as a rock, with any force.

- Bethesda, MD, USA

The contact owns a 2014 Mazda CX5. The contact stated that the driver's side-view mirror would vibrate excessively when driving at various speeds. Additionally, the overhead compartment would also vibrate and exhibit an abnormal shuttering noise. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 400.

- Quincy, MA, USA

I was driving to work on I-85 southbound. I was in the left lane and there was a car in the right lane. There was a rubber tire laying in the road. I swerved to my left as far as possible to avoid hitting the rubber tire without hitting the guard rail on the left.

- Kings Mountain, NC, USA