Vehicle bought in late 2015. Only 9000 km. Urban driving only. Well taken care of and maintained at local VW dealership. Was home on Monday, removed snow from the windshield in the morning, was A1. Drove only to get my kid at the local school and back. No impact on windshield, no pothole, no weird sound, nothing. Only Canadian weather. While parked at home, noticed a vertical crack, starting in the exact bottom center of the windshield. Surface is absolutely smooth. 2009, 2012 Beetle had cases of spontaneous cracking in the windshield (poor manufacturing? Problem during assembly?) Of course the local dealership refuses to replace the clearly defective windshield at VW expense. They will loose a vw customer and maintenance will be made in an independent garage. Will go back to Japanese cars.
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Vehicle bought in late 2015. Only 9000 km. Urban driving only. Well taken care of and maintained at local VW dealership. Was home on Monday, removed snow from the windshield in the morning, was A1. Drove only to get my kid at the local school and back. No impact on windshield, no pothole, no weird sound, nothing. Only Canadian weather. While parked at home, noticed a vertical crack, starting in the exact bottom center of the windshield. Surface is absolutely smooth. 2009, 2012 Beetle had cases of spontaneous cracking in the windshield (poor manufacturing? Problem during assembly?) Of course the local dealership refuses to replace the clearly defective windshield at VW expense. They will loose a vw customer and maintenance will be made in an independent garage. Will go back to Japanese cars.
- canadianvw, Saint-Hyacinthe, QC, Canada