Not even on purpose... The pollen is getting thick where I am and today was a nice 70 degree and cool day. So I washed the Bonne.... Everything went fine. When I hit the wife'* 99 Jimmy with the hose I heard a pop. I didn't see anything at first then I noticed a 6 to 8 inch crack in the windshield..... WTF? It wasn't all that hot tiday... Granted the water from the hose is cold, but I've never seen tempered glass crack like that.... I even had it sitting in the driveway with the windows down before I washed it. I guess I"m calling State Farm tomorrow.... Grrr....

wow thats very surprissing, i didnt think a windsheild would ever do that.. hell i have washed cars or very hot a sunny days and thats never happend to me, has with regular glass tho :?

They can... if their a little older or were put in wrong. Some times a chip will start to spread with sudden temp changes.

ken

guess i will think twice about doing that this summer...

There were no visible chips and the windshield was the original GM...

Thats kind of strange. considering it wasnt that hot out.

That'* it...I'm never washing my car again!

Sudden stress on an older window, with a potential for having minute gravel nicks.

I had a windshield in a '94 crack the day after a piece of gravel smacked it. No cracks that day, but the following afternoon, when the sun hit the relatively cool windshield, an 8 inch crack developed.

Sorry 'bout the hassle, but if insurance covers it, you should have a nice new one shortly.

Yep, insurance is covering it.... Just bizzare for it to happen.