{"id":768,"date":"2018-04-24T18:36:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T18:36:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/?p=768"},"modified":"2025-04-25T22:47:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-25T22:47:40","slug":"does-car-insurance-cover-cracked-windshields","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeway.com\/knowledge-center\/auto\/does-car-insurance-cover-cracked-windshields\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Car Insurance Cover Cracked Windshields?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Just about everyone experiences it eventually: driving along on a beautiful sunny day, radio blasting, singing along, and suddenly you hear a crack. A pebble or some other piece of debris flies out from under the tire of the car ahead of you, hitting your windshield dead-center. Whether it causes a tiny chip or a bigger crack, you need to get it fixed. Leaving your windshield with a crack puts you and your passengers at risk. So now you\u2019re wondering, does car insurance<\/a> cover a cracked windshield? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s take a closer look at whether or not your insurance will cover a cracked windshield<\/a>, as well as whether it\u2019s better to repair or replace it. And yes, we\u2019ll even go over how to handle a cracked window!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Does Insurance Cover a Cracked Windshield <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Even if it\u2019s a tiny crack, you need to get it fixed: they rarely stay small. The good news is that any comprehensive policy<\/a> should cover auto glass repair or even windshield replacement, as long as the crack was from a covered event. Examples of covered events include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n