2021 Hyundai Palisade VISIBILITY/WIPER

BEFORE I EVEN HIT 1000 MILES MY WINDSHIELD CHIPPED. I WAS DRIVING BEHIND A CAR NOT TAILGATING AND HEARD A ROCK COME UP AND HIT MY WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS A BIG CHIP IN MY WINDSHIELD. TODAY 3 DAYS LATER DRIVING HEARD A ROCK COME UP AND NOW ANOTHER CHIP. I'VE NEVER SEEN A WINDSHIELD CHIP LIKE THIS BEFORE. AS I WAS INVESTIGATING THE CHIP AND CLEANING MY WINDSHIELD I DISCOVERED MORE CHIPS IN LOWER RIGHT HAND CORNER THAT I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING HIT. THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE VERY CHEAPLY MADE. THIS CAR IS NOT CHEAP AND FOR THE WINDSHIELD TO CHIP THIS EASY IS WRONG!

Small pebble impact on passenger side of windshield caused a very small chip. Chip developed into several long cracks as repair was being attempted. As cracks continue to propagate, a full windshield replacement will be necessary. A common problem surrounding this make and model.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY, LIGHT SNOW CAN DISABLE THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE WIPERS WILL NOT START WORKING AGAIN UNTIL YOU PULL OVER, LIFT THE HOOD TO CLEAR OUT THE WIPER WELL. THE WIPERS ARE NOT FROZEN TO THE WINDSHIELD. THEY CAN BE MANUALLY MOVED BACK AND FORTH. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS DEFECT. BELOW IS A LINK TO A FORUM DESCRIBING THE DEFECT. HTTPS://PALISADEFORUMS.ORG/THREADS/WIPERS-STOPPED-WORKING-SNOW-BUILD-UP.444/PAGE-2

WIPERS STOP WORKING WHILE DRIVING. I HAD CLEARED AND USE THE DEFROST BUT THE SNOW STILL ACCUMULATED WHILE DRIVING AND CAUSED THE WIPERS TO STOP. I HAD TO FIND A SHOULDER ON A BUSY HIGHWAY TO CLEAR SO THE WIPERS WOULD START WORKING AGAIN. VERY DANGEROUS

TWICE THIS HAS HAPPENED. MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS LOCK UP AND WILL NOT CLEAR THE WINDOW. IT SEEMS LIKE THERE MAY BE SNOW OR ICE BELOW THEM WHERE THEY TUCK IN WHEN THIS HAPPENS, WHICH IS HARD TO CLEAR OUT ANYWAY. WHILE I AM DRIVING, IF ANY SNOW OR ICE COMES DOWN FROM THE ROOF, THEY WILL LOCK UP AS WELL, AND THIS HAS LEFT ME ABSOLUTELY NOT ABLE TO SEE THE ROAD. IT IS A MAJOR MAJOR HAZARD. LUCKILY I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD BOTH TIMES TO CLEAR THE WINDOW MANUALLY

I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND ON THE SAME DAY I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY ON MY WAY HOME, I DISCOVERED A ROCK CHIP ON THE WINDSHIELD, I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING IMPACT THE WINDSHIELD BUT JUDGING BUT NOT HEARING ANY SOUND. THE WINDSHIELD SEEMS TO BE VERY FRAGILE COMPARED TO OTHER VEHICLES I'VE OWNED.

WIPERS STOP WORKING WHEN SNOW ACCUMULATES, BLOCKING SENSOR ON WINDSHIELD. VERY DANGEROUS. THIS HAS HAPPENED WHEN DRIVING AND WHILE PARKED. ONLY WAY TO SOLVE IS TO STOP CAR AND REMOVE SNOW ACCUMULATION BETWEEN WIPERS AND RECESSED AREA UNDERNEATH.

Only approx 8000 miles on the Palisade. Tiny rock hit windshield and left a 3mm pit in the glass in the middle. Within minutes the glass cracked and is now almost a foot long. After 1 search on the internet looking for replacement glass I found multiple forums of people discussing how common the cracking/spiderweb issue is, sometimes with no impact. Now my visibility is being impaired as the crack continues to spread across the windshield.

WE WERE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED AND A ROCK BOUNCED UP FROM A PASSING CAR, NOT EVEN DRIVING BEHIND IT BUT PASSING HEAD ON, AND IT CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. THESE WINDSHIELDS SEEM TO BE EXTREMELY FRAGILE AND CAN'T HOLD UP TO A SIMPLE ROCK OR EVEN PEBBLE. IN MY EXPERIENCE, I HAVE NEVER HAD A COMPLETE CRACK LIKE THIS AND THE WINDSHIELD SHOULD BE ABLE TO WITHSTAND OR ONLY PRESENT A ROCK CHIP THAT CAN BE REPAIRED VERSUS REPLACING THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE DUE TO THE CALIBRATION REQUIRED FOR THE SAFETY FEATURES. THIS IS VERY CONCERNING SINCE THIS WAS LOW SPEED, WHAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF IT TOOK A HIGH SPEED IMPACT.

WIPERS BECAME NON-OPERATIONAL AS SNOW SLIDE DOWN THE FRONT OF THE CARE PREVENTING THE WIPER FROM COMPLETING A FULL CYCLE. THE SNOW WAS ~3 INCHES UP THE WINDSHIELD WHICH HALTED THE WIPER IN THE DOWN POSITION. ONCE THE SNOW WAS MANUALLY CLEARED THE WIPER WAS ABLE TO COMPLETE ITS EVOLUTION AND REGAINED FUNCTIONALITY. THIS OCCURRED AT A SPEED OF 15 WHILE BREAKING DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER. NOT AN IDEAL SITUATION FOR WIPERS TO STOP WORKING BUT FORTUNATELY WAS IN A POSITION TO PULL OVER TO UNDERSTAND AND RESOLVE THE ISSUE.

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND A SMALL PEBBLE HIT OUR WINDSHIELD LESS THAN 1/8 INCHES(ESTIMATE BASED ON CRACK LEFT) IN DIAMETER. INSTEAD OF BOUNCING OF THE WINDSHIELD IT CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. ATTEMPT TO REPAIR THE WINDSHIELD BY A AUTO GLASS COMPANY CRACKED IT EVEN FURTHER. THIS HAS NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE OWNING MULTIPLE VEHICLES. IN RESEARCHING THERE LOOKS TO BE OTHER COMPLAINTS FROM HYUNDAI PALISADE OWNERS ON VARIOUS SITES. WE WERE TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 74 MPH ON A HIGHWAY IN SUNNY CONDITIONS.

TOOK A ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK IN MY 2021 PALISADE THAT I PURCHASED BRAND NEW JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO. DECIDED TO SAVE A LITTLE MONEY ON FLYING BY DRIVING INSTEAD, BUT NOW I'M REGRETTING THAT DECISION. A SMALL ROCK FLEW OFF A TRUCK THAT WAS PASSING ME ON THE LEFT ON I-90 AND HIT MY WINDSHIELD. ABSOLUTELY NOT MY FAULT AND NOTHING I COULD HAVE DONE TO PREVENT IT. THERE WAS A SPIDER CRACK. BY THE TIME I STOPPED AT THE NEXT EXIT TO GET GAS AND EXAMINE THE DAMAGE FURTHER, IT HAD ALREADY GROWN TO A RUNNER CRACK. IT WAS SATURDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE SO SAFELITE WAS NOT AN OPTION. I CONTINUED ON TO MY DESTINATION IN KALISPELL AND BY THE TIME I GOT THERE IT HAD GROWN TO THE POINT THAT "PATCHING" WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE. NOW ONLY A WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT WOULD SUFFICE. I CALLED AROUND ON MONDAY AND GOT THE CHEAPEST QUOTE FROM SAFELITE. AFTER TAX IT WAS GOING TO BE APPROXIMATELY $713 FOR THIRD PARTY GLASS. THE OEM WINDSHIELD, WHICH THEY RECOMMENDED, WAS $1400. I OBVIOUSLY OPTED FOR THE THIRD PARTY OPTION. I ASKED ABOUT THE CAMERA CALIBRATION FEE. THEY SAID THEY COULD DO IT FOR $300. I CALLED A DEALER WHO SAID THEY COULD DO IT FOR $250. SO I'M GOING TO HAVE THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED BY SAFELITE AND HAVE THE CAMERA CALIBRATION DONE BY A LOCAL DEALER. ALL TOLD IT'S GOING TO BE ABOUT $963. I'VE ALWAYS LOVED ROAD TRIPS BUT SEEING HOW RIDICULOUS FRAGILE THE PALISADE WINDSHIELD IS MAKES ME MORE APT TO KEEP IT GARAGED AND JUST FLY NEXT TIME. REALLY DISAPPOINTING.

DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 55-60 MPH. A SMALL STONE KICKED UP AND CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD IMMEDIATELY. THIS RESULTED IN A SPIDERWEB THAT AS OF NOW HAS STRETCHED APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES ACROSS. THE SOUND WAS STRANGELY LOUD. I'M NOW RESPONSIBLE FOR A FULL REPLACEMENT FOR A BACK ORDERED WINDSHIELD OVER AN SOMETHING THAT AT MOST SHOULD HAVE A CAUSED A CHIP IF ANYTHING. I CAN HEAR THE CRACK SPREADING AND AM CONCERNED FOR THE OVERALL INTEGRITY OF THE GLASS.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED 2 DAY OF OWNERSHIP. THE SMALLEST SMALL PEBBLE IVE EVER SEEN FROM ROAD HIT WINDSHIELD. I'VE OWN MANY OF CARS AND DRIVE ALL OVER THE USA AND HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE THIS HAPPEN TO A BRAND NEW CAR. IT HIT DRIVES SIDE WINDSHIELD. GLASS IS CHEAPLY MADE . ITS NOT SAFE FOR FAMILY.