Advanced tech in newer model cars makes windshield replacement expensive. Aligning cameras and sensors helps ensure advanced safety features work correctly, but the calibration adds to the windshield replacement cost.

It is easy to assume that all auto glass is the same but nothing could be farther from the truth. If you consider the millions of vehicles on the road, the different model years plus the number of different manufacturers it easy to see that there can be variations in quality.

Auto glass is either tempered or laminated. The glass usually used for the front and rear door windows and the rear window are made from tempered glass, the windshield is made from laminated glass.