Your windshield provides strength and rigidity to the entire frame of the car.

Your windshield also provides up to 60% of the structure of the car in the event of a roll over. The windshield can and has been the difference between life and serious injury or death in an accident.

Modern windshields have a variety of sensors and cameras mounted to them. Any cameras need to be recalibrated at the time of replacement to ensure they function effectively and properly, especially when they need to.

Front passenger airbags rely on the windshield to deploy properly. The driver airbag shoots directionally out of the steering wheel, while the passenger airbag ejects out of the dashboard and rebounds off the windshield into the car.

Your windshield is comprised of two layers of glass held together with a layer of lamination between. Having two layers of laminated glass creates a lot of strength and support, it also means that damage the occurs to your windshield is typically limited to the top layer of glass.