I have had my Expedition for one month so far and I love it.. I was driving down the highway the other day and heard a little tiny stone hit the windshield right on the edge of the driver's side of the windshield about half way up. It instantly cracked my windshield about 8 inches across which has now extended downwards toward the middle of the windshield. I was pretty shocked and upset that a little stone could cause this much damage.

My question is

1. Any chance Ford will cover this as a defective windshield?

2. If I replace it myself is there any advantage to going with a Ford Windshield over an aftermarket one from a local Windshield shop?

I still can't believe it happened so easily.