Back Window Replacement Cost

Joseph Michael By Joseph Michael Published 5 min read
Back Window Replacement, $200 to $550 for most cars, SUVs and trucks
Price range in the US
$200 – $550 for most cars, SUVs and trucks
$200 – $400Sedan or crossover, glass shop
$350 – $550Full-size SUV or truck, glass shop
$441.76 – $1,653.66Owners' bills and quotes since 2022

Price table of NuVision Auto Glass (September 2026): $200 to $300 economy sedan, $250 to $400 mid-size sedan or crossover, $350 to $550 full-size SUV or truck, $500 to $800 luxury car. Owners paid or were quoted $441.76 to $1,653.66 since 2022. Checked October 9, 2026.

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What a Glass Shop Charges What a Truck’s Sliding Back Window Costs Ask the Carmaker Before You Pay What Insurance Covers What Owners Paid Back Window Questions You Might Have Where These Prices Come From

Short answer

Replacing a back window costs about $200 to $550 for most cars, SUVs and trucks at an auto glass shop, and $500 to $800 on luxury cars. Owners paid or were quoted $441.76 to $1,653.66 since 2022, and a Ram sliding back window comes to $991.86 to $1,236.14.

Close up of a car's rear window with fine horizontal heater lines and the rear wiper
The back window of a car, with the thin lines of the rear defroster running across the glass. Photo: Dennis Matheson, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped

Your back window shattered, maybe with nobody near the car, or the rear glass of your truck leaks or has a cracked frame. You want to know what a new one costs, and whether your insurance or the carmaker should pay.

So how much does back window replacement cost? About $200 to $550 for most cars, SUVs and trucks at an auto glass shop, by the price table of NuVision Auto Glass. Luxury cars run $500 to $800.

Owners paid or were quoted $441.76 to $1,653.66 since 2022, and the dealer bills were the higher ones. A truck’s sliding back window comes to about $992 to $1,236 with Ram’s own glass and job time.

In this guide I will show you what glass shops charge, what a truck’s sliding window costs, which models the carmakers have a fix for, what insurance covers, and what owners paid.

What a Glass Shop Charges

NuVision Auto Glass, which works in Arizona, Florida and other states, prices back glass by the kind of vehicle on its page updated in September 2026:

Economy sedan, like a Civic or Corollarear glass, fitted$200 – $300
Mid-size sedan or crossover, like a Camry or CR-Vrear glass, fitted$250 – $400
Full-size SUV or truck, like a Silverado or F-150rear glass, fitted$350 – $550
Luxury car, like a BMW X5 or Lexus RXrear glass, fitted$500 – $800
Rare car, like a Porsche Panamerarear glass, fitted$600 – $1,200

Glass with defroster lines adds $75 to $150, and the carmaker’s own glass costs $100 to $250 more than aftermarket glass there.

Two other shops land in the same place. Glow Auto Glass in Glen Burnie, Maryland, puts most back glass at $280 to $500, and Collision Auto Glass in Portland, Oregon, at $300 to $700.

What a Truck’s Sliding Back Window Costs

Pickup windows that slide open cost more, and the carmakers sell them as one assembly with the frame. Here are their own parts on dealer parts websites, checked October 9, 2026:

Ram 1500, sliding back glass, 2019 and laterby version; list price $916 – $1,140$526.38 – $770.66
GM Silverado and Sierra, power sliding window2014 to 2019; list price $1,756.52$1,172.77
GM Silverado and Sierra, center sliding glass onlylist price $685.47$435.87

Ram pays its dealers 2.4 hours to replace the sliding back glass of a 2019 to 2021 Ram 1500, with two adhesive kits at $74.34 each.

At $132 an hour, the average US shop rate Tekmetric found in June 2026, that comes to $526.38 + $148.68 + $316.80 = $991.86, or $1,236.14 with the dearest glass.

Ask the Carmaker Before You Pay

Ram extended the warranty on the back glass of select 2019 to 2021 Ram 1500 pickups to 8 years or 150,000 miles, for a water leak at the top of the glass or a cracked glass frame.

A silver 2019 Ram 1500 crew cab pickup seen from the back left, with its cab back window
A 2019 Ram 1500 from behind. On select 2019 to 2021 trucks with a sliding back window, Ram’s warranty on that glass runs 8 years or 150,000 miles. Photo: Kevauto, CC BY-SA 4.0

It covers trucks built through September 30, 2020 with a sliding back window. Owners who already paid for the repair can ask for their money back, and since June 2024 the fix is a urethane seal, 0.4 hour, instead of new glass.

Acura’s bulletin 22-014 covers rear glass that shatters with no impact on all 2019 RDX and many 2020 RDX, and points to the rear defroster grid. Acura pays its dealers 1.5 hours to replace it, but only the normal warranty applies.

A car window broken into a web of many small pieces of glass that are still in place
Broken safety glass in a car window. Tempered glass breaks into small pieces like these, so a broken back window is replaced, not repaired. Photo: Caleidoscopic, CC BY-SA 4.0

Out of warranty, Acura dealers quoted RDX owners $1,107 and $1,200. Another owner got Acura to pay half, leaving almost $400.

GM’s program N192265660 fixed a rear defroster circuit that could overheat on the power sliding back window of 2014 to 2019 Silverado and Sierra pickups, and replaced glass it damaged. It ended on January 31, 2022.

Honda told the owner of a 2023 HR-V, whose back glass shattered in a parking lot, that it would cover the $441.76 repair. So whatever you drive, ask the dealer if your model has a bulletin before you pay.

What Insurance Covers

Back glass falls under comprehensive coverage, minus your deductible. In Kentucky and South Carolina, the law takes the deductible away for car glass, so a covered back window costs you nothing there.

Florida’s law does that only for the windshield, so a Florida back window still carries your deductible. With a $500 deductible, a $300 sedan back glass is cheaper to pay yourself.

What Owners Paid

Here is what owners told NHTSA, the US road safety agency, and a Tesla forum, with a link to each:

So owners paid or were quoted $441.76 to $1,653.66 since 2022. The dealer bills and quotes were all $1,100 or more.

Price bars at a glass shop: economy sedan $200 to $300; mid-size sedan or crossover $250 to $400; full-size SUV or truck $350 to $550; luxury car $500 to $800. 2023 HR-V glass shop bill $441.76; Ram 1500 sliding glass worked out $991.86 to $1,236.14; RDX Acura dealer quotes $1,107 to $1,200; 2018 HR-V at a Honda dealer $1,653.66
A glass shop’s prices, a bill worked out with Ram’s own parts and job time, and what owners paid or were quoted.

Back Window Questions You Might Have

How much does it cost to replace a back window?

About $200 to $550 for most cars, SUVs and trucks at NuVision Auto Glass, and $500 to $800 on luxury cars. Owners paid or were quoted $441.76 to $1,653.66 since 2022.

Does insurance cover a broken back window?

Comprehensive coverage does, minus your deductible. Kentucky and South Carolina law takes the deductible away for car glass, and Florida’s only for the windshield.

Why did my back window shatter by itself?

Acura blames the rear defroster grid on 2019 and 2020 RDX models, and GM found an overheating defroster circuit on 2014 to 2019 Silverado and Sierra power sliding windows. Ask the dealer about your model.

How long does it take to replace a back window?

Acura pays its dealers 1.5 hours for the RDX, and Ram 2.4 hours for the sliding back glass of the Ram 1500.

Can a back window be repaired instead of replaced?

Rear glass is tempered, which breaks into small rounded pieces, so once it breaks the whole window is replaced. A leak at a truck’s sliding window can be sealed instead, as Ram now does.

Where These Prices Come From

I hope this helps you get the glass back in without paying for a part the carmaker should cover. If you have any questions, you can email me at costcheckr@gmail.com.

Joseph Michael

Joseph Michael

Joseph Michael is the founder and editor of CostCheckr.com, a website that helps you find out how much things cost in different situations. He gathers prices from shop websites, price lists and public data, and turns them into guides you can use before you pay. He loves to travel, play cricket, read books and study economics and statistics.

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