Before the pandemic, Tylan Vinson mostly fixed windshields damaged by flying debris or broken in accidents. But nowadays, at Super Auto Glass, his auto glass repair shop in South San Francisco, half of his work is replacing windows broken by thieves.

“It’s been a busy day,” Vinson said over the phone Friday between fix-it jobs.

Vinson mainly works on private vehicles but occasionally fixes rental cars too, and rental car companies in the Bay Area, in particular, are feeling the pain. Employees at some rental car companies say dozens of their cars each day are returned with broken windows.

“Rental car companies are losing money hand over fist from broken windows,” said Sharky Laguana, head of the American Rental Car Association and owner of Bandago Van Rental. “If it takes two to three weeks to get windows, we can’t rent out that car.”

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