Fragile top glass and windshield 😠

[jboy210]

My BMW X3 also needed recalibration after windshield replacement. Initially, the HUD and some camera systems did not work correctly. On the BMW you had to clear a setting and then drive the car 50-100 miles.

 

[Gabby51]

2022 Model Y - Unusually fragile windshields? 4th Windshield in 13 months and 18,000 miles. I never had that experience with any other vehicle.

 

[Yelobird]

2022 Model Y - Unusually fragile windshields? 4th Windshield in 13 months and 18,000 miles. I never had that experience with any other vehicle.

Sounds like the area you are driving or a neighborhood dislike of you/your car.

 

[Pianewman]

2022 Model Y - Unusually fragile windshields? 4th Windshield in 13 months and 18,000 miles. I never had that experience with any other vehicle.

Maybe, but I suspect not. I've gone years (decades?) w/o windshield issues, then will have a rash of them...VWs, Fords, Hondas, Toyotas. In the first 10 days of Tesla MY ownership, a stone hit my windshield, DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF ME, DRIVER SIDE. Had it repaired ($50), 2 1/2 years later, it's still fine, just a very small spider only visible from the side, and no more issues...44k miles, 20k+ on long road trips, through construction zones, etc.

 

[nate704]

2022 Model Y - Unusually fragile windshields? 4th Windshield in 13 months and 18,000 miles. I never had that experience with any other vehicle.

22 MYP 13K miles - not even a single chip. My windshield is stronger than others.

 

[davraker]

2 full replacements and a repair on a 3rd since October of 2020. I had one replaced windshield on a BMW in my previous 40 years of driving. Same roads, same style of driving. Coincadence?

 

[richyrich]

22 MYP 13K miles - not even a single chip. My windshield is stronger than others.

2020 Model Y, 109,000km, no glass breaks or visible chips. Must have made em stronger in the old days!

 

[TLLMRRJ]

2022 Model Y - Unusually fragile windshields? 4th Windshield in 13 months and 18,000 miles. I never had that experience with any other vehicle.

Have you made an insurance claim for each of those, or out of pocket?

 

[brkaus]

2 full replacements and a repair on a 3rd since October of 2020. I had one replaced windshield on a BMW in my previous 40 years of driving. Same roads, same style of driving. Coincadence?

Very different front end profile between a Tesla and most BMWs.

 

[laservet]

2 full replacements and a repair on a 3rd since October of 2020. I had one replaced windshield on a BMW in my previous 40 years of driving. Same roads, same style of driving. Coincadence?

Purely coincidence. I found threads identical to this one in every major brand’s discussion groups. “I’ve driven twenty different cars over the past 50 years, not a single broken windshield. My BMW/Mercedes/Audi/... has had four broken windshields in the past ten months. Must be weak glass.”

 

[laservet]

Very different front end profile between a Tesla and most BMWs.

My BMWs have all had broken windshields, each vehicle at least two, three on my 7 series, while my Tesla has none in three years. Must be the shape of the BMW windshield or they use thin/weak glass.

 

[richyrich]

Purely coincidence. I found threads identical to this one in every major brand’s discussion groups. “I’ve driven twenty different cars over the past 50 years, not a single broken windshield. My BMW/Mercedes/Audi/... has had four broken windshields in the past ten months. Must be weak glass.”

LOL, you're right - quick search for "bmw soft glass" and I find an almost identical thread, same whines etc - is the windscreen too soft or am i unlucky

 

[DanDi58]

I think as cars have gotten more aerodynamic, this has become an issue. Airflow over the front end tends to take everything into the windshield after bouncing off the grill area or hood, of course).

 

[nate704]

I think as cars have gotten more aerodynamic, this has become an issue. Airflow over the front end tends to take everything into the windshield after bouncing off the grill area or hood, of course).

Not correct/wrong in every level of Physics, Fluid Mechanics, and dynamics.

 

[GWord]

Not correct/wrong in every level of Physics, Fluid Mechanics, and dynamics.

Still waiting 1.5 years later to see your CFD solution.

 

[nate704]

Still waiting 1.5 years later to see your CFD solution.

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[GWord]

Amazon.com

So does this mean your offer to provide an explanation of your generalization was a bluff? I am legitimately interested in the science and feel like the underlying hypotheses presented by DanDi58 and others seems reasonable to test. I was sort of hoping you were an expert and could bring something quantitative to the table.

 

[Yelobird]

So does this mean your offer to provide an explanation of your (flippant) generalization was a bluff? I am legitimately interested in the science and feel like the underlying hypotheses presented by DanDi58 and others seems reasonable to test. I was sort of hoping you were an expert and could bring something quantitative to the table.

I believe the science formula is Rock = hard, Glass = brittle, Rock wins.

 

[GWord]

I believe the science formula is Rock = hard, Glass = brittle, Rock wins.

Rock + Glass = TMC tears.

 

[Pianewman]

So does this mean your offer to provide an explanation of your (flippant) generalization was a bluff? I am legitimately interested in the science and feel like the underlying hypotheses presented by DanDi58 and others seems reasonable to test. I was sort of hoping you were an expert and could bring something quantitative to the table.

Flippant or not, I think this discussion would require infinitely more than a simple explanation. You might need to do your own research on this one.