I had a crack from a stone impact. Called my insurance company who verified my no-deductible coverage on windshield glass. The agent transferred my call to Safelite who gave me the option of taking the car to their nearest shop or doing it in my driveway. I opted to take it to the shop. I think I waited about a week. One phone call on my part, no complaints. Also this was August ‘21.
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Model Y front windshield replacement
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Need to have my 2021 long range model Y windshield replaced. Safelite wouldn’t even schedule it saying they couldn’t do it because they did not do calibration. (I seem to remember them saying g same thing about my Mercedes… anyway , I digress ). Mercedes windshields come calibrated and Tesla said the Model Y windshield calibrates itself …. Helloooo
so I called another company in Scottsdale, Phoenix at the suggestion of Tesla and they can do a home visit in a controlled environment. Said inside my garage was fine . But it could be a gazillion degrees out. So this company BLUECHIP GLASS , is 3 weeks out, so I scheduled it. I had an apt with Tesla but they kept changing the date out 2 weeks for this that or the other . So apparently it’s not like the days of old where you could get someone out in a few days 
always so complicated! I love my Tesla and sometimes hate it all at the same time!! Phantom breaking from 75 down to 40 is always fun
so I called another company in Scottsdale, Phoenix at the suggestion of Tesla and they can do a home visit in a controlled environment. Said inside my garage was fine . But it could be a gazillion degrees out. So this company BLUECHIP GLASS , is 3 weeks out, so I scheduled it. I had an apt with Tesla but they kept changing the date out 2 weeks for this that or the other . So apparently it’s not like the days of old where you could get someone out in a few days always so complicated! I love my Tesla and sometimes hate it all at the same time!! Phantom breaking from 75 down to 40 is always funScottsdale Raintree technicians do not do windshield replacements even if you take your car to have it done at the Service Center. They outsource it to Blue Chip. I learned this when I had mine replaced there a couple months ago. It was ~$1,300 through Tesla. What was it direct with Blue Chip?Need to have my 2021 long range model Y windshield replaced. Safelite wouldn’t even schedule it saying they couldn’t do it because they did not do calibration. (I seem to remember them saying g same thing about my Mercedes… anyway , I digress ). Mercedes windshields come calibrated and Tesla said the Model Y windshield calibrates itself …. Helloooo
In the future I will just go with Blue Chip directly.
Watts_Up
Well-Known Member
On our 2022 Model Y, I just got price quotes for windshield replacement from Tesla service center and from Safelite. Tesla was $1,393 and Safelite was $2,950!! Forget that. I'm going with Tesla for it.
I live in Bozeman. I assume you used Safelite since we don’t have any Tesla centers in the state?
PACEMD
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I guess. Also, Tesla suggested Safelite, and they were cheaper, offered/used an OEM Tesla windshield. They did require it to be calibrated electronically, which the Tesla software would have done on its own.
That...is really odd. We had to replace the windshield in my wife's Model Y here in Boise last year. I got quotes from both Tesla service and from Safelite, and the Safelite quote was twice as much. Maybe the Tesla quote there was higher because of having to go do it by mobile service to your location.
Can't really tell. I got windshield cracks on my previous cars a few times and learned to stay away from big trucks by a long distance.
However, on roads with gravel, an accelerating car in front could send gravel to my windshield, hard to avoid.
In this case, the dashcam could have recorded the event with the license plate of that car. I am wondering if this video helps to identify the driver or car owner and make they pay for the repair.
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