Tesla Motors Club
When the sun was low in the sky and I was heading toward the sun, thousands of tiny internal crack-like reflections became visible in the windshield of my relatively new Model S, most visibly in parts of the glass
nearest the image of the sun. When I pointed this out to my local Service Center, they suggested it could be due to defects in a plastic layer of the laminated glass. They very kindly replaced the windshield. The situation, sadly, is unchanged. Moreover, the windshield in the loaner Model S was the same. I never felt this was a dangerous defect, if indeed it is a defect, just a somewhat visually distracting annoyance in an otherwise splendid piece of engineering. I had not observed this in any of my previous vehicles (was I simply oblivious?). Has anyone else observed this optical behavior in their windshield? What if any actions have you taken? Any other thoughts on this issue? Please, let's keep this discussion as fact- and evidence-based as possible.
nearest the image of the sun. When I pointed this out to my local Service Center, they suggested it could be due to defects in a plastic layer of the laminated glass. They very kindly replaced the windshield. The situation, sadly, is unchanged. Moreover, the windshield in the loaner Model S was the same. I never felt this was a dangerous defect, if indeed it is a defect, just a somewhat visually distracting annoyance in an otherwise splendid piece of engineering. I had not observed this in any of my previous vehicles (was I simply oblivious?). Has anyone else observed this optical behavior in their windshield? What if any actions have you taken? Any other thoughts on this issue? Please, let's keep this discussion as fact- and evidence-based as possible.