mspohr
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Toyota is clueless about EVs.
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Washed my car and the windshield cracked?
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Toyota is clueless about EVs.
mspohr
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When the most damning criticisms they can come up with is panel gaps and the horror of paint imperfections, you can see how desperate the shorts are.
Garlan Garner
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The mobile service tech took a picture of the crack and said it's not his call but with the tiny pit in the glass, he said he wouldn't be surprised if the service center would not cover the replacement cost, but it could go either way, ugh. Never had a glass problem in >25 years so I have never thought to carry no deductible glass cover. Bummer. Guess we will see what they say next Wednesday. I see a small little pit on the roof glass as well. Gonna have to get out the bubble wrap for this dainty car.
Same here with a model 3 bought dec 18.
the crack looks very much like the picture of the op. The sc detected a very tiny impact, so bye bye the garantee. Another factor I could think about is with the car sitting in the sun, the overheat protection kicked in....
What surprises me is with all the regular cars I owned before, nothing like that ever happened. Sure some stones hit the windshield and left marks but I've seen a windshield getting cracked so easely. Is it that Tesla's windshields are particularly fragile ?
the crack looks very much like the picture of the op. The sc detected a very tiny impact, so bye bye the garantee. Another factor I could think about is with the car sitting in the sun, the overheat protection kicked in....
What surprises me is with all the regular cars I owned before, nothing like that ever happened. Sure some stones hit the windshield and left marks but I've seen a windshield getting cracked so easely. Is it that Tesla's windshields are particularly fragile ?
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Daniel in SD
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Maybe the issue is that the edge of the glass is exposed on the Model 3? Most cars have some trim to cover the edge of the glass.
Now I’m thinking I should tape the edges of all my glass...
JohnSnowNW
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I had a Suzuki SX4 that cracked all the way across as I was pulling out of my driveway. Just heard a loud pop while my head was turned as I was reversing, and when I turned back I had a crack across the entirety of the windshield. I believe it was something like -10F outside. I also had the rear window of my '91 318i completely shatter. I got in the car and thought the window was covered in ice, but when I went to inspect it the entire window had just shattered, but was still in one piece. As I drove little pieces of glass began to fall into the car behind my rear seats.
Conversely, I've had some rather nasty rock hits that didn't seem to do any damage at all.
Thanks for reminding me why I love that my state requires no deductible windshield replacement.
BluestarE3
Active Member
Or the opposite. I still shudder thinking back to when I lived in Alaska and I watched a lady pour hot water from a tea kettle onto her car's windshield to de-ice it. I didn't stick around to see if the windshield cracked or not, but I said to myself this must be her first winter there after moving up from warmer climes.
It is funny... All windshields have tiny nicks from road debris but they generally don't crack when they go through a temperature change. Get a new car with an expensive windshield and all you have to do is look at it wrong, hehe.
I know, and the best part is they don't have a clew of when the new windshield will be available...neither they can give me an accurate quote. Right now they told between 1000 and 2000 cad...go figure...
What are other people paying for windshield replacements?
Not using insurance or getting Goodwill but actually paying out of pocket for the replacement cost?
Not using insurance or getting Goodwill but actually paying out of pocket for the replacement cost?
Macak808
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SoundDaTrumpet
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SoundDaTrumpet
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Post updated. In Republic of California dollars.
Edit: This is for Tesla branded OEM glass. Told that’s the only thing available and high demand. Coworker changed windshield. I have a chip but decided to repair chip.
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