I was hand washing my car today and noticed a slight crack on the passenger side of the windshield. It's small and is located in the black area of the glass and is about 4-5 inches long and in about 6-8 inches from the lower right corner of the windshield. I'm going to bring it into the Service Center sometime in the next few days so they can take a look at it. Question: has anyone had a stress fracture in their windshields and also had tinting installed? I'm wondering if anyone has had Tesla pay for the replacement of tinting.
It seems unlikely Tesla would cover replacement tinting on a windshield in CA, where tinting the windshield is not legal. Doesn't hurt to ask, I suppose, but I'd be prepared for a 'no.'
A technician stopped by the house yesterday morning to take a look at it. He said it appears that it is a scratch and not a crack, which is good. I'm waiting for a call-back from the SC manager though to discuss if there's a potential for the scratch to turn into a crack, just knowing that the windshields can suffer from stress fractures. My ask will be that if it ever develops into a crack that it is replaced.
I'm interested in seeing what this looks like, so I know what to look for on mine. Do you have a picture you can share?