WhiskyBadger

Mines getting replaced tomorrow 8k miles. Seems like every truck I have every had, has a broken windshield every so often. What got me was having to replace the blown tire from a piece of re-bar at a construction zone, with only a couple of hundred miles on it.

278horn

I thought I was the only one jinxed. Less than 100 miles and on the 2nd day.

BlackBoost

Got you all beat. Got a chip on the way home after getting a new windshield put in. Turned right around and went back to the shop to repair the chip on a 1 hour old windshield... All thanks to a hummer with knobby tires that was riding the shoulder coming from the opposite direction.

motorhead2013

She was removing the mirror, it had a spring clip to release it. I think she pried against the windshield to release it. Took a chunk out of the glass.

SixShooter14

I've replaced the driver's door glass and the windshield on my '16. The door was $350 and the windshield $260....Then after a week I got a pretty good sized chip in the new windshield from a dump truck driving down the interstate. $45 to fix the chip

TxFord150

Well looks like for an OEM windshield will run $500 to $600. Problem is trying to find one nobody has any in stock, and several windshield shops say that the cheap aftermarket windows do not fit properly and to avoid them. Guess I will run this one through the insurance company......

mbrick

I have Geico and asked for an OEM replacement windshield and they approved it. It didn't have the OEM logo, but was Carlex brand like the OEM glass.

Also, skip out on Safelite and have someone else do it. Might not apply to all techs but they have done poor work in the few times I've seen it.

Like other said, it's a comprehensive claim so it will not affect your rates. I have my comp deductible low ($50) because it only went up a few dollars versus a $500 ded. and it paid for itself on the second windshield.

Rontbeamer

All I can say is I live in Western Pa and I have put windshields in every vehicle I have owned while living here. Ford. BMW, Honda, Acura, it doesn't matter. The trucks do seem to go through more glass but I suspect it's more the glass angle than quality. In the U.S. at least, the reason we are going through more windshields these days is that speed limits are way up all over the country so rock and gravel hits are cause more damage with the increased average driving speed.

BCMIF150

I'm on my 3rd F150 since 2011. I live in Michigan with crappy roads and have yet to replace a windshield. I don't buy into the statement about soft glass.

Eduskator

They're not even able to address the IWE failure issue that's been ongoing for a few years, nor the exploding rear window issue.

I do believe they have other fish to try because they don't seem to care. Guess they seem them as ''isolated cases'' because of people not complaining or something like that.