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Aug 22nd, 2022, 15:02 | #1 |
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Another cracked windscreen.
In around 12 months.
Same cause being my dash cam. First time I cracked it trying to install the bloody thing taking the A pillar off. This time cracked it pulling the dash cam off its magnet to review footage after I nearly drove over a dog that ran out on me Is it just me being heavy handed? I have requested Volvo OEM glass and have been told it's a 7-10 day wait to get it ordered in. I am trying a different branch of national windscreens to see if they can get it in quicker. I've also tried autoglass. Believe my insurance uses both. £95 excess. I am going away Friday to Liverpool. Do I just wait and risk it? Or even go for non-oem glass? They can fit non-oem glass in time. I'm just ****ed with myself. Own fault for being so heavy handed and rather than taken it off I pulled it off. Everything is money. Ughhh I might carry some super glue in case. |
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Aug 22nd, 2022, 15:14 | #3 | |
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When I first cracked it I insisted on Volvo oem and after my insurance at the time telling me I couldn't have it they then changed their mind. I think I'm just doomed with this car. Lol. It doesn't like me. Always something wrong Guy from national windscreens rang me back. He seemed a bit ****ed off saying I won't get OEM glass before I go away and that they all use the same distributor so I've said I'll just wait. He's probably said that as I've rang national back moaning, I've rang autoglass and I've emailed my insurance (you can't ring them ). I'm with flow which is part of LV Last edited by ThomasC91; Aug 22nd, 2022 at 15:16. |
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Aug 22nd, 2022, 15:25 | #4 |
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Come to think of it a few days a go I heard a crack out of nowhere. It sounded like a rock or something hit my car but I didn't see any crack
That has then probably got worse. |
Aug 22nd, 2022, 16:13 | #5 |
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I had a 2019 V60 and managed to devour 3 windscreens in the space of about 2 years. A common factor was that they were all hit by a stone at the very edge of the screen and the screens were heated. This leads me to wonder whether heated screens are not as strong as non-heated due to the element. Quite an expensive exercise !
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Aug 22nd, 2022, 17:00 | #6 |
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It's frustrating.
My last company car (BMW 5 tourer) went through three screens in less than two months. On the last occasion, I had picked it up from receiving a new screen at Autoglass, only to drive five miles before another stone flew up from a lorry and hit the very top edge of the windscreen. It wasn't a big stone either - the chip on the screen edge was minute but it was enough to cause a crack to develop over the next 24 hours. I was just relieved that it was a company car and all three screens were covered! |
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Crack seems to start top edge of my radar system on mine which leads me to believe it wasn't the dash cam that did it, but a stone a couple of days prior and I've just noticed it when it has got bigger. Quote:
They can't fit it until after the bank holiday weekend so I'm going to risk it. They got to order Volvo glass in as I don't want non volvo It doesn't obscure my view at present and the crack, at the minute, is following the passenger side. Hoping it doesn't crack anymore and will just have to be careful on my trip. I have emailed my insurance to see what they advise about driving it. |
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Aug 24th, 2022, 21:12 | #8 |
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I reckon it's something to do with the shape.
My V60 mk2 screen went with a huge crack after a stone hit it, replaced with a genuine Volvo one by Autoglass. Six months later, another stone hit it - tiny crack just out of the steering wheel zone, I've filled it with some sealant for now as I'm not keen on having screens replaced as the chance of them leaking or rusting is always increased. Passed MOT with no comment. Not my record though. I had a Ford Galaxy - new screen was fitted, drove out of the trading estate and a stone thrown up by a Transit put a perfect bullseye right in the middle of it. |
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Good news is the screen came in super early so having fitted today |
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Aug 25th, 2022, 17:46 | #10 |
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I am convinced that car glass is of much poorer quality than it used to be.
Before the S90, I had a string of Mercedes E Class cars in a row (3 in fact). First one did 70k and suffered numerous stones being flicked at screen - not a single mark in when I got rid, second similar, but a few wiper scratches on screen when I got rid, 3rd had significant wiper scratching after only 5k and almost every stone that hit it left a small mark (thankfully no cracks). The S90 got a big chip from first stone that hit it, and is showing wiper scratches after 10k. I also have an OCD habit of walking round car at night after parking up and running my fingernail up the final 1inch of each side window to check they are fully closed. After only a couple of months of doing this you can see small scratches from my fingernails - never had this on any car before and had the same habit for years and years. I'm sure the glass would pass safety tests, but it's clearly thinner, less robust and undoubtedly of lower quality than glass used to be.
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