Another cracked screen.

[Jono]

Me too, me too. Company van so will give someone a call and go through the rigmarole. Had to have 2 in my last Outlander, 18k miles in the T6 now and first crack. Looks like it was a chip that has propagated into a crack.

 

[Thegee6]

Have I got the lowest miles T6 needing a replacement screen? 300 miles and WALLOP! Whacking great stone kicked up hits my heated screen. Looks like a little spiders Webb at the bottom of the screen now! Anyway call to Brentacre, then onto Auto Windscreens. £100 excess and coming out to replace a week on Friday

 

[Zave]

I've now had 3 screens cracked. The latest is on the passenger side so I'm just going to leave it until it cracks again in an MOT failure area.

 

[JasonW]

First stone strike and the windscreen cracked... they didn't say it was made of sugar glass when I bought it...

Whats the excess on insurance these days...

 

[Dellmassive]

i think they would repair that onsite. - doubt you would need a full screen replacement?

call your insurer,

last time i had one like that they sent a mobile van to my work address and sorted in about an hour.






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[JasonW]

Yes, thanks, I will call them when I get back..

 

[LakesT6]

In the club..

 

[JasonW]

Me too...

 

[Loz]

Get a repair on that before it becomes a crack.

 

[John the Gas]

I had my first screen at 2200miles. I’m on my 4th now - the first 2 were genuine VW ones the last 2 were St Gobain ones. Victor will be 4 in November and he’s currently done 76K. The screen in at the moment has lasted the longest at 19 months but I do have a couple of chips. All were fitted by Autoglass by the same technician and I was happy with them. He told me the early ones were problematic if they were the heated type. I did post on here some time back the genuine VW part no. and you can get them very cheap direct from Europe.

 

[VanDamMan]

In the club..
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Most clubs I’d join ... but not wishing to join this Club too soon ......but have noticed lots of very small chips on screen ( mines heated ).......can glass be soft? ......hope ur all sorted soon

 

[JasonW]

Get a repair on that before it becomes a crack.

Is clear plex worth the money for heated screen protection...?

 

[LakesT6]

Most clubs I’d join ... but not wishing to join this Club too soon ......but have noticed lots of very small chips on screen ( mines heated ).......can glass be soft? ......hope ur all sorted soon

It’s definitely softer than the screen was in my old T5, but that wasn’t heated. I did over 100k in that van and all sorts bounced off the screen over the years, without a single blemish. New screen going in next week

 

[JasonW]

So having spoken to the insurance and them putting me onto nationwide windscreen services they claim any windscreen damage larger than a one penny piece means the screen must be replaced... and cannot be repaired successfully... so booked in for a new screen with a £115 excess to pay...

 

[mopardave]

So having spoken to the insurance and them putting me onto nationwide windscreen services they claim any windscreen damage larger than a one penny piece means the screen must be replaced... and cannot be repaired successfully... so booked in for a new screen with a £115 excess to pay...

Hmmmm..... Does that not only apply to the swept area directly in front of the driver?

 

[JasonW]

The windscreen company didn't even ask the location of the damage... just the size of the damage... at which point he said it was a replacement required.

Personally I think that they're all in it to make money... hope the renewal price on the insurance doesn't spike upwards...

 

[DXX]

Good chance that some of this damage is caused by drivers fitting wider wheels and spacers that put their tyres outside of the wheel arches

 

[Qais2020]

Hi can a crack in a window screen be repaired?

 

[Loz]

Chips yes but not a crack.

 

[Qais2020]

It’s a about 2cm