Scion xB Windshield cracks

Replying to: waps (Apr 23, 2008 5:13 pm)

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Replying to: aliudp (May 14, 2008 11:05 pm)

Trust me, the dealership will find a microscopic dot on the windshield crack and blame a stone or such -- and they won't cover it. My dealer just told me it would be about $800 to fix. I am a very disgruntled Scion owner.... and I only have 3K miles on it!!!

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Replying to: kjktoo (Apr 21, 2008 4:53 pm)

I guess this is to all with Windshield problems on a Scion XB 06 or older
scion and toyota know of the problem cracks caused by exess tention on the glass.
There are a lot of people with that problem SO BEFORE YOU PAY FOR THE GLASS TRY TO MAKE SCION OR TOYOTA PAY FOR IT

Replying to: kjktoo (May 15, 2008 5:46 am)

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Replying to: waps (Apr 22, 2008 7:50 am)

I don't think you've had a Scion xB long enough to fully understand the issue. Mine now has about 20k on it (I drive about 10% of my miles on the interstate -- so I've driven only about 2000 mi. on the interstate).
I now have 2 cracks and 4 chips (excluding the chip that is in a crack).
 
I paid to get the 1st chip fixed. Then a few weeks later, while driving on the interstate, I noticed a hair on my window (it started at the bottom and worked its way up)...as it grew it still took me awhile to figure out what it was (there is no chip present). After less than an hour it was 18" long. Since then I stopped fixing my chips (they don't seem to grow ... except for the one that does the L shape from the top of the window -- but that grew a foot before I could even pull off the interstate).
 
If I paid $55/chip, I'd be at $220 and still have 2 gigantic cracks in my windshield -- no matter what you do, the big cracks happen too fast to save the windshield. It's not worth paying anything for chip repair on an xB, because you're still going to have to replace the windshield everytime your state mandates an inspection (I'm lucky that my state doesn't require one for another year and a half...but after that I'm going to have to replace my windshield annually ). I love the convenience of my vehicle, like getting consistantly over 30mpg [and teasing co-workers when they mention that they pay over $100 to fill up their fuel tanks]. But this window thing really sucks.

Replying to: boonton (May 31, 2008 12:26 pm)

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