Scion xB Windshield cracks

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

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Replying to: texases (Apr 24, 2008 5:36 am)

It's now July 4, 08. Windshield has not given me any problems since I had the rock hole it fixed on April 22...
Priced the new glass at $238.00 installed, some outfit in Glendora, Ca. Deffinitly not worth going to insurance for a claim. Can live with it, hardly noticeable so will wait until something else happens or I get ready to sell or trade in.

Replying to: halo34 (Jun 25, 2008 9:07 am)

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

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Replying to: mistermilton (Jul 09, 2008 4:02 am)

So, I just got off the phone with Scion, unfortunately my experience was a lot different from yours. I was dealing with a very nice lady, (Genice) but she of course said the whole "we have no records of compalints blah blah blah"
 
The one thing she did say, for ANYONE READING THIS: don't waste your time with the NHSTA, they don't pay any attention to that. EVERYONE please call Scion at 866-707-2466 and make a complaint. That is the ONLY way they will take our broken windshields as a true issue/design flaw or whatever you want to call it.

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