Are our windshields prone to damage?

[EugeneYYZ]

Got new truck on friday , and on sunday got the rock chip , tiny but ugly , lol

got another one , yeakes , may i should buy a lottery ticket

 

[gwarrior4u]

Had a rock hit mine while I was out on the freeway (sounded pretty bad, but the window was starred), got home and with it sitting in the sun there were 3 cracks 6" long radiating from the ding in a 1/2 an hours time. Insurance picked up a chunk, but Safelite quotes it as a $1100 windshield. (Limited with all the bells and whistles). Damn!

 

[EugeneYYZ]

got another one , yeakes , may i should buy a lottery ticket

LOL today iam complete my story , windshield cracked in half

 

[Jtr]

I think there is something to be said about creating the right amount of distance between you and the vehicle or truck in front of you. Also, if I ever pass a big rig I gun it and get out of it's rear and side vicinity as quick as possible. When you are driving on a two lane road and dealing with oncoming traffic, it is a roll of the dice of when a rock will just skip the right way and get ya.

 

[Biga]

I think there is something to be said about creating the right amount of distance between you and the vehicle or truck in front of you. Also, if I ever pass a big rig I gun it and get out of it's rear and side vicinity as quick as possible. When you are driving on a two lane road and dealing with oncoming traffic, it is a roll of the dice of when a rock will just skip the right way and get ya.

Yes, I try to keep a good following distance on the highway and I don't ride behind big trucks or trailers if I can help it. It's especially bad during pothole season when the crappy roads are coming apart the worst.

 

[JJRamTX]

Already replaced it once with two chips and now have a new chip, keeping my deductible at $50 because the retail cost of this windshield is cra cra! On a side note my Motor-home windshield has taken around 9 hits to the windshield and I always carry a windshield repair kit in it so they don't spread. Motor-home windshield is huge compared to the Ram so I am sure it would be around $2K to replace and they don't do the same deductible type insurance on a motor-home unless you pay big $$$

 

[Lize]

Finally had the screen replaced, I'm in the UK and having already paid £220 ended up having to pay a further £110, so all in all the replacement has cost around £1150. Windscreen limit is something to take note of when taking out insurance, slipped up with the £800 limit on current policy.

Mine has blind spot detection and rain sensing wipers but not adaptive cruise control so can anyone confirm that after its fitted I'll get a warning light on the dash and will need to get it recalibrated please?

No calibration was necessary.

 

[Rsorrell2]

Driving cross country (instead of flying to see the grand kids) and first day out caught a rock that hit lower driver’s side and chipped and cracked.

bought some super glue to seal it and the crack has stopped at least.

have to wait until I get back home for new windshield from dealer (I like the little ram symbol on the lower passenger side).

good thing for 0 deductible.

 

[Jtr]

My weathertech bug and stone deflector has caught and thrown off two large rocks thus far without it landing on my windshield. I have two large gashes into the plastic, so I think it's paid for itself 20 times over so far, lol. But a lot of it I think is luck of the draw. You need to have the rock or stone hit a certain way for it to catch that front hood guard.

 

[Grouper]

Made it 10 years on my previous Silverado with no damage to the windshield. I've had the 2021 Ram for a year and got a chip, right in my line of site, last week. Just lucky, I guess

I haven't contacted Progressive yet. The truck has the technology package with the HUD, so the windshield is specific. It's a dime size chip. Not sure if they'll attempt a repair or replace the windshield.

FL has no deductible for windshield claims. We'll see how this goes.