Stress Cracked Windshield
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Have any of you guys had a windshield crack on it's own.
My service manager says has seen a few stress crack on thier own.
Anybody else out there have this happen.
Mine goes into the dealer this Tuesday for windshield replacement and upgrade to V17.
My service manager says has seen a few stress crack on thier own.
Anybody else out there have this happen.
Mine goes into the dealer this Tuesday for windshield replacement and upgrade to V17.
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Yup theres been a few... as long as they're replacing it for free no worries...
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btw, try ask your dealer to upgrade your sw to 16.2 instead of 17, if still available. or if you want to wait, get 19 later. some members are having problems with 17.
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Yep - mine went at about 11 months. Got it replaced under warranty as a stress fracture.
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Originally Posted by tomwid' date='Jul 4 2005, 09:10 AM
Do you have a pic of the crack?? Is it normally in a certain location or random locations?
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happened to me at 2 months....got in the car one morning outta the garage and there was a nice straight horizontal crack stretching from the passenger side front pillar toward the center.....
dealer replaced under warranty as a stress fracture....and he mentioned it was fairly common
cheers...
jack
dealer replaced under warranty as a stress fracture....and he mentioned it was fairly common
cheers...
jack
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Originally Posted by Analogs' date='Jul 3 2005, 10:38 PM
Have any of you guys had a windshield crack on it's own.
My service manager says has seen a few stress crack on thier own.
Anybody else out there have this happen.
Mine goes into the dealer this Tuesday for windshield replacement and upgrade to V17.
![Angry](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/angry.gif)
My service manager says has seen a few stress crack on thier own.
Anybody else out there have this happen.
Mine goes into the dealer this Tuesday for windshield replacement and upgrade to V17.
![Angry](https://5series.net/forums/images/smilies/imported/angry.gif)
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Originally Posted by tomwid' date='Jul 4 2005, 11:10 AM
Do you have a pic of the crack?? Is it normally in a certain location or random locations?
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Here are some photos of the cracked windshield - started at the passenger side and lengthen to ~16 inches.
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