Windscreen cracked

An early Christmas pressie for me.... a tiny stone has chipped and cracked my windscreen.

Edited by BruceKuga - 24 Dec 2011 at 5:00pm

Did you get get this travelling down the A13 as I did and my Kuga was a month old did you also know that it cannot be repaired if your got a solar reflect windscreen it has to be replaced as I found out but tha Auto Glass fitter did a very good job. 

The A13 has to be one of the worst roads for your windscreen acting as a magnet to stones. This is the norm using this and surrounding roads, so sorry to hear this happens to others to, but I'm not surprised.

Stone chips on the bonnets are plentiful as are windscreen replacements for me. Me old Vectra had 5 replacement windcreens in 5 years. My Focus has had 4 windscreens and one repair in 6 years, so I shouldn't temp fate and mention the Kuga. But all being corrected and sorted well by Auto Glass, even had one screen replaced under warranty with them. But I've taken a few "hits like bouncing bombs across the screen" in the Focus over the last year, and will have to get that replaced soon, but holding out for improved weather or a crack developing.

But with the Focus a few year back, I put it in for an MOT when in for a service with Essex Ford. I thought that the crack in the windscreen was outside the area that's important, but they failed it! Not even a courtesy call to say, "that won't get through the MOT sir", before they MOT'd it. So they carried on like robots and attempted to take my money. So after a lot of moaning and misunderstanding by them on a re-test, got a free MOT test the following week, after screen replaced.

Anyway here's a little web link to explain more on the windscreen MOT failure front for your info (and I guess where the law might stand also): http://www.glassdoctors.co.uk/windscreen-repair/2008/08/19/will-my-car-pass-the-mot-with-a-chipped-windscreen/   


Edited by KugaSpud - 24 Dec 2011 at 8:33pm

When you do get it replaced make sure you get the right screen. The original Titanium screens and glass had the blue tint but if memory serves me right they stopped the blue tint on the glass in later ones. It certainly wouldn't look right if you get the wrong one

That dreaded A13, Im honestly not looking forward to driving my Kuga down the A13 when I go back to work next week. Hope to see a few kuga peeps on the road. Do most of the people on here have car stickers in Essex? Thinking of getting one!