My windshield debacle with Safelight

[Brian_B]

passenger side lower corner said for, now mine says made in usa.

OEM glass will have the Bronco on the lower drivers side near the VIN and “accessory ready” printed near the roof mounts

My glass is not OEM but made in the same location and has Made in the USA in the lower passenger - it just doesn’t say Bronco or Accessory Ready

The graphics are pretty much the only difference

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[Sherminiator]

So guess what? Safelite strikes again-I got a call this morning and the replacement glass has scuffs in it...

So I told them to cancel my service call and reached out my dealership (yes the same one from the infamous thread) and they got me in contact with their glass guy-so he will be out this afternoon to take care of it. I have to pay out of pocket then submit my claim, but at least it will be fixed after nearly 2 1/2 weeks....hopefully.

 

[Shannons bronco]

So just like nearly every other Bronco owner out there, you've replaced a windshield on it already. I replaced mine within first 60 days of owning it, before I even made my first payment on it. That was a slight shitshow-they put an aftermarket glass in and I had them replace it with an OEM one, so my inspection sticker is holding on for dear life at this point.

Fast forward to two weeks ago-I noticed something on my windshield while taking a ride to a place my sister was renting, thought it was a dead bug....but saw it was a chip just above the inspection sticker on the drivers side. I ordered a repair kit that Sunday to fix it and it came Monday afternoon. I didn't get a chance to do it, but I took a ride Monday afternoon and the windshield just still had a nick it with no cracks.

I head into work Tuesday and as I'm pulling out of the garage, I'm greeted with a 5 inch crack in it. I contact my insurance company/Safelight and they are supposed to come out Thursday. I make sure I tell them I want an OEM glass so I don't run into a problem again like the first time.

Safelight is supposed to do the repair Thursday but I get a call that the guy has a flat and can't make it and get rescheduled for Saturday-then I get another call from the Safelight tech that day saying the windshield is damaged and I get rescheduled again for today-the tech makes it out and within 20 minutes, discovers that the windshield isn't compatible-apparently my '22 windshield has metal clips and the glass for the camera setup and the replacement has plastic clips in it? I saw the photos of it on the techs phone-but has anyone else run into that?

Well get to try again on Monday-meanwhile the crack in the glass is about 12 inches long....

I just had m windshield replaced as well. Check with your local glass shop, mine was able to order a new windshield from "Carlite" or Carlight, they said it is who make the glass for Ford. Anyway it was a perfect OEM match, even had "BRONCO" logo and the "accessory mount point" arrows, also the Ford logo was also on the glass. The only issue I have is now my phone mic sounds terrible.

 

[YellaHEL940]

Have had good experiences with them and have had them leave my hood on my JL wrangler looking like it went thru a hailstorm.
And after denying it for a month and a half I drove to the shop and they put the tech’s toolbox on the hood where the dents were and they all lined up perfectly. They paid for $1500 of pointless dent repair to an aluminum hood.

lesson here is watch them like a hawk.

I have thought about trying the film that goes on the outside but there has to be issues with that too.

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