If you can believe it I still run into people who tell me that windshield chips don’t crack out. While some chips may take a while to crack out, there is no way to predict when they will crack your windshield. After this last cold spell I can say, boy did a bunch car owners learn a hard expensive lesson.
I happened to come across a Ford Freestyle with a cracked windshield caused by you guessed it, a chip.
Instead of a $39.99 repair bill and maintaining the factory seal, the cost of replacement is about $380. Of course the risk that the new windshield isn’t installed properly, should be a major concern. This just shows that by repairing a windshield in this instance a savings of $340, could have been possible.
