Alright....shortly after I picked up the xB, I had the dreaded *pressure crack* appear from the molding on the windshield...took it to Toy Lewisville service advisor and had service manager also look at it....they all pretty much dismissed my issue as "Oops, rock hit you...." Hmmm...interesting, considering the car wasn't even MOVING at the time.....

Wasn't happy with that....took pictures and sent them to SCION corporate....they called the fine folks at SOL and another appt was made for me to come back in.....said they were going to take care of me.

Got over there today....service manager grabbed his little fine point pen (again) and told me "Nope, you had a rock hit you...this is a chip"

WTF ever, dude.....gimme an f'n break......I told him I would collect names and photos from other xB drivers with the issue and show him it wasn't isolated.....I know from my past posting, there were some others of you having similar issues....can you help a brother out?


I haven't been pulled over (yet) -- but, I am sure that will happen soon.....I'm holding on as long as I can to this fight.....grrrrrr

 

hrum - a quick search for crack windshield shows 141 posts....

- Saylor

 

mine also crack while i stood there and watched. i was washing it and it cracked. sounded like ice after pouring soda over it. buoght my car and addressed this issue also at scion lewisville. no rock chips to be found anywhere on the glass, only bug remaines. send me an pm and ill snapshot the glass if you want it for ammo on this issue. i want my glass fixed damn it!!

 

Argh...I've heard little sounds like that in mine when I first get in it while it is sitting....havent seen cracks yet.......

 

Hey guys looks like you can really get something going out of this...good luck...

 

well if they can find a pit in your windsheild they are going to blame it on something hitting your windshield, wether you were moving or not.

 

Mine cracked a few days ago. Started at the top, near the rear view mirror, went down a few inches, then toward driver's side eight inches or so...so far. I took it to a glass place, and they said "rock chip under the rubber moulding." I got to thinking...if they say it's a rock chip, they get a windshield replacement job ($322). If they say "stress crack," and Scion replaces it under warranty, the glass place gets nothing. I took it to the Scion dealer where I bought it (Anderson, IN), and they said "stress crack; we'll call this in to Scion, and order you a new one under warranty." We'll see how it goes, I have not yet gotten a confirmation call.

 

well i know fron exp. my chjped after three days and it was a rock

you have a almost flat surface and it will chip easy

i think if check around alot of peaple have said the same thing

 

yea i have the smallest chip in mine i got after like five or six months i think. its right in my line of sight bt its really small right now so unless I am loooking for it i don't see it

 

mine is cracked exactly the same way. about 1 inch to the right of the rear mirror, straight down about 4 1/2 inches and toward the drive side 8 or 9 inches.
the service rep at scion lewisville ran his ball point pen down the crack and said there is a chip in the glass. it is almost un noticeable but if i put my face against the glass i can almost see the chip. the worst part is that when driving back to work a big rock hit the glass dead center and now there is a chip the size of a dime in the glass.
every time i wash the car and the water get on the glass and cools it the crack grows another 2 inches. guess ill just drive untill the glass falls out. this is getting pretty tiresome. i am known to be very particular about my cars and this is making me crazy. now im in a ____ed off mood all the time, ............... and that is not a good thing.

 

Got the confirmation call this morning. The new windshield has been ordered from Toyota, and they will install it (no charge, under warranty) next week.

7/17/06: Windshield came in several days ago...haven't had time to have it installed yet. Will take a couple of photos of the crack to post here, and offer the paperwork to anyone interested.

 

Please send the work order copy, or scan it or something....showing it was manuf. defect or something of the like.....Awesome....good job!!

 

I will see what I get in writing next week. They ordered the windshield this morning, and said it could be as late as the first part of next week to get it in and installed. He clarified that it was, in fact, under warranty, and I would not be charged anything. Maybe I will scan my paperwork, and offer to email it to anyone that can use it. I'll also try to get a photograph of the crack, since it sounds like its the same pattern that many of you are experiencing. I'll let you know.

 

^^^^^^^^happy bday!!!!!

 

Finally got the time to have the windshield replaced. Here are a few photos of the cracked glass, and copies of the invoice, showing that it was replaced under warranty. Let me know if any of you find this helpful.

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...g/invoice2.jpg

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n...g/invoice1.jpg

http://114.photobucket.com/albums/n2...indshield3.jpg

http://114.photobucket.com/albums/n2...indshield2.jpg

The glass photos are from the outside. I used a Sharpie to make the crack bolder, so you could see it better.

Hope this worked!

 

^^^ fixed your links

 

cracked shields sux. hope urs turns out good. i had a smiliar unralated problem.
dealer said the reason my AC didnt work was because i changed the control ****. bunch of dummies.since the AC is manual not digital. 2 weeks later the (wed night) the AC compressor gave in for the 3rd time. gosh. i bet they felt dumb.

so yeah make sure to get ur stuff covered.

 

My windshield cracked again. This time, the same pattern, just started toward the passenger side of the mirror, and came down and across toward the driver's side the same way. I guess I'll go back to the dealer. Anyone have this happen more than once?

 

I have seen it happen multiple times on lowerd xB's that do not have a strut bar .

if it's lowerd i would highly reccomend getting one if you dont already ..

 

Interesting; but mine isn't lowered. May be a good reason not to lower it.