Zrolimit Posted January 7, 2013 Report Share Posted January 7, 2013 Just had my windshield replaced on my 2010 SHO back on Veteran's Day due to a small chip (thought at the time it was a rock chip). The chip ended up spreading into a 12" long crack on the passenger side of my windshield before I saw it (ran through the black band base of the windshield right at the hood). Both the dealership and glass repair thought it was a rock chip as well, but I found out otherwise today. While I was at the gas station cleaning my windshield I went to pull down the wiper and the blade came completely off (really nice quick release Ford engineered) of the control arm causing it to slap the windshield. Now I have two nice little cracks that have spider-webbed out (probably to big to repair). I'm just leaving this here as a heads-up to any owners who haven't experienced this yet, or have chips and cracks next to the windshield and couldn't figure out the cause. Make sure to grab the control arm if you have the wipers up and if you're replacing the blades you might want to lower the control arm so it doesn't inadvertently slap the windshield and crack it (Ford's sage advice :mad2:) P.S. I know this may have come off as a "duh" post, but I've never had this problem with any of the other cars I've owned and I've heard a lot of F-150 owners that they were experiencing the same issue in the same area but couldn't find the source of the problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TractorAK Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 Do the 2010-12's have the sound clean glass? My 13 does and I have had 2 chips fixed but I was wondering on how expensive the windshield would be to replace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpoolinX2 Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 I had to have mine replaced back in the summer due to a chip-turned-crack. Cost to me was ~$400 for non-OEM, but still had the tint and sound barrier on the glass. No visual difference from the factory glass, only that it doesn't have the OEM writing on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted January 8, 2013 Report Share Posted January 8, 2013 2010-2012 have the carlite sound screen glass as well. Had mine replace due stone chip that cracked in a minutes by safelite, they use oem glass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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