Windscreen chipped.

[steve69]

There is a small chip in my moho windscreen, near the bottom right hand corner. About the size of a thumbnail, caused by a flying stone. It doesn't affect my vision of the road ahead. The MOT man recommended it be fixed, but passed it all the same. Can someone recommend a method of "fixing" this without replacing the windscreen. Please don't just keep saying "replace the windscreen". Once is funny, twice is boring.

 

[Zepp]

Just ring your insurance company most chips are repaired free of charge

 

[pappajohn]

See if a windscreen repairer can do a repair.
It may be too big but worth a try.
Your insurer will foot the bill if you use their specific repairer.
If you don't get it fixed it may turn into a crack.

 

[Kannon Fodda]

Most windscreen replacement companies, like Autoglass, will do a repair. Some sort of plastic stuff gets injected onto the chip. I've had it done on a standard car, some bloke in the local Tesco had a stand and it took about 15 minutes. Once done, I had to really look to see the very very slight difference in the glass.

For MOT there are different size of chip and locations that would create a fail. Main thing is if it is in front of the driver's vision area, then the swept area, then the remainder of the screen.

If not repaired, there is a risk the chip can develop into a crack.

 

[Detnor]

I had a chip last year very close to the bottom edge of the screen. I got autoglass in via the insurers to have a look, seemed best to have someone else have a look and advise. The man from Autoglass specials division was excellent, certainly well acquainted with motorhomes.

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[Kai Morrison]

Advice as as above.....take it to a windscreen repair company and they will tell you if it is repairable or if a replacement is needed.....either way should all be done through your insurance company if windscreen damage is covered.

Kai.

 

[AndyPK]

Ditto!

 

[wanderer]

I had a couple of chips repaired on my A Class screenthrough insurance, when the Auto glass came out again he tried a repair but claimed the crack had widened during the repair and would need a new screen . This is contracted out by Autoglass and another company contacted me and arranged fitting in my drive , what I didn’t realise was that they do not change the rubber surround when fitting . The motorhome is kept in a barn and was not used until the following winter and on the way down to Portugal/Spain after a bit of rain ,water seemed to be leaking from the radiator , after some investigation I found that the sound proofing material on top of the engine was sodden and dripping down . When I checked around the rubber on the screen water poured out and large gaps evident under the rubber . I got a windscreen guy in Spain to reseal the rubber and it’s been fine since . Just make sure a new rubber is included with a new screen

 

[ericroy]

You can buy kits of all that you need to do your own repair - think I paid about £15 a couple of years ago. It is within the skills of any competent DIYer and I fixed a stone chip outside of the swept area to a very good standard. Didn’t even get a mention on subsequent MOTs!