Windscreen Repairs

[Tango13]

I've just had the windscreen on my car repaired for the third time and I was thinking, Is there an upper limit to how many times a screen can be repaired? Also has anyone else had to have multiple repairs to the same screen?

[andy-xr]

I don't think I've ever had one repaired to be honest, they've always just been replaced when they've cracked, or in the case of a Mondeo when the heated front screen packed up

[S2Mike]

I have had the screen repaired 3 times the same chip keeps falling out, now I have a new chip elsewhere so am interested to hear the outcome of this thread, cos the original chip has just fallen out again!! Autoglass guarantee for the duration of ownership is wearing thin now. I was hoping they would have to replace the screen due to faulty repair, without me losing my excess, now the new chip may confuse the issue!
Technically they say the repair is actually stronger than the glass so as long as it remains MOT legal they can keep repairing it.

[Glassman]

S2Mike said:

I have had the screen repaired 3 times the same chip keeps falling out, now I have a new chip elsewhere so am interested to hear the outcome of this thread, cos the original chip has just fallen out again!! Autoglass guarantee for the duration of ownership is wearing thin now. I was hoping they would have to replace the screen due to faulty repair, without me losing my excess, now the new chip may confuse the issue!
Technically they say the repair is actually stronger than the glass so as long as it remains MOT legal they can keep repairing it.

Something very wrong about this.

I'd also remain very alert that your insco doesn't get billed for what effectively is a warranty issue. It's all very saintly to waive your excess... but how is that a guarantee?

A correctly repaired chip should not have anything fall out. I'm not dismissing the (very rare) possibility of cured resin to break free, but it is almost definitely down to human error.