Another cracked windscreen

[trobex]

Thanks for the confirmation....
I was wondering about market or agreed amount. However Suncorp as with RACQ offers full vehicle replacement if written off in the first two yrs...albeit at the increased cost and no automatic windscreen coverage....so I'll procrastinate for another 12m then decide. ;-)

I just renewed with Suncorp. Full comp on the DMAX $874AUD including 1x free windscreen replacement. I'm AOK with that.

 

[997DAVID]

I'm currently on a road trip from Adelaide (Australia) to Darwin and back again. Nearly all on road and towing a small hybrid van.

Really enjoying the trip and driving tbe Grenadier.

Unfortunately i have just driven to Simpsons Gap which is west of Alice Springs and on the way back suffered my second cracked windshield of the trip. I was able to get the first one replaced in Darwin as an insurance claim.

Of course insurance only covers one claim a year so when I get back to Adelaide, and Ineos have stock I will get the 1 week old windscreen which was just fitted replaced.

For the forum though, in my 45 years of driving all sorts of other 4wds around Australia I have NEVER lost a windshield before. Now, 2 in a few weeks....

What can I do to avoid this as I really cant afford to replace a windscreen or two on every road trip?

Anyone found a solution?

I am on my 3rd windshield $2500 cdn plus install...Going to wait till new 4 4runner comes out dump this thing

 

[holdmybeer]

I am on my 3rd windshield $2500 cdn plus install...Going to wait till new 4 4runner comes out dump this thing

Ouch. 8,000 km and I’ve been lucky; just one chip so far. My replacement value insurance (private, Optiom, underwritten by Lloyd’s) reimburses me for windshield replacement deductible so in theory windshield replacement is a $0 event. And it better be, considering what I paid, but I haven’t tested it yet.

Sorry to hear about your crappy luck. I haven’t seen/heard what the new 4Runner changes will be but I’ve excluded it in the past because of tow capacity. It’s definitely a good all-rounder according to friends. Good luck.

 

[angstorms]

I had few friends who also ran into windshield issue with Kia Telluride cracking ( I was looking at them before I picked up my X5, there market up was another issue in Austin ) they had ia 2K+ USD replacement cost, looks like Landcrusier 250 now also see fair amount of cracked windshield and Jeep we know see this as well. Looking at one thing would help is rubber seal wrapping the edge of the glass. I am been lucky so far down here, but getting ready to put Racing Shield film on the truck. Also picked up $100 dollar windshield replacement policy from State Farm.

I wonder if there needs to be rubber seal around the edge windshield to protect edge of the glass.

But the new Four Runner looks like it has better slope in windshield, I will say even with the slope you can escape hits, I have four big hits on my X5 which I had to repair driving down 160 and 550 up to Purgatory.

 

[Grey Ghost]

I'm currently on a road trip from Adelaide (Australia) to Darwin and back again. Nearly all on road and towing a small hybrid van.

Really enjoying the trip and driving tbe Grenadier.

Unfortunately i have just driven to Simpsons Gap which is west of Alice Springs and on the way back suffered my second cracked windshield of the trip. I was able to get the first one replaced in Darwin as an insurance claim.

Of course insurance only covers one claim a year so when I get back to Adelaide, and Ineos have stock I will get the 1 week old windscreen which was just fitted replaced.

For the forum though, in my 45 years of driving all sorts of other 4wds around Australia I have NEVER lost a windshield before. Now, 2 in a few weeks....

What can I do to avoid this as I really cant afford to replace a windscreen or two on every road trip?

Anyone found a solution?

Hi Higgo,
My Grenadier is the 13th 4WD I have owned in 35 years. I spent a year travelling Australia with my family in 2004 covering 42,000kms in a Landcruiser and broke one windscreen. Around 65% of that trip was on dirt.
I am part of a 4WD club and have travelled all of the major 4wd tracks in Australia over the years and have only suffered 2 cracked windscreens in that time.
I have had my Grenadier for just under a year now and have had THREE (3) cracked windscreens. First one after less than 1000km (no marks from being hit) and was replaced by Ineos at no cost and the next one was replaced through my insurance company. I am now driving around with a cracked windscreen and will approach the new Dealer in South Australia, but it sounds like I might be told to go through insurance again. It doesn't help that SA has had 3 different Dealers in 12 months.
I believe the windscreen on the Grenadier is so flat and so vertical that if anything hits it, it cracks. My BT50 (which I still have) has a windscreen which is very curved from left to right and is set at around 45 degrees roof to bonnet, so stones or pebbles bounce off without cracking the glass.
While I, like many others think it's a design fault, I can't imagine Ineos fessing up to the issue, which from my research is very common in Australia.
I'll let you know how I get on with the new SA Dealer.