Autoglass turned up to today to fit my new windscreen. However, they quickly realised that it would not be changed today. They brought an MY23 windscreen and not an MY24. They then checked to order the MY24 screen only to be told they have no stock of the MY24 windscreens in the UK. So it will need to be sourced from Ineos directly.
Then they told me that it cannot be changed in the home but needs to be at one of their outlets, but may be possible at the dealer. And then they told me that they have to do an over the air check or OBD check on the camera before removing the screen. Obviously, there is no over-the-air access, and the OBD, as we know, is still locked down, and they don't know if they have access to it yet.
So, I will be showing my crack for a bit longer than expected.
For reference, the repairer believed it was not heat shock or strain as right at the bottom of the screen there was a chip. It was on the outer edge of the glass rather than the face. So, it did have an impact. I mentioned all the others that have had cracks in a similar place, and he reckoned that it's unlikely to be a fault with the car but where an object/stone hits under the windscreen and is then pushed upwards into the edge of the glass that is exposed. As there is no protection given to the glass, the edge takes the full impact and weakens that spot, allowing a crack to grow from it. He said that exposed screens like that are more likely to get cracks than those those that have rubber or synthetic protection around them.
