Chipped/Cracked Windshield - 2015 Ford F-150 Long-Term Road Test


After just a few months in our fleet, the long-term 2015 Ford F-150 got a crack in the windshield. Time for a repair!
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After just a few months in our fleet, the long-term 2015 Ford F-150 got a crack in the windshield. Time for a repair!
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Recently did a very small chip with a d-i-y kit. The chip didn't disappear but hopefully it won't spread now.
There is probably plenty of anecdotal evidence out there where people had their windshields hit with no crack; however with countless factors deciding if a chip happens from a rock impact I'd bet the farm that it has nothing to do with what rain treatment is on the windshield.
I've gone well over a hundred thousand miles on one car with multiple rock impacts and no cracks and had others get hit and crack in a fraction of those miles driving the same roads in the same conditions and same treatments on the windshields. The same rock wouldn't even have the same end impact if you sent it at the window thousands of times, speed, angle, which part of the rock hits the window will always vary and the slightest variance will change what the impact does. I've had rock impacts that sounded like it should have gone through the windshield and they didn't leave a mark and other little 'plink' sounds that sent a crack across the windshield.