Can Safelite Replace a Windshield in a Tesla?
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- Опубликовано: 6 сен 2024
- A few weeks ago a large crack suddenly appeared in the windshield of our 2018 Tesla Model 3. It was the middle of a sunny day in a Clemson grocery store parking lot with no evidence of any other damage or vandalism confirmed by Sentry. In South Carolina if you have comprehensive insurance they are required to pay for the full cost of replacing a severely damaged windshield. My insurance company is Allstate and they set up an onsite appointment at Safelite in Anderson, SC. Safelite could not do it remotely. It took them about three hours after they started work and this video shows the crack and what it looked like after Safelite had replaced it.
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How much did it cost
I don’t know because I never received a bill. They were paid directly by my insurance company. I was happy so I did not ask what the bill was. All I can say for sure is that they did an excellent job. When I first reported the cracked windshield to my insurance company they asked me if I wanted to have Tesla do the work because most Tesla owners did. They said if I used Tesla that I would have to pay the cost myself and then file an insurance claim to get reimbursed. They said if they set it up with a windshield repair company that they would cover it directly so I decided to take a chance. Also it would have taken several weeks for Tesla to schedule it and the nearest Tesla service centers in North Carolina and Georgia well over 100 miles away. Safelite could do it the next day and Anderson was only about a 45 minute drive making it easy for my wife to follow me there and leave the car with them.
@@anisotropicplus did they use OEM glass?
@jakegoakes Yes, I know this because my tesla had same thing and oem is in my contract (which most are unless you don't pay for glass protection which on a tesla wouldn't be smart)
@@jakegoakesI believe the original broken windshield had Tesla info printed in the lower right passenger side. The new Safelite windshield is labeled FUYAO DOT 459 SOLAR CONTROL ACOUSTIC DW02574. I did not ask them to replace it with an OEM windshield since the original spontaneously cracked. We will see how this one holds up.