Windshield is a rock magnet

mcaligiuri · May 21, 2017

I've driven for over 10 years and never been hit with so many rocks in my life. This windshield has a bunch of rock chips within 5000 miles and I have a feeling a replacement windshield is gonna happen one day. Anyone else notice that this truck takes more hits to the windshield than other vehicles. I'm shocked cause I don't tailgate and it's coming from smaller vehicles not semi trucks. Am I just unlucky?

Rzrman328 · May 21, 2017

I have a big ass chip in mine too.

Rado · May 21, 2017

I feel you pain :O My windshields on my RAM and HR have tiny chips and sand blast look to them,, In Maine they you sand the size of small boulders to sand the roads with :crazy:

SO if you in the Salt Belt I would say it is what they sand with, they do very little screening and just load and go,

mcaligiuri · May 21, 2017

Yeah I'm from Long Island ny

Sir John · May 21, 2017

Lol....I TOTALLY agree! I've saying this for the last 3 yrs. I had a 2014 Sport that got nailed quite a few times where a couple had to be repaired by Safelite. Now I have a 2016 Rebel with about 5,000 miles and I just had the damn windshield replaced due to a crack that went to the edge before Safelite was opened for business. If you knew me, then you would know that I do not tailgate at all....to avoid rock chips actually!...lol. Most of my chips are coming form the vehicles to my sides while on the interstates. It seems like the windshield is just another place where they cheaped out to save more $ on the bottom line. I drove my F150 on the exact same commute for yrs and only got one chip and it didn't even need to be repaired.

cyclepuck · May 21, 2017

On my second windshield in 2.5 years and it got a chip within two weeks of it being installed.

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Road King · May 21, 2017

Rock chip you say? Let's talk about rock chips...

BAMF · May 21, 2017

Knock on wood but I had much more rock problems with my Silverado

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mcaligiuri · May 21, 2017

Sir John said:
Lol....I TOTALLY agree! I've saying this for the last 3 yrs. I had a 2014 Sport that got nailed quite a few times where a couple had to be repaired by Safelite. Now I have a 2016 Rebel with about 5,000 miles and I just had the damn windshield replaced due to a crack that went to the edge before Safelite was opened for business. If you knew me, then you would know that I do not tailgate at all....to avoid rock chips actually!...lol. Most of my chips are coming form the vehicles to my sides while on the interstates. It seems like the windshield is just another place where they cheaped out to save more $ on the bottom line. I drove my F150 on the exact same commute for yrs and only got one chip and it didn't even need to be repaired.

YEAH!!! Its always the cars next to me and not directly in my lane. I had a jeep grand cherokee before this and maybe had 3-4 rocks hit it in the 8 years i had it. I 've already had that many rocks hit the ram in the 8 months of having it.

Windshield is a rock magnet

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