ARGH! :evil: Today I noticed an L shaped crack almsot dead center at teh bottom mof my min windsheild. No hit mrak I can only assume its the stress crack that I've seen on here. dag gone it, if you've all read abtou my problems in the past geez I jsut can't win...!! I think the dealer is getting annoyed seeing me with my mini. Geez antoher day in the shop. CAn anybody tell me abotu what todo nwo that I have the crack. I think there a referecne code for this problem.. any suggestions? MINI DIVISION? help...

 

I just set an appointment up ahead of time since I am 130 miles from the dealer. I took the car in and they changed the windshield no charge. Make sure to mention that they get plenty of glue on the upper rubber trim piece. Mine fell out a week later going 80MPH. Then the A pillar trim popped loose too.

 

>>ARGH! :evil: Today I noticed an L shaped crack almsot dead center at teh bottom mof my min windsheild. No hit mrak I can only assume its the stress crack that I've seen on here. dag gone it, if you've all read abtou my problems in the past geez I jsut can't win...!! I think the dealer is getting annoyed seeing me with my mini. Geez antoher day in the shop. CAn anybody tell me abotu what todo nwo that I have the crack. I think there a referecne code for this problem.. any suggestions? MINI DIVISION? help... Uhhhh... My only suggestion is to use a "spell checker".

 

If the crack is genuinely a stress crack...Mini should replace it under warranty. Mini just superceded the windshield part number to a new number that is suppose to be 20% stronger.

 

>>I just set an appointment up ahead of time since I am 130 miles from the dealer. I took the car in and they changed the windshield no charge. Make sure to mention that they get plenty of glue on the upper rubber trim piece. Mine fell out a week later going 80MPH. Then the A pillar trim popped loose too.

How long did it take for them to change it? I have a crack too. Can they do this during my regular service so I can drive it home within a couple hours?

 

Well it IS a stress crack and I'll be getting the stronger windshield. The dealer said it would take at least a full day to be returned because the sealent or glue needs to dry overnight at least. Made my appointment and it will all be fixed no charge.. BTW they checked it with a pen on teh windsheild to see if there were any chips, I guess if it's not totally in the windsheild then its nto a stress crack to them. per suggestion of another post I put masking tape over the crack so no chips would hit it after the fact. Glad I did too. ANyway, it will all be taken care. Just another day in the saga that is mini ownership.