How many times have you driven on a highway and suddenly heard the dreaded sound of a small rock hitting your windshield? Its quite common for small rocks, pebbles, and other types of debris to fly through the air and hit your car when youre driving on a highway. Rocks, pebbles, and debris can come from other vehicles (such as trash or construction trucks), or they can exist on the road and become airborne when another car drives over them. Sometimes, flying debris will hit your car but cause no visible damage. More commonly, however, an item that hits your car while you are driving at a high rate of speed can cause a ding, chip, or crack on your cars windshield. Many people ignore small dings, chips, or cracks on their windshield until they bring their vehicle in to an auto repair shop for their regular car tune up or auto maintenance. At that time, they will ask their car mechanic whether or not they should have their windshield repaired or replaced. Its important to remember that repairing a dinged, chipped, or cracked windshield is a relatively easy procedure, but replacing an entire windshield is more involved and costly. What Might Happen to a Chipped Windshield Over Time? If your vehicles windshield is dinged, chipped, or cracked, the windshield might function normally for several months or even years after the ding, chip, or crack occurred. However, its possible that at some point in the future you will be driving along and hit a bump or pothole in the road. The jolt this may be enough to cause your windshield to completely crack as a result of being weakened by its dings or chips. If a windshield cracks completely, it must be replaced because windshields that are completely cracked can be unsafe. Have a Ding, Chip or Crack? Heres What to Do Its possible that you may not realize that your windshield is dinged or chipped. When you bring your vehicle in to your auto repair shop for an oil change, your auto mechanic will likely point out significant dings, chips, or cracks to you. Your auto repair shop should be able to provide you with a recommendation on who can fix the damage or who should replace the entire windshield. Most likely, your auto shop will recommend that you bring your vehicle to an auto glass repair shop. If you notice a ding, chip, or crack on your own, dont wait too long to get it evaluated by a professional. If you can get the ding, chip, or crack repaired before it gets worse, it might save you considerable time and money in the long run. Many small dings, chips, or cracks can be quickly and easily repaired.
Posted on: Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:07:07 +0000
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