catdaddy137

even $500 , sounds rediculous to me. i had 1 put in my dodge caravan, at my house , and the guy drove here from anouther county , for $300. the caravan's windshield is 3 times as big as the hhr. also he will sell you 1 for $150 , but they are not so easy to remove and install without the proper tools and experience. that sealer dries really fast. i put the rear in my s10. i'd much rather pay the $150.

GDZHHR

Mine was around $350, insurance would not cover it. Safelite did the work, PPG with a tint strip.

stephenm

Cracks can be repaired if the are less than 6", the Resin will fill it in. I've done them. (using a professional repair kit) However you know they are there

wysguy

The windshield was replaced when it acquired a crack (covered by insurance - flat rate $50). Unfortunately, the weatherstripping seeped (all over) and in 2 years I had to have that redone ($60 out of pocket, not covered).

c2vette

Similar to another thread, but it is worth repeating that maybe this is an opportunity to check on just how good your insurance company is. I have been with Allstate, and in the 3 times I have replaced windshields (over many years) even though I have a $500 deduct, my cost was zero.(Crack has to be longer than the width of a dollar bill for replacement otherwise they only cover repair).

VA HHR SS

Wow, thank you all very much, you Guys are great. I'll make sure I ask for a PPG windshield, I had forgotten about that - I did remember it when I had a side window replace in the TB SS this last summer (doing yard work and my edger kicked up a stone and broke the window behind the passenger door on the side).

I did check with my insurance Company they said they would cover anything over $250, and I got a line on a company from another forum member, I am going to call.

I would start on this Saturday but I am working a motorcycle show in Fredericksburg this Saturday. But, since Monday is a holiday I'll start calling around then and see what I can come up with. I don't think I need to be in a real hurry since the crack is nowhere in your field of vision, it's only about 4-5 inches from the top running towards the passenger's side.

Thanks again you all are very helpful and it is greatly appreciated,

Dave

jerSSey HHR

I will be calling my insurance company soon. Soon after I bought the HHR I got a nice sized ding in the windshield but never did anything about it. Then a couple nights ago I heard another thwack noise but couldn't see where it hit. The next morning I had a huge crack from the top center downward into an L shape, with each portion of the L being at least 8". Then this morning I got hit with another rock which left another ding.

Maybe I should just wait until the windshield collapses a this rate.

wagoneer

I have broke two windshields on 2 past cars and never paid a dime. My insurance said Florida requires them to repair them without a deductible

Doc brown

Actually, that's not entirely accurate. It depends on the length, and type, of the crack. A spider crack or a crack longer than a couple of centimeters, yes, replacement is the only option. However, so long as the crack is out of the main line of sight, a short, single line crack can be stopped by drilling a small hole at each end and filling it in with what ever epoxy they use for glass repair. I had this done on a Cutlass I owned years back. It worked great. Of course, you really wouldn't want to do this if the crack was in the light of sight.