Known to happen in any car, when it's very hot and the fit/mounting of the glass doesn't have enough give to account for amount of heat expansion. One of many minute details OEMs face that consumers take for granted.
That's why we in this forum recommend extended warrant over and over. Expensive cars are expensive to repair. That's a fact regardless of brand. Especially true for a small volume production car like the R1.
I've owned BMWs and Porsches. This is over the top expensive. Better to sell this unrepairable garbage and get something that is designed better and more mass produced? Best to steer people away vs steer them into extended warranty.
Depends on warranty terms. Well-covered 5~6k. Multiple threads on it. BMW and Porsche annual production volumes are far higher. They have economy of scale in their favor. Apples to oranges.
It's just a money grab. Find another shop to do it. I once got My Acura windshield replaced at another dealer(Honda or Toyota, forgot) for like $300 and I did not even shop around. This was 10 years back though. The more I see, the less I want to go to Safelite. They charged my family member about $1700 for 2014 Subaru windshield.
They already solved this with R1S. They never applied it to R1T.I will die on this hill...
RJ I made a mock up of two potential changes. ( he will never see this ) Please do this for Gen 3 my god...
My PDR guy told me over 90% of his Rivian jobs are the rear quarter panel. Same spot on the infamous $42k Rivian dent video.
A) Mostly because of the non-existent bumper that barely extends out.
B) One panel from rear quarter panel to the driver side door that requires a ton of work and even replacing the one time use rear window if you do the exhaustive fix.
Though some body shops do cut the single piece right below the back window but its still a ton of extra work for one of the most common dent areas.
If it was equipped with the eyesight system, more then half of that was likely recalibration. If not, they got hosed. Subaru is the king of parts commonality across models, that same piece of glass is likely applicable to millions of cars on the road.
It has eyesight and Safelite did calibrate it. However replacement one chipped in 2 months. I am not sure if it was OE windshield or not. Nothing for 12 years and 2 consecutive
Safelite doesn't use OEM glass and is 20% more expensive than Caliber, here anyway. Gotta pay for all those commercials after all.It has eyesight and Safelite did calibrate it. However replacement one chipped in 2 months. I am not sure if it was OE windshield or not. Nothing for 12 years and 2 consecutive
