Windshield Rock chips
 

just out of curiosity, has anyone noticed that they get more rock chips on their HHR windshield than other cars? maybe because windshield is not that sloped? have at least 5 in the last 3 years of ownership. on my second windshield, cant remember the last one ive got on my other cars that have way more sloped windows like my vette for example

Right on .... That's why.
My last Chevy Venture van went 98,000 miles with only one very small ding.
I had 2 bad ones on my first HHR within 10,000 miles.

SF

I'm on my second windshield since I bought the HHR in Dec 2009.
It could be the sloop it could be the debris kicked up in your roadways.

It turns out that I'm lucky.
I am the owner of my Hippo from December 2008 - still only one wound on the glass.
And Hippo got this wound at motherland in the US, in Russia there is no damage to the glass.
Unfortunately, hood and right front fender damaged in the stone bombing.
Maybe in Russia stones are larger and do not reach to the glass? :lol:

I drove the '01 Neon for 10 years, only got one tiny chip. I've had the HHR for less than 3 years, I've had to purchase 2 new windshields.

ok what I figured, glass was changed again today. lets see how long this one lasts......

I used to plan on a windshield a year. Mine get pitted. No worse than my previous vehicles; Toyota P/U, Nissan P/U,VW rabbit, VW Karmann-Ghia.

It seems to be the air flow over the hood they always hit in the same place.

The windshield on my car has lots of small pits in it that show up when the sun is at the right angle. I could have it changed, but we have major road construction on I-85 here NC for next two years or longer and I drive that part of I-85 to go to work. Just have to deal with the pitted windshield.

It seems to be the air flow over the hood they always hit in the same place.[/QUOTE]

That's what I have found too. I thought at first it was just a coincidence.

The windshield on the Venture Van was large and a pretty good slope.
It took some very hard hits but never did much damage.

The Quality of the replacement glass can also make a difference.

When your doing most of your driving at higher speeds your just more vulnerable.

on my 3rd windshield .. but now that a lot of you have stated... hits in the same place, I get a lot of chips, but they add up when on the driver side.. tractor trailers, dump trucks etc etc etc rocks

Greg has two currently, one has been there for about 4 years the other about 2. The second one was on my commute home on the highway and there is a left turn that merges from three to two lanes and there was a dump truck that kicked up a rock and I kid you not I saw it hit and chip the windshield. Kinda scary but hasn't grown so I am not worried.

Most insurance companies waive the deductible for chip repairs. If there is a crack smaller than a dollar bill they can usually repair it.

State Farm will not pay for rock chips, so I switched companies. 2 have been repaired, but alas the sand blast damage that occurs every winter is worse on a sunny day.

Every car I've ever owned has gotten a stone without the first month I've owned it, except the HHR. I've had it several years and the glass is still perfect. Instead, I had a tree limb go through the sidewall of a tire in the first month.

Don't get close to the sand haulers on the LIE and you stand a better chance with your glass.

Must be your policy, been a State Farm member for 20 years and they have always covered glass, even chips.

In 25 years driving Ford Sierra, Ford Fiesta and Mitsubishi Colt, I never had visible rock chips, let alone having to replace a windshield. Maybe I was lucky.

In 3 years driving my HHR (same to similar road conditions as before), I have caught at least three clearly visible rock chips and had to replace the windshield.

Maybe bad luck, maybe windshield angle, maybe airflow, maybe windshield rigidity?

I got one chip that Safelite repaired and than got another. Safelite said as long as the chip is not in line of sight they can repair before replacing windshield. This has been within two years.

I have had two in the 10 years I have had the HHR. Both were chips that were repairable, which never gets close to what my deductible is.