What To Do When You Get A Rock Chip

Drivers do everything they can to avoid rock chips, but unfortunately, a rock can come flying out of nowhere! Finally, you hear a SMACK, and you know your windshield has been damaged. What now?

You have to get that rock chip repaired as soon as you can! Getting it repaired will stop the chip from spreading into a crack and save you from having to replace your whole windshield.

What Happens if You Can’t Repair the Rock Chip Right Away?

Stay calm

The surprise of something hitting your windshield may cause some drivers to swerve, stay aware and be prepared for any possibility that your front glass can get hit at any moment. When you get the chip, it’s hard not to look away. Just pretend it’s not there, drive slow and carefully home.

Assess the damage

Inspect the chip; grab a magnifying glass if you can. Check if any hairline cracks are extending from the rock chip and see if the damage looks serious. Suppose it is excessive damage; you may need to replace the whole windshield. Then, bring it into a professional auto glass shop such as Easy Auto Glass for repair.

Tape!

If you can’t get your rock chip fixed right away, a quick temporary fix you can do is using clear packing tape. This will keep dirt and moisture out of the chip.

Fix the rock chip!

Contact us! Make an appointment to fix that rock chip! The tape is just a temporary fix. You don’t want that chip to get any worse. Being in Calgary, our temperatures can drop drastically and can cause your chips to crack at any moment.

Get rid of that small problem before it turns into a big problem! If you’re unsure of how bad the crack is, we’d love to help you out. Contact us for a quote or if you have questions.

Source:

https://www.nsnews.com/driving/car-care-follow-these-tips-if-you-get-a-windshield-chip-3088810

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Easy Auto Glass’s Free Rock Chip Repair Program Guidelines and Answers

In March of 2016 we became the 1^st Canadian Auto Glass company to provide FREE Rock Chip Repairs on any installed windshield done at our location in store.

It’s that Easy! There are NO timelines or limited time specials you, as our customer, need to be worried about. Phone and book in for an appointment for the repair and we will take care of the rest.

Once we have replaced your windshield in store, whether by customer pay or insurance company (not mobile installations) we will repair the rock chips for the life of the windshield if YOU (the customer) are the original owner and the windshield we (Easy Auto Glass) have installed. We record which brand of manufacturers windshield was used at time of installation. (Original Equipment, Original Equipment Equivalent)
The FREE Rock Chip Repair Program is NOT transferable to another individual or to be used as a selling tool if the vehicle is sold or traded in.
The FREE Rock Chip Repair Program DOES apply to immediate family members living in the same residence using the vehicle. (ie: spouse, children, etc.)

If we at Easy deem the rock chip is beyond repair ( structural integrity of the windshield ) or if the windshield is cracked, we DO have the right to cease any further repairs on the windshield. We will attempt every course of action to save the windshield but at a certain point in time there is only so much our trained technicians can do. Customer safety is the 1^st
If the windshield is changed by another company, such as a body shop, dealership, hail repair company, the FREE Rock Chip Repair program ceases to be offered on said vehicle.
We provide at time of pick up the EASY Rock Chip Repair Stickers. Once you get a rock chip, cover the rock chip on the OUTSIDE of the windshield, like you would a band aid on a cut, to keep the dirt and moisture out of the chip. Water and dirt getting into the chip itself can alter how the repair structurally turns out and for clarity. If you don’t have EASY Stickers than Scotch tape or clear packaging tape will do in a pinch.

The program speaks for itself. We’re doing our part to keep the windshield in your vehicle as long as we can, and we all know that can be challenging living in Calgary. Thousands of customers whether it’s their personal vehicle or fleet companies, use the FREE Rock Chip Program.

We’ve done the hard work so now it’s up to you to come back to see us, and why wouldn’t you?

The repairs are FREE!