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Jeez !! As anal and ocd that I am with this new Jeep. Don’t t/gate , stay away from stone and gravel , also construction as much as humanly possible. I take an alternate road going about 30 miles an hour through town and bang, made me jump a little. Not close to any vehicles ? I swear it came out of the air some how ? Of course its right in my view. I don’t think it will lead to a crack there’s no line or bulls eye but crap !! It looked like bug splatter till I wiped it off… I know it’s a Jeep thing with the vertical windshield
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Welcome to the club.
I was under 1,000 miles when I took my first hit, and it did crack, necessitating replacement.

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Your tires can carry rocks in the tread and you can actually hit your windshield fr9m a rock thrown by your jeep.
 

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I was just under 2k when mine toasted. The insurance agent asked if the crack was bigger than a 5 dollar bill, I said it was bigger than a 20 dollar bill. We both cracked up for a couple minutes. Then she said, OK, so it is bigger than a 5 dollar bill then, I said of course it is everyone knows $20 is more than $5. We cracked up again. Have over 30k miles now with just one chip that I paid out of pocket to fix, keeping my fingers crossed.
 

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My first was done in two days of ownership. My second has two chips which I’ve patched.
 

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I had two chips before 600 miles.

I literally keep extra Permatex windshield repair kits under the back seat now.
 
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I had two chips before 600 miles.

I literally keep extra Permatex windshield repair kits under the back seat now.
Will permatex do anything for a small chip ? Maybe conceal it a little ? I tried finger nail polish but didn’t help. I was thinking of trying some permatex any how ? the chip is the white spot inside steering wheel. Thank you For the info.

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Will permatex do anything for a small chip ? Maybe conceal it a little ? I tried finger nail polish but didn’t help. I was thinking of trying some permatex any how ? the chip is the white spot inside steering wheel. Thank you For the info.

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It will clear it up some visibility wise, but more importantly it bonds the chipped area so that it will be much less likely to spread and cause a crack. I order them on Amazon - cheaper than Oreilly's lol.
 

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Sorry to hear that! Sorry to hear that it's so common, too. I've been fortunate enough to not have any on any of my jeeps over the last 10-11 years.
 

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Sorry to hear that! Sorry to hear that it's so common, too. I've been fortunate enough to not have any on any of my jeeps over the last 10-11 years.
Tell us you don't drive, without telling us you don't drive..., LOL! :LOL:
 

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Tell us you don't drive, without telling us you don't drive..., LOL! :LOL:
I definitely do drive! :) Quite a bit more than most people.

232,000 on one
43,000 on another
and 30,000 on this current one lol
 

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I'm at about 48k on my '20... April will mark it's 3rd year since purchase... and on the third windshield due to chips leading to cracks. My '05 TJ we've had since new, it's close to 140k, and got the first chip in the windshield 2 weeks ago...
 

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I'm at about 48k on my '20... April will mark it's 3rd year since purchase... and on the third windshield due to chips leading to cracks. My '05 TJ we've had since new, it's close to 140k, and got the first chip in the windshield 2 weeks ago...
That is very unfortunate. I'd be interested in seeing some statistics on this topic, though I don't know how anyone would be able to gather the information lol
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