Replacement Front Windshield - $800

[foxmajik]

Hi folks,

As you know any parts for a smart car have to be ordered through the dealership.

I got a crack in my front windshield that goes about halfway across.

Guess how much the new windshield is going to cost.

Go on, guess. Give up?

Eight hundred dollars.

Eight hundred.

I sh*t you not.

The side glass got smashed in so someone could steal all my stuff, guess how much that one is going to cost. Only ONE hundred dollars.

Wow.

[jwight]

Not the first: A RANT...Windshield replacement.. you won't believe this!!

[Big Panda]

.....AND don't forget the labor to INSTALL IT!!!

[foxmajik]

Originally Posted by MENSA42

.....AND don't forget the labor to INSTALL IT!!!

Yeah that's just the cost for the sheet of glass.

I wanted to write a letter to smart about this problem and the fact that so many people are getting cracked windshields and the fact that the glass can cost up to a thousand dollars.

However I couldn't find a mailing address for smart online and when I called the phone monkey couldn't get one either.

Does anyone have a mailing address for smart?

[Dunerunner]

Get a few more cars into the US and you will be able to get aftermarket glass. Give it time!! This is why many get 100% glass coverage from their insurance company.

[jwight]

Originally Posted by foxmajik

Yeah that's just the cost for the sheet of glass.

I wanted to write a letter to smart about this problem and the fact that so many people are getting cracked windshields and the fact that the glass can cost up to a thousand dollars.

However I couldn't find a mailing address for smart online and when I called the phone monkey couldn't get one either.

Does anyone have a mailing address for smart?

You can write them at:

smart USA Distributor LLC
2555 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-0954

[foxmajik]

Thank you very much for the address!

[Karl Roth]

smart USA
1765 Telegraph Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302-0954

They hid this in plain sight on there web site, are you missing something else as well?
karl

[sk8ndad]

Originally Posted by foxmajik

Hi folks,

As you know any parts for a smart car have to be ordered through the dealership.

I got a crack in my front windshield that goes about halfway across.

Guess how much the new windshield is going to cost.

Go on, guess. Give up?

Eight hundred dollars.

Eight hundred.

I sh*t you not.

The side glass got smashed in so someone could steal all my stuff, guess how much that one is going to cost. Only ONE hundred dollars.

Wow.

Looks like Safelite AutoGlass can install it for $487.95 (at least in Santa Clara, CA)

[saskdiesel]

A windshield for an FJ Cruiser was $1150 when it was new.
Consider it a bargain!