If my windscreen repair fails an MoT can I claim for a new windscreen?

I am having a chip in my windscreen repaired via my insurance company and am paying £25 excess. Their approved repairer has said that there may still be a visible mark and they can’t guarantee it will...

Is windscreen repair a claim against insurance?

I have a chip on my windscreen. If I go through my insurance for a repair, do insurance companies register these types of repairs as a claim? Alternatively, I have bought a windscreen repair kit from a...

Is a chipped windscreen an MoT failure?

My windscreen has a star-shaped stone chip, 2cm diameter, at driver's eye level immediately in front of me. Would this constitute a fail in the MoT, due next week?

Garage has damaged my car's windscreen - what should I do?

I bought a Peugeot 3008 from a dealer about six months ago. The car developed a problem recently and the dealer agreed to fix it last week. However, after collecting my vehicle, I noticed a big chip on...

Do I have to replace my windscreen?

I seem to have acquired a very fine scratch across the windscreen of our Lexus ES, probably from a fine piece of grit on the wiper blade. It is only visible when driving into the low winter sun. I have...

Can you buy standalone windscreen insurance?

Is there such a thing as windscreen insurance that's not otherwise an add-on to car insurance, a bit like SMART/Alloys etc.? The company insures my car but I have to pick up maintenance and the excess...

I bought a used car with a chipped windscreen - the dealer says I should claim on my insurance?

I have just picked up a six-month-old Jaguar XF with less than 4000 miles on the clock, from a Jaguar garage. On driving home I noticed a mark on the windscreen, which turned out to a repaired chip. The...

A company is offering free repairs to windscreen chips - is this a scam?

The car park of a local supermarket is carrying a poster that offers free repairs to windscreen chips. All the car owner has to do is provide insurance details and the insurer will pay the repairer direct....

Should my insurer cover the cost of windscreen recalibration along with the screen replacement?

My 2017 Peugeot 3008 suffered a windscreen chip and the screen needs to be replaced. Autoglass (via LV) say I will need to take the car to a Peugeot dealer to get a recalibration for lane departure etc....

I'm being charged for a new windscreen on a van I hired - what should I do?

I hired a van to move house, but I'm now being charged for a replacement heated windscreen because of a 7mm x 3mm stone chip (which I believe could have been repaired). I was told when collecting the vehicle...