Windscreen cracking noises

My car is a recently acquired 2008 Lexus iS250L. It has an unusual fault which is quite alarming. At completely random intervals there is a loud cracking noise which seems to come from the windscreen....

Scratched screen - will the garage fix it?

I've just bought one-year old, 4600-mile, Mercedes-Benz E-Class from Mercedes-Benz Used Retail. I drive it home and put in garage, and three days later when I went to drive it, I noticed three fairly deep...

Alarming cracking noise in my Honda Civic

I have a peculiar noise directly in front of the driver in my Honda Civic. I can only describe it as 'glass cracking'. It only occurs in cold weather and is not a rattle. My Honda dealer has had several...

How can I block the reflection from my dashboard in the windscreen?

My Peugeot 207 SW suffers from terrible reflections on the inside of the windscreen from the dashboard. I have fitted some dark fabric on my dashboard to try to alleviate the problem. Do you know of a...

What compensation can I expect while my screen is fixed?

I recently bought a BMW 5 Series brand new. After a couple weeks I noticed the windscreen was cracked on the inside and BMW agreed it had been installed wrong. They let me drive it until it smashed two...

How can I avoid reflections of the dashboard in the windscreen?

I have just bought a new Honda Jazz Hatchback 1.4 i-VTEC EX CVT. I'm very pleased with the car and its performance, but there is one drawback caused by the rake or angle of the front windscreen. When the...

Can I prevent the dashboard reflecting into the windscreen of my Honda Jazz?

I have recently purchased a Honda Jazz. It is a beautiful car but when driving in bright sunshine the dashboard reflects badly on the windscreen, so badly at times that it makes driving dangerous. I have...

Why can't roads be surfaced properly?

I was recently driving along a newly resurfaced road which had loose chippings on the surface. A couple of motorbikes in front of my car were zipping stones up from their back tyres and one of the chippings...

I want a genuine part fitted under my insurance claim.

I want an OEM replacement windscreen but insurance company want to fit a cheaper aftermarket windscreen as the car is nearly 4 years old. As it's a Mercedes-Benz I am saying no, due to auto lights and...

Problem of dashboard reflecting in windscreen

For many years I have driven various Ford models; Orion, Focus, Mondeo and at the moment have a Focus Cabriolet. Over the years the streamlining has meant that the windscreens have become more raked back...