My advice... Don't risk it! I had the guys at Reno Autoglass replace a broken windshield in my 2011 BMW 328i awhile back because they were a couple bucks cheaper than others, they were close by and they could do it the same day. A few days after I had the windshield installed I opened the hood of my car and noticed that some of the plastic parts in the engine bay had been completely destroyed, and some molding screws were missing from parts covering the lower portion of the windshield. After a few days of rain I noticed water collecting in the passenger side foot well and I could hear water sloshing around in the climate fan, and I'm not talking about a little bit of water I'm talking pools of standing water... Took my car back in explained the problems they said "oh no problem we'll fix it right up, we'll get you new plastic parts to fix the broken one's, clean the interior carpets and treat them to prevent any mold, and replace the windshield no charge." I'm thinking Ok sounds good, make it right... So when I picked my car up they told me that they had installed the wrong windshield which was missing a special seal lip at the base of the windshield on the outside which is apparently a BMW Volkswagen thing but essentially the way it was explained to me was that any water that comes down the windshield goes directly inside the car without it... Awesome nice work guys! Drove off with the new windshield and a freshly shopvac'd car thinking that's the end of it, except they never replaced the broken plastic parts under the hood, oh well I'll eat it right...
A few days after the replacement windshield was installed my radio and navigation system took a dump totally crapped out... nothing, totally blank screen. BMW repair cost $2000.00 can I prove it crapped out because of water damage... No. Did it crap out because of water damage from a messed up windshield install, I believe the answer is yes.
So that was all awhile ago, but today I just had my windshield replaced by a company I know and trust, because my windshield was leaking into the passenger footwell just a drip but still leaking. After the new windshield was installed the trusted company I went to showed me pictures of the reason why my windshield was leaking. Tooling that had been used to replace the windshield at some point had damaged the car enough to prevent a new windshield from sealing properly with out some additional work being performed to address the issue. Anyways long story short after the second install I gave them every possible chance to make things right, but in the end they never did and I gave up. I'll also say that at no time did the folks at Reno's Autoglass ever point out any damage they caused in the process of their fouled up windshield install. read more