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  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    Windscreen Replacement - What you should know...

    Hi all,

    just had a stone fly up and crack my windscreen, just my luck!

    So fortunately I have windscreen cover, however theres something they don't tell you...

    After you've paid your £75 excess and had Autoglass come and replace the windscreen, you then have to book your car into your local dealership and get the cameras and sensors recalibrated!

    Just checked and my local garage Harwoods, will charge me an hours labour plus VAT. So thats £150+VAT! Shocked

    So that stone will cost me a total of £255! Big Cry

    Not happy!
    18th Oct 2017 11:31 am
  • fisherman
    Member Since: 11 Oct 2016
    Location: Hornchurch
    Posts: 94
    United Kingdom 

    Is the cost not part of the cover from your insurer?
    18th Oct 2017 12:05 pm
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    I wish!

    Autoglass did suggest I call my insurance company, however after talking to three people at Aviva the third one said no...
    18th Oct 2017 12:07 pm
  • fisherman
    Member Since: 11 Oct 2016
    Location: Hornchurch
    Posts: 94
    United Kingdom 

    I think I’d argue that. It either covers a replacement of which this is part of or they don’t.
    18th Oct 2017 12:32 pm
  • ForlornMTL
    Member Since: 14 Jun 2017
    Location: Montreal
    Posts: 145
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Firenze Red

    I would think that if you went to the dealership to get the windscreen replaced it would have been included.

    Going elsewhere, they obviously cannot include the calibration in the invoice they send to the insurance company.
    Multiple invoices probably have insurance companies thinking they've paid out twice for the same incident. They always find a way not to fully pay, don't they.
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    18th Oct 2017 1:16 pm
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    Thats a very good idea, however i've tried that already.

    The dealership isn't on the list of approved windscreen companies for my insurance company. So they won't accept them to replace the windscreen.
    18th Oct 2017 3:15 pm
  • ForlornMTL
    Member Since: 14 Jun 2017
    Location: Montreal
    Posts: 145
    Canada 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Firenze Red

    Wow ! That is hilarious.
    The approved garage for the manufacturer is not approved to change a part on a vehicle they fabricated.
    So the insurance company will insure your vehicle, so long as replacement parts are not original (expensive) parts.

    I was also told that if i replace the windscreen by a non Land Rover one, i will have to pay to get it replaced by a Land Rover windscreen upon my lease end return as Land Rover do not accept anything other than their heated windscreen.
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    18th Oct 2017 4:29 pm
  • Russell
    Member Since: 26 Jun 2016
    Location: Lydd
    Posts: 1102
    United Kingdom 
    2017 Discovery Td6 First Edition Namib Orange

    Re: Windscreen Replacement - What you should know...

    rogersmj wrote:
    Hi all,

    just had a stone fly up and crack my windscreen, just my luck!

    So fortunately I have windscreen cover, however theres something they don't tell you...

    After you've paid your £75 excess and had Autoglass come and replace the windscreen, you then have to book your car into your local dealership and get the cameras and sensors recalibrated!

    Just checked and my local garage Harwoods, will charge me an hours labour plus VAT. So thats £150+VAT! Shocked

    So that stone will cost me a total of £255! Big Cry

    Not happy!


    What cameras the camera 📷 s has n the front bumper not the windscreen
    What sensors re there as far as I know just the rain sensor and high beam assist and they were on D4 s and didn’t need recalibration think someone may be trying to pull the wool
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    18th Oct 2017 10:06 pm
  • Rockcypher
    Member Since: 29 Apr 2017
    Location: CO
    Posts: 123
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Waitomo Grey

    Owners manual via iGuide, states lane departure cameras located at base of rear view mirror
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    20th Oct 2017 12:06 pm
  • roverdawgpac
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2016
    Location: Seattle, WA
    Posts: 9
    United States 
    2017 Discovery Si6 First Edition Farallon Black

    Yep, I believe the camera(s) for lane departure and traffic sign recognition are located at base of the rear view mirror.
    20th Oct 2017 4:18 pm
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    I would have thought that the LDW cameras were at the bottom of the wing mirrors, seems the obvious place to pick up the markings?

    But then I have not looked in the manual. Thumbs Up
    20th Oct 2017 4:28 pm
  • neilk
    Member Since: 12 Aug 2016
    Location: Wokingham
    Posts: 137
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Loire Blue

    It is definitely LDW as my wife’s Evoque has LDW but no surround. It is also the Autonomous Emergency Braking, as that throws up a warning until the windscreen clears when icy.

    I suspect by being forward looking it gives earlier warning of drift, looking down under the mirrors would be too late (or require a much higher level of precision and accurate position of each marking rather than the interpolation of a line that forward facing would allow).
    21st Oct 2017 10:01 am
  • jimbg
    Member Since: 23 Jun 2016
    Location: Devon
    Posts: 1472
    United Kingdom 

    Yes that makes sense.
    21st Oct 2017 11:32 am
  • rogersmj
    Member Since: 30 Aug 2017
    Location: Hampshire
    Posts: 213
    United Kingdom 
    2018 Discovery Td6 HSE Lux Corris Grey

    Yeah, I have the lane departure warning camera, traffic sign recognition camera, rain sensor and the Autonomous Emergency Braking camera too. Not sure if a camera does more than one of these functions, but i've been warned that these all need to be aligned if I want them to work properly.
    22nd Oct 2017 11:44 am
  • Tom Wilder
    Member Since: 19 Oct 2017
    Location: Oxford
    Posts: 5
    England 

    I do know that Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) camera self calibrates and will flag any issues by a warning light - there is no need to recalibrate using a diagnostic tool after a windscreen change unless the system tells you to do so .
    27th Oct 2017 9:13 am
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