ptruman
Active Member
Ahoy all.
My 2010 W212 E Class has "all of the options" re: windscreen - active cruise, night vision camera, lane departure, active high beam, heated glass for camera, condensation detection, rain detection etc.
It's the original glass, so now 13+ years old. Minor chips everywhere.
Recently I got a bullseye to the lower part of the glass, on the "clear to black" bit (if that makes sense) and a week later, the heavens opened.
I am now getting leaks at the top of the window. I have had water ingress to the cabin, through headlining, through light cluster, onto satnav screen and into the camera housing. My alawrm has gone off. I've dried it out (manually) and presently have tape over the gap between body and glass. This is holding, but I'm not driving it "in the rain" (of which there is a lot...)
Correlation may not be causation re: the bullseye. but I sought a replacement screen via insurance, and "no bugger has any glass in stock"
Looking manually, I cannot find any "new" W212 glass in stock, let alone the variant I need, which is apparently like hens teeth/rocking horse poo.
If I do find the right one, most places that replace glass won't fit as they haven't supplied. And of course, car will need much post fitment calibration.
Clues?
My 2010 W212 E Class has "all of the options" re: windscreen - active cruise, night vision camera, lane departure, active high beam, heated glass for camera, condensation detection, rain detection etc.
It's the original glass, so now 13+ years old. Minor chips everywhere.
Recently I got a bullseye to the lower part of the glass, on the "clear to black" bit (if that makes sense) and a week later, the heavens opened.
I am now getting leaks at the top of the window. I have had water ingress to the cabin, through headlining, through light cluster, onto satnav screen and into the camera housing. My alawrm has gone off. I've dried it out (manually) and presently have tape over the gap between body and glass. This is holding, but I'm not driving it "in the rain" (of which there is a lot...)
Correlation may not be causation re: the bullseye. but I sought a replacement screen via insurance, and "no bugger has any glass in stock"
Looking manually, I cannot find any "new" W212 glass in stock, let alone the variant I need, which is apparently like hens teeth/rocking horse poo.
If I do find the right one, most places that replace glass won't fit as they haven't supplied. And of course, car will need much post fitment calibration.
Clues?
