Drivers door window cracked. Replacement cost and Part#?

[Biologyinsight]

Hello all, My 2024 Flash uses Acoustic glass for the doors. The drivers door glass took a hit from what I assume was a small rock on the highway recently. The crack quickly spread down the entire glass panel. My local dealership has quoted me $470.00 for the glass and $270.00 to Install it. It is just me or is $745.00 a bit high for this. Does anyone have any experiences with having the door glass replaced? Does anyone have a specific Part number for the acoustic glass? Thanks

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[RickLightning]

Of course the dealership is high. See what Safelite charges. I believe this is the part, ML3Z-1521411-B , which you can get for under $300, assuming it's available (appears to be iffy). Installing it involves removing the door panel, undoing the glass, etc.

 

[K6CCC]

I recently had to replace the drivers side window on my 24 Flash due to an impact. Cost me $250.00 via my AAA insurance with the work done by Safelite. Took them about 15 minutes.

 

[Athrun88]

Called $tealer$hip for a reason! Check out your local independent garage or glass shop. They can get OE parts as well or comparable AF parts.

 

[Heliian]

Back in 2009 my older honda accord drivers side window broke, cost me $400cad for an aftermarket at Apple auto glass, these things ain't cheap.

 

[Heliian]

Can't compare US prices to CA prices, in 2009 the rate of exchange was $1.00 USD = $1.14 CAD. Exchange rate is even higher now with $1.00 USD = $1.37 CAD.

Sure ya can, my point was that 17 years ago a driver's door glass was expensive and today it's even more expensive.
Right now for the f150, the glass alone is $400 usd from ford in the usa(I use a Detroit dealer for online parts) and $543cad from ford canada(one of my local dealers selected for online parts), which is a conversion rate of 1.35 which is pretty much spot on. Now, work in the labour and taxes, say 2 hrs for the job @ what $110-150, I have no idea what they charge on either side of the border. Want tint on that? A few more dollars.

add in the markup your useful idiot in charge creates

What markup? Who's idiot?

 

[RickLightning]

$262...

https://www.varsityfordparts.com/oem-parts/ford-door-glass-ml3z1521411b

 

[21st Century Truck]

I replaced a cracked front passenger door glass myself this Winter.

1. These door windows are double-pane glass, for better noise control. See the very top edges of the front door windows to confirm this on Your truck. This is why they are expensive. I used a Ford OEM window glass.

2. The replacement is pretty easy. Take off the inner door panel (six screws & bolts). Take the electric up / down window switch off the door panel and loosely reconnect it to the door harness by itself. Take out the old widow. Pull out the thick rubber weather seal around the sides and top of the door. Insert the new widow glass from the top until it's one bottom hole clicks into its holding detent in the door frame. Wrap the rubber back into the door windows frame. Test the up / down movement of the glass with the electric switch. Disconnect the electric window switch from the door harness and snap it into place back on the inner door panel. Remount the door inner panel. Altogether, 15 / 20 minutes max if You're slow and careful.

A helping hand is useful to together insert the glass into its place, guiding the glass down from both sides of the door until it clicks into place. That's it.

 

[RickLightning]

I think it's abhorrent to put a widow in your door. She's done nothing to you, why would you treat her so poorly. Pushing her buttons, laying rubber all around her, it's disgusting!

Wait, wut? He meant WINDOW, not WIDOW?

 

[Jseis]

At my old dealer we charged 1.5 hours labor to replace the glass, or the regulator. See what your locals charge per hour. Part cost seems about right from a dealer.

Around here, body shop labor ~$150/hour so $225 labor + parts and your knocking on $700…+.

 

[Heliian]

$262...

https://www.varsityfordparts.com/oem-parts/ford-door-glass-ml3z1521411b

There's this one also, says privacy? Pretinted maybe?
https://www.varsityfordparts.com/oem-parts/ford-door-glass-ml3z1521411a

15 / 20 minutes max

Sounds easy enough, set up and cleanup I'd round up to 1 hr.

In order to answer that, I would have to break forum rules on politics, I think you know exactly who and what.

Maybe you're not understanding, I just showed you the price is nearly identical in the usa vs Canada. I don't have to order and have it shipped from stateside, that's my price here. I had to buy a new 12v this spring, cost me $200cad from the dealer, it was lower than what was listed online.

 

[davehu]

Hello all, My 2024 Flash uses Acoustic glass for the doors. The drivers door glass took a hit from what I assume was a small rock on the highway recently. The crack quickly spread down the entire glass panel. My local dealership has quoted me $470.00 for the glass and $270.00 to Install it. It is just me or is $745.00 a bit high for this. Does anyone have any experiences with having the door glass replaced? Does anyone have a specific Part number for the acoustic glass? Thanks

no. your driving a $60k-$70k truck. $745 makes since to me. I accidentally backed into a fence and broke the taillight assembly... $3000. I had $500 deductible , that's what insurance is for.

 

[chl]

Does one really need sound proofing windows?
EVs are very quiet to begin with...and with the music cranked up...oh wait, is it to keep sound in or out?
Seems a high price to pay.

 

[Tom M]

Not the same window, but I had my left rear passenger door window broken by a lug nut kicked up by a lawnmower. I had it replaced by Novus glass for about $500. I originally called a major glass company, but the appointment was farther out and it was more like $700.

 

[Biologyinsight]

Update: I found that almost all dealership parts counters are adding substantial markups to the glass. Garnet Ford is listing it at over $1,000 just for the glass alone at the parts counter — shame on them.

Shout out to Bayshore Ford for selling the glass with no markup. I pick it up today.

I also found a YouTube video showing the full replacement process, and it can take as little as four minutes. So no, I won’t be paying a $100+ markup on parts, and I definitely won’t be paying $250 in labor for maybe 10 minutes of work. I’m handy enough to handle this project myself, even though it was originally something I was willing to pay to have fixed quickly.

Speaking of “fixed quickly,” I made a 7:00 AM appointment at Sheridan Ford last week to have the glass replaced. The appointment was scheduled five days in advance. After my truck sat in the service bay for six hours, I got a call at 1:00 PM telling me they would have to order the glass and that it would take another four days to arrive.

So even if I had been willing to pay the outrageous price, I still would have needed a second appointment and arrangements to be without my truck for yet another day.

I’m starting to feel that the expansive dealership and service center network may not be as much of an advantage as people claim when comparing Ford to newer manufacturers like Rivian, Slate, or Scout.

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