Safelite AutoGlass
Reviews and Complaints

I got a chip in my windshield on my 2005 Mini Cooper S (9/17/12) and called Safelite, as the company I normally use for this type of thing went out of business. They were very efficient in addressing my insurance and making an appointment. The service tech called and arrived as scheduled and did all he was supposed to do. My complaint in the resin they use for the repair is not clear. It's an off white. You might as well put a band aid on it. Now I have a windshield that has a spot on it. I was told that's what they use for all repairs. Had I known, I would have gone elsewhere. I did inform Farmers Ins.

On the 14th of August I had my windshield resealed at the Safelite located in Fairfield Ohio. On the following Saturday the 18th I noticed cracks in the plastic cowl underneath windshield that were not present before the work was preformed.

I am aware that Safelite does a pre-work inspection with the customer present and I was never informed of any previous damage to the cowl during said inspection. I have a witness who was also present during the inspection.

After speaking to Janet, an associate for Safelite on August 20th she set up an appointment on the 21st at the location that preformed the work.

At this appointment they stated that I had been shown the damage during the pre-work inspection since it was on their pre-work inspection form that I signed. However, I was not. Additionally, I was not given a copy of the form after signing it. I was only given a copy after the work was preformed.

I called the corporate number again on the 21st and talked to Jerome who connected me to Mike the manager of the Fairfield location. He stated that since it was on the pre-inspection form they would not be paying for it. I told him that regardless of the notes on the pre-inspection form, which states there was a crack on the driver's side there are now several cracks in the middle and passenger's side as well, one of which has been glued. Mike told me that if the cowl was cracked in one place more cracks could occur while I was driving down the road. I called my collision shop to confirm. They said that it would be impossible for it to crack in another location while driving even if a crack was previously present in a different area. It would also be impossible for it to be glued while driving down the road. I do not appreciate being talked down to by Mike.

I was transferred back to Jerome who I then asked to transfer me to a supervisor. He said that his supervisor, Sandy was unavailable. I said I would wait but he refused to let me do so. He stated that he would send her an e-mail and she would get back to me. She never got back to me.

I filed a complaint on August 29th with the Better Business Bureau regarding this issue. On the 30th of August I got a call from Executive Services. Gerald, the associate ran me around in circles by reading me the complaint that I filled with the Better Business Bureau and stating that he could do nothing to resolve the issue. I was frustrated that I was being called and nothing was being resolved.

Bottom line: Don't use them. They are unwilling to help and will run you around in circles.

I had a chip in my windshield and was recommended by my auto ins company to use Safelite for the repair, they apparently do a good job and have a 5 point service repair. Well, about 0.5 points of service was completed on the job. I had to file a complaint with the company and my auto ins carrier. Safelite offered to REPLACE my windshield free of charge...big mistake, I should have paid my deductible and had another company do it. They installed a defected piece of glass in my car and did a shabby job on the replacement. I am so angry that I refuse to even deal with them again, and I hope my windshield chips and I have to actually pay my deductible to get it replaced by a much better company. My car is only a couple months old, and it looks pretty shabby if you look at the windshield. They did not adhere all the molding and the windshield actually has a dip in it! Two of my co workers noticed that, and I noticed the lack of adherance to the windshield. I actually did bring it back and discuss it with them, and they said it is normal...um, no it is not!

I highly advise anyone that uses this company to replace or repair your windshield, you WATCH them fix/replace it, or chose another company. It is not worth the headache and time to let them do it without someone watching them like a hawk.

This company is the worse company I have ever dealt with. Their prices are outrageous. We used them only because my insurance company told us to. They never checked our coverage with our insurance carrier. Which they said that they would be getting back with us for the amount of what we would owe. We had a window for our 1998 Dodge Dakota truck broken. The guy came to our house to install and gave us a bill for $699.00 after the installation. I called the company and told them if that was the price to take the window out. And of course they could not do that".

The office girl said that they made the mistake and that someone would be getting back with us on Monday morning/. They never did even after I had left messages on Monday morning.. Then we received an invoice stating that we did not have glass coverage and our bill was now $1069, .00! So we have been fighting this one, . The company lies and the business practices are illegal:. Run fast do not use them! After the fact I called them back to get another estimate for the same vehicle and the same window and as a new customer".

Then when submitted a check they conviently did receive it! Charging us now additional fees to stop payment. The company plays games and are unethical.

Ordered stationary window for my 87 Ranger. They delivered and installed a sliding window. It leaked. I called they came out. Took it out re-installed it. I then had a new interior installed. You know New carpet etc., well the window leaked on my new carpet. To save my carpet from water damage I took it out. Safelite came out and put some GOO in the window and said "dat ll stop hit. frum leaken". Well I re-installed my new carpet. Guess what the first time it rained, it leaked. I called made the appointment and then I noticed that rain may have been coming in my door. So I installed new door trim, window trim etc. Nope the window leaked. This time I took a video of it leaking. I called Safelite and they said they were on the way and would be there at 12:00. At twelve, a guy called said " Da onh le way yor truk ken b fixed, iz we bringe hit two hour shoppe". I told him dream on. Get out here and fix my window.
Now this whole ordeal could have solve easily, but the Tech side of the Safelite farm, must be asleep on the loft, or he has his head up a Safelite horse's window.Now dispatch is outstanding. I love all the people in Dispatch. Stefanie and all the girls there worked hard trying to get the warranty work done. I thank each person in the Dispatch Department, but the Technician side of safelite is a waste.

Safelite replaced the windshield in my son's Sebring on a Thursday. Three days later he noticed a crack extending out from the molding around the windshield on the driver's side. He pulled the molding back and discovered a hole all the way through the glass that was shaped like the head of a screwdriver. The molding had no marks on it so obviously it hadn't been struck by a rock. It was clearly done during installation, never pointed out to us and then covered up with our molding.
When we called Safelite to complain, they promised to send a technician out the next morning to examine the damage. He arrived nearly three hours late and, in spite of the undamaged molding, told us the damage was from a rock. When we contacted Saftelite again and asked for a supervisor, we were told that we would need to drive the car sixty miles to the Safelite office for the supervisor's review. We didn't bother. By then we knew what the supervisor would say so we called our insurance company. They sent an adjuster out the next day who took 30 seconds to conclude the damage occurred during instillation and said that it was impossible that a rock caused the damage. Safelite will never get another insurance dollar through us.

This is the 3rd time saflite has came out to do the first job it intended to do! they incovienced me so much i lost $375.00 of my livelihood because of there mistakes and then what do they do cant send someone back out till tomorrow and thatll cost me ANOTHER 375.00 if i miss that day of work too! I only get these jobs every now and then so when i loos them i loose ALOT and they still wont accomadate me the right way! EVERYBODY DO NOT USE SAFELITE AUTO GLASS OF FORT LAUDERDALE THEY ARE SCAMMERS AND SEND HOMELESS LOOKING DIRTY PEOPLE TO YOUR HOUSE! and there site says they do all these different things when there done lean up the glass wash your window and clean anything up thatneeds to be cleaned or they caused and they didn do NOT ONE OF THOSE THINGS AND THE FARTHEST FROM PROFESSIONALISM THAT IVE EVER SEEN!

I switched from another company to go with safelite. I called the 800 number and got a rep that took my information and I told her what model my truck was with all details. I even called back to confirm and told the new rep that the first rep had issues finding my truck model on the phone. He said it is fine we got it. Then I called on the day of appointment to let them know the best number to contact me at while I was at work b/c I forgot my cell phone at home, so the rep called the tech and updated the account at 730 am. But, the tech still called my cell and left a message and of course no one answered b/c my cell was at home. So, after waiting an hour after the time the rep said he would be here I had to call you guys back again and ask where the window tech was. Finally, he calls back and said he will be there in about an hour and that he was finishing another job. So now we are 2 hours after the time scheduled (after lunch and my appointment was before lunch) So when he gets here, I go meet the guy outside, move my truck for him and believe it or not an hour later he calls and said Safelite ordered the wrong glass and that he has waiting on another person to bring the right glass for my truck. Also, after the job was done the rubber molding on the window was damaged and he scratched my hood of my truck with the install. As you can tell this experience was not very good, in fact it was a joke! Now they are ordering new molding and I have to take time out of my day to go to a body shop to get the paint repaired. Will never use them again, now I know why they give you a lifetime warranty, b/c you will have alifetime of problems!

If you want appointments thaty aren't honored and technitians who give BS excuses on to why they are not showing up than call Safelite Auto Glass of Danbury CT. I had a windshield repair on my 2008 BMW 750li that was scheduled and re-confirmed for between 8and noon on a Friday (I took the day off from work for this appt) only to get a call at 11 stating they wouldn't make it because they recieved the wrong windshield, they told me they would be out first thing Salurday morning, 8 am I was promised! Well at 10:33am I get a call telling me that they can't make it until between 3and 5 pm and I would need to be there to wait for them. The worst part is this is the 2nd time this has happened within the past 6 months (I know I have an issue with broken windshields, the last time I dealt with Safelite of Danbury CT THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED! DO NOT USE SAFELITE DANBURY CT - THE SUCK BIG TIME!

Safelite Auto Glass pays their telephone sales reps $10/hr plus comm. But, not many do well enough to make comm. So, your dealing with a $10/hr employee, one step up from a fast food joint. The job coaches motivate employees like poking monkeys in a cage with a stick. Not many "happy" employees in Chandler, AZ call center. You should hear the gripes at outside at the smoking table. So, when you do business with them, your going to get the kind of service and job you expect to get from a $10 hour employee. Your better off to do business with a smaller local shop, your will be treated better, and it will cost you the same. Enough said.

The first appointment I had with them was a 12-4pm window and the tech called me at 4:30 and said that they hadn't told him of this appointment until after he left the shop. Poor Baby! Not my problem, should have called me sooner. I went on a trip and was going to get another company to replace my windshield.

Safelite called me while I was on the trip to see about rescheduling, I said I wasn't interested they wasted my afternoon before. She asked her supervisor and gave me a $50 discount (great, my time is worth just over $10/hour!). Oh well, better than doing the work to find someone new so I agreed and rescheduled. Well, at 7:57 I received a voicemail saying that they CAN'T replace my windshield at my residence, I'd have to come to their shop! WTF? That would have been nice to know a week ago when I rescheduled or better yet, when I scheduled my FIRST appointment.

What an unbelievable disregard for my time. I'm going to reschedule using my other car, have them come out and tell the tech to STUFF IT! Perhaps a couple times a year...

I recently had my windshield replaced by safelite auto glass.It was done in Dec. 2010. My car is garaged. I took it out in late January and received a tiny little nick on my wind shield drivers side. This turned into a long vertical crack. I have never seen anything like this happen before. I have had several nicks on my windshield but they have never resulted into such an extensive crack. I called Safelite and they came out and said there was nothing they could do. Mind you the windshield was replaced just a little over a month ago. Although I have no complaints with the people I spoke to but I believe and several of my neighbors and friends believe it is a poor quality glass. I will never do business with them again.

I had a cracked windshield which when I called my insurance company was refered to Safelite. I scheduled an appoinmtent on a Saturday morning at 8 a.m. to fit in my schedule. After the replacement I was advised that they didn't have the right rain sensor for the window and they broke my review mirror. I was advised that someone would call me to set up an appointment with a dealer. I was called and advised that I needed to take the car to a dealer and get an estimate. I would then have to fax it in and wait for them to determine if it was within their budget. I guess if not, I would have to take more time off until I found an estimate within their budget. And finally after they felt it was acceptable, I would have to take another day off to get it fixed. I asked for a rental so they could go get it fixed, I didn't qualify. When they asked for my deductable payment, it was made on the spot in good faith. They need to change their motto to "If we screw your car up, we will probaly fix it if it doesn't cost too much!"

I had an appointment 8a-12p no show by 12 so I called. they said they would call tech and get back with me. Got no call and 2hrs. and 30 min later he showed up. Also he did not have any change when i gave him cash, at this time he told me I should tip him for what the change would be. I told him he was 2 1/2 hours late and his tip was to be on time! so i went and got change and left him outside in the heat for 30 min. If you are going to be late, call! other people have things they have to do, like being at work on time.

We ordered our windshield early last week, and were told it would be delivered that Friday between 8am and 5pm. No one showed, then my husband found a voicemail on his cell saying they weren't coming because of the rain, OK that's understandable, then the message clearly said that they would deliver the windshield Wednesday July 14, between 8am and 5pm, my husband and I both listened to the message to be sure. So Wednesday came, and no one showed, this time there was no message. So we called and the woman said that in her notes it said we were supposed to get it on Friday between 8am and 12pm, and that no one said they would be there Wednesday.

So by now we were beyond frustrated but since the windshield needed replaced ASAP we agreed to the Friday delivery. So 12pm came and went, finally the delivery guy called and said that he needed to see if some other guy would cover him but that he'd be there around 3. Then my husband calls me to see if the guy had called me and he said that the delivery guy told him that it would be between 3 and 5 but closer to 3. 3pm came and went as well, my husband called again saying that now the guy was going to be there between 6 and 8, but most likely before 7. At 8pm he pulls into the driveway, I was so frustrated I had my husband handle the entire transaction, at 9pm he finished and left. My husband gave me the receipt to file when I saw we had been charged for someone else's windshield! But since what we paid was less than we were quoted for our windshield I have no intention of calling Safelite on it, it's the least they can do!

I had Safelite out and 6, 000 miles later the windshield cracked. We all know the jingle "Safelite repair, Safelite replace". The work is guaranteed except they fail to tell you in the commercials that after your deductible it is replaced free of charge. Oh and by the way if the trim is damaged you replace it, not Safelite. Plus there is a $4.95 charge which I still couldn't get an answer to what that was for.

Sadly when the work was originally completed the repair guy asked my wife to read and sign the paperwork. There is a lot of small print and she did not have her glasses with her in the driveway. Then he asked her to check his work. (Shouldn't checking the work come first, then signing the paperwork?)She noticed that the repair was bad and told him there was a bubble. He said, "Don't worry, the repair is guaranteed". Uh, no it isn't!

I complained to my insurance company and she said that they are getting many calls complaining about this company for unethical practices. Technically in the small print the guarantee is listed, they just fail to tell the consumer. My insurance company filed my complaint and they are reviewed quarterly to evaluate the vendor. Hopefully they will be terminated one day!

They said I can wait in waiting room while they are fixing it and I trusted them.

After they finish with their job they told me don't use that window for 24 hours because clue needs to be fixed. Next day when I tested the window i realized upper rim of the glass in cracked and I am assuming they should have seen (or actually they might have seen) the crack while they were installing and they did not tel me. So I asked them to come and repair because it was under warranty.

I STRONGLY RECOMMEND DON'T CONSIDER THEM ESPECIALLY THE ADDRESS THAT I WENT.