Sonoma County Auto Glass repairs windshield chips and short cracks at your home, workplace or job site anywhere in Sonoma County — Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Windsor and beyond. A resin repair takes about 30 minutes, you drive immediately, and most comprehensive policies cover it at $0. Repairs only; we refer replacements.
We do one job, we do it fast, and we tell you honestly when it isn't the job you need.
Most California carriers waive the deductible on a repair. We verify your glass benefit first, then bill them directly.
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Santa Rosa to Petaluma, Windsor to Sebastopol. All we need is a parking space and about half an hour.
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Bullseyes, star breaks, combination breaks, and cracks up to about six inches — outside the driver's line of sight.
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The resin is UV-cured on the spot. There's no waiting period afterwards — you drive off the moment we pack up.
See the visit →A resin repair keeps your factory seal and factory glass. When damage is past repairing, replacement is the right call — and we'd rather say so than sell you the wrong fix.
Injected resin, UV-cured, done at your curb in about thirty minutes. Stops the spread permanently and typically restores 80–95% of the clarity. Usually nothing out of pocket.
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Long cracks, edge damage, anything in the driver's direct view, or a puncture through the inner layer. We don't do replacements — we refer you to a shop we trust locally. No fee, no markup, no hand-off games.
Call and we'll assess itYou don't drop the car anywhere and you don't sit in a waiting room.
Send a picture of the damage with a coin beside it for scale. We'll tell you within minutes whether it's repairable.
Carrier and policy number is all we need. We confirm the glass benefit before we touch the car.
Home, office, or job site, seven days a week. No travel fee anywhere in the county.
UV-cured on the spot. No cure time to wait out, no follow-up visit, no second appointment.
If you're in Sonoma County, we'll get to you. Not on the list? Call and ask — the answer is usually yes.
Straight answers to what people in Sonoma County ask us most: what can be repaired, what it costs, what insurance does, and what California law says.
Key takeaways
Chips smaller than a quarter and cracks up to about six inches can normally be repaired, as long as the damage is not in the driver's direct line of sight and has not reached the edge of the glass or punctured the inner layer. Anything beyond that is a replacement job.
The industry reference for repairability is the Repair of Laminated Auto Glass Standard (ROLAGS), published by the Auto Glass Safety Council. It allows longer cracks than we take on. We cap repairs at six inches because longer cracks on Sonoma County's summer-hot glass are more likely to re-crack after repair, and we would rather refer you than do a repair that fails.
We refer to a replacement shop: cracks over six inches, cracks that reach the edge, damage in the driver's primary viewing area, and any impact that has gone through both layers of glass.
A technician cleans the break, applies vacuum and pressure to pull air and moisture out, injects a clear acrylic resin into the void, and cures it with ultraviolet light. The cured resin bonds the glass, restores structural strength and stops the crack from growing.
Windshields are laminated: two layers of glass bonded to a plastic interlayer. A chip is a void in the outer layer. Filling that void with a resin whose optical properties match glass is why a good repair is hard to see afterward. The whole process runs about 30 minutes, and the resin reaches full strength under the UV lamp before we leave.
Repair when the damage is small, away from the edge and outside the driver's view; replace when it is not. Repair is cheaper, faster, keeps the factory seal and needs no recalibration.
| Resin repair | Full replacement | |
|---|---|---|
| Damage it suits | Chips under a quarter; cracks under about 6 in | Long cracks, edge cracks, driver's-view damage, inner-layer breaks |
| Time | About 30 minutes | 1–2 hours plus adhesive cure time before driving |
| Typical US cost without insurance | $50–$150 (AAA); $75 cash here | $250–$1,500+ (AAA), higher with ADAS |
| With comprehensive coverage | Usually $0 — most carriers waive the deductible | You pay your deductible |
| Factory glass and seal | Kept | Removed |
| ADAS recalibration | Not needed | Usually required on vehicles with a forward camera |
| Drive-away | Immediately | After urethane cure, often an hour or more |
Sonoma County Auto Glass performs repairs only. If your damage needs replacement, we say so before you pay anything and refer you to a local shop we trust, with no referral fee.
Cover the chip with a piece of clear tape, keep the car out of car washes, and avoid blasting the defroster or air conditioning at the glass. Then book the repair within a few days.
Tape keeps dirt and moisture out of the break, which matters because contaminated chips are harder to fill cleanly. Rapid temperature change is the most common reason a small chip becomes a long crack, and Sonoma County's hot afternoons and cool mornings make that swing bigger than most places. Do not use a DIY kit if you have insurance: a failed kit repair can make a professional repair impossible and turn a $0 job into a replacement.
With comprehensive coverage, most customers pay $0. Without it, a single chip is $75 cash or $85 card, each additional chip in the same visit is $35, and a short crack up to six inches is $140. There is no travel fee anywhere in Sonoma County.
For context, AAA reports a national range of $50–$150 for chip or small-crack repair. Our price is flat across the county: Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Windsor, Sebastopol, Healdsburg, Cotati and Sonoma all pay the same.
If you carry comprehensive coverage, most carriers waive the deductible for a repair and pay the shop directly, so you pay nothing. California does not require zero-deductible glass coverage by law, so check your own policy; we verify your glass benefit before the visit.
We bill the carrier through the industry glass-claims network, so you do not front the money. Comprehensive glass claims are handled differently from at-fault collision claims, and carriers prefer a repair to a replacement because it costs them less. Only your carrier can tell you how a claim affects your specific premium; we give you the claim details to ask them directly.
Driving with a windshield damaged enough to impair the driver's vision is a violation of California Vehicle Code section 26710. An officer can issue a notice requiring the defect to be fixed within 48 hours.
Small chips outside your line of sight are not normally cited, but the law is about impairment, not size, and a crack that spreads across the driver's side will be. Repairing early is cheaper than the ticket and cheaper than the replacement a spreading crack turns into.
No. A resin repair does not remove or move the glass, so lane-keeping and emergency-braking cameras mounted behind the windshield stay aligned. Replacement is different: on most newer vehicles with a forward-facing camera, a new windshield requires recalibration, which adds cost and time.
This is one of the strongest reasons to repair while the damage is still repairable. If your chip is close to the camera housing behind the mirror, send a photo; we will tell you whether it is safe to repair.
Look for a business registered with the California Bureau of Automotive Repair, a technician who will tell you when a repair is the wrong choice, direct insurance billing, and a fixed price with no travel fee.
Most Santa Rosa auto glass shops do both repair and replacement. Sonoma County Auto Glass is a repair-only specialist, which means no incentive to upsell a replacement and a technician who does one thing all day. Ask any shop three questions: are you BAR-registered, will you bill my insurer directly, and will you tell me if it should be replaced instead.
Sources: AAA, windshield repair and replacement cost guidance (aaa.com) · Auto Glass Safety Council, ROLAGS repair standard (agsc.org) · California Vehicle Code §26710 (leginfo.legislature.ca.gov) · California Department of Insurance (insurance.ca.gov) · California Bureau of Automotive Repair (bar.ca.gov)
Not entirely. A good repair restores the structural strength and stops the damage from spreading, and it usually removes 80-95% of what you can see. If someone promises it will vanish, be skeptical.
Immediately. The resin is cured with UV light on the spot, so there's no waiting period like there is with a replacement.
A single chip is $75 cash or $85 card. Each additional chip in the same visit is $35, and a short crack up to about six inches is $140. There is no travel fee anywhere in Sonoma County, and the price is the same in Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Rohnert Park and Windsor. With comprehensive coverage, most customers pay $0.
Comprehensive glass claims are generally treated differently from at-fault collision claims, and repair claims in particular are ones insurers actively prefer. Your carrier is the only one who can tell you how it affects your specific policy, so ask them directly - we're happy to give you the claim details to bring to that call.
Yes. Temperature swings, road vibration and slamming doors all push cracks outward from a chip. A chip that is repairable this week can be a replacement next month, especially through a Sonoma County summer. Until we get there, put clear tape over it and skip the car wash and the defroster blast.
Saturdays by appointment. Text us and we'll find a slot.
California Vehicle Code 26710 makes it unlawful to drive with a windshield defective enough to impair the driver's view, and an officer can issue a notice requiring it to be fixed within 48 hours. There is no published crack-length limit; what matters is whether the damage sits in your field of vision. Send a photo and we will tell you honestly which side of that line you are on.
We'll tell you before you pay anything, and point you to a replacement shop we trust. We don't do replacements ourselves, so there's no incentive for us to talk you into one — we'd rather lose the job than do a repair that fails in two months.
No — we do repairs only, and that is deliberate. Chip and crack repair is all we do, which is why we are fast at it and why we can come to you instead of pulling your car into a shop. If your damage is past repairing, we will tell you that up front, we will not charge you for the look, and we will hand you off to a local replacement shop we trust. Either way you get a straight answer the same day.
You can, but a failed kit repair usually cannot be redone professionally, because the cured resin blocks the break. If you have comprehensive coverage, the professional repair is normally free, so the kit saves nothing and risks turning a $0 repair into a replacement.
No. A resin repair does not remove or move the glass, so lane-keeping and emergency-braking cameras mounted behind the windshield stay aligned and no recalibration is needed. A replacement is different: on most newer vehicles with a forward-facing camera, a new windshield requires recalibration. If your chip is close to the camera housing behind the mirror, send a photo and we will tell you whether it is safe to repair.
No. Side and rear windows are tempered glass, which shatters rather than chips, so they can only be replaced. We repair laminated windshields only.
Call, or text a photo of the damage. We'll tell you what it needs and what it'll cost — today.
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