Windscreen seal popping out

[poprock]

My rubber windscreen seal is popping out a little – just a four or five inch section of it bulging up out of place under the driver's side wiper.

Is that something I can just push back in safely myself (maybe with a plastic tool or a screwdriver wrapped in paper), or is the windscreen seal something I should really leave to a glass specialist?

I was going to give it to Autoglass to do under guarantee, but it turns out their lifetime guarantee doesn't transfer to a new owner of the car.   s:roll: :roll: s:roll:

[Topdownman]

I wouldnt feel happy knowing water was possibly/probably finding its way in?

Presumably when you have a new windscreen fitted they use a new rubber seal?

Wouldnt it be terrible if you had a large rock hit your windscreen and you had to have a new one on your insurance?

[poprock]

The windscreen's fine, it's only a few years old. No need for extreme measures ...

I can have a new seal on the insurance if I want to, but I don't see why I should cough up a £75 windscreen excess just to push a bit of rubber back into place. What is it, £70 for a new seal from Toyota? £30 from an independent?

I don't think I even need a new seal, I just need the existing one reseated properly. There's no sign of water ingress, even in the Glaswegian weather this week ...

[SteveJ]

It's not really a seal - the screen is bonded in (which provides the water-tight seal) and the trim that you are referring to is bedded into the adhesive when the screen is fitted.

Sounds like the fitter didn't do the job properly originally - I doubt you'll be able to do anything with it now the adhesive has cured.

[poprock]

Ah, right. So the rubber trim should be glued in and clearly hasn't been properly glued? In that case I might have a claim against Autoglass, even though it's not guaranteed in my name. Worth phoning them again to discuss.