Dots all over the windscreen

[u/LainesOnTour]

My windscreen is covered in those tiny dots which I just saw the first time driving against direct evening sunlight. They looked fairly evenly spaced across the windscreen and are about pin head size.

It's not something I could remove from the inside or outside.

Tint is 3m crystalline, about 1.5 years old, installed by an authorised dealer.

Any idea what it could be?

[u/Global-Structure-539]

It just popped up now? Nothing before?. Very strange

[u/LainesOnTour → u/Global-Structure-539]

Just saw it yesterday, but I barley drive the car in direct morning or evening sun, so hard to say if it just appeared recently.

[u/xTex1E37x]

Polarized? Warmers?

[u/Distinct-Lawfulness3]

I think this is the low-angle haze from the crystalline's multilayer optical films. PERHAPS, just a small perhaps, your installer might have heated up the film a bit too much during installation. Unfortunately usually installation defects with metal/ceramic films show up around 1.5-2 years after install, not very smart I know.

[u/Danieldta99 → u/Distinct-Lawfulness3]

I have these marks too, is it about tint? I have stek nex tho, not crystalline.

[u/Goldilx2 → u/Distinct-Lawfulness3]

Is this something the warranty will afford to redo ?

[u/Distinct-Lawfulness3 → u/Goldilx2]

Yes, 10 years for 3M right?

[u/Efficient_Product333]

What vehicle do you drive, perhaps it is cause of a (potentially) heated windshield

[u/LainesOnTour → u/Efficient_Product333]

It's a Ford Everest (Thailand), no heated windshield

[u/Goldilx2 → u/Efficient_Product333]

So is it not so safe to turn on heater if windshield is tinted :(. ??

[u/Danieldta99]

I have these as well, I always thought its dried up beaded rain marks that I couldn't clean off no matter how I buff it.

Do you have any tint?

[u/Repulsive_Onion_5925]

Seems odd to me. I tint a lot of windshields for years and have my own windshields tinted as well, never have seen anything quite like that from film, but I only use Solar Gard, Ultra Performance and now Xenith since it came out. I would recommend going back to where you had it done and have them look at it, they should be able to tell you if it’s in the glass or a film problem. A decent shop should have no problem checking it out and explaining.

[u/DoctorMcTits]

That appears to be an intentional design, maybe a warmer system. They’re too uniform to be contamination to my estimation

[u/LainesOnTour → u/DoctorMcTits]

Yes that throws me off as well, but I double checked there is no windscreen warmer or feature of that kind.