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SENTRI Windshield Replacement

bajaguy - 1-7-2010 at 05:19 PM

Have to replace my windshield which contains a SENTRI sticker.

Has anyone been through the replacement sticker process????.......do I need to make an appointment or just show up????.....any paperwork needed????

Thanks

k-rico - 1-7-2010 at 05:40 PM

I had my windshield replaced after they pulled me into secondary and tore off the sticker that was on the cracked windshield.

No appointment necessary to get the replacement sticker, no paperwork other than your Sentri card and the car registration. There was a fee involved, I forget how much.

[Edited on 1-8-2010 by k-rico]

DENNIS - 1-7-2010 at 05:47 PM

Where did I read [maybe here] that someone needed a new sticker and peeled off the old one with a razor blade and used it for the exchange.

k-rico - 1-7-2010 at 05:51 PM

Maybe so. They took mine in secondary. Maybe it was in the computer records they had it. I didn't have it when I got the replacement.

bajaguy - 1-7-2010 at 06:31 PM

yeah, think I will do the razor blade thing, get the new windshield and stop in on my next trip south.....Also think there is a $42 dollar fee

The Gull - 1-7-2010 at 08:11 PM

No appointment necessary. Razor blading the item is not needed but is a nice touch.

By the way, do all the SENTRI PASS owners know that you can be enrolled in the US Trusted Traveller program for FREE? Allows you to scoot past all the other incoming passengers at airport Customs and Immigration and actually works in some US security lines around domestic terminals like Orlando airport and others. They have a Trusted Traveller x-ray and metal detector line exlcusive there and in other airports. FREE!

bajaguy - 1-7-2010 at 08:23 PM

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Originally posted by The Gull

By the way, do all the SENTRI PASS owners know that you can be enrolled in the US Trusted Traveller program for FREE? Allows you to scoot past all the other incoming passengers at airport Customs and Immigration and actually works in some US security lines around domestic terminals like Orlando airport and others. They have a Trusted Traveller x-ray and metal detector line exlcusive there and in other airports. FREE!





http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/travel/trusted_traveler/global_en...

CortezBlue - 1-8-2010 at 08:39 AM

Not so fast

1. I would try to remove it with a razor blade and resuse it.

2. If that doesn't work, I had to go to Calexico (Carr Road) and take my employment records and all of the other goodies that are required. It took nearly 3 hours due to a computer outage.

beachbum1A - 1-8-2010 at 08:44 AM

I'm waiting to hear the story behind why you need a new windshield! Maybe a malfunction with a "golf ball launcher"?! .:spingrin:

marv sherrill - 1-8-2010 at 05:24 PM

Yesterday i sold my truck and tried to remove the SENTRI sticker from the window with a razor blade - you know how duct tape gets after 2 years in the sun... it was pretty ugly - I called Otay and was told I didn't need it - just come down with the new truck (20120 F-250!!) and new plates to get a new sticker.

bajaguy - 1-8-2010 at 09:54 PM

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Originally posted by beachbum1A
I'm waiting to hear the story behind why you need a new windshield! Maybe a malfunction with a "golf ball launcher"?! .:spingrin:





Rock chip on the return from the Ensenada Christmas/New Years trip turned into an ugly crack.............

Doug/Vamonos - 1-8-2010 at 10:01 PM

Anyone know why a cracked windshield is such an issue with Sentri?

fishbuck - 1-8-2010 at 10:08 PM

They don't want you smuggling "crack" into the US?

bajaguy - 1-8-2010 at 10:18 PM

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Originally posted by Doug/Vamonos
Anyone know why a cracked windshield is such an issue with Sentri?





It's against the law in most states to operate a vehicle with a cracked or "defective" windshield

BajaGeoff - 1-11-2010 at 12:42 PM

Hehe....good one fishbuck!

Thanks for the info everyone.

In a battle between lumber and a windshield, the windshield always loses. I have SENTRI and just got my windshield replaced but have yet to get the new sticker put on. The old sticker peeled off easily from the windshield but left a block of adhesive behind.

bajaguy - 1-11-2010 at 06:04 PM

Geoff.....use some WD-40 to remove the adhesive

Cyanide41 - 1-12-2010 at 07:58 AM

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Originally posted by CortezBlue
Not so fast

1. I would try to remove it with a razor blade and resuse it.

2. If that doesn't work, I had to go to Calexico (Carr Road) and take my employment records and all of the other goodies that are required. It took nearly 3 hours due to a computer outage.


The sticker is tied to car. So your #1 would probably get you in trouble. They take a picture of your plate when you go through. So if the info doesn't match, I am sure you are on your way to secondary.

BajaGeoff - 1-12-2010 at 11:26 AM

The adhesive was on the windshield that was severely cracked, so it is long gone. I just did not want to leave it on the old windshield....since I have no idea what personal information of mine might be on it.

I figured the best way to go was remove the sticker and turn it in at the SENTRI office when I get a new one put on.

TBcountry - 1-12-2010 at 12:31 PM

I have done both....just went to Sentri office and there was no problem getting a new one, just took off from cracked windshield and turned it in. ( Of course with new windshield on car.) They reinspect the car again before placing decal. I would guess it took an hour or so. I have also gone on-line and registered a different car and made appointment. In each case there was about a $40 charge. You CANNOT just scrape off old sticker and put it on a different car. Each sticker goes with a certain car. I knew someone who went in to get their Sentri pass and their car windshield had a very small crack and they would not give them a sticker until they put a new windshield on car and took car back to get inspected again.