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Issue 1:
My 2013 Pilot had not been driven and in the garage for several days last week. I walked by it one morning and noticed a crack in the pass. window. I know for a fact this wasn't there before and do not recall anything hitting the window. I scheduled an appt. with the dealer and before I could take it in, the entire window shattered the next morning. I was stumped as to what caused this. I cleaned up the mess as best I could and got to the dealer. They said I was S.O.L. and the warranty didn't cover it. I've heard of Honda using cheap glass and people having similar issues with the windshield. So we had a guy come and install a new window in our driveway for $230. Pretty upset at Honda for just leaving me to twist in the wind like this.
Issue 2:
In my 02 Accord last night, the alarm randomly went off at least 4 times. All doors, windows, trunk and hood were securely locked. The car didn't look like it was tampered with or molested. I ultimately disconnected the battery for the night. Re-connected it this morning and used my 2nd key FOB to lock the car afterwards. Since doing this it hasn't gone off once today. I don't know if switching key FOBs did the trick or what. My old Elantra had this same problem and it was the hood switch starting to act up. I would just open the hood and slam it shut real good and it would stop the issue for a while. Maybe opening/closing the hood when I disconnected and reconnected the battery jarred the sensor back into place...? How can I verify if the hood sensor is actually bad?
My 2013 Pilot had not been driven and in the garage for several days last week. I walked by it one morning and noticed a crack in the pass. window. I know for a fact this wasn't there before and do not recall anything hitting the window. I scheduled an appt. with the dealer and before I could take it in, the entire window shattered the next morning. I was stumped as to what caused this. I cleaned up the mess as best I could and got to the dealer. They said I was S.O.L. and the warranty didn't cover it. I've heard of Honda using cheap glass and people having similar issues with the windshield. So we had a guy come and install a new window in our driveway for $230. Pretty upset at Honda for just leaving me to twist in the wind like this.
Issue 2:
In my 02 Accord last night, the alarm randomly went off at least 4 times. All doors, windows, trunk and hood were securely locked. The car didn't look like it was tampered with or molested. I ultimately disconnected the battery for the night. Re-connected it this morning and used my 2nd key FOB to lock the car afterwards. Since doing this it hasn't gone off once today. I don't know if switching key FOBs did the trick or what. My old Elantra had this same problem and it was the hood switch starting to act up. I would just open the hood and slam it shut real good and it would stop the issue for a while. Maybe opening/closing the hood when I disconnected and reconnected the battery jarred the sensor back into place...? How can I verify if the hood sensor is actually bad?
