Hi everyone this is my first post on this forum. I have a 2016 EX-T sedan with sensing in modern steel. I am very happy with the car so far, but the one issue I'm having is with the windshield cracking.
I bought the car in March and had to replace the windshield after 2 days because of a 7' crack on the passenger side from a small chip. I have had this windshield for about a month now and already have another, even bigger, crack that is about a foot long.There is a small scrape near the crack, but I've never seen a windshield crack like this from this little damage. I have had cars that are 15+ years old with the original windshield, and none of them take damage like this.Safelite would not warranty because of the scrape. Was this really caused by a rock or is it a defect in the glass? Is anyone else having similar problems with their windshields? Hi everyone this is my first post on this forum.
I have a 2016 EX-T sedan with sensing in modern steel. I am very happy with the car so far, but the one issue I'm having is with the windshield cracking.
I bought the car in March and had to replace the windshield after 2 days because of a 7' crack on the passenger side from a small chip. I have had this windshield for about a month now and already have another, even bigger, crack that is about a foot long.There is a small scrape near the crack, but I've never seen a windshield crack like this from this little damage. I have had cars that are 15+ years old with the original windshield, and none of them take damage like this.Safelite would not warranty because of the scrape. Was this really caused by a rock or is it a defect in the glass? Is anyone else having similar problems with their windshields? Click to expand.The windshield in my coupe cracked from a fairly small rock chip on the upper portion of the windshield. It looks like it is around the same spot that killed your windshield too.
I could tell that a rock hit mine, but I didn't hear any impact at the time, I only heard a faint cracking sound and looked up to see a cracked forming and growing.It was a very expensive replacement and I'm looking at changing my insurance for more glass coverage since this may be a common issue with these new civics. I haven't even made my first payment yet and that windshield was far more expensive than the payments that's for sure. Hi everyone this is my first post on this forum.
I have a 2016 EX-T sedan with sensing in modern steel. I am very happy with the car so far, but the one issue I'm having is with the windshield cracking. I bought the car in March and had to replace the windshield after 2 days because of a 7' crack on the passenger side from a small chip. I have had this windshield for about a month now and already have another, even bigger, crack that is about a foot long.There is a small scrape near the crack, but I've never seen a windshield crack like this from this little damage. I have had cars that are 15+ years old with the original windshield, and none of them take damage like this.Safelite would not warranty because of the scrape. Was this really caused by a rock or is it a defect in the glass?
Is anyone else having similar problems with their windshields? I had a rock hit the lower right hand corner of mine and cause a rock chip. I do remember the rock hitting, but it wasn't all that dramatic. I had it repaired the following day, it was below freezing and I was concerned the chip would turn into a crack.
So far no further issues.I had much worse sounding rock hits in my old Civic and never even had a chip, so I was somewhat surprised to see a chip on what seemed to be an insignificant hit.I wonder if Honda has gone with perhaps a weaker/lighter windshield to save weight and gain mpg's? Very similar issue here. 2016 Civic Touring. Took very small rock hit near the sensor/mirror block, the chipped part is so tiny and shallow that it did not look like anything that should cause a crack, but it sure did. The crack ran all the way around the sensor block and all the way down the passenger side of the window. I've been driving for over 30 years and have never had a crack, now I get a new Civic and within a couple months the windshield is completely ruined from what appears to be only a pebble impact.
Very frustrating. My insurance will cover it (minus $250 deductable) but they say if it's over $1000, my rates will go up because of it.Starting to get suspicious there is something fishy here. Of course it will be impossible to ever prove it's technically a defect, since the window DID get hit by something. But I've seen much, much bigger impacts (including much larger, deeper, chips) not result in a running crack. So apparently windshield glass for this car is backordered by at least 6 months from Honda (so I'm told by the glass guy, who got it from Honda). Really making me suspicious (along with this thread) that there is a defect in the windshield Honda isn't telling anyone about, and they had to re-design it.
Weeds control without poisons. If not, they've done a piss-poor job of inventory management for this model.Really think this is the last time I buy the first model year of a new design. I love 90% of this car, but the other 10% is getting annoying. Rocks are apparently attracted to new cars. I had gone years without a windshield chip/crack, and immediately after buying my 2012 Civic, I got hit, and the crack rapidly grew. Replaced the windshield (because by then the crack was too big to fix), and within days it was hit again. But then that was the end of it.
Several years passed with no further hits, until a few weeks ago (days after buying the 2016) I noticed a small chip (didn't hear any impact. It may have been there before I took delivery), and then again yesterday afternoon I got hit (got it repaired this morning). Hopefully no more.