Honda Mirrors melting

[Carl Scheider]

Note from a new member - not that we have a huge number here:

We have a 2017 Honda CRV. It is occasionally parked in the drive of our town home in Charlotte. We noticed that the black plastic panels next to the passenger side windows are being deformed. The Honda dealer said it is not there problem because it is due to an"outside influence", The estimated cost of replacing the plastic is #513.92. We are going at Honda with the argument that this phenomenon has been known for years and they should have used different non-melting material and/or they should have notified us before we bought the new car. Had we known we could have taken steps to avoid the problem or perhaps bought a car without melting plastic.

My suggestion: 

Take them to common pleas court - use some of the evidence I have collected. If they don't appear, file it in district court and get the sheriff to collect. Doesn't cost much - they will probably settle just to get you out of their hair.

[Craig Glenn]

Thanks for the response. We are waiting for an official response from Honda national.

[jeanne meldrim]

I'm not understanding why you are going after Honda.  If the windows damaged the vehicle, then it's the windows that are the problem, not the vehicle.  Windows should not generate enough heat to damage anything.  There have been temperatures recorded of over 500 degrees generated from low-e windows.  There is absolutely no excuse for that.

FYI as of right now, it looks like my case will be the first one to go to court against a window manufacturer for causing damage.  We may be going to trial in November.

Jeanne

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:32 AM Craig Glenn <craig...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the response.  We are waiting for an official response from Honda national.

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[Carl Scheider]

Just so everyone is up to date - and I can figure out how to post to this group !!

The glass being not FLAT is the problem - not the high E reflectivity.

We had scores of windows replaced twice before we figured that out.

With FLAT ones in place now, we have not had a problem with those windows in over 10 years.

But a homeowner replaced an older window with a new one - NOT FLAT - and it melted the neighbor's siding in one season.

The glass manufacturers are the problem, and the windows people should know better.

Let's hope this gets the industry's attention.

[Carl Scheider]

Just so everyone is aware of this - our HUGE number of members. This suit is against the window glass manufacturer - among other folks.

The glass is NOT FLAT which is what causes the problem. A High E window is not a problem if the glass is FLAT.

We originally replaced bunches of windows over 10 years ago - twice - until we had FLAT ones. None of those has been a problem since. But a new replacement window melted the neighbor's siding in one season.  You can actually measure the glass. A little laser light gadget does the trick.

On Thursday, September 26, 2019 at 9:52:18 AM UTC-5, jeanne meldrim wrote:

I'm not understanding why you are going after Honda.  If the windows damaged the vehicle, then it's the windows that are the problem, not the vehicle.  Windows should not generate enough heat to damage anything.  There have been temperatures recorded of over 500 degrees generated from low-e windows.  There is absolutely no excuse for that.

FYI as of right now, it looks like my case will be the first one to go to court against a window manufacturer for causing damage.  We may be going to trial in November.

Jeanne

On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 7:32 AM Craig Glenn <craig...@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks for the response.  We are waiting for an official response from Honda national.

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