Visibility
Filed Dec 19, 2004
THE REAR PLASTIC WINDOW BECAME OPAQUE AND YELLOW, TO THE POINT WHERE 3 YEARS AFTER BUYING THE CAR, YOU COULD NOT SEE THROUGH IT AT ALL. THIS MADE THE CAR DANGEROUS TO DRIVE WHEN THE CONVERTIBLE TOP WAS NOT DOWN, BECAUSE REAR VISIBILITY WAS ONLY THROUGH THE SIDE MIRRORS. WHILE I WOULD CONSIDER A FUNCTIONAL REAR WINDOW TO BE A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE, HONDA REFUSED TO REPLACE IT, SAYING MY WARRANTY DID NOT APPLY TO "UPHOLSTERY". I ATTEMPTED TO CLEAN IT WITH VARIOUS WINDOW CLEANERS, AND WHILE THEY HELPED RESTORE OPACITY, THEY DID NOT RESTORE TRANSPARENCY OR VISIBILITY. *JB
- NHTSA ID
- 10104096
- Incident
- Jan 1, 2004
- Mileage
- 22,000 mi
Visibility
Filed Aug 14, 2004
I OWN A 2000 HONDA S2000 CONVERTIBLE. SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE, THE REAR WINDOW HAS STEADILY CLOUDED TO THE POINT THAT I CAN NO LONGER SEE THROUGH IT. MY LOCAL HONDA DEALER (JONES HONDA, 1335 MANHEIM PIKE, LANCASTER, PA 17603 717-394-0711) TELLS ME THE ENTIRE ROOF WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN ORDER TO REPLACE THE WINDOW. THE COST IS IN EXCESS OF $2,000.00. I KNOW SEVERAL OTHER S2000 OWNERS AND THE SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO THEIR REAR WINDOWS.*AK
- NHTSA ID
- 10086840
- Incident
- Aug 12, 2004
Visibility
Filed Jan 6, 2004
THE VINYL REAR WINDOW ON MY 2000 S2000 HAS FADED I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS RUN-INS WITH MY LOCAL DEALER AND AREA REP YOU CANNOT SEE OUT OF IT, IT HAS TURNED MILKY WHITE MAKING IT A VISUAL HAZARD SINCE YOU CAN'T SEE THRU IT ALSO MAKING THAT M.V. WILL FAIL IT FOR INSPECTION, I HAVE USED ALL THE RECOMMEDED CLEANERS AS WELL AS A BOOT THEY RECOMMENED. I HAD ALSO FILED A COMPLAINT WITH HONDA AUTOMOBILE AND GOT A NICE DEAR JOHN LETTER WITH NO SATISFACTION CASE # NO2003-11-1900869, AFTER SOME INQUIRING BYOU CAN BUY A NEW TOP WITH A GLASS BACK WINDOW FROM HONDA AND HAVE IT INSTALLED FOR A MERE $1600.00 BUT THEY WILL NOT CORRECT A VISUAL HAZARD CONDITION, IS THIS WHAT HONDA HAS COME TO. UNHAPPILY WAITING FOR AN ANSWER. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 10052518
- Incident
- Oct 10, 2003
Visibility
Filed Jul 8, 2003
THE VEHICLES REAR WINDOW IS MADE OF PLASTIC WHICH MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE OUT OF THE REAR WINDOW. *AK *CB *NLM
- NHTSA ID
- 10024591
- Incident
- Feb 15, 2002
Visibility
Filed Feb 10, 2003
REAR PLASTIC WINDOW BECOMES WRINKLED AND IS IMPOSSIBLE TO USE AS A WINDOW BECAUSE IT IS TOO FOGGY TO SEE YOU OF. THIS MAKES FOR A VERY FRIGHTENING AND DANGEROUS DRIVING.
- NHTSA ID
- 10005612
- Incident
- May 30, 2000
Visibility
Filed Feb 3, 2003
REAR PLASTIC WINDOW HAS ZERO VISIBILITY DUE TO SCRATCHING DURING CONVERTABLE TOP USE. THIS IS DURING NORMAL USE OF THE CONVERTABLE TOP. REAR PLASTIC WINDOW AS ALREADY REPLACED ONCE DUE TO ZERO VISIBILITY AND DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE OR CORRECT THE PROBLEM CURRENTLY. DURING REVERSE OR LANE MERGING, THERE IS NO OUTWARD VISIBILITY THROUGH THE OEM PLASTIC REAR WINDOW.
- NHTSA ID
- 10005145
- Incident
- Feb 2, 2003
Body & structureVisibility
Filed Apr 9, 2002
THE VEHICLE HAS A CONVERTIBLE TOP. WHEN TOP RETURNS BACK UP REAR WINDOW BECOMES WRINKLED. CONSUMER CANNOT SEE OUT OF WINDOW. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 8007164
- Incident
- Jan 1, 2002
Visibility
Filed Jun 7, 2001
REAR GLASS HAS A PERMANENT GLARE WHEN HE TURNS CONVERTIBLE TOP, AND MISOPERATION OF WINDOW CAUSES DOUBLE VISION. *AK
- NHTSA ID
- 890000
- Incident
- May 1, 2001
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.