NHTSA Complaint #10031105 — 2003 HONDA ELEMENT

THE WINDSHIELDS ON THE 2003 HONDA ELEMENT'S ARE FAULTY, THEY CRACK WITH LITTE OR NO IMPACT, MANY PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING. A PEBBLE, AND I MEAN "PEBBLE" TAPPED MY WINDSHIELD ON AUGUST 24TH AND INSTANTLY I HAD AN ELEVEN INCH CRACK. I'VE HAD 6 CARS DO DATE IN MY LIFE, AND WITH ALL 6 I'VE HAD ROCKS STRIKE THE WINDSHIELD AT ON TOIME OR ANOTHER LEAVING NOTHING, OR AT MOST A STAR THAT CAN BE FIXED BY A ROCK CHIP REPAIR FACILITY. THE WINDSHIELD APPEARS TO BE UNDER UNDO STRESS AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THESE CRACKS APPEAR TO BE,.. STRESS FRACTURES. HONDA ADDMITS TO HAVING A "TSB" ISSUED FOR THE WINDSHIELDS CLAIMING AN "UNEAVEN FLANGE SURFACE" CAUSING THE CRACKS, HOWEVER HONDA CLAIMS IF IT IS EVEDENT THAT SOMETHING HAS STRUCK YOUR WINDSHIELD LEAVING A "IMPACT POINT" REGARDLESS OF THAT IMPACTS SIZE YOU ARE AT FAULT. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS IS ANYTHING THAT HITS THIS GLASS CAN CAUSE IT TO BREAK REGARDLESS OF IT'S SIZE BECAUSE OF THIS "UNEAVEN FLANGE SURFACE" ! HONDA HAS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THEIR VEHICLE AND THEY AREN'T OWNING UP TO THIS !