2016 Honda HR-V

MY SUNROOF ON MY HONDA SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED WHILE I WAS DRIVING. MY CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR MONTHS DUE TO COVID19 UNTIL SATURDAY WHEN I DECIDED TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY. I WAS ON 69N TO 435 E ON THE OVERPASS NO TRUCKS, CARS OR ANYTHING IN FRONT ON ME AND I HEAR AND EXPLOSION THEN AIR, WHEN I LOOKED AROUND I SAY NOTHING BUT HEARD AIR LIKE MY WINDOWS WERE DOWN BUT I WAS RUNNING MY AIR, I OPENED THE SUNROOF COVER AND A BIG HOLE WAS IN THE MIDDLE WITH GLASS SHATTER BUT IN TACT LIKE A METEOR HIT IT FROM ABOVE BUT IT HAS BEEN IN THE 90'S LOWE 100'S HERE IN KS CLEAR WEATHER. THERE WAS NO GLASS ON THE COVER AND THE GLASS SEEMS TO HAVE EXPLODED UPWARDS.

VEHICLE SMART ENTRY INDICATOR LIGHT IS ON. THIS LIGHT HAS BEEN VERY INTERMITTENT, LIGHTING <1 TIME PER WEEK FOR ABOUT THE LAST YEAR, AND GOES AWAY WITH VEHICLE RESTART. TODAY THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED MY BATTERY, AND GAVE THE CAR BACK TO ME WITH THE LIGHT ON, AND IT WILL NOT GO AWAY. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME $150 TO SCAN THE CAR AND DISCOVER WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. THERE WASN'T ACTUALLY A PROBLEM UNTIL NOW THAT THEY LIGHT WON'T SHUT OFF.

I NOTICED ONE DAY LEAVING FROM WORK THAT THE CAR WAS PULLING AS IF TRYING TO SWITCH GEARS WHEN I WOULD ACCELERATE. AS I BEGAN TO ACCELERATE ON A CITY STREET THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE/ROCK ANYTIME I WOULD TRY TO ACCELERATE. I PULLED OFF INTO A PARKING LOT TO CHECK MY TIRES BECAUSE I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS A FLAT; ALL OF THE TIRES LOOKED GOOD SO I PROCEEDED TO START MY CAR AND TAKE OFF. AS I DID THIS, THEY CAR BEGAN SHAKING WHEN ACCELERATED AND WOULD BARELY ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. AGAIN, I PULLED OFF TO CHECK THE ENGINE THIS TIME TO SEE IF THERE WAS SMOKE. WHEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR I TURNED IT ON HOWEVER IT WOULD NO LONGER DRIVE. I HAD MY CAR TOWED TO MY LOCAL HONDA DEALERSHIP. THERE, I WAS INFORMED BY THE SERVICE TEAM THAT WHAT WAS BEING PRESENTED WAS SOMETHING THEY HAD NEVER SEEN. THEY HAD REMOVED PIECES OF TRANSMISSION (METAL SHARDS) FROM THE TRANSMISSION OIL. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE PLUG FOR THE TRANSMISSION WAS COMPLETED DEFORMED WITH METAL SHARDS PROTRUDING FROM IT. DUE TO MY TREMENDOUS UPKEEP WITH MY CAR, AS I AM CONSTANTLY MINDFUL OF WHEN TO HAVE IT SERVICED, I DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED AND NEITHER COULD THE MECHANICS AT HONDA DEALERSHIP.

WHILE DRIVING AT A SLOW RATE OF SPEED APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WHERE TRAFFIC WAS STOPPED, THE SUNROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT ANYTHING HITTING IT FROM THE OUTSIDE OR INSIDE, THE GLASS EXPLODED OUTWARDS FOR NO REASON. WE PROCEEDED TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THEY REFUSED TO COVER THE REPAIR. WE HAD TO USE OUR INSURANCE FOR THE REPAIR COSTS AND ARE OUT $500. DEDUCTIBLE FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS A SAFETY RELATED DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. IF THIS HAD HAPPENED AT FREEWAY SPEED IT MOST LIKELY WOULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AS THE NOISE LEVEL WHEN IT OCCURRED WAS EXTREMELY LOUD.

A LIGHT WITH A KEY ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED TO APPEAR AT RANDOM AND THEN IT CONTINUED TO STAY ON. AT FIRST THE HRV WAS SLOW TO RESPOND TO THE START/STOP BUTTON AND THEN IT EITHER FAILED TO RESPOND OR WOULD NOT RESPOND WITHOUT MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS. THE HRV WOULD NOT START AT TIMES OR IT COULD NOT BE TURNED OFF. I CHANGED THE BATTERIES IN THE KEY AND THAT DID NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE. I TOOK THE HRV IN TO HONDA DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND WAS ADVISED THE START STOP SWITCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. I PAID FOR THE PARTS AND LABOR QUOTED TO REPLACE THE SWITCH SO THAT I COULD START AND TURN OFF MY CAR. THERE IS NO OTHER OPTION. GRATEFUL FOR THE FIX BUT AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE THIS SEEMS LIKE FAULTY/DEFECTIVE SWITCH ISSUE, PERHAPS ONE ALREADY KNOWN TO HONDA.

THE PUSH START BUTTON ON THE CAR ONLY WORKS SOMETIMES. YOU HAVE TO TAKE YOUR FOOT OFF THE BRAKE THEN REAPPLY AN TRY AGAIN MULTIPLE TIME TO TRY AN GET THE CAR TO START, YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE BUTTON ONCE AN TWICE REALLY FAST AN KEEP DOING IT OVER AN OVER TIL THE CAR FINALLY STARTS AN YOU HAVE TO DO IT OVER AN OVER AGAIN TO GET THE CAR TO SHUT OFF. THE CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD.