The rear windshield exploded and shattered into pieces when I turned on rear defroster. No warning, no impact or other vehicles involved. This is a safety issue, I have my 3 year old son at the backseat, and the pieces of shattered glass flew pretty far out, and luckily I wasn't driving fast in the highway. I took my car to the dealer and they are ordering part to fix my rear windshield and my rear wiper.

- Ann Arbor, MI, USA

While at the gym one evening on 1/3, I came back to my car and noticed a shattered rear windshield. Initially my thoughts were 'did my car get broken into?' however, nothing was missing and my gym is located in a fairly safe part of town. Also, this occurred early evening, one of the busiest times at the gym and an unlikely time for a break in. I notified the police, my insurance company, and the gym. The police reviewed footage of the parking lot and didn't see anything that suggested a break it. Shortly thereafter, I became aware of many HRV owners experiencing 'spontaneous' shattering of the rear windshield. The situation was beginning to make more sense. I believe that I am a victim of this defect.

- Columbia , MO, USA

rear windshield spontaneously shattered when car was parked in the garage

- Munster, IN, USA

I parked my car in the apartment complex overnight and the next morning I walked out to a shattered back windshield. I thought someone broke into my car; called the police, and insurance. Nothing was verified stolen after I did some glass cleanup. I didn't realize it was a common issue until I found an article.

- Suffolk, VA, USA

Shortly after parking, the vehicle in the garage there was a loud bang sounding like a gun shot. When I walked behind my car I saw that my rear hatch window exploded out. I have not contacted the dealer yet but will first thing tomorrow morning.

- Saint Thomas, PA, USA

Rear windshield shattered while using rear defroster

- Barstow, CA, USA

On [XXX] my wife left the house in her 2023 HRV traveling less than one mile when her back glass made a loud pop and shattered. The loud pop startled the wife. We have to travel 40 miles to the dealership for inspection. Not a fun trip for a couple of seniors in mid January. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

- Muskogee, OK, USA

I was driving down the [XXX] south bound on [XXX]. Around 5:15pm on a rainy and i must have not been going no faster than 60 miles per hour and it was already dark and then all of a sudden you hear an explosion sound noise from the back of the car. I originally thought it was bullet of a sort. I couldn-??t believe the window was broken. How, I asked myself did the window have a hole. How did the glass break. How did this happen. I wanted requested footage from CHP to see if something shot at us. But now I see Honda made a default car. So sad because I love Honda and I feel betrayed by them. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

- Huntington Park, CA, USA

My back windshield popped and shattered without anything hitting it.

- Tucson, AZ, USA

I got into my HRV And closed my driver side door as normal. The back window shattered I was not parked under a tree or anything that could have fallen on the back windshield. I was sitting in the driver seat when it happened. The glass came into the car. I called my dealer, and they said they had not heard of a problem. However, after investigating myself, I found this to be happening to several people owning Honda Anda HRV.

- Columbia City, IN, USA

Rear window shattered, while defrosting was on 5:20am

- Vista, CA, USA

Purchased HRV new and at approximately 3900 miles all warning system lights starting flashing while I was driving. Took car home and checked oil and there was NONE at all. Put oil in and took to dealership who found the Honda manufacturer had not installed the oil filter properly and the car had sprayed oil across the undercarriage of the car while I was on the interstate. If the car had locked up while driving 70 mph due to no oil, my father, brother, and I would have been killed and may have injured/killed someone else. Since getting oil filter installed correctly and oil in the car, the Collision and lane departure warnings continue to display periodically at the initial starting of the car saying the those systems have issues and to see the dealership. I have taken car to the dealership 3 times and once they connected it to a diagnostic machine which said "I had a code" and those codes were supposedly corrected, but the same warnings remain. It is not reproduceable and I have not been able to capture a pic of the occurrance. I believe running out of oil has damaged the warning systems and needs to be replaced or Honda should provide me a new car for my current car (10,700 miles).

- Madison, MS, USA

I drove approximately three miles with my rear window defogger on. I parked in the garage (always parked in garage). The next morning I came out to a shattered rear window! Not using the defogger is not an option in Western New York. I am concerned of the safety aspect, if this happens while driving. Rear window seems very thin. I have pictures of the window. I had no warning or sounds previously. Vehicle only has 6800 miles on it. I'm currently waiting for a replacement window.

- Niagara Falls, NY, USA

Closed my front passenger side door and the rear hatchback glass completely shattered. Hundreds of pieces of shattered glass were now inside the rear lift gate section of my vehicle. The glass shattered around the edges and in the center. Some remained around the edges but continued to fall out at the slightest movement, such as when I got in the vehicle and closed my door to call the dealership. Contacted my dealership who said there were no recalls on my vehicle and they stated they had not heard of this, though I've seen many similar complaints here. Dealership suggested I place a claim through my insurance company. It hardly seems fair to me that my insurance should foot the bill for an obvious manufacturing defect on Honda's part.

- Clinton, MA, USA

Side window shattered on its own. Luckily it was parked and no one was inside the vehicle. This will be the second time, same story, just a different window with this car.

- Porterville, CA, USA

Rear windshield suddenly cracked and completely shattered.

- West Hollywood, CA, USA

The rear window spontaneously shattered today. It was a cold morning approximately 35 degrees. Car was auto-started to warm it up. After driving the care for approximately 1/2 mile and while stopped at a stop light, the rear glass spontaneously shattered.

- Birmingham, AL, USA

The back windshield exploided while driving on the highway

- Bucyrus , KS, USA

Rear glass shattered out not where while me being in the car. rear glass safety issue.

- Hayward , CA, USA

Was just driving along as normal, heard a pop sound, looked back and my whole rear window was shattered with a big hole to the left side of the glass.

- Oceanside, CA, USA