well, i just got my CRX registered and put the new plate on. so i decided to drive it around a little. still doesn't have a front bumper so im not completely comfortable taking it to work and whatnot. anyway i was just driving along and all of a sudden my hood flew open and got stuck covering my entire windshield. great. i forgot that i had removed the hood latch because it wasn't unlatching properly. luckily i was able to pull into a neighborhood entrance immediately after it happened so i didn't crash or anything. i got out of the car and closed the hood to find it badly bent in a few places, and my windshield with some new cracks. so now i need a new hood and windshield.
anyway, it didn't look like the hoods hinges were damaged but im not sure. has anyone had this happen before and were the hinges damaged? and if the car was just insured yesterday, will i get a free windshield? thanks

 

pmed

 

I seen it happen on the race track, dont file for that, depending on your deductable, it would just be cheaper to go to a junkyard or something and buy the parts.

 

get a windshield from a junkyard?

 

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hood from the yard and some states are required to cover glass if u fudge the truth. otherwise windshields should be left to the proffessionals

 

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That's also called fraud.


That's your fault you gotta deal with it some insures cover anything when it comes to windshields but you might need to meet your deducble. My dad once got a new one for free just from age of car. Stuff like that varries on your state, plan and whatnot though.

Sucky Deal but your just lucky you weren't hurt.

 

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That's also called fraud.


That's your fault you gotta deal with it some insures cover anything when it comes to windshields but you might need to meet your deducble. My dad once got a new one for free just from age of car. Stuff like that varries on your state, plan and whatnot though.

Sucky Deal but your just lucky you weren't hurt.

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yup. my state covers glass completly or at least my insurance co does but i took the moldings off for paint and cracked the glass. 250 out my pocket.

but i agree fraud is bad because u could get introuble of course but ur screwing someone for ur mistake. sorry if i made it seem like that was a good thing.

ohh yeah make sure u get honda moldings and ppg glass is usuallyt no more that the others (besides honda)

 

ive had a broken windshield before on a different car and all they asked was when it happened and then did it for free. are you talking about getting honda mouldings if i was to do it myself?

 

wanna know something crazy ive owned probably 10-12 different efs and i can think of 7 different instances were the hood came open and none of them were my fault.i dunno just must be bad luck.

 

i had one come up on my da integra. bent the hood around the glass and did not crack the glass! it was at 30 mph though. my dumbass forgot about the hood latch all together. 40$ fix