Lots of brand new info from Pre Delivery Inspection doc; esp. on battery replacement

I just purchased a 2018 Clarity from the dealer that had originally sold it. On my pre-purchase walk-through, I noticed the protective film was still on the glass pass-through to the trunk. So after I bought it, my wife pealed the film off. Driving home, I noticed that I still could not see out that glass, so at my first stop, I climbed into the trunk and pulled the protective film off the trunk side of the glass too!

So apparently, not only did the dealer not take the film off before they delivered the car, the previous owner drove around for over two years not knowing that they should be able to see out that glass!

The good news is that the glass is immaculate.

 

Some owners have either suggested or actually done the work of, applying a mirror reflective tint or a solid block out of the trunk lid window so as to keep curious eyes from seeing the precious cargo within. It has also been reported that it is a vulnerable/easy point of entry for the less than honest folks out there. Once in the trunk, they could pull the rear seat release handles and crawl into the cabin.

 

Unsurprisingly, my car also did not come with the four tow hook plugs .

 

You should ask the dealer for what would likely be your Clarity's first-ever battery capacity signal reading.

 

Unfortunately, the dealer I bought my car from is over 600 miles away. I had them read the battery capacity (they had never done that before and this was only last week) before I bought the car and it came back at 55.0 Ah. So apparently they had unplugged the 12V battery recently…

BTW insightman, I still have my 2001 Insight 5 MT with 289K miles. The longest and highest mileage car I’ve ever owned.

 

That's mighty impressive! Thank you for that note. I loved both my gen-1 Insights but sold my 2006 a few years ago when I learned that Honda was no longer stocking all the parts (and after I learned an electric MINI Cooper would be released soon). I sold that Insight with 60K miles to a collector who already had two other gen-1 Insights.

 

Parts? Who needs parts? I think the only things I‘ve replaced are a couple of control arms and an O2 sensor. Even have the original exhaust system. It’s true, the battery is mostly dead, the transmission won’t downshift from 3rd to 2nd and autostop doesn’t work anymore, but it starts every day and gets 50+ MPG on oversized tires…

 

If my Clarity lasts as long as my Insight, I’ll be a very, very happy man.

 

Same here for the plugs... but at least it was charged and tyre pressure was set correctly.


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Breaking any window would do the same. Thieves don't like to break glass.