I am learning that the Radar that controls the Emergency Braking system, Adaptive Cruise Control, Road Departure Mitigation, Collision Mitigation etc. is only protected by a "POP OFF COVER".

I am deeply concerned over the lack of protection when it comes to such a critical component of my 2017 Honda CRV. I am being faced with a minimum $1,100 (part only) bill to repair damage to my cars radar sensor mounted in the front grill. I have had other problems with random "DETECTION" computer messages on the dashboard and now for this piece of plastic to be popped off by a small piece of debris on the road that was kicked up from the road by a vehicle traveling in front of me is ridiculous. Why would something so important be mounted dead front of the vehicle and not properly protected?

I'm looking for a better option to have this resolved. I am practically a "life time" owner of Honda products. And over the years I have increasingly become more and more impressed with what I fell in love with at the beginning of my Honda journey.