Chip,
Thanks for your input. I agree about masonry products cracking, and I have no problem with hairline cracks. The problem here is not the crack, but the subsequent movement. The brick veneer around, and to the right of, the window has rotated CW. There is a 1/2" gap at the upper left of the bathroom window and a downward deflection of the lintel in the middle of the span across the garage door. The vertical corner over the garage door has shifted left-to-right enough to pop the miter joint in the trim. There is another crack / gap about 1/4" in width in the window sill about 3 bricks from the left. The crack travels from there downward towards the column, which is acting as the pivot point for the above noted rotation.
The gap between the brick and the lintel is at the outer edge of the lintel, and appears to be because the lintel has either tilted forward, or the included angle has increased to more than the initial 90 degrees caused by the deformation.
While I am not overly concerned that it is going to fall down while we are away, I am looking to address the problem with additional structure to increase the factor of safety of the design to 2.0.
I appreciate your time.
Thank you,
Chuck