hard drive pending sector count

hard drive pending sector count For some reason, my pending sector count to be remapped is unbelievably high (2163 currently). I've seen it go up 20 in one week. But no sectors have been remapped. Dell's computer diagnostics utility reported no problems, smartctl -H returned PASSED, and I have yet to notice any problems with the hard drive.
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Guest [Entry]

"Your Current Pending Sector Count (2163) is higher than the Reallocation Sector Count (252).
This means that failing sectors can no longer be replaced by the disk firmware.
The disk is failing - make sure you've backups, and get a replacement.."

Guest [Entry]

If the drive is under warranty, send it back for replacement. On a stable drive, that number should be 0, just like the Reallocated Sectors Count.