Hyundai Glass Roof Exploding

Going about 60 on the freeway and boom.

Hyundai glass roof exploding. December 23 2015 a hyundai exploding sunroof lawsuit has been filed after years of reports of panoramic sunroofs that explode and send shards of glass into the cars. The sunroofs darkened with a ceramic tint tend to shatter without warning. This problem is across all brands though they are too big and under tremendous stress. Thought something hit me at first but then realized that the glass has simply shattered.

Some have compared the shattering to the sound of a gunshot and say that the broken glass can fall into the vehicle cabin. A exploding sunroof class action lawsuit glenn v. The california case against hyundai scheduled for august in the u s. Plaintiff billy glenn filed.

If there are impurities in the glass when manufactured it dramatically increases the chance for shattering. The moon roof glass in my 2001 pt cruiser broke yesterday. The sunroof ruptured without any external force or warning cascading broken glass into the car and streaming it into the path of cars. The lawsuit focused on three key points.

That being said i refuse to get in her car unless absolutely no choice in the matter and it is a must that the roof visor is always closed so that if it explodes the glass falls onto the visor and not into the car again. A shower of glass fell on me the owner of a 2013 hyundai veloster said in his complaint to nhtsa. The lawsuit alleges the automaker has known about exploding panoramic sunroofs for years but concealed the defects from consumers. Hyundai motor america et al was filed against hyundai in 2015.

District court for the central district of california is believed to be the furthest along of about a dozen developing class. My wife drives a 2017 hyundai tucson with a panoramic roof and hasn t had an issue. But barsoum s 2017 hyundai tucson wasn t struck by an object. Owners were tired of the threat of getting caught in a tempered glass shower.

Exploding sunroofs are not new to kia and hyundai.