Hyundai Glass Roof Exploding

The lawsuit alleges the automaker has known about exploding panoramic sunroofs for years but concealed the defects from consumers.

Hyundai glass roof exploding.

Hyundai motor america et al was filed against hyundai in 2015. The california case against hyundai scheduled for august in the u s. A shower of glass fell on me the owner of a 2013 hyundai veloster said in his complaint to nhtsa. My wife drives a 2017 hyundai tucson with a panoramic roof and hasn t had an issue.

Exploding sunroofs are not new to kia and hyundai. The sunroof ruptured without any external force or warning cascading broken glass into the car and streaming it into the path of cars. A exploding sunroof class action lawsuit glenn v. Plaintiff billy glenn filed.

This problem is across all brands though they are too big and under tremendous stress. 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. The sunroofs darkened with a ceramic tint tend to shatter without warning. Plaintiff billy glenn filed the hyundai exploding sunroof lawsuit.

Thought something hit me at first but then realized that the glass has simply shattered. The moon roof glass in my 2001 pt cruiser broke yesterday. Hyundai just settled a lawsuit for earlier models that had a panoramic sunroof that exploded. Some have compared the shattering to the sound of a gunshot and say that the broken glass can fall into the vehicle cabin.

District court for the central district of california is believed to be the furthest along of about a dozen developing class. Going about 60 on the freeway and boom. According to the lawsuit hyundai has long known that its sunroofs are prone to shattering. But barsoum s 2017 hyundai tucson wasn t struck by an object.

If there are impurities in the glass when manufactured it dramatically increases the chance for shattering.