Hyundai Glass Roof Exploding

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

Hyundai glass roof exploding.

According to the lawsuit hyundai has long known that its sunroofs are prone to shattering. Some have compared the shattering to the sound of a gunshot and say that the broken glass can fall into the vehicle cabin. My wife drives a 2017 hyundai tucson with a panoramic roof and hasn t had an issue. 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.

Owners were tired of the threat of getting caught in a tempered glass shower. 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. Hyundai just settled a lawsuit for earlier models that had a panoramic sunroof that exploded. A exploding sunroof class action lawsuit glenn v.

Hyundai motor america et al was filed against hyundai in 2015. This problem is across all brands though they are too big and under tremendous stress. Plaintiff billy glenn filed the hyundai exploding sunroof lawsuit. District court for the central district of california is believed to be the furthest along of about a dozen developing class.

The lawsuit focused on three key points. The lawsuit alleges the automaker has known about exploding panoramic sunroofs for years but concealed the defects from consumers. The sunroof ruptured without any external force or warning cascading broken glass into the car and streaming it into the path of cars. Plaintiff billy glenn filed.

Going about 60 on the freeway and boom. 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. 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.