2011 BMW 328I: sunroof shattered

Filed Mar 8, 2019 · 92,000 miles · IL

My closed electric sunroof exploded at 70 MPH. No one near me, not driving under anything. Sounded like an explosion, glass from the center rained down on me and the remaining glass is pushed out, not in

Filed Feb 3, 2019 · Body · 85,000 miles · LA

My moonroof spontaneously exploded today (around 5:40pm). I was driving open road (city, about 30-35mph) and there was no evidence of a rock or other foreign body other than glass in my cabin. The edges of the remaining glass of the moonroof tilted upwards. The noise and glass surprised me and I drifted into the median briefly before calming down/regaining control.

Filed Jul 30, 2015 · Visibility · 32,400 miles · CA

While driving down a straight road at 50 MPH, a very loud pop was heard almost like an explosion. I pulled to the side of the road and noticed the entire sunroof had shattered. It was a clear day with temps in the 70's. No other vehicles were in the vicinity at time of event. No road debri was noted on roadway. The glass appeared to be pushed out like it was caused by a pressure difference. At the time of event, all the windows were up with the A/C on. Pieces of the glass had flown back and scratched the paint down to metal on both the roof and trunk-lid. I had my two small kids in the back seat at the time and they were both terrified after hearing the noise. Luckily the shade cover was in place and no glass entered the passenger space. Bmw is not willing to investigate the incident or cover the cost.

Filed Nov 3, 2014 · 17,026 miles · TX

I drove from my garage to the highway (about 5 minutes) I entered the highway and gained speed up to about 55 MPH, I was on the highway for about one or two minutes when I heard a loud explosion and the sunroof in my car had blown out. There was not traffic in my local highway since it was about 1:30pm cst. The sliding cover in the sunroof was open to let light in and I was showered with broken glass, I pulled over and exited the highway, stopped looked at the damage and it looks like if the sunroof had explode out, like caused by inside pressure blowing it out. I was lucky no else was with me or the highway had more traffic or I could have had a serious accident. I contacted bmw but they deny that there are any defects with the sunroof, they say it was most likely a rock. There are no object inside my car and rocks travel sideways not come from the top. Please, please have this investigated, besides the cost is the higher chance of a serious accident.

Filed Mar 27, 2013 · Visibility · FL

While approaching the interstate and increasing in speed, driver heard loud explosion (like a gun) coming from above and started to feel glass debris coming fall from crack. The outside temperature was around 40 degrees fahrenheit and there were no overpasses nearby where debris could have fallen and no debris coming from other cars. When pulled over, the sunroof had completely shattered.