2010 Honda Accord: sunroof shattered

Filed Apr 9, 2018 · 67,000 miles · KS

Driving down the highway at 65 MPH when the sunroof shattered. There were no cars in front of me and I was not crossing under any bridges.

Filed Nov 6, 2017 · 90,000 miles · AL

Sunroof exploded while driving on interstate abourt 70 miles an hour

Filed Oct 26, 2017 · 195,000 miles · OH

The sunroof exploded while driving on the freeway with no cars in front of me.

Filed Jan 2, 2017 · Visibility · 65,000 miles · WA

I was driving as usual to work on I-405 with 55-60m/h speed and suddenly heard a blast, like somebody shot me through window. I was in such a shock that almost lost control of my steering. But somehow managed to stay in lane. As my office was pretty close, I decided to inspect what happened after reaching there. However, while driving to office, I continued to be scared and in trauma and could also hear air coming in the car. By the time I reached office I had a hint that something is wrong with my sunroof, or it is open. After coming out of my car in the office parking I saw this huge hole in the sunroof glass. And pieces of glass shattered in the sunroof flap. Because of seattle's dark cloudy climate, I usually keep my sunroof flap open for some light to come into my luck, this morning it was closed. Otherwise, my four months old almost lost her mother or I could be miserably hurt with tiny glass pieces. Following day on saturday,12/31/2016, I called local honda service manager, and he said it will cost me $770 for fixing the sunroof. He said honda will not cover it because the sunroof glass had warranty limited to 3 years and 30,000miles which is expired. So, indirectly honda said, we will keep on supplying faulty sunroof glass. If it explodes within warranty period, we will at the least cover for it. And if your warranty is expired and you die because of it, we don't care. Also, honda said that I cannot get sunroof glass fixed before tuesday, 1/3/2017 because they can't get the glass ordered before tuesday as everybody including honda are vacationing for new years. As there was snow storm warning on 12/31/2016 and my husband was out of town, I in severe cough and cold had to rush to nearest lowes with my 4 months old also coughing, to get a tarp and duct tape, so that I could seal the sunroof and protect the car's interiors.

Filed Feb 18, 2016 · Body · 78,000 miles · CA

Moon roof exploded while driving on hwy 15 in 65 degree weather here in san diego. Sounded like a loud explosion. No cars were close to me. Only the moon roof was affected, no other damage to the car roof or elsewhere. Car only has 75,000. I am the original owner. !st all of my door lock failed, no this!!

Filed Sep 2, 2014 · Visibility · 125,000 miles · PA

Complainant was driving a 2010 honda accord on interstate highway, traveling at approximately 65 to 70 MPH when original equipment sun roof shattered with a very loud burst. Complainant did not witness any object hitting sun roof, nor did sun roof have prior damage at the time of the incident. The shattered glass from sun roof began to enter the passenger compartment, landing on driver and occupant in front passenger seat.

Filed Jun 14, 2013 · Body, Visibility · 37,840 miles · NE

We were driving on a empty street at 35 MPH about 88 degrees and sun the shining and no pedestrians around. We heard a loud bang and looked for some indication or more noise. Nothing except the sunroof had shattered with the center hole bulging out. We were lucky the shade was closed or everyone could have been covered in fine glass shards. I hope honda covers this because in my professional opinion it was not caused by an exterior impact.

Filed Jul 11, 2011 · Visibility · 11,410 miles · VA

We were driving on the highway when we started hearing a cracking noise coming from the sunroof. My boyfriend looked up to see the sunroof cracking. He quickly closed the sunroof cover just before the glass shattered. No construction vehicles or heavy equipment were in the vicinity. No rock or other projectile hit the car. *tt I contacted my local dealer and left a message for the service manager. I contacted honda customer service the next day and got a case number. I dropped my car off at the dealer the following morning with the understanding that the dealer's general manager would take a look at it. Before lunch, I got a call from the dealer that honda denied my claim for a warranty repair, stating it was accidental damage. I contacted honda and the regional care manager stated that it could have been caused by a small rock. I was told to go through insurance. I called my insurance. They agreed it was unlikely that it was accidental damage and would want to look at the vehicle to understand if they should try to get money back from honda. I dropped my car off at the glass company. The company had to order the glass from honda as it's not regular window glass carried by their vendors. We spoke to a few service writers and a service manager - none had ever seen anything like that. The glass company also said that they never saw anything like it. Sunroof glass is thick and tempered and should not shatter like it did.

Filed May 13, 2010 · Visibility · 400 miles · PA · 1 injury

Tl*the contact owns a 2010 honda accord. While driving at 50 MPH, the sunroof suddenly broke causing glass to fall inside the vehicle and cut the contact on the shoulder. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealership for glass replacement and the dealer stated that they had never seen such a failure before. The current and failure mileages were approximately 400. Updated 07/19/10 *bf updated 07/22/10.