2016 Honda Civic: sunroof shattered

Filed May 26, 2024 · Body · IL

Driving the car home at 6pm on a highway, and heard a loud pop sound, but there were no rocks or objects hitting the vehicle. It turn out that the sunroof glass had exploded from the center for no reason. I am only glad the sunroof was not in use/open at the time, otherwise, the shattered glass will definitely lead to some serious consequences.

Filed Dec 20, 2022 · OR

EXPLODING SUNROOF: (editing from an email to Honda on June 13, 2022) I have had numerous Hondas (and Civics) over the years and bought a 2016 Honda Civic (with extended warranty (just expired I think). While driving from Oregon to California (for a conference in Asilomar) June 13, 2022 on Hwy 680, I heard a noise and thought someone had hit me - but didn't see any car. I pulled off the freeway and pulled over and examined the car and see that the sunroof had exploded. I stopped at Envision Honda (Milpitas) to ask them about it and see what it would take to repair (they had mentioned they had heard that happening to several others), then proceeded to ValStrough Honda (Seaside) closer to my conference - I asked them to order the part ($541.72 + labor (they didn't have anyone there at the time to quote (the previous dealer thought ~$146). The dealer in Seaside thinks the part should be in on Wed and I hope to have it replaced. I have not had time to see how much of the roof or trunk has been scratched (one of the employees at Envison pointed it out to me) Had I not had the visor closed the glass presumably would have come into the car, and likely causing me to have an accident - this is a HUGE safety issue. The glass did stream behind my car, but luckily did not cause an accident as far as I know. I have started googling the issue and see others such as the person below had a nearly identical experience. I think that Honda should pay for the repairs to my vehicle; as well as put out a warning. I believe that this could easily led to deaths of some drivers in the future. Update: I was charged $541.72 + 245.00= $786.72 for the repair Richard Sniezko 541‑954‑6793 https://www.wesh.com/article/hundreds-of-sunroofs-spontaneously-exploding/30970599 https://www.consumerreports.org/car-safety/exploding-sunroof-cases-head-to-court/

Filed Jan 7, 2022 · WA

While driving on the freeway on 1/6/2022, the sunroof suddenly exploded above my head. It was as if something was dropped from the sky and glass fell down on my head and into the exterior of the car. I was able to maintain control of the vehicle and maintain safety but it was absolutely terrifying. This car is brand new to me as of 12/11/21. Nothing was visibly wrong with the sunroof and I wasn’t driving under an underpass, so nothing could have been thrown at me from above. What is left of the tempered glass sunroof is spiderwebbed and continues to fall into the car and it is not drivable until repair.

Filed Nov 14, 2020 · 77,360 miles · MS

While driving down a smooth, straight road at about 50mph, I heard a loud sound, similar to a gunshot. When I looked up, the glass sunroof was shattered and had a roughly 7" x 12" hole. Only one or two small pieces of glass fell into the car. The rest blew up and out of the car. The fabric sunroof door was open (pushed back into the car so that the sun was coming in through the sunroof), and the glass sunroof was closed (closed so that no wind was coming into the car). There were no cars ahead of or behind me that may have kicked up a rock. There were also no trees or anything else above me from which something may have fallen. I did not find any evidence of anything that has fallen into the car after coming through the glass, and the glass was bulged up and away from the car rather than down and into it. It was about 75 degrees and sunny.

Filed Feb 18, 2020 · Visibility · 72,910 miles · AR

I was driving down interstate 30 at 70 MPH when I heard a large explosion. I pulled off of the interstate to check my tires and finally realized the sunroof exploded. It was not raining, there was not a dump truck in front of me, I was not on my phone or distracted, I was paying close attention to the road and the sunroof exploded out of the blue. There was no point of impact below the glass insert, but the entire sunroof was shattered into a million pieces.

Filed Feb 5, 2020 · 50,000 miles · TN

My 2016 honda civic touring while driving approx. 60 MPH on the interstate in about 60 degree weather while raining. My sunroof exploded the center portion of it which in turn damaged my drunk and if someone was behind me could have had other catastrophic events. Nothing hit my car I heard the explosion sounded like a gunshot then seen the big chunk of glass hit my trunk and heard it as well.

Filed Dec 30, 2019 · 55,000 miles · AL

I was driving straight down I-20, the only car close to me was behind me and in the other lane. There were no overpasses or potholes. There was a loud noise like a car backfire or gunshot, and I thought I must have blown a tire. I pulled over to the side of the road and discovered my moonroof had shattered - luckily the shield had been closed. Honda refused to consider that it might be a defect and said that even if it was, it didn't matter as my car wasn't under warranty. I asked to speak to a manager several times and was refused.

Filed Jan 27, 2019 · 57,000 miles · OH

Was driving to work on 1/26/2019 at about 11:30 am when I heard a very loud pop. I thought maybe I had blown a tire and turned down my music. I heard a lot of wind and after verifying that all of my windows were up I opened the visor to my sunroof to discover that my sunroof had exploded. When this occurred, there were no other vehicles surrounding me and I was not driving under an over pass, therefore I was not hit by any flying debris. Once I was able to pull over it appeared that my sunroof had exploded in an outward fashion. As if someone had busted it out from the inside. There was also no glass that shattered down into my sunroof visor which further leads me to believe that I was not hit by debris. After doing some searching, it would seem that this is not an uncommon occurrence and there have been hundreds of instances of spontaneously exploding sunroofs in cars manufactured in the last couple years. Very scary and dangerous. Unfortunately this happened on a weekend so I will have to wait until monday to see if honda will repair the issue free of charge (as they should).

Filed Dec 11, 2018 · Visibility · 25,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 honda civic. While driving 55 MPH, the sun roof exploded without impact. There were no injuries. The dealer (holler honda, 2211 n semoran blvd, orlando, fl 32807, (877) 872-9906) was contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000.

Filed Nov 27, 2018 · 59,200 miles · UT

Sunroof exploded. We were driving along on the highway at night in late november and heard a loud thud above us. The sunroof shade was closed thankfully because when I opened it to check, we realized that the glass had shattered.

Filed Jan 8, 2018 · Visibility · 42,000 miles · FL

I was driving to work around 8:20 am on 8 jan 2018 when my sunroof exploded in my 2016 honda civic. The outside temperature was 43 degrees (the temperature was not below freezing the night before). I was traveling approximately 60 MPH and there was no traffic immediately around me. I did not hear anything hit the car and there was no warning that the sunroof was about to explode (I.e., vibration, cracking sounds). The glass, for the most part, blew out of the car, but there was some that fell into the car on top of me. The sound was similar to a gunshot -- quite startling. I was able to safely pull over and called the honda dealership.

Filed Sep 18, 2017 · 31,000 miles · MO

The sunroof in my 2016 civic exploded this morning. There was no vehicles around me or overpasses. It sounded like a gun shot and then I heard glass shattering. Thankfully I had the cover closed.