2015 Honda Odyssey: sunroof shattered

Filed Apr 19, 2022 · Visibility · 102,000 miles · IL

The contact owns a 2015 Honda Odyssey. The contact stated that while driving at 55 MPH, she heard a loud explosion. The contact pulled over and noticed that the sunroof glass had exploded. There was no impact on the sunroof that could have caused it to shatter. The dealer was made aware of the failure, but the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 102,000.

Filed Sep 26, 2018 · 47,000 miles · OR

My sunroof exploded when driving down the freeway. The glass remained intact however it shattered. The glass was raised and there were no foreign objects that ever came into contact. There were no temperature changes. It just shattered after a loud boom something similar to a gunshot.

Filed Jul 8, 2018 · 41,000 miles · OH

While driving on a highway, without provocation, our moonroof exploded. It sounded like a balloon exploding in our ears. It shattered into tiny pieces and we quickly pulled the sunshade before the glass could crash into the car. We were going 72 miles an hour, there was no one else around us and we were not going under anything that would have dropped debris on the car.

Filed Feb 8, 2018 · 74,775 miles · NC

On august 20, 2017, driving on I-77 north towards charlotte, nc heard a pop and explosion on top of our van outside statesville, nc. Pulled over and discovered our sunroof/moonroof was shattered. Fortunately, the interior cover was closed and did not have any glass fall on us. That day we contacted our car insurance company, usaa, and set up an appointment at abra auto body & glass - independence, 2033 margaret wallace road, matthews, nc 28105. The adjuster, jon wulf, could not explain why this happened and that there was no rock found when they repaired the sunroof. This past weekend my wife, linda, heard a news report on "exploding sunroofs," and I found numerous reports on the internet. I am reporting our incident so that others may never have to experience this, especially when traveling over 70 miles an hour on an interstate. We could have been injured by flying glass and could have had a serious accident. I am afraid it will take a death before anything is done to protect american drivers. I do have the auto body report as proof this happened.

Filed Oct 16, 2017 · Body, Visibility · 49,100 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 honda odyssey. While driving 60 MPH with the sun roof tilted open, the glass shattered into pieces without warning. A couple of pieces fell into the vehicle. The contact was uninjured. The vehicle was not taken to an independent mechanic or dealer for diagnostic testing or repair. The contact called spreen honda (25050 redlands blvd, loma linda, ca 92354 (909) 799-7070) and was informed that a rock probably struck the glass. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 49,100.

Filed Jul 13, 2017 · 49,000 miles · VA

While driving down the road the sunroof exploded into pieces. Fortunately, our visor was closed.

Filed Jun 13, 2017 · Body · 22,000 miles · OH

I was traveling down an interstate at 70mph, when the sunroof spontaneously exploded. There was nothing above me, except for the sky, and no vehicles in front or behind me. It was approximately 75 degrees on a clear summer day. Sounded like an explosion when it occurred. Took the vehicle into the dealer, and they contacted the rep for warranty claims, and denied my claim, stating that it was caused by impact. Had the rep call me and he was absolutely unwilling to work with me at all. Studies have shown that it is "practically impossible to get an impact break on the top of a car". Additionally, a me professor at uc berkeley calculated that a rock lofted into the air by a vehicle tire would reach a height of 10-15 feet and would have to come down at 70-80 MPH to break the sunroof. "there is not a chance in the world that an unintentional rock that is lofted by a vehicle would ever break a sunroof panel. The maximum velocity of a rock coming down would be 25 MPH, well short of the 70 MPH". Just like the other complaints on here about this issue, the glass was bowed out on the sunroof, like an explosion, and there was no damage to the sunroof sliding visor that you would expect to see if something really did impact the sunroof causing it to break. Honda has been absolutely unwilling to admit that this is an issue, and they claim they've never heard about this happening before. A simple internet search finds numerous issues of sunroofs exploding on newer model vehicles.

Filed Mar 2, 2017 · NY

Sunroof spontaneously shattered with no signs of any external impact. The car was parked at the time. Checked for debris and nothing found. In fact, it looks as if the force came from within the vehicle as the hole extruded from the car itself.

Filed Oct 7, 2016 · Body · 48,000 miles · LA

Driving down interstate when I heard a loud explosion. Heard wind sound and looked up. Sun roof was shattered completely with a very large hole in the middle of it. Could find no rock or evidence of anything hitting it.

Filed Aug 1, 2016 · Body · 28,000 miles · WI

While driving down the highway on an 80 degree sunny day an explosion sound above my head. Opened moon roof visor and glass was shattered. Stopped and looked at the damage. Looked like something pushed it out vs being hit by anything. There was an 8" hole right in the middle and all the shards of glass around it pointed up. Nothing hit us as both my wife and I where paying attention and no bang like a rock or debris makes when hitting the windshield.

Filed Jul 26, 2016 · Body · TX · crash

Sunroof glass explode/shattered in the highway. Second time since I bought it.

Filed Nov 30, 2015 · 11,000 miles · GA

Was driving ~70mph on freeway near orlando, fl. Heard a strange loud noise and glass breaking, then lot of road noise. Upon stopping to check what happened, realized sunroof glass had shattered and had a large hole in it - it appeared to be bowed up/outward. Luckily the inner cover was closed so no glass entered the vehicle. Did not hear any impact noise when it happened and there are no visible scratches, dents or other evidence of any impact around sunroof which leads me to believe this is a fault of some kind [in glass or otherwise]. The sunroof sits almost flat and the probability of it being struck by anything must be extremely small. If by some miracle it is actually struck by something, would have to be only a glancing impact and I believe should not shatter and disintegrate like it did. Seeing as there are already other 3 reports of similar occurrences already registered with the federal safety agency specifically for 2015 model, plus a couple of other reports mentioned in forums online, I think this needs to be investigated before someone gets seriously hurt as a consequence. My concern is honda dealer immediately decided it was external issue and should be insurance claim. If this is standard practice, it could mean other occurrences of this happening might not be getting reported to american honda and so they are unaware of a potentially serious problem.