2013 Hyundai Santa Fe: sunroof shattered

Filed Oct 9, 2023 · Body · UT

The vehicles panoramic sunroof shattered while driving. This created an unsafe situation and the insurance company still has not fixed in 6 months.

Filed Feb 7, 2023 · Visibility · VA

While driving the Panoramic Glass Roof exploded on its own.

Filed Jan 20, 2022 · VA

While driving the sunroof glass exploded/shattered on its own. This was confirmed by Denbigh Body and Painting. Luckily, I had the headliner closed so only a few pieces of glass got through, but no injury occurred.

Filed Oct 18, 2018 · 60,000 miles · MO

The rear section of the panoramic sunroof spontaneously shattered while I was driving at approximately 45 MPH on a sunny day, temps in upper 50s. There was a very loud noise followed by cracking sounds, indicating that the glass was cracking and spreading across the pane. The glass did not fall through but is cracked across the entire pane. No evidence of any impact from road debris.

Filed Nov 13, 2017 · 93,000 miles · UT

Driving down the interstate, no other cars in front of me, sun roof exploded. As safety glass, millions of pieces of glass.

Filed Mar 13, 2017 · 14,055 miles · GA

While driving down the highway, our sunroof just exploded. Sounded like a bomb. I looked around and the sunroof was gone and glass was falling all over my husband and me. We had to pull off the road. This could have been a disaster. I believe hyundai is at fault and should have to replace the sunroof, after doing a google search and seeing how many others this has happened to.

Filed Apr 11, 2016 · Body · 34,500 miles · TX

A friend and I were traveling from richmond, tx to port aransas, tx on friday, april 8, 2016 when the panoramic sunroof spontaneously shattered in corpus christi (on the crosstown expressway - sh 286). It sounded like a gunshot and then the plastic roof covering started to flap indicating the roof had been damaged. We were not following closely behind another vehicle and neither of us noticed a rock or any other object in front of us. After the initial frightening noise, I quickly pulled off the freeway and onto the feeder road pulling into a gas station. The roof had shattered into small pieces. We were able to find a hyundai dealership in corpus christi not far from where the incident took place and slowly made our way there. The manager at that location told us he had known of this happening to the hyundai veloster panoramic roofs. He arranged a rental agreement for a temporary sub vehicle and we were able to continue to our destination. At this moment (monday, april 11, 2016), my santa fe is being assessed at the corpus chrisit dealership. Outcome unknown. Two photos included of damage.

Filed Feb 29, 2016 · Visibility · 52,500 miles · NC

My wife was driving down the interstate at about 70mph on wednesday 2/24/16 in charlotte, nc when all of the sudden the sunroof exploded with our 3 year old and 2 month old in the back seat. The shade was back and glass dropped down on all of them. My 3 year old had some very small cuts on her face. There were no vehicles or bridges near the vehicle when this happened. The vehicle was towed to the dealership and they advised that they were going to put it in as a warranty claim with hyundai because they had another one, same year make and model, come in the week before with the same thing. After googling it, I have read several incidents where this has taken place. I would like to see a recall on this due to the safety concerns that it poses. She could have been startled and lost control of the vehicle. If you look closely you can see that the glass goes up out of the vehicle, not down. I believe that it would be going down had something hit it.

Filed Aug 4, 2015 · 25,000 miles · OR

I was heading home around 9 pm last night and only a few blocks from home when I heard a loud "pop" that sounded like a gun shot. I looked around and didn't see anything out of the ordinary but a few seconds later I started to hear tiny pieces of glass falling down on my sunshade under the panoramic sunroof on my 2013 hyundai santa fe sport. When I got home, I saw that the front half of my sunroof had spontaneously exploded. Luckily, the sunroof and shade were closed when it happened, and I wasn't hurt, but it scared me to think it could have happened when the roof was open or while driving on the freeway! When I took my car into the dealership today, they said the roof had not been recalled and it was not covered under warranty. I had to open a claim with my insurance to start the repair. This is a huge defect and safety issue and hyundai needs to take responsibility for the problem and cover the cost of repairs and my rental car. Ordering the parts and having them shipped from overseas and the repairs are estimated to take at least a week, if not two. Simple research on the internet has lead me to many other complaints of exploding sunroofs on hyundai's and other vehicles manufactured at the same plants such as kia and ford, as well as numerous photos of vehicles with identical damage. Hyundai has acknowledged the problem, yet my local hyundai dealership will not recognize it as a recall.

Filed Jun 25, 2015 · Visibility · 83,590 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai santa fe. While driving at 60 MPH, a loud abnormal sound emitted before the sun roof exploded without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,590.

Filed Jun 8, 2015 · Visibility · 4,500 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai santa fe. While driving at approximately 70 MPH, the sun roof shattered. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 4,500.

Filed Apr 13, 2015 · Body, Visibility · 25,000 miles · TX · 1 injury

While traveling at 70 MPH a loud explosion was heard and the panoramic sunroof exploded covering me and my passenger in shattered glass causing minor cuts to one of us. No object appeared to hit the car. Glass covered the occupants as well as any following vehicles potentially causing damage. No object was found to indicate that the vehicle was struck. The glass was pushed outwards as though it was pushed from inside the cabin.