While driving over a bridge - the sunroof part of my moon roof exploded. The weather wasn't even hot / humid - about 85 degrees outside at the time. When I was able to pull over to see what happened - my sunroof was completed shattered with the edges still attached - but a hole over 12-inches in diameter was blown out and glass partials were dropped into the shade cover that covers the moon roof as my ceiling. The hyundai dealership has only concluded that they will replace the glass with the same part and was not able to say if this issue would / could happen again.
2013 Hyundai Santa Fe visibility complaints
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I was driving on I-95 in richmond virginia and my sunroof shattered.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai santa fe. While driving 50 MPH, the glass from the panoramic sun roof shattered. The contact noticed a circular hole near the front center section of the sun roof. The remaining portion of the glass created a spider web impression. There were no injuries and no warning indicators illuminated on the instrument panel. The manufacturer provided the contact with a case number. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 17,740.
Just had my windshield replaced 2 weeks ago because of a crack on the base of the windshield. I remote started my car when I was leaving work on a snowy night and when I got to the car and wiped the snow of the windshield I noticed a crack coming from the base of it! No impact marks at all. So the next morning I made an insurance claim and had it replaced by safelite. Now this past week we had snow again in nyc and I was getting ready to leave for work and remote started the car.... Guess what I saw when I got to the car! A crack from the base! So I started researching it and the turbo models have a heating element on the bottom part of the windshield for the wipers to defrost them. Now it sounds like a good idea but not if there's snow on the windshield which is cold and from the other side your heating it up inconsistently only at the bottom. Your just asking for a crack. So this time the windshield was replaced the technician said he thought it was the heat as well and left the element unplugged. Hyundai has been known for fragile glass....what is going on the federal safety agency!
Was driving 2013 hyundai santa fe on the highway at 70mph when suddenly I heard a loud noise. Immediately after I could hear the broken glass from my sunroof on top of the cloth cover. Vehicle was not struck by an external object, but rather the sunroof seemed to explode spontaneously. When I pulled over to the side of the road to examine the damage, almost the entire length of the sunroof had broken in millions of pieces.
While traveling on the highway at 75mph there was a loud bang (like an m80 exploding). I was very dazed and was unsure what had happened. The sunscreen was closed and seemed to be flapping as if wind was blowing on it. I was able to pull over to the side of the highway. When I got out of the vehicle I found that the sunroof had exploded and that the edges of the roof were pointing straight up. The sunroof was closed at the time of the explosion and the temperature was about 70 degrees. There were rain clouds moving in and I do not have a garage, so I went right to the dealership. I remember one of the technicians saying "wow, I've never seen anything like that before". The dealership installed plastic carpet film over the hole as they didn't have a replacement sunroof. The roof was replaced under warranty a few days later.
Have been noticing occasionally the front windshield wipers do not return to their "parked" position. They will occasionally stay too far up by 2 to 3 inches. When parked, they should be below the hood line tucked nicely to the wiper cowl. I have found on about 5 occasions since owning this car that the wipers are up as opposed to parked down correctly. The driver seat also rocked quite a bit when first purchased. Two of us drive the vehicle, neither of us are overweight at all. We got the seat track assembly under the driver's seat replaced. This helped the problem alot, but the seat still wobbles enough to be annoying. Have also noticed on other santa fe's that the fog lamp bulb shield (inside the lens assembly) appears melted, as it dangles down far too low and causes the fog light output to be incorrectly aimed.
I was driving down the freeway, at about 65 miles per hour, when I hear a loud explosion noise that sounded like a gunshot. I had no idea what was happening and then I could hear the sound of wind coming from the sunroof. Luckily, the fabric part that slides back and forth was closed so none of the glass came in. I exited the freeway and pulled into a parking lot to see what had happened. Almost all of the glass on the front half of the sunroof had completely exploded out and left a gaping hole.
Driving on the highway, 65mph I heard a loud bang as if something hit the car. However, this was not the case. I look up that back fixed panel to the panoramic moonroof, the back pain of glass had cracked into a "million little pieces" but still remained intact. The back seat was noted to have numerous glass shavings all over. Upon further inspection when I pulled over, there was a hole no bigger than a dime shape. This hole, assuming was the point of impact, was located on the back of the second panel, near where the glass meets the sheet metal. Assuming that a piece of debris hit it, I had it fixed as a glass claim through my insurance. Upon further research, it seems that this will be the second complaint for this model year, with another hyundai model with an active recall for the same issue.
While driving home from vacation, 600 miles into the drive and 200 miles from home, I hear a loud bang. I look up to find that the sunroof of my car has exploded. Nothing hit the car and no debris at the instant of the explosion fell into the car. It seemed to have exploded outward but there was no evidence of what caused the explosion. Small shards of glass from around the edge of the gaping hole began to fall into the car, though the majority of the glass had flown out because I was going 65mph. I pulled over, patched the sunroof with duct tape and trash bags and continued to drive home. I will take the car to the dealership tomorrow to get it fixed. After a quick google search, I turned up that hyundai is recalling other cars because of this problem. My car has a panoramic sunroof, just like the velosters. The federal safety agency, please broaden your investigation of hyundais' sunroofs to include santa fe sports too!!
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