Kia Cadenza sunroof shattered problems

Filed Oct 1, 2025 · AL · 1 injury

I was driving down the highway at 65 mph when suddenly the sunroof exploded in an outward fashion causing me to pull over. I believe there is a defect in the sunroofs of 2011 to 2014 models. I've contacted Kia. They refused to cover it. Nothing hit the windshield. It just spontaneously exploded.

Filed Mar 18, 2025 · KS

While driving down the highway, I heard a loud boom and my sunroof exploded sending glass everywhere all through the car with my kids in the backseat. Driving straight on the highway at 60 miles per hour and nothing to hit the glass, Something is definitely wrong with the pano sunroof on these cars.

Filed Jul 28, 2024 · AZ

While driving 80 mph on Interstate 25 in Wyoming, my wife, great granddaughter (in a car seat), and I (driver) suddenly heard a LOUD bang, followed by wind noise coming from the top of the car. I opened the moonroof and found that the sunroof had exploded and shattered. We were on the northbound lanes with no traffic, other than 1 pickup truck in front of us by approximately 200 yards.There was no evidence of debris hitting it. Temperature was in the low 80’s at approximately 5:30 pm. I have no explanation for the sunroof exploding. Being that the incident happened on Friday evening, I have yet to take the vehicle into a dealer or glass shop

Filed Feb 14, 2023 · Visibility · ME

I was driving for about an hour on the highway, and out of nowhere my sunroof exploded.

Filed Jan 2, 2021 · Body · 50,700 miles · TX

My kia cadenza has panoramic sunroof. While I was driving I heard loud bomb explosion noise and the sunroof exploded. I almost lost control but luckily no accident happend.

Filed Nov 12, 2019 · 36,200 miles · TN

2015 kia cadenza panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded while driving on the highway. Sounded like a bomb exploded in the car and there was no external object involved.

Filed Sep 20, 2018 · 60,800 miles · CO

While driving on 9/18 northbound on I-25 at 75 MPH outside castle rock. Co, my sunroof exploded. Glass rained down on me. There were no other cars around me at the time and there is no other damage to my car. There is no object in the car that would indicate the sunroof was hit by something.

Filed Jul 30, 2018 · 40,118 miles · NJ

Was driving down a busy local road when out of no where, I heard a lound explosion. I looked at the rear view mirror thinking something had crashed into the back windshield, but there was nothing. I got out to check the car and noticed a huge hole in my sunroof. The glass had shattered and pieces were everywhere. I called kia to see if it would be covered under warranty, but they told me that they've never come across something like this. I even showed them many sources online of people complaining about the same exact issue and they still failed to acknowledge the defect. It was clearly due to too much pressure from how the car was designed and built as the sunroof was concaving upwards. Clearly a safety hazard while driving due to the loud, unexpected exploding sound and worst case, could've caused injury with glass falling everywhere had my sunroof been actually open.

Filed Feb 22, 2018 · 38,000 miles · TX

Moonroof exploded for no obvious reason whilst driving at highway speeds

Filed Feb 5, 2018 · Body · 37,105 miles · FL

When I am driving home just a mile away from home I heard a pop noise similar to a balloon and my kids with me and I asked them did they have any balloons with you all . They say no and heard the same noise and I was thinking may be the tire popped but I didn't feel anything in my steering wheel . Then I started hearing wind noise coming into the car. Then I realized the sunroof must have exploded. I got to my house and got out check it out find its starting crack all over the front moon roof. I could hear it's slowly cracking with sueaky noise with pressure and its lifting slightly over itself. We are safely cone out of the car before the glass came down.I have heard similar problems with kia sorento but never with cadenzas.now I see the problem of using tempered glass it seems very dangerous they are very sharp. I contacted kia and they said will call back in 2 days and they called back but I could couldn't pick up, no one answer my return call I am waiting for 4 days now for a solution to this.