2015 Kia Optima: sunroof shattered

Filed Jan 30, 2025 · MO

on 1/18/2025 my teenage daughter was driving down the highway at a speed of around 70 MPH when she heard a loud boom and her sunroof front panel blew broken glass into her car and all over her. She did not run into anything or see any items fly in the air at her car

Filed Sep 12, 2022 · Visibility · CO

Sunroof spontaneously shattered while driving down the road. The glass is pushing outward like it was broken from the inside of the car. Nothing hit the care at the time, there was a loud explosion sound and then cracking sounds after that.

Filed Nov 27, 2019 · 41,000 miles · CO

I was driving down i25 around 530pm after work when all of a sudden my sliding sunroof glass exploded. There was no one around me at all thank god because the glass went everywhere and I didn't have my 10yr old son in the car as I usually do. Kia in motor city colorado springs is where we bought it. This was our first low milage expensive car we have ever bought. Kia told us its not there problem and we must have hit a rock or something but this was false. As I hit nothing.

Filed Apr 15, 2019 · 60,000 miles · MD

I own a 2015 kia optima. I have a panoramic sunroof that stretches he entire length of the car. I was driving down the highway during a very brutal winter where we had temperatures in the minus category a few times. While driving on the beltway doing approx. 55mph, there was a loud sound that sounded like a gun shit. When I was able to safely get somewhere so I could see what happened, I noticed that my sunroof had exploded and shattered. The cover was not open because it was winter, so luckily the shattered glass collected into on top of the cover, otherwise it would have blown throughout my car and whoever was in it at the time causing physical harm. I was told by the dealership that they had heard it happened before, and because of the temperature something made the glass expand.

Filed Jan 31, 2019 · 103,000 miles · TX

I was driving on my driveway going less than 10mph and all the sudden I heard a noise like I was being shot at. I immediately stopped and got out to see what the problem was and noticed my sun roof had exploded outwards

Filed Jan 31, 2018 · 70,000 miles · NC

Driving down the road today, going no faster than 70 MPH. Suddenly I heard something that sounded like gun shots. It was my sunroof, it had exploded!

Filed Jan 5, 2018 · Body · 35,000 miles · VA

Front glass panel of sunroof spontaneously shattered while driving.

Filed Dec 8, 2017 · 40,000 miles · CA

On 11/29/17 at around 1:30pm while driving on the freeway on interstate 80 west bound I heard a loud bang that sounded like it came from above. The bang was so loud that it startled me. I then felt air rushing in from above my head. It was then that I knew the sound was the explosion of my sunroof. I then exited the freeway and took photos of my car. My sunroof was closed when it exploded, so fortunately the broken glass did not fall into the car. The glass broke directly above my head. When I was driving it was at speed limit (65mph) in the city of pinole, ca between exits appian way and richmond parkway. At the time of the sunroof explosion, I was not under an underpass, the freeway was not under construction, and I was not by trucks. This incident happened on a clear sky day and it the weather temperature was in the 60s. My car has about 40,000 miles and was leased from the kia oakland location. Today is 12/8/17 and it has now been over a week, and kia still has yet to assign someone to look at my car after saying they are going to investigate the claim. My car has still not fixed as of today.

Filed Nov 21, 2017 · 30,000 miles · CA

Sunroof exploded for no apparent reason while driving down the highway.