2017 Lexus ES350: sunroof shattered

Filed Aug 31, 2021 · Visibility · 31,200 miles · NM

The contact owns a 2017 Lexus ES350. The contact stated while driving approximately 65 MPH, the sunroof exploded without warning. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed but not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 31,200.

Filed Feb 16, 2021 · 52,425 miles · MD

I was driving down the highway in va and I heard a loud explosion and I later found out the sunroof exploded on its own no cars around, no over pass it just exploded into little pieces.

Filed Sep 3, 2020 · Body · 9,100 miles · NJ

I was driving down the highway having just picked picked up thiis car I just bought from the dealership when suddenly I heard a loud expolosion up above and noticed my sunroof exploded sending pieces of glass into my car. I was scratched and had to get home 1/2 hour away. Dealership was far. The dealershhip said to call the insurance. I think it could bet the way the sunroof was put in but not sure.

Filed Jan 24, 2020 · Visibility · 36,000 miles · AZ

Upon approaching my car, in a controlled parking lot (car is stationary), I noticed the rear portion of the panoramic sunroof appears to have exploded. Sunroof shows defective bubble, and outer-edges appear to have cracked all the way around. Investigation of the area around the car shows no foreign objects (ie. Rocks) in the area.

Filed Mar 9, 2018 · Body · 8,500 miles · IN

While driving on the interstate at approximately 70 miles per hour at 6:45 pm on tuesday, march 6th, my sunroof suddenly exploded and glass fragments fell inside my vehicle. At the time of the explosion, there were not any cars around my vehicle nor did I hit any object on the road including a pothole. The explosion sounded as if a gun went off near my head and the glass immediately began to split into small pieces. Other than having some ringing in my ears as a result of the explosion noise, I did not suffer any other physical damage. I took the car into the lexus dealer and they stated that they had never had a case where a sunroof exploded without something hitting it directly. I know for a fact that nothing hit my vehicle or my sunroof as I was traveling on the interstate without any car or truck around me at the time of the explosion. I am filing this in order to get it documented and to see if any other lexus owner has had a similar issue with their lexus sunroof. I am attaching pictures of the sunroof which shows the damage done from the glass exploding without any type of foreign contact. I hope that someone from the nhta would contact me to let me know if there have been other cases like this reported.

Filed Dec 29, 2017 · Body · 10,241 miles · NC

While traveling approximately 40 MPH on a sunny day (45 degrees) the front panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded. It was about 2 pm est. There were no cars around me or anything above. It sounded like an explosion. I pulled over and looked around to see what the noise was. It wasn't until I looked up that I saw the hole in the sunroof. Glass did not come down, it went out.