While driving at low speed, my sunroof exploded. It was closed at the time, and fortunately sun shade closed so glass did not fall in on me. Reading many others with nissan cars dealign with this. No cars in front of me, so not debris hitting could have caused.
2008 Nissan Altima: sunroof shattered
5 of the 1,031 complaints about the 2008 Nissan Altima describe sunroof shattered.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 0%
- typical mileage
- 82,000
- recalls
- 0
Sunroof shattered by model year
What owners say
Driving down the highway and my sunroof just seemed to have exploded. We just head a loud pop and shattered glass. We did not see anything hit it and there's no rocks or anything yo be found
While driving home after work my sunroof on my 2008 nissan altima exploded it was not hot or cold temp was approximately 75 degrees no other vehicles were around me at the time . Speed was 50 MPH on a city street I never use the sunroof it's always on the close position no prior cracks or scrapes on the sunroof date of incident 2/02/2018 . I did report incident to nissan as of 2/9/2018 no response
While driving my vehicle on a highway at about 60 MPH the sunroof exploded. Shattered glass flew all over the interior of the vehicle. It was about 9pm. The road was smooth and only one other car was riding about 100 feet behind me. There were absolutely no overpasses.
Tl*the contact owns a 2008 nissan altima. While driving 50 MPH, the sun roof exploded and the fragments cascaded on to the contact. He had to go to the hospital to have glass removed from his face. The dealer stated that they had never seen such a failure. The failure and current mileages were 3,600. Updated 5/19/08 *cn updated 05/19/08
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Questions about the 2008 Nissan Altima sunroof shattered
Is sunroof shattered a common problem on the 2008 Nissan Altima?
5 of 1,031 owner complaints about the 2008 Nissan Altima (0%) mention sunroof shattered. The model year with the most reports is 2013.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2008 Nissan Altima?
There are 0 recalls and 4 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2008 Nissan Altima
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