2011 Nissan Maxima: sunroof shattered

Filed Jun 18, 2019 · 100,400 miles · TN

I was driving down 240 in memphis and my sun roof exploded . It's the panorama sunroof. I wasn't near an over pass or near anything that could have hit it . It was extremely loud. It sounded like a shot gun blast or something . I swerved and almost wrecked but thankfully did not . I have done research and seen where over a hundred people have complained of the same thing happening with their nissans and apparently it's because of the tempered glass they use and the amount of pressure .

Filed Apr 29, 2019 · Visibility · 50,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 nissan maxima. While driving at an unknown speed, the sun roof exploded without warning or an impact. There were no injuries. The vehicle was taken to sandy sansing nissan (located at 5705 pensacola blvd, pensacola, fl 32505, (850) 479-4700), but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Feb 12, 2018 · 132,000 miles · ME · 2 injuries

While driving 70 MPH on i10, 20 miles east of beaumont texas, my panoramic sunroof exploded on its own. There was no collision with any road debris, nor were we in the vicinity or impacted from anything falling from an overpass. The traffic was heavy and as a result of the explosion, I was forced to get to an exit covered in shards of glass. This glass explosion created a very unsafe condition not only for my immediate family, but for the other innocent people that was in the immediate area. I was able to get to the side shoulder to gain my exposure then drove to an off ramp. I took pictures and cleaned the broken shards from my wife, my two cats and myself first and foremost. We all had glass cuts, but did not need any sutures. I then cleaned up the remaining broken glass from the seats, floor etc... And piled the broken shards into a pile on the vehicle roof. I took a picture of this pile to show how much glass covered us in relation to how much glass exploded over the innocent vehicles behind me at the actual time of explosion. I called progressive insurance to not only report the incident, but to file a claim. They gave me claim number 184507967. Whereas I was on a business trip and did not live in the immediate area, I did not have the luxury of parking the vehicle in a garage and getting a rental until resolution of the claim. I drove with no protection from the 35 degree weather and drizzle to the closest home depot and purchased materials to fabricate my own insulated roof in the parking lot. At the time, I had no clue what had potentially hair my car, but deep inside, knew nothing had. When I pulled over immediately after the incident, I thought it was odd that the glass was shaped with an outward mushroom shape as if explosion came from inside out. After continued research, it is unacceptable that this is an ongoing issue with no manufacturer responsibility.

Filed Feb 9, 2017 · AL

Panoramic sunroof explosion. I was driving on interstate and heard a loud bang sounded like a shot gun which scared the crap out of me. My sunroof exploded and the glass started falling in my car after sunroof started to cave in.

Filed Jun 15, 2016 · GA

I was in atlanta, ga driving down union city road when I heard a loud explosion. I heard glass break and looked to see if my back windshield was broken. I pulled over onto a side street and got out of the car and realized that my sunroof exploded. There was not another car nor truck near me before the explosion so it was not a rock. The cloth divider between the inside of the car and the glass was not damaged nor was a rock or bullet found. I called my sister and she told me there was a dealer up the street and to go there. They told me they could not repair it and gave told be that alba glass repair could help me. I kept getting the run around so I called five star nissan, in albany, ga, where I purchased the car. They told me that was not part of the warranty and I had to call the insurance company which I did. No one could explain the explosion. I checked online and this problem has occurred repeatedly with several models of nissan.

Filed Jan 9, 2016 · 88,700 miles · AZ

While driving home from work tonight on a remote stretch of highway my panoramic sunroof suddenly exploded out of nowhere. I was driving about 50 MPH and the outside temperature was about 45-50 degrees so I also had the heater on inside. I had the sunshade open but the tilting portion of the roof closed. Nothing out of the ordinary and there was no traffic near me that could have caused any debris to hit the roof. All of a sudden the loudest bang, initially scaring me so bad I almost lost control of the vehicle and then glass was flying around everywhere. It was so loud I thought at first I had a blowout for split second until then the glass hit me and the wind starting coming in from the gaping hole in the roof. It literally sounded like a gunshot or cannon went off in my car. Luckily none of the glass injured me and even more luckily my daughter was not with me as she would have been hit by the flying glass. I had to close the sunshade and drive home the remaining distance at a much slower speed but luckily did so without incident. I took several pictures once safely home, and as you can see it appears as if the glass bubbled up, almost like from inside air pressure causing the explosion. My first thoughts are that maybe the cold air outside and warm air inside? It is the front panel that opens that has the damage and the rear panel is fully intact. This was an intense experience that I hope to never have happen to anyone else.

Filed Feb 23, 2015 · Body, Visibility · 39,516 miles · ID

The rear glass panel of sunroof "exploded" with chunks of glass coming off the panel and over the next few hours the entire panel exhibited major cracking throughout. Sunroof was closed at the time and outside temperature was about 45 degrees. Wife was slowing on highway to turn into driveway. She stated the nearest vehicle was over 1/4 mile ahead of her so no possibility of rock being thrown from their tires. Sounded like a shotgun blast in the car when it occurred. Since it was the back panel no glass fell into the car that we could see.