The sunroof exploded while the car was in motion. There was a loud boom distracting me while I was driving, in addition to glass falling on me and around my car putting me in danger. Glass also landed in the street, putting the safety of others at risk. There are remnants of shattered glass in my car and where the sunroof used to be. There were no warning lights or messages prior to the issue. The problem has not yet been confirmed or inspected by any of the above. Most of the glass flew out of the car, meaning that the sunroof was not hit by a foreign object.
2013 Nissan Pathfinder: sunroof shattered
8 of the 891 complaints about the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder describe sunroof shattered.
- owner complaints
- 8
- of this car's complaints
- 1%
- typical mileage
- 75,000
- recalls
- 1
Is there a fix? There is 1 recall and 12 service bulletins for this area of the car. See below
Sunroof shattered by model year
What owners say
This happened to me yesterday 09/07/2020 on my 2013 nissan pathfinder. I was driving about 45 miles an hour on a rural empty road when the sunroof made a pop sound and exploded. I looked in my rear view mirror and saw a large sheet of glass hit the road and disintegrate. When I opened the cover for the sunroof most of the glass was gone. The pieces around the frame that remained were shattered. Does anyone know how to join a class action lawsuit?
While driving down the highway the sunroof exploded send chunks of glass flying. The explosion was so loud, it caused me to swerve which could have caused an accident if another car had been in the other lane. The sunroof was closed and had not been opened in weeks.
Driving 35 MPH on city street, no cars in immediate vicinity, no overpasses or bridges, no low-hanging trees and my sunroof exploded. It sounded like something large had been dropped on the roof of my car. I pulled to the side of the road and examined the roof of the car. There were no signs that anything had fallen onto the car as there was no paint damage or dents. However, the entire sunroof was shattered. Upon removing the broken glass from the area, it was clear there was nothing inside the sunroof area that had impacted the glass.
Driving home with family about 11:30 pm on hyway the sunroof exploded and glass went everywhere very unhappy about the situation because my kids could of been hurt very badly lucky I had visor closed by took me 2 hours to cleanup all the glass then when trying to get fixed I am being told the glass for sunroof is almost $800 very unhappy about it why can't this glass be laminated
While driving home today with my two young boys on a rural, wooded road, my sunroof shattered. It sounded like an explosion. I went back to the scene where I heard the explosion to look for rocks and/or tree limbs and nothing was found. The vehicle has no signs of rocks hitting the roof or windshield. It appears to have exploded spontaneously.
Sun roof exploded and glass shattered.
On june 9, 2014, at approximately 9:15 am while driving down crain hwy on route 5 with my sunroof retracted. Without warning I heard this loud explosion. I thought that I had blown a tire or someone shot at me. I kept driving for about a half a mile until I got to a traffic light. While waiting for the light to turn green, I looked up and I saw that there was noise coming from my 2013 nissan pathfinder platinum sunroof. I closed the sunroof slide because I didn't want any glass to fall on me or into my vehicle. Once I arrived at church, I pulled my sunroof forward to see what was going on. The sunroof exploded outward and all the glass landed inside the headliner because my sunroof was retracted, there weren't any cars in front of me for a rock or some other hard object to hit the sunroof, and there wasn't an overpass for something to fall down from up top. On june 11th, I brought my SUV into tischer nissan service manager so they could see my vehicle and repair the damaged sunroof. My vehicle has 23,300 miles on it. I showed him stacks of complaints about this sunroof defect and safety issue. I was told that nissan regional manager decided that nissan wasn't going to pay for my damaged sunroof. The justification was maybe a semi truck may have kicked a rock inside the sunroof and over a period of time, the rock put pressure on the pressure point of the glass which caused the glass to explode. He told me to contact my insurance company. Quite frankly that is an insult to my intelligence. On june 11th, I contacted nissan consumer affairs. I was given a case#. On june 17th, I was informed that my sunroof damage would not be covered under warranty because there are no known defects, something hard must have it, it is temper glass, and to contact my insurance.
Service bulletins that may apply
- Certification label and VIN plate replacement service information
- Removing foreign material from the window glass
- Theft alarm sounds when vehicle is locked, unlocked, or door/trunk opened if you confirm
- Power back door calibration
- Door mirror will not return to set position after shifting from reverse to drive
- Service information
- SERVICE INFORMATION A two-piece design front engine mount is currently being used for the applied vehicles...
- Service information
Related recalls
Structure: body: hood: hinge and attachments
- What is wrong
- Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2013-2014 Nissan Pathfinder vehicles manufactured June 20, 2012, to November 18, 2013, 2014 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid vehicles manufactured July 18, 2013, to November 18, 2013, 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles manufactured November 29, 2011, to June 14, 2013, and 2014 QX60 vehicles manufactured May 16, 2013, to November 18, 2013, and 2014 Infiniti QX60 Hybrid vehicles manufactured July 18, 2013, to November 18, 2013. In the affected vehicles the hood release cable assembly may have been installed incorrectly preventing the latching claw from fully engaging. The secondary latch may remain in the open position when the hood is closed.
- Risk
- If the primary hood latch is released and the secondary latch fails during operation of the vehicle, it could cause the hood to open during vehicle operation impairing the driver's vision, increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
- Remedy
- Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will modify the angle of the hood release mechanism to provide additional length to the release cable, free of charge. The recall began on March 9, 2015. Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1‑800‑647‑7261.
Recall number 15V033000 · Recall details
Questions about the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder sunroof shattered
Is sunroof shattered a common problem on the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder?
8 of 891 owner complaints about the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder (1%) mention sunroof shattered. The model year with the most reports is 2014.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder?
There is 1 recall and 12 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
Other symptoms on the 2013 Nissan Pathfinder
Shudder 153Airbag light 89CVT failure 76Jerking 74Transmission failure 72Loss of power 62Stalling 50Door locks 39Hesitation 36Check engine light 25Slipping 23Won't shift 17ABS 14Brake failure 9Ball joint 7Grinding brakes 7Engine failure 7Wipers 6Overheating 5
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