2008 Scion TC: sunroof shattered

Filed Jul 8, 2019 · 155,000 miles · CA

Sunroof / moonroof explosion. Driving 50 MPH on freeway and what sounded like a gun shot was my moonroof exploding. Nothing hit the vehicle, it just exploded on its own.

Filed Nov 17, 2017 · Visibility · 147,000 miles · CA

On sep 24th, 2017, I was merging onto the south 710 freeway from mission boulevard in alhambra, ca around 7 pm when my closed sunroof shattered. I quickly pulled over and looked at the roof in the fading light of sunset. There were no trees, birds or overhead bridges where the failure occurred and appeared to be no objects that appeared to have hit the car or embedded in the sunroof glass. I cleaned some of the loose glass and carefully rolled back onto the 710 freeway way to drive up the freeway to get home and contact my insurance company

Filed Sep 21, 2009 · Visibility · 43,000 miles · MD · 1 injury

Driving down roadway and all of the sudden and without any warning the sunroof exploded covering me and the vehicle with glass cutting your arms and I started bleeding everywhere.

Filed Mar 7, 2009 · Visibility · 18,400 miles · TX

On february 19 2009, the sunroof on my 2008 scion tc shattered without warning. As I was driving at 40 MPH on a paved road, with the windows up and the sunroof closed, a loud bang (similar to a gunshot) occurred. Glass sprayed all over the interior of the car. Outside of the vehicle, the wind deflector was stuck in the up position and the sunroof bulged. The posterior portion of the vehicle had scratches in the paint from the explosion. The dealership would not cover damage as warranty repair and insisted I go through my insurance. I had the vehicle repaired at an independent body shop and have the damaged sunroof in my possession. This isn't an isolated incident. There are other tc owners reporting the same issue.

Filed Aug 21, 2008 · Body · 5,045 miles · MD

While driving on the beltway (495 north), my scion tc moonroof shattered and the glass fell on me and on the inside of the car. My moonroof was fully opened at the time. Neither the deflector nor the stationary moonroof (which is located above the backseat) shattered but only the retractable moonroof. There was no impact from inside the car that caused the moonroof to shatter nor did I hear or see any rock or debris hit the outside of the car before it shattered and exploded into the car. I was driving on the highway and heard a loud explosion of glass which was falling all around me. I pulled over to figure out what happened and then I immediately called the salesperson who sold me the car. I purchased the car new in may 2008 from laurel toyota/carmax. This was the only time that this occurred. I took the car to the dealership the next day. The service manager looked at the moonroof and told me it was an insurance matter. He never asked me what happened; he only looked at the moonroof. I was very concerned about the safety issue of having a moonroof explode for no reason so I insisted on seeing the general manager of carmax laurel. He showed concern and wanted to rule out any safety hazard so he said he would have a toyota representative come and look at the car to see if there was a defect. The toyota representative is scheduled to look at my car sometime today but I was told by carmax that I was not allowed to meet with the rep because he only deals with the dealership and not the customer. I told them that was unfortunate because the rep would not be able to make a determination without speaking to the person who had a first-hand account of what happened. I am waiting to hear from toyota/scion about their decision to address the safety issue concerning my 2008 scion tc.