2016 Subaru Crosstrek: sunroof shattered

Filed Jun 5, 2023 · TX

Sunroof exploded - driving on interstate at about 75 miles an hour, Sunday around 11:30a, temperature around 80 degrees, no flying debris, heard something like a small explosion and then shattered car glass blowing along roof. Pulled over to see the sunroof looked like it had blown up and out leaving hole about a foot wide. The interior ceiling panel had been closed so I couldn't see it from the inside, no damage to the interior panel that I could see. The car had been parked under my car port overnight, I'd been on the road about 15-20 minutes, no drastic changes in weather and no sounds from roof before explosion. No apparent damage to car/roof prior to explosion.

Filed Sep 21, 2019 · 436,560 miles · ID

My wife was just getting on the freeway when the sunroof exploded and shattered glass all through the car. Nothing hit the car and there was no weather conditions, it was sunny and 68 degrees in boise, id.

Filed Feb 7, 2019 · Visibility · 33,400 miles · CA

The glass of my sunroof exploded while I was driving on the freeway. I was not close behind any car and I was not going under an overpass. Luckily the inside of the sunroof was closed so the exploding class did not hit me.

Filed Nov 13, 2018 · Visibility · 40,050 miles · KS

When driving to work this morning on the highway, traveling about 50 MPH (approx 10 mile drive, mostly highway) I heard and felt a loud crack on my roof, as if something heavy had hit the roof at a high rate of speed. I immediately looked behind me to see if the cars nearby had been affected, but didn't see anything unusual. When I arrived at work approx 3 minutes later I discovered my sunroof window was shattered, with pieces of glass scattered across the roof of my car and a significant amount of shards collected on the sunroof fabric cover. I assumed it was a rock thrown from above but could not see where it had landed or bounced anywhere else on the roof of my car, especially as there was only the one loud bang and no other reaction from cars in traffic. The police had no record of any complaints about rocks being thrown from the hill above. Upon further investigation I discovered several consumer complaints about subaru sun and moonroofs exploding from the inside due to fluctuations in temperature, as well as several other car manufacturers involved in class action lawsuits for this same issue. It was approx. 30 degrees this morning and I had the defrost/foot heat selection on, set to low. When I returned to my car to investigate I noticed that the glass is bowed out on the right hand side, consistent with an internal explosion. The glass is extremely fragile and crumbles upon touch.

Filed Nov 15, 2016 · Body · 7,001 miles · NY

While driving my 2016 subaru on a highway in the rain, the sun roof unexpectedly exploded outward. There wasn't any sign of being hit by debris to cause the glass to shatter. Broken glass flew all over. I took photos of the glass roof that clearly shows the shattered roof broke upward.