2012 Toyota Camry: sunroof shattered

Filed Aug 10, 2021 · Visibility · CA

I was driving down the freeway going home from work at 9:30PM at night and all of the sudden, there was a loud pop from above my head when driving. It sounded like it came from the roof of my vehicle. When I pulled over, there was a big hole in the glass of the sun roof and the glass was completely shattered. Because of the way the glass shatters, I had to remove as much of the glass as I could to ensure that none of it would fly off the vehicle and hit vehicles driving behind me. I don't believe there was any prior damage to the sun roof that would have caused this to happen as I don't ever use the sun roof to begin with.

Filed Apr 10, 2021 · 127,800 miles · IA

The sunroof glass spontaneously shattered while traveling 65 MPH on a 4-lane open highway. Rural setting in iowa. Did not happen while passing under an overpass. Was not following closely behind another vehicle. Sounded like an explosion. Outside conditions were light rain, 10-15 MPH wind, about 55 degrees fahrenheit (so no extreme conditions). Fortunately the inside shade was pulled shut, otherwise shattered glass would have come inside the car. From the top of the car the window appears that it was blown out from the inside because the connected shards of glass point slightly upward.

Filed Dec 7, 2017 · Body · 65,000 miles · NC

Sunroof glass exploded. While driving on the highway coming home, we heard a loud explosion from above. We thought something had dropped from the sky and fell on our car. The sunroof had shattered and glass was falling onto us as I was driving. I had to drive about 5 miles(going about 40 MPH) until I was able to exit the highway. Upon observation there was a huge hole in the sunroof with glass continuing to fall as I continued to drive home.

Filed Mar 12, 2017 · 40,000 miles · IL

Sunroof glass exploded. While driving on the highway yesterday, my wife and I heard a loud explosion from above. We thought something had dropped from the sky and fell on our car. Then I noticed in my rear view mirror of glass falling off the back windshield. The SUV following behind me was changing lanes to avoid the glass. Then I opened the sunroof visor and glass was falling onto us. We exited off the highway and saw a gaping hole in the sunroof. The hole was gaping outward as if the explosion come from inside.

Filed Feb 8, 2017 · Body · 75,000 miles · ID

While driving at 80 MPH on freeway the sun roof exploded. Sounded like a gun shot. The visor was closed but when opened to inspect saw a large hole in the glass and glass was shattered. The temperature outside was about 39 degrees f partly cloudy and the time was about 4:30 pm. There were no other vehicles around nor overpasses or overhangs.

Filed Jan 6, 2017 · Body, Visibility · 139,000 miles · AR

I was driving west on ok hwy 412, and I heard an explosion and shattered glass falling inside the sliding cover. The sunroof had exploded.

Filed Jan 7, 2016 · Visibility · 25,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 toyota camry. While making a turn at approximately 5 MPH, the sun roof exploded without warning. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 25,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Oct 31, 2014 · Visibility · 39,433 miles · CA

While driving at approximately 65 MPH the sunroof of my toyota camry exploded. It was a loud explosion-type sound. There were no overpasses in sight and very little traffic on the highway.the sunroof visor was closed, therefore no glass debris affected passengers. The dealership seems to insist that something hit the sunroof. The explosion of the sunroof came out of nowhere without warning. My 2-year-old daughter was sitting in the back middle seat and could have been seriously injured with glass shards, had the visor been open.

Filed Dec 16, 2012 · Body, Visibility · 4,500 miles · LA

I was merging on to the interstate when I heard a loud crash. I then heard a rushing wind sound and glass breaking. I slide open the interior sun visor on my sun roof just slightly and saw broken glass and a large hole in the sun roof. I realized that the glass on the sun roof had suddenly broken. I did not pass under an overpass and did not see any objects that would have cause the breakage. There were no trucks near me that could have dropped anything that could cause the damage. If I would have had the sun visor on the sun roof open at the time of the event, I would have had the broken glass come down on me while I was driving on the interstate which could have resulted in a severe accident. The sun roof is not covered under the warranty.