2015 Toyota Highlander: sunroof shattered

Filed Mar 20, 2026 · NC

The moon roof in my car completely shattered out of no where while I was driving down the road and fell all into my backseat. If my children were in the car, they would have had glass all over them.

Filed Feb 4, 2023 · CA

Front half of panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded. Conditions were light rain, morning, freeway at 65 MPH. Exploded outward, not much traffic or anything around, not hit by debris. Did not seem like safety issue in this case other than startling noise, cloth cover was closed.

Filed Aug 23, 2021 · Visibility · MD

While driving at highway speed of about 60 MPH, the moonroof burst and shattered in to thousands of pieces. There was no warning, no indication of stress or wear before the incident. Hundreds of others have had similar occurrences as discussed on internet forums.

Filed Jul 9, 2018 · 60,000 miles · WI

Sunroof glass exploded. I was driving down an interstate highway at 70 MPH in 4 lanes of holiday traffic. We had been in the car for about 20 minutes when we heard a loud bang (it sounded like a shotgun went off in the car) and glass was flying everywhere. I looked up and there was a hole about 4" by 2" in the sunroof and the balance was all shattered. After pulling onto the shoulder of the highway and looking from the outside, the glass edges of what was left were protruding up. This happened on a sunday, so I had to bust as much of the remaining glass out that I could to drive it home. The temperature was 85 at the time. I have had my vehicle for 3.5 years and I have 60,000 miles on my car. This should not happen! Toyota will not admit any fault and told me to send a claim to my insurance.

Filed Jun 15, 2018 · 40,000 miles · ID

Sunroof glass exploded. My family and I were getting on the interstate, no other vehicles around us and we had been traveling all afternoon with not temperature variance. Right when we hit 80 MPH we heard a very load bang like a gun had gone off in the car. Then we heard the wind noise coming from the sunroof. The cover was closed so we couldn't see what happened. I pulled off at the next exit. When I looked at the sunroof it was completely shattered. The glass that was still in place around the rim of the sunroof was protruding up away from the vehicle so I knew nothing hit it to break it. The bang was really load as well so I am extremely doubtful that it was caused by any kind of exterior object. Very lucky the cover was closed or we would have had glass all over us.

Filed Jul 27, 2017 · Visibility · 50,400 miles · TX

I was driving down a feeder road of the interstate ~50mph. There were no other cars around me and the sunroof exploded. I pulled over and the remaining glass was clearly pushed outward, not inward.

Filed Apr 11, 2017 · Body · 11,000 miles · WA

Sun roof glass shattered while driving on the freeway at 70 MPH. Vehicle was not struck by any objects. The glass failed and shattered while driving at the interstate speed limit.

Filed Aug 17, 2016 · 18,307 miles · LA

Sunroof glass exploded while in motion. Nothing hit the glass.

Filed Aug 4, 2016 · Body · 14,600 miles · AZ

While driving on a lightly traveled highway, we heard a loud explosion and our sunroof exploded. There were no other cars near by and no overpasses. The temp was 85. The sound was so loud I almost lost control. Fortunately the visor was shut.

Filed Aug 18, 2015 · 5,100 miles · WY

While travelling on interstate 25 near fort collins, colorado, our toyota highlander's closed panoramic sunroof shattered. We were travelling at a speed of 75 MPH on a cloudy day with no obstacles or flying debris noticed. This is a new 2015 toyota highlander that we have only been driving 4 months. The sunroof was closed at the time and the debris was luckily trapped by the roof lining. We quickly exited to a nearby gas station where a larimer county sheriff's deputy was stopped. He looked at the damage and wrote a report.