2016 Volkswagen Tiguan: sunroof shattered

Filed Sep 23, 2025 · NY

As I was driving on the Long Island Expressway at 50mph, there was a sudden VERY loud explosion that sounded like a gun shot. I thought perhaps a tire had blown out but then I heard air rushing by. My sunroof had spontaneously exploded!

Filed Mar 21, 2023 · Body · LA

The sunroof/moonroof glass shattered while my daughter was driving on the highway, causing glass to fall down on her while driving. She stated that it sounded like a gunshot, then glass was breaking while driving. She was upset and crying, which could easily have caused an accident if it weren't that it happened in the evening. The car scheduled to be repaired I contacted the VW dealership and they stated there were no recalls. No warning

Filed Sep 17, 2022 · MO

Front portion of panoramic sunroof shattered-sounded like an explosion. Had the fabric sunscreen not been in place, vehicle occupants would have been severely cut by glass shards. The vehicle has not been inspected by dealer, repair facility, law enforcement or insurance. This happened in a rural part of Iowa and we chose to make it home (to beat incoming rain). There was no impact and no previous damage on this sunroof. Unit was in the closed position and no mechanical or physical defects visible. There were no warning lights and symptoms of the problem prior to failure.

Filed Sep 20, 2021 · Visibility · 112,000 miles · NH

The contact owns a 2016 Volkswagen Tiguan. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 40 MPH, the sunroof exploded and shattered inside the vehicle. There were no injuries sustained from the falling glass. The local dealer was contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 112,000.

Filed Jul 5, 2020 · Body · 45,000 miles · NY

The moon roof spontaneously combusted while driving on the I-95 while in motion traveling from ny to fla. I believe due to extensive heat, then a small 3 minute east coast rain storm. Nothing hit it, it was not in use, no one was in front of me. The moonroof exploded and shattered into a gazillion little glass pieces sending shards of glass literally everywhere, including embedded in my arms, neck, back, hands, legs, and feet and covering my scalp and covering every surface and crevice with tiny shards of glass. I was stranded in the middle of sc with no support from vw, and needed to purchase a hotel for 2 nights stay. I also have small children that I have in the vehicle often who luckily during this trip we're not in the vehicle. I have also done further research that vw has been aware of this spontaneous exploding moonroof defect and has not recalled these models. There is a class action lawsuit against this as vw is aware of this and neglected to tell me upon purchase 6 months ago. As of right now vw corporate has not made urgency of this devastating and traumatic matter.

Filed Mar 23, 2020 · Body · 20,000 miles · VA

I was driving on the interstate to work, without any other vehicles immediately in front of me, when my glass sunroof shattered suddenly. The noise of it shattering was like a gunshot going off in the cabin. I had my cloth ceiling liner extended so I didn't get hit by the falling glass shards but it still spooked me. I didn't end up finding anything that would suggest it was the result of an object hitting me.

Filed Nov 17, 2019 · 50,810 miles · ID

While driving at highway speed on a straightaway with no other vehicle within approximately a half mile to the front or rear and also with no oncoming traffic in the other lane, my sunroof literally exploded. Visible inspection showed the corners of the tempered glass were angled upward indicating that the glass blew outward and not inward.

Filed Feb 27, 2017 · 10,000 miles · NY · 1 injury

While driving on the highway during rush hour the sunroof spontanesously shattered. The sunroof was closed and the cloth shield was tucked away. It sounded like a gunshot and deafened my ears for about 5 minutes. I thought someone fired a gun or a nearby car got into an accident since I felt no impact other than sound. Because I was driving I was extremely startled when I looked up and saw an open window and glass had fallen all over me. It had happened so quickly. I tried to pull over in the nearest exit and while getting out of the car and maneuvering out, had cut myself several times.