peckster

My sunroof exploded today!

I heard a strange sound when I started driving but I put it down to snow sliding off the roof, although it was different.

Got on the highway and there as a LOT of wind noise, but not that much wind. Pulled back the inner cover and there was a big hole in the centre!

I've done some research and see others have had the same experience. My deductible's $1,000 so I'll have to eat it, has anyone heard of Acura covering this?

It has to be a manufacturing defect.

One highrise in Toronto is now covered in fabric after tempered glass balcony fences started lowing out, sounds like this might be related.

ucf_bronco

iTrader: (1)

I had an issue with my sunroof shattering but it was the result of a rock on the highway (had the sunroof tilted).

The total cost of my repairs was over $2k, but that was because the glass shards blew back and scratched my roof and trunk.

potmilkz

how many miles do you have on your car at the moment..

might not be a manufacturer defect.. might be that something just hit your sunroof

Edward'TLS

A hole in the glass is likely caused by falling debris or vandalism.

If it is a temperature-related spontaneous event, the glass will either be completely shattered or will have hairline-like crack(s).

Teddybear

The issue of glass shattering in DT TO is NOT related.
Those arent shattering, they're falling out as whole panes of glass.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toront...ing-glass.html

peckster

It was completely shattered but only the centre fell out. Car has maybe 30,000 k on it. I heard the shattering sound as I started driving, nothing hit it but service said maybe it was already damaged?.

potmilkz

might be true. it may have been that something fell on your roof..

a acorn, someone threw a rock? or driving with the sunroof tilted and rock hit it hard enough?

but as far as having acura replace it under warranty.. good luck showing proof it was a factory defect..

OpIv37

My last car was an 08 Honda Accord Coupe EX-L and I had the sunroof shattered about 5 months after it happened. I was driving under an expressway flyover when it happened, so I'm guessing something fell or was thrown, but I never found a foreign object that could have been the culprit.

It was summer in Nothern VA and hot as hell outside, so I know it wasn't weather related.

OpIv37

And Honda didn't pay for it- I had to use my insurance.