Hyundai Glass Roof Exploding

This problem is across all brands though they are too big and under tremendous stress.

Hyundai glass roof exploding.

The lawsuit focused on three key points. A exploding sunroof class action lawsuit glenn v. Some have compared the shattering to the sound of a gunshot and say that the broken glass can fall into the vehicle cabin. But barsoum s 2017 hyundai tucson wasn t struck by an object.

Hyundai just settled a lawsuit for earlier models that had a panoramic sunroof that exploded. Plaintiff billy glenn filed. According to the lawsuit hyundai has long known that its sunroofs are prone to shattering. Going about 60 on the freeway and boom.

If there are impurities in the glass when manufactured it dramatically increases the chance for shattering. District court for the central district of california is believed to be the furthest along of about a dozen developing class. Hyundai motor america et al was filed against hyundai in 2015. A shower of glass fell on me the owner of a 2013 hyundai veloster said in his complaint to nhtsa.

The moon roof glass in my 2001 pt cruiser broke yesterday. Thought something hit me at first but then realized that the glass has simply shattered. That being said i refuse to get in her car unless absolutely no choice in the matter and it is a must that the roof visor is always closed so that if it explodes the glass falls onto the visor and not into the car again. Plaintiff billy glenn filed the hyundai exploding sunroof lawsuit.

The lawsuit alleges the automaker has known about exploding panoramic sunroofs for years but concealed the defects from consumers. Owners were tired of the threat of getting caught in a tempered glass shower. The sunroof ruptured without any external force or warning cascading broken glass into the car and streaming it into the path of cars. The california case against hyundai scheduled for august in the u s.

December 23 2015 a hyundai exploding sunroof lawsuit has been filed after years of reports of panoramic sunroofs that explode and send shards of glass into the cars.