Hyundai Glass Roof Exploding

Plaintiff billy glenn filed the hyundai exploding sunroof lawsuit.

Hyundai glass roof exploding.

My wife drives a 2017 hyundai tucson with a panoramic roof and hasn t had an issue. This problem is across all brands though they are too big and under tremendous stress. District court for the central district of california is believed to be the furthest along of about a dozen developing class. Hyundai just settled a lawsuit for earlier models that had a panoramic sunroof that exploded.

The sunroof ruptured without any external force or warning cascading broken glass into the car and streaming it into the path of cars. But barsoum s 2017 hyundai tucson wasn t struck by an object. The california case against hyundai scheduled for august in the u s. If there are impurities in the glass when manufactured it dramatically increases the chance for shattering.

Owners were tired of the threat of getting caught in a tempered glass shower. A exploding sunroof class action lawsuit glenn v. The lawsuit alleges the automaker has known about exploding panoramic sunroofs for years but concealed the defects from consumers. Going about 60 on the freeway and boom.

The lawsuit focused on three key points. A shower of glass fell on me the owner of a 2013 hyundai veloster said in his complaint to nhtsa. Plaintiff billy glenn filed. The sunroofs darkened with a ceramic tint tend to shatter without warning.

Exploding sunroofs are not new to kia and hyundai. Hyundai motor america et al was filed against hyundai in 2015. According to the lawsuit hyundai has long known that its sunroofs are prone to shattering. Some have compared the shattering to the sound of a gunshot and say that the broken glass can fall into the vehicle cabin.

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.