when i was researching scions before i bought mine i found that some people reported that their moon and sun roof "exploded" while driving. i am assuming that this may be from the immense pressure exerted on the roof of a car at high speeds. has anyone else heard of this? ill look for a link to post.

 

heard of it, but never actually "seen" it happen.

 

yeah i havent seen it nor did i believe it to be true.
i found another tC forum site where some guys sunroof exploded while parked and open.


Link: http://www.yoursciontc.com/forums/lo...php/t6980.html

 

sounds suspect

 

well, that is from 2005, if it was really a widespread problem, they would have made a massive recall. there was the one for the wind deflector.

but here i am 3 years and 50 thousand miles later, my tc hasn't explorded its sun roof. my friend has over 60 thousand on his, and he autocrosses alot, still no exploding roof. looks like it was just one freak incident if it really happened.

 

i sure hope it hasnt "explorded" its sun roof



lol j/k

 

i would say it exploded because a rock hit it.. but.. actually someone throw hard candy on my car a while ago... and a few hardcandy hit my opened sunroof and nothing happened..

 

There were a FEW reported incidences of them a while back. (1 1/2 years ago.) I haven't heard anything for quite a while. Depending on where you live, and if you decide to tint (or not) the glass roof, it might happen.

The 'Wind Deflector' laminate was more a safety concern than an actual problem/recall. 'o6 tCs and up have the laminate already installed at the factory.

 

well the original story i found over 6 months ago they reported that the sun roof was closed and the windows were up and it just burst and glass sprayed everywhere.

 

Not something to be concerned about.

 

Yeah, it happened to me. Here's the link to my thread (w/ pics):

https://www.scionlife.com/forums/vie...ight=exploding

Sunroof closed and windows up. Nothing could've hit it. I have an '05, btw. Since it's been replaced, the sunroof has been okay, but it recently has been making weird creaking noises again. I still don't feel confident driving with the shade open when I have someone else in the car.

 

Dang, Buster71, you beat me to posting the link.

It's not just our cars that have trouble with tempered glass shattering out of nowhere.
(Page 4, Tomas's post at the end of the page.)

 

Cool pics, I've never seen that before. It happens when the rubber molding strip at the front comes unstuck at one end and impacts against the sunroof at high speed.

 

That guy should be glad it was only the sunroof and not the whole thing...



http://www.thesmartclub.com/board/sh...ad.php?t=10734

 

Ugh, the interior on those things are horrible, lol. I've seen tC's with damage like that, but it was from the vehicle flipping over .

 

Yeah, this guy says he just slammed his door and BANG...

 

what kinda of car is that?

 

Smart Car, don't know anything about that so I don't know which model.

 

Smart City Coupe.

 

I remember some folks mentioned a few reasons why this can happen. The rail is no longer aligned properly and can be due to dirt or build. Something worth noting, it's not suggested that the whole roof be open at over 50MPH (not 100% sure on that). I think it's written in the owner's manual.