Author Topic: G8 sunroof exploded,. ugh. (Read 1763 times)

ktm525 · « **on:** March 18, 2011, 02:21:41 pm »

Waiting at a light and BOOM! the sunroof shattered. WTF? Car is sitting at the dealer while GM figures out if they will cover.

Erik · « **Reply #1 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:26:03 pm »

Wow. Never heard of a sunroof shattering. I recall a couple of people having back windows go in the summer heat, but that was when I was a kid.

Best of luck with that!

vdk · « **Reply #2 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:37:09 pm »

WTF?

Arthur Dent · « **Reply #3 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:39:11 pm »

Well that is odd. I know years ago we got a huge crack appear in our Jeep's windshield when it was -40 outside and my wife had the temperature inside turned up to blast furnace levels.

carcrazy · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:47:30 pm »

I've heard that before from a buddy of mine. It was rental in Europe. Not sure the brand.

No H2O · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2011, 02:50:20 pm »

Were you using the ejection seat option?

quadzilla · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:04:16 pm »

Brake stand twisting the frame.....boom.

ktm525 · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:07:53 pm »

Quote from: quadzilla on March 18, 2011, 03:04:16 pm

Brake stand twisting the frame.....boom.

GM better cover. I have limited glass coverage. Not only does this exclude the windshield but also the sunroof...

articsteve · « **Reply #8 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:15:22 pm »

Hope you get it covered by I don't know why they would. If some customer came back to us and said their sunroof just shattered without cause I'd say come on; something struck it.

I've gone up to our local auto body to look at customer wrecks and despite roll overs and really bent to hell cars the sunroof is always intact.

dr_spock · « **Reply #9 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:25:54 pm »

Any tall buildings around? Construction? Kids dropping water bombs from the 12th floor?

Big Bird crapping?

safristi · « **Reply #10 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:26:16 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on March 18, 2011, 02:21:41 pm

Waiting at a light and BOOM! the sunroof shattered. WTF? Car is sitting at the dealer while GM figures out if they will cover.

...yer HEAD or yer ARSE..

hopefully both....can U see clearly NOW

..............quite the conundrum..i imagine even the G8 summit didn't see that one coming.....alert the Pigeons to a NO FLY ZONE

ktm525 · « **Reply #11 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:36:41 pm »

Yeah it wasn't just a crack. It was completely shattered. Poking around the net it seems that tempered glass can do that..It wasn't a flying stone, I was pulling out of as parking lot into rush hour traffic doing about 5 km/h.

sailor723 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:41:31 pm »

In doing research before I bought the SRX I found a few accounts of this happening to the big "panavision" sunroofs on the early models. They would just spontaneously shatter. I'm not sure if GM ever acknowledged it as a problem.

ovr50 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 18, 2011, 03:53:34 pm »

Quote from: ktm525 on March 18, 2011, 03:36:41 pm

Yeah it wasn't just a crack. It was completely shattered. Poking around the net it seems that tempered glass can do that..It wasn't a flying stone, I was pulling out of as parking lot into rush hour traffic doing about 5 km/h.

I also have heard of this happening on other makes. A total shattering of the glass sunroofs. As to coverage by GM, given the age of your car I doubt if GM would cover except as a gesture of "goodwill'. Be prepared for the worst, then if by some slim chance, GM does cover, you will be so pleased...

safristi · « **Reply #14 on:** March 18, 2011, 04:14:43 pm »

..I suspect he will get the MOONING ROOF reply.....

blur911 · « **Reply #15 on:** March 19, 2011, 10:38:35 am »

Quote from: ktm525 on March 18, 2011, 03:36:41 pm

Yeah it wasn't just a crack. It was completely shattered. Poking around the net it seems that tempered glass can do that..It wasn't a flying stone, I was pulling out of as parking lot into rush hour traffic doing about 5 km/h.

AFAIK tempered glass always shatters that way, at least there are no large shards to cause major injuries.

When you were pulling out of the lot was the pavement very uneven? A friend told me of shattering one side of a T-roof in a Camaro like that years ago.

JSCC · « **Reply #16 on:** March 20, 2011, 01:30:56 am »

High/Low frequency sonic wave resonance?

rrocket · « **Reply #17 on:** March 20, 2011, 06:00:03 am »

Your poor, aching a$$..........

HeliDriver · « **Reply #18 on:** March 20, 2011, 11:58:44 pm »

About 15 years ago I had a similar thing happen to my '87 Nissan Pathfinder. It had been parked in the driveway overnight, and when I opened the door in the morning I was greeted with an interior full of shattered glass and an open hole in the roof.

At first I thought someone must have broken in overnight, but the doors were still locked, no other windows had been touched and nothing inside had been disturbed. In the end, I figured it had just happened on its own - maybe from a sudden change in temperature and a pre-existing rock chip I hadn't noticed.

Hopefully yours won't cost too much to replace - I'd be very surprised if GM steps up to cover the cost.

happens - especially with glass.

ktm525 · « **Reply #19 on:** March 21, 2011, 12:47:53 am »

Quote from: HeliDriver on March 20, 2011, 11:58:44 pm

About 15 years ago I had a similar thing happen to my '87 Nissan Pathfinder. It had been parked in the driveway overnight, and when I opened the door in the morning I was greeted with an interior full of shattered glass and an open hole in the roof.

At first I thought someone must have broken in overnight, but the doors were still locked, no other windows had been touched and nothing inside had been disturbed. In the end, I figured it had just happened on its own - maybe from a sudden change in temperature and a pre-existing rock chip I hadn't noticed.

Hopefully yours won't cost too much to replace - I'd be very surprised if GM steps up to cover the cost. happens - especially with glass.

I didn't like the sound of "we will have to order the whole casette...". If GM doesn't cover it I will perhaps make an insurance claim. Don't know if that will go anywhere or not. Since I was pulling out of a parking lot into rush hour traffic inching along at maybe 5 km/h there is no way it was a flying rock. Perhaps I got nailed with a BB gun shot? Who knows? Vandalism?