| Issue ID | 1165655 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10693694 |
| Manufacurer | Hyundai Motor America |
| Brand | HYUNDAI |
| Model | SANTA FE |
| Model Year | 2014 |
| File date | 10/03/15 |
| Component | VISIBILITY:SUN ROOF ASSEMBLY |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I was driving about 45 mph on an open road, little to no traffic. The sunroof in my santa fe spontaneously exploded. We heard a very loud bang. A large piece of glass flew up and out of my car. Several small pieces of glass fell into the car, on me and my 9 year old daughter (who was in the backseat/driver side). The falling glass ranged from slivers to pea sized to larger than 2 inches. The glass continued to fall into the car. I closed the sunshade on the sunroof to try to keep the rest of the falling glass off of us. I was only about 1/2 mile from home. I drove home and parked in my garage. The panoramic sunroof has 2 pieces of glass. The entire front panel was shattered, and had a large hole just to the right of center. This was after 6pm. I called the hyundai dealership first thing the next morning. The service person i spoke to stated this was the 2nd exploding sunroof they have seen this month. I had the car towed to the dealership. When we got to the dealership the rest of the sunroof had shattered and fallen into the car. The car was filled with glass. I had 2 small glass slivers in my hand that i easily removed. I have a small glass sliver in my chin still. My daughter has a few small scratches on her stomach (she was wearing a cropped sports top). |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 8000 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | CANTON, GA |
| VIN pattern | KM8SR4HF0EUXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
| Was medical attention required? | N |
| Was part original equipment? | |
| No. of injured persons | 0 |
| No. of fatalities | 0 |
| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 6 |
| Drive train type | FWD |
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| Vehicle speed | 45 |
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