| Issue ID | 1561092 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11205177 |
| Manufacurer | Toyota Motor Corporation |
| Brand | TOYOTA |
| Model | CAMRY |
| Model Year | 2013 |
| File date | 01/04/19 |
| Component | UNKNOWN OR OTHER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | On april 1, 2019, when entering my vehicle in the driveway, along with my granddaughter who got in on the passenger side, she closed the door. I heard a sound i never heard before. It sounded like an empty plastic water bottle was grazed as she shut the door. I didn't think much about it until approximately 3 miles later when we stopped at a convenience store. I heard the same sound as she got out and shut the door. From the drivers' side i opened and shut the door again. Listening carefully, i heard the same sound and realized the sound from coming from above my head. I slid open the sunroof shade and couldn't believe what i saw. There was a hole in the glass of my sunroof the size of a golf ball. Not only that, but what was most astounding was every inch of the sunroof glass was shattered. Very puzzled, i exhausted all possibilities of how this could have happened, (which weren't many) and came up with nothing. Not knowing at the time there was an issue with exploding sunroofs, i called my insurance company and couldn't give them an explanation of how this happened. My deductible was $500, so the insurance company could not help because they assessed the damage as costing on around $282. A few weeks later, i was forced to try to get the sunroof repaired because the interior of my vehicle was being damaged because of the rain, i searched the internet for someone to do the repair. This is when i came across several articles on exploding sunroofs. That was the only explanation that made sense of why my sunroof was broken and why every inch of the sunroof was shattered. My car was last driven that sunday evening. No unknown sounds were heard as the doors were opened and shut. The sunroof had to have exploded while in the driveway, sometime after the car was last driven sunday evening and when i and my granddaughter got back in monday morning at approximately 6:30am. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 57150 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | ARNOLD, MO |
| VIN pattern | 4T1BF1FK4DUXXXXXX |
| 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 |
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| Date of purchase | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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