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Hyundai Tucson Exploding Panoramic Sunroof - Open Letter to DVSA

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Hello All
I will keep it short. On 30th December 2022, the panoramic sunroof on my 2021 Hyundai Tucson Ultimate exploded. It literally shattered in to 100's of pieces. We were lucky to avoid serious injury and be involved in a crash on the A428 near Cambridge.
I have discovered that "exploding sunroofs" are phenomenon happening with other car manufacturers. If you are considering buying a vehicle with a "moon roof" or "panoramic sunroof" then I am making you aware of the issue.
I have published an Open Letter to the Driver
and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).
To save time, I upload the JPEG pages to my letter to MSE.
[Images and links removed by Forum Team]
Thank you and enjoy your day
Peter P
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Mk1 smart cars had a glass roof which sometimes exploded. Could be stone impact, a flaw in the glass, over stressed etc. However as it is still a rare occurence don't expect the letter to change much.
It reads "...car owners with panoramic sunroofs are covered by a loss or damage claim."
Really!!
I will need to look it up one day as both of our cars have them as do most of our kids cars - if the 1500 is a fact, then it needs to be clear in the exacess as I dont recall that ever and I've had pan roof cars for years.
Thanks for the heads upped.
Thanks
It’s either covered under glass, well with LV it is.
Others would class it as a claim, excess and no claims will be affected.