Look what happened to me on the freeway :(
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Originally Posted by ultimate_ed
I'm surprised that it shattered so badly. Is this a case where Infiniti cheaped out and didn't make that out of safety glass?
"Safety" doesn't mean it won't break - it just won't turn into shards, and therefore less likelyhood of injury by the broken glass.
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This was not done with a rock. Your sunroof actually exploded from the inside out. If you look real hard you can see its lifted. This has happened on Acura TL cars. No one has figured out why, but it is happening. The roofs are just exploding.
Originally Posted by cup0spam
So I'm driving on the freeway, about 150 feet behind a truck, when a rock flung up and landed directly on my sunroof. It was HOT today, so I'm guessing that that variable had something to do with it breaking like it did.
Anyway, my insurance company is paying to have it replaced, plus I think they're going to have to repaint the roof, because there are tons of various scratches all over it now.
It really sucks, but I'm thankful that I had the fabric sunroof cover closed at the time. Glass in my eyeballs while going 70mph would not have been fun.
![](http://www.sp0rk.org/sunroof1.jpg)
![](http://www.sp0rk.org/sunroof2.jpg)
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Anyway, my insurance company is paying to have it replaced, plus I think they're going to have to repaint the roof, because there are tons of various scratches all over it now.
It really sucks, but I'm thankful that I had the fabric sunroof cover closed at the time. Glass in my eyeballs while going 70mph would not have been fun.
![](http://www.sp0rk.org/sunroof1.jpg)
![](http://www.sp0rk.org/sunroof2.jpg)
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Here is a link to the TL one:
http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showt...=sunroof+glass
And a picture:
![](https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/sandshark21/Acura/Roof-Web.jpg)
And here is a MDX with the sunroof explode.
![](http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/attachment.php?postid=343593)
http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showt...threadid=26708
http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showt...=sunroof+glass
And a picture:
![](https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/sandshark21/Acura/Roof-Web.jpg)
And here is a MDX with the sunroof explode.
http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showt...threadid=26708
#39
Originally Posted by G35_TX
Here is a link to the TL one:
http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showt...=sunroof+glass
And a picture:
![](https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/sandshark21/Acura/Roof-Web.jpg)
And here is a MDX with the sunroof explode.
![](http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/attachment.php?postid=343593)
http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showt...threadid=26708
http://tl.acurazine.com/forums/showt...=sunroof+glass
And a picture:
![](https://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g117/sandshark21/Acura/Roof-Web.jpg)
And here is a MDX with the sunroof explode.
http://www.acuramdx.org/forums/showt...threadid=26708
Does it have anything to do with excessive heat, it is the summer now. I didn't read through the Acura threads, but heat does cause things to expand and glass only has so much elasticity.
Keep us posted on what the dealer says if you end up presenting it as a spontaneous combusting sunroof.
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Originally Posted by cup0spam
So I'm driving on the freeway, about 150 feet behind a truck, when a rock flung up and landed directly on my sunroof. It was HOT today, so I'm guessing that that variable had something to do with it breaking like it did.
Anyway, my insurance company is paying to have it replaced, plus I think they're going to have to repaint the roof, because there are tons of various scratches all over it now.
It really sucks, but I'm thankful that I had the fabric sunroof cover closed at the time. Glass in my eyeballs while going 70mph would not have been fun.
Anyway, my insurance company is paying to have it replaced, plus I think they're going to have to repaint the roof, because there are tons of various scratches all over it now.
It really sucks, but I'm thankful that I had the fabric sunroof cover closed at the time. Glass in my eyeballs while going 70mph would not have been fun.
cup0spam,
There must be something about a Platinum Graphite/Graphite G35S that is fully loaded. I hope this is not and omen - LOL!!
As you may have already guessed, my G35S is equipped the same as yours and has the same color combination. Back in February I had a similar freak accident. Except in my case, a steel rod came at me on the freeway (Hwy 24 in Orinda, CA), and literally speared my front bumper. This steel rod missed the front left tire by about an inch. The resulting damage was a perfectly round hole right through the bumper. Also it shattered the fender liner.
I was really pi$$ed, since at that time my new 'G' was less than a month old. The damage was not as bad as it could have been, but they did have to replace the front bumper and the fender liner. Lucky for me there was no other damage to the undercarriage. I am just thankful this thing didn't come through the windshield.
Now after about 5-months, this is a distant memory. The body shop did a great and matched the paint perfectly. No one would ever know the bumper has been replaced.
Anyway, once your car is repaired, it will be good as new, too. Good luck.
Regards,
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I heard a rock hit my G this morning. I thought for sure I had a windshield or paint ding. After looking around a lot closer when I got home I discovered the rock had hit the sunroof. No cracks but it put 3 small pits in sunroof toward the front part of sunroof glass on passenger side. I know they don't look as as good but thinking about a sunroof wind deflector like I have on my Maxima.