We were driving down the road on a normal sunny day when the sunroof decided to spontaneously combust out of no where with no warning. This only seems to happen when the temps are above 85 or so. This is a safety hazard as like I said it has slammed the brakes on it a couple of times. The only work has always been done at a dealer. My wife was already on her way home so I just left the dealer with the car. When I picked up the car as soon as I put it into gear it started again. This past week the latest dealer got vw to replace the sensors. I have had the vehicle to two dealers and their statement is that the car is not throwing a code. I have taken videos of this going on showing the image in the info and than showing that nothing is in front of me. A couple of times it has slammed the brakes on it. This is while I am sitting at either a stop sign with nothing again nothing in front of me. The warning on the info center in the dash starts to beep and shows an image of the car with blinking lines saying I am about to hit something. It begins to happen when I am coming to a stop. The issue does not occur while I am driving at speed. I am replacing it through my insurance glass coverage, but believe that vw should have been responsible.Īll problems of the 2019 Volkswagen Atlas They did not offer to provide me with a car while I wait. I contacted vw and was told they could examine the car and send pictures to vw to see if they would cover it under the car's 72k mile warranty, but I would have to wait 7-10 days for an answer. Since it happened, the glass has continued to fall, so the hole now is bigger than what it was initially. A young driver may not have been able to maintain control of the vehicle with the loud exploding noise. Also fortunately, I was able to react with safety. Fortunately, my sunshade was closed and this kept pieces of glass from falling on me and my passenger. ![]() It looks like the sunroof bowed upwards under pressure and exploded in the middle. ![]() Traffic on the opposite side of the interstate was at a standstill and it's unlikely anything came from that side that I may not have seen. I heard nothing before the pop and saw no object coming from the road or elsewhere. I pulled over on the road and realized that the entire front section of glass was buckled up, bowing upward to the center to the point where it seemed to explode. I have a large panoramic sunroof, and the front section was completely shattered, and a section toward the middle of the side that touches the middle panel was blown out, with a small section missing. It took me a moment to realize that my sunroof had essentially exploded. While driving along the interstate on a clear day, I heard a loud explosion that sounded like a very, very loud pop.
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