My wife and I were driving on highway 85 in North Dakota at about 65 mph. The weather was 65-70 degrees F. All of a sudden, we heard what sounded like a shotgun blast inside the car. Then the wind started flapping the sunshade which was closed at the time. This is when we realized that the panorama moon roof had exploded and shattered. The sunshade contained the thousands of glass fragments which would have dropped on us if the shade had not been closed. When I took it to the Hyundai dealer, the service rep stated that he had never heard of any problems with the panorama roofs on the Santa Fe and said that he would submit the claim to Hyundai, but that they will make the final decision whether or not to cover the repair. I sent him the link to this website.

I was driving on the highway and I heard a loud pop and my sunroof shattered, there were no other vehicles around me so I know that it was not caused by a rock hitting it. The dealership is telling me that this will not be covered by warranty and it's going to cost me over $1000.00 to have it replaced. I am absolutely livid and this will most definitely be the last Hyundai I will ever own.

I am seeing all of these posts online of this happening to other people as well. Hyundai needs to step up and put out a recall for this vehicle. They have had a history of bad sunroofs, they already did a recall of the Veloster for the same issue. Come on Hyundai, do something about this before someone gets seriously hurt.

Update from Oct 31, 2014: I received a call this moring telling me that Hyundia has decided to cover my sunroof on warranty which I appreciate greatly. I am still concerned however that this may happen again and I really hope that Hyundia will look into this issue extensively.