Leslie Dulin was the driver. She was traveling on a familiar road at approximately 50 mph when she heard an explosion. She describes it as a high-power gun firing. She thought something outside the car exploded, and she pulled over into a supermarket parking lot, where she found a policeman. She asked if he had heard the blast. He looked surprised and said he hadn't heard anything. She described what had happened, and the policeman inspected her car, finding the sunroof had exploded. Leslie did not realize this because the sunshade was closed and no glass was inside the car.

The policeman looked on the roadway and found some glass where Leslie had verified she was. The policeman also inspected her car to see if there was any obvious other damage, like dents or scratches. He didn't see any obvious damage. The policeman came to the conclusion that the explosion Leslie heard was the sunroof. When Leslie got home, she looked up the situation online and found that many others have had the identical incident happen to them: simply driving down the road when the sunroof exploded. In every instance, the sunroof was not being operated. In our case, Leslie opened the sunroof less than 10 times since we purchased the car. I have not called our insurance or the dealership yet.