NHTSA Complaint #10567162 — 2013 KIA OPTIMA

I WAS ON MY WAY HOME ONE EVENING FROM WORK. THERE WAS NO OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME BUT SEVERAL BEHIND ME. I HAD JUST STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT AND HAD JUST STARTED TO SPEED UP AND THERE WAS A 'BIG BOOM/EXPLOSION', I HAD SERIOUSLY THOUGHT IT WAS A GUN SHOT. THEN REALIZED IT WAS MY SUNROOF. I PULLED OVER TO EXAMINE THE SUNROOF AND COUNTED MY BLESSINGS THE SUN VISOR COVERING WAS CLOSED, OTHERWISE COULD HAVE BEEN SO MUCH MORE SERIOUS. I COULD TELL BY THE WAY THE GLASS WAS PUSHED UPWARD THAT NOTHING HAD HIT IT. BUT IT WAS SHATTERED IN MANY, MANY PIECES. I DROVE THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP IMMEDIATELY AND LEFT IT IN THEIR HANDS. IT TOOK OVER TWO WEEKS TO GET IT BACK (BECAUSE I WAS TOLD IT WAS UNDER INVESTIGATION). I JUST HOPE THEY FIND OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING IN THESE KIA'S AND GET IT RESOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SEVERELY INJURED OR CAUSES INJURY TO SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE OF THE FRIGHT IT CAN CAUSE AND CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR