NHTSA Complaint #11089997 — 2010 MAZDA MAZDA3

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TODAY, A LOUD NOISE SOUNDING LIKE A GUNSHOT CAME FROM INSIDE OF MY CAR AND CAUGHT ME OF GUARDING CAUSING ME TO SWERVE TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. AS I REGAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR, I SAW PIECES OF UNKNOWN DEBRIS SLIDE DOWN THE BACK OF MY REAR WINDOW. LUCKILY THERE WAS NO OTHER CARS AROUND ME. I CONTINUED HOME SINCE IT WAS ABOUT ANOTHER 2 MILE DOWN THE ROAD. AFTER ARRIVING HOME I INSPECTED THE CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED OUTWARD AND HAD SHATTERED EVERYWHERE. THE PIECES OF DEBRIS I SAW WAS IN FACT PIECES OF SHATTERED GLASS. AT FIRST I THOUGH THAT SOMETHING WENT THROUGH THE GLASS BUT I COULD NOT FIND ANY EVIDENCE OF AN OBJECT SUCH AS A ROCK THAT PENETRATED THE GLASS. ALSO THE GLASS WAS SHATTERED OUTWARDS INDICATING THAT IT EXPLODED FROM THE INSIDE OUT. THIS HAPPEN ON A CLEAR SUNNY DAY WITH TEMPS AROUND 84 DEGREE. I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 TO 40 MPH ALONG A STRAIGHT STRETCH OF RURAL ROAD. AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT THERE WERE NO CARS WITHIN 200+ YARDS OF MINE.