NHTSA Complaint #11111427 — 2015 VOLVO S60

WHILE DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY AT 65 MPH (THE LEGAL LIMIT) AT APPROXIMATELY 6:55 AM ON 2 JULY 2018, I WAS TWO OR MORE CAR LENGTHS BEHIND THE CAR AHEAD OF ME WHEN THE SUN ROOF CATASTROPHICALLY SHATTERED. NO ROAD DEBRIS WAS OBSERVED AND THE ROAD WAS DRY AND NOT IN A CONSTRUCTION ZONE. WITH THE SUDDEN EXPLODING SOUND, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON BUT WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE CAR. I WAS DUCKING DOWN REFLEXIVELY AS THE NOISE WAS ABOVE MY HEAD. FORTUNATELY, THE INTERIOR SUN ROOF SHADE WAS CLOSED AND THE SUN ROOF WAS CLOSED. IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR, I SAW THE CAR DIRECTLY BEHIND BRAKING HARD AND THE CARS IN THE NEXT LANE SLOWING DOWN TO AVOID THE DEBRIS I LATER REALIZED WAS THE EJECTED GLASS FROM MY SUN ROOF. THE NOISE CONTINUED AND THEN THE GLASS BEGAN FALLING INTO THE FRONT AREA OF THE CAR THROUGH THE VENTS IN THE SUN SHADE AND I FINALLY REALIZED THE SUN ROOF GLASS HAD SHATTERED. THE CAR IS MAINTAINED IN EXCELLENT CONDITION AND THERE WERE NO SIGNS OF CHIPPING, CRACKS OR OTHER DAMAGE TO THE SUN ROOF PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THERE WERE ALSO NO SIGNS ON THE CAR'S HOOD, WINDSHIELD, OR ROOF THAT SHOWS DEBRIS IMPACTED THE CAR AND CAUSED THE FAILURE.