NHTSA Complaint #11299611 — 2014 MAZDA CX-5

WE WERE DRIVING HOME, THIS WAS LATE AT NIGHT, NO TRAFFIC, AND WE HEARD A LOUD BANG, SOUNDED LIKE A GUNSHOT OR EXPLOSION, AFTER WE MADE SURE THE KIDS WERE ALRIGHT, WE REALIZED OUR SUNROOF HAD A BIG HOLE IN IT AND WE WERE SITTING IN SHARDS OF GLASS. THE SUNROOF OPENS 2 WAYS, IT SLIDES BACK OR THE BACK LIFTS UP TO PROVIDE VENTING. THE GLASS WAS LIFTED UP IN THE BACK. AFTER WE REGAINED COMPOSURE AND WERE ABLE TO PULL OFF TO THE SHOULDER ON A 40 MPH ROAD WITH NO TRAFFIC IN SIGHT, WE REALIZED IT LOOKED AS IF THE GLASS EXPLODED IN AN UPWARD MOTION. THE SOUND AND IMPACT AND SHARDS OF GLASS CERTAINLY SCARED AND SCARRED ALL IN THE CAR INCLUDING MYSELF, WIFE AND OUR 6 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. THE SPECIFICS ARE, WE HAD JUST TURNED LEFT ONTO AN EASTBOUND ROAD, WE HADN'T EVEN GOTTEN UP TO SPEED WHEN THIS HAPPENED. AGAIN, THERE WERE NO OTHER VEHICLES, ONLY OPEN FIELDS, WE STARTED TO THINK THAT SOMEONE HAD TAKEN A SHOT AT US. THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED NOW.