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tonyg25 · Sep 22nd, 2007, 12:33 AM

Anyone had a spontaneously shattered sunroof - no foreign objects apparent?

I ended up covered in glass on a clear, dry, emptyish motorway - the sunroof had been buzzing for a week or so.

MINI/BMW felt that there must have been a stone etc and directed me down an Insurance route, hence I am £400 excess the poorer.

I've seen stone-induced cracks before and swear this 'just happened' - seen other threads on the web to say it has happened to them with various vehicles.

What say you?

Paul · Sep 22nd, 2007, 02:36 AM

Not seen this before on here. Sounds nasty.

mph999 · Sep 22nd, 2007, 10:02 PM

hmm, how the hell does a stone hit the sunroof ????

Tracie · Sep 23rd, 2007, 08:12 AM

Has been a common fault with the Renault glass sunroofs in the Senic ( I think) ..most have been shattering when going over a Cattle grid..( do a search on the interweb there are loads of discussions on various forums)..Renault won't admit to a problem, lets hope BMW take notice if its going to happen on the MINI.

tonyg25 · Sep 23rd, 2007, 09:53 AM

Looked on internet - three were BMW family brands - 5 series, known issue with 3 series and one last gen MINI Cooper, but Renault Scenic also mentioned as per this thread - all same comment - shattered, no foreign objects. I have raised this with MINI Customer Service - awaiting response

spiney · Sep 24th, 2007, 01:51 AM

I think my 02 MCS did this when it was parked outside in the summer. It's very unlikely that something fell on it, it just seemed to spontaneously get what looked like a fist sized hole in it, but there was nothing inside the car as you might expect if something hit it. It was parked in our driveway, 200 yards from the road, no-one ever walks by, and not in range of the baseball fields.

I ended up paying a fair bit of excess/deductible myself, as even as it is glass, which is covered by my policy with no deductible, but because it has "metal frames attached", they charge you the excess. Got to love it...

tonyg25 · Sep 24th, 2007, 09:39 AM

Spiney - same "whole roof mechanism" comment I got from the BMW bodyshop - starts to seem a whole lot more structural than 'just glass" then :-)

Mine is a late reg 2006 new gen MCS btw

Sep 22nd, 2007, 12:33 AM	#1
tonyg25 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Local Time: 10:16 PM Posts: 3 Offline	Shattered Sunroof Anyone had a spontaneously shattered sunroof - no foreign objects apparent? I ended up covered in glass on a clear, dry, emptyish motorway - the sunroof had been buzzing for a week or so. MINI/BMW felt that there must have been a stone etc and directed me down an Insurance route, hence I am £400 excess the poorer. I've seen stone-induced cracks before and swear this 'just happened' - seen other threads on the web to say it has happened to them with various vehicles. What say you?

Sep 24th, 2007, 01:51 AM	#6 (permalink)
spiney MINI2 Regular Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: nr Boston, MA Local Time: 05:16 PM Posts: 55 Online	I think my 02 MCS did this when it was parked outside in the summer. It's very unlikely that something fell on it, it just seemed to spontaneously get what looked like a fist sized hole in it, but there was nothing inside the car as you might expect if something hit it. It was parked in our driveway, 200 yards from the road, no-one ever walks by, and not in range of the baseball fields. I ended up paying a fair bit of excess/deductible myself, as even as it is glass, which is covered by my policy with no deductible, but because it has "metal frames attached", they charge you the excess. Got to love it... Now proud owner of a 2007 Cooper S!

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Sep 22nd, 2007, 02:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Paul Trained Monkey My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Bedfordshire Local Time: 10:16 PM Posts: 40,553 Offline	Not seen this before on here. Sounds nasty.

Sep 22nd, 2007, 10:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
mph999 MINI2 Senior Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Newbury Local Time: 10:16 PM Posts: 378 Offline	hmm, how the hell does a stone hit the sunroof ????

Sep 23rd, 2007, 08:12 AM	#4 (permalink)
Tracie MINI less. My Classifieds Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Poole, Dorset.UK Local Time: 10:16 PM Posts: 2,440 Offline	Has been a common fault with the Renault glass sunroofs in the Senic ( I think) ..most have been shattering when going over a Cattle grid..( do a search on the interweb there are loads of discussions on various forums)..Renault won't admit to a problem, lets hope BMW take notice if its going to happen on the MINI.

Sep 23rd, 2007, 09:53 AM	#5 (permalink)
tonyg25 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Local Time: 10:16 PM Posts: 3 Offline	Looked on internet - three were BMW family brands - 5 series, known issue with 3 series and one last gen MINI Cooper, but Renault Scenic also mentioned as per this thread - all same comment - shattered, no foreign objects. I have raised this with MINI Customer Service - awaiting response

Sep 24th, 2007, 09:39 AM	#7 (permalink)
tonyg25 MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Sep 2007 Local Time: 10:16 PM Posts: 3 Offline	Spiney - same "whole roof mechanism" comment I got from the BMW bodyshop - starts to seem a whole lot more structural than 'just glass" then :-) Mine is a late reg 2006 new gen MCS btw

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