2012 Toyota Camry Wipers & Visibility Problems

I was driving down the freeway going home from work at 9:30PM at night and all of the sudden, there was a loud pop from above my head when driving. It sounded like it came from the roof of my vehicle. When I pulled over, there was a big hole in the glass of the sun roof and the glass was completely shattered. Because of the way the glass shatters, I had to remove as much of the glass as I could to ensure that none of it would fly off the vehicle and hit vehicles driving behind me. I don't believe there was any prior damage to the sun roof that would have caused this to happen as I don't ever use the sun roof to begin with.

THE MOON ROOF ON MY XSL CONSTANTLY RATTLES WHILE DRIVING WHENEVER THE AUTO GOES OVER A BUMP; ESPECIALLY AN UNEVEN BUMP THAT TORQUE OR TWISTS THE CHASSIS

I WAS DRIVING WEST ON OK HWY 412, AND I HEARD AN EXPLOSION AND SHATTERED GLASS FALLING INSIDE THE SLIDING COVER. THE SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. *TR

DRIVER SIDE SUNVISOR FELL DOWN, IT HITS YOUR FOREHEAD WHILE YOU DRIVE. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS, HOWEVER MY VIN NUMBER DOES NOT MATCH THE VIN NUMBERS THAT ARE BEING RECALLED. *TR

REAR/BACK WINDOW SUDDENLY SHATTERS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY. WHILE MAKING A TURN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH, THE SUN ROOF EXPLODED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 25,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. *TR

VEHICLE HAS DEFECTIVE SUNROOF DUE TO IMPROPER INSTALLATION FROM TOYOTA FACTORY. DEFECT CAUSES A POPPING/SNAPPING SOUND WHEN CAR GOES OVER BUMPS. TOYOTA ISSUED TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO REPAIR DEFECT T-SB-0151-13. HOWEVER ONLY APPLIES TO VEHICLES WITHIN 3YR 36K WARRANTY WINDOW. NOT SURE WHAT SAFETY ISSUES MAY BE CONSIDERED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH THE SUNROOF OF MY TOYOTA CAMRY EXPLODED. IT WAS A LOUD EXPLOSION-TYPE SOUND. THERE WERE NO OVERPASSES IN SIGHT AND VERY LITTLE TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY.THE SUNROOF VISOR WAS CLOSED, THEREFORE NO GLASS DEBRIS AFFECTED PASSENGERS. THE DEALERSHIP SEEMS TO INSIST THAT SOMETHING HIT THE SUNROOF. THE EXPLOSION OF THE SUNROOF CAME OUT OF NOWHERE WITHOUT WARNING. MY 2-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN THE BACK MIDDLE SEAT AND COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED WITH GLASS SHARDS, HAD THE VISOR BEEN OPEN. *TR

LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM MOON ROOF OF MY VEHICLE, I TOOK IT TO TOYOTA DEALER AND THEY SAID ITS FIXED BUT AFTER DRIVING 5 MILES, IT STARTED MAKING MORE NOISE, PLANNING TO TAKE THE CAR TO SAME DEALER AGAIN. *TR

SUNROOF MAKES A RATTLING NOISE LIKE A COMPONENT IS LOOSE. DEALER COULD NOT FIND ISSUE UPON INITIAL PURCHASE. *TR

A RATTLE OR POPPING NOISE COMING FROM THE MOONROOF ABOVE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT. ON 2/7/13 A REPAIR WAS MADE AND WAS TOLD THAT WELDING DEBRIS WAS FOUND ON A CONTACT POINT IN THE MOONROOF. REPAIR STATED THAT THE MOONROOF MOUNTINGS WERE CLEANED AND THE MOONROOF WAS RE-TORQUED. AFTER THE REPAIR WE HEARD A CREAKING SOUND ON OCCASION WHEN MAKING TURNS AND ON ROUGH ROADS BUT DIDN'T FEEL IT WAS BAD ENOUGH TO TAKE BACK FOR REPAIR. NOW A YEAR LATER ON 3/3/14, THE NOISE HAS RETURNED AND TOOK IT IN AGAIN FOR REPAIR. WAS TOLD THAT PLASTIC SHIMS HAD TO BE ORDERED AND THAT THEY WOULD CALL WHEN THEY COME IN. I'LL TAKE MY CAR IN AGAIN WHEN THE PARTS ARRIVE AND LET THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT RE-ATTEMPT TO MAKE THE REPAIR AGAIN. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH ALL 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY'S. IF YOU GOOGLE MOONROOF POPPING OR RATTLING ON 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY'S, YOU'LL FIND THAT THIS IS A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT TOYOTA IS HAVING WITH THEIR MOONROOF. HOPEFULLY, THE NEXT REPAIR RESOLVES THIS PROBLEM. *TR

ON 02-18-2014, I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 55 AND THE SUNROOF/MOONROOF ON MY 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY SUDDENLY, AND WITHOUT APPARENT REASON, IMPLODED. BECAUSE I HAD THE SUNROOF SHADE OPEN, GLASS FLEW INTO THE CABIN OF THE CAR. FORTUNATELY, ALTHOUGH I COULD FEEL GLASS STICKING IN MY FOREARM AND PALM, I WAS NOT CUT AND THERE WERE NO OTHER PASSENGERS IN THE CAR. ALSO, TRAFFIC WAS LIGHT AND I DID NOT CRASH AS A RESULT OF IT. WHEN THE GLASS BROKE, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE THAT SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION. THE SITUATION COULD HAVE EASILY CAUSED A MAJOR ACCIDENT. I HAVE SEARCHED IN AND AROUND MY CAR BUT HAVE NOT FOUND ANY OBJECT THAT COULD HAVE CAUSED THIS TO HAPPEN. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DUE TO A DEFECT IN EITHER THE SUNROOF OR THE GLASS. LAST APRIL, TOYOTA HAD TO ADJUST MY SUNROOF BECAUSE IT WAS RATTLING. THE REPAIR INCLUDED ADDING SOME SHIMS TO IT. I WAS TOLD THAT BY THE TOYOTA SERVICE DEPARTMENT THAT THE SUNROOF RATTLE WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL CAR. I BELIEVE THAT THE SUNROOF WAS DEFECTIVE. *TR

DRIVING DOWN I35 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BOOM AND SMELLED A BURNING RUBBER SMELL AND REALIZED MY BACK PASSENGER WINDOW SHATTERED ON DRIVERS SIDE. THE DEALER SHIP NOR TOYOTA SHOW ANY INTEREST IN HEARING ABOUT THE ISSUE OR TAKING RESPONSIBILITY. I HAD TO REPAIR OUT OF MY POCKET. THANKFUL MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT IN THE BACK SEAT AND ONLY I WAS IN THE VEHICLE. *TR

THE BACK WINDSHIELD SHATTERED INTO SMALL PIECES WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN OUR APARTMENT LOT. I JUST OPENED AND CLOSED THE DOOR IN THE MORNING IT IS SHATTERED INTO SMALL PIECES. I WENT TO THE DEALER, EVEN THOUGH IT IS MANUFACTURING OR TOYOTA'S SUPPLIER ISSUE IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A SERIOUS ISSUE IF A KID IS IN THE CAR,WHOSE CAR SEAT IS FACING THE REAR WIND SHIELD. *TR

I WAS MERGING ON TO THE INTERSTATE WHEN I HEARD A LOUD CRASH. I THEN HEARD A RUSHING WIND SOUND AND GLASS BREAKING. I SLIDE OPEN THE INTERIOR SUN VISOR ON MY SUN ROOF JUST SLIGHTLY AND SAW BROKEN GLASS AND A LARGE HOLE IN THE SUN ROOF. I REALIZED THAT THE GLASS ON THE SUN ROOF HAD SUDDENLY BROKEN. I DID NOT PASS UNDER AN OVERPASS AND DID NOT SEE ANY OBJECTS THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSE THE BREAKAGE. THERE WERE NO TRUCKS NEAR ME THAT COULD HAVE DROPPED ANYTHING THAT COULD CAUSE THE DAMAGE. IF I WOULD HAVE HAD THE SUN VISOR ON THE SUN ROOF OPEN AT THE TIME OF THE EVENT, I WOULD HAVE HAD THE BROKEN GLASS COME DOWN ON ME WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE WHICH COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SEVERE ACCIDENT. THE SUN ROOF IS NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY. *TR

I HAVE HAD THE VEHICLE IN THE TOYOTA SHOP MULTIPLE TIMES ABOUT THE POPPING IN THE SUN ROOF. TOYOTA CAN NOT CONFIRM THAT THE RATTLING IN THE SUN ROOF IS STABLE ENOUGH NOT TO CAUSE SAFETY ISSUES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN LOOKING OUT OF THE REAR WINDOW, THE DEFROST LINES GOING ACROSS THE WINDOW AND THE TINT CAUSED THE CONTACT TO SEE MULTIPLE HEAD LIGHTS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT ONE HEADLIGHT WOULD APPEAR AS TWENTY VARIOUS HEADLIGHTS, DISORIENTATING THE DRIVER. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE DEALERS AND WAS TOLD THAT THE DESIGN WAS NORMAL. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE TO THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 5 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 4,588.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 TOYOTA CAMRY LE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE WAS UNABLE TO SEE OUT OF THE FACTORY REAR WINDOW TINT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THE FAILURE WAS WITH THE FACTORY WINDOW TINT. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 6,000.

WIFE WAS DRIVING ON FREEWAY IN SCOTTSDALE WHEN A SMALL ROCK IMPACTED LOWER LEFT OF WINDSHIELD. OVER THE PERIOD OF 2 HOURS A CRACK 3 FEET LONG DEVELOPED ACROSS DRIVERS SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING ON THE INTERNET FOR THE CAMRY HYBRID SINCE 2007. THIS APPEARS TO BE MANUFACTURERS DEFECT IN ENGINEERING DESIGN OR MANUFACTURE. TOYOTA IS NOT ADDRESSING THE ISSUE, SINCE THEY MAKE A LOT OF MONEY ON THE WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT (>$1,200 FOR A WINDSHIELD? GIVE ME A BREAK). HAVE NUMEROUS ROCK CHIPS IN WINDSHIELDS OF OTHER VEHICLES THAT DO NOT RESULT IN THIS TYPE OF DAMAGE. *TR

THE WIND BUFFETING THAT OCCURS IN THIS CAR IS UNBEARABLE. THIS CAUSES AN UNSUPPORTABLE PRESSURE THAT YOU FEEL IN YOUR EARS AND HEAD. SPEAKING WHILE ONE OF THE REAR WINDOWS IS OPEN IS ALSO IMPOSSIBLE BECAUSE OUR VOICES WILL ECHO. *TR

THE REAR WINDOW REFLECTS ALL THE DEFROSTER LINES WHEN A CAR IS BEHIND YOU. SO WHEN LOOKING OUT THE REAR WINDOW AND THERE IS 1 CAR YOU SEE 20 LINES OF LIGHTS AND IF THERE IS 2 CARS YOU SEE 40 LINES OF LIGHTS AND SO ON. THIS CLEARLY DOES NOT LET YOU SEE OUT OF REAR WINDOW CLEARLY. IT IS ALSO VERY DISTRACTING AND CAN CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SINCE YOU CAN NOT SEE OUT OF YOUR REAR WINDOW. *TR