# 2014 TOYOTA RAV4 — VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
> NHTSA complaint `1278693` · 2016-04-28 · Toyota Motor Corporation
## Severity
- **Deaths:** 0
- **Injured:** 1
- **Fire:** No
- **Crash:** No
- **Police report:** No
- **Medical attention:** No
- **Vehicle towed:** No
## Vehicle
- **Make:** TOYOTA
- **Model:** RAV4
- **Year:** 2014
- **Manufacturer:** Toyota Motor Corporation
- **Component:** VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
## Narrative
I WAS DRIVING ON I-82 BETWEEN SELAH AND YAKIMA AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MILES PER HOUR.  THE WIND WAS BLOWING FAIRLY AGGRESSIVELY OUTSIDE THAT DAY AND THE TEMPERATURE WAS ROUGHLY 70 - 75 DEGREES.  WHILE DRIVING MY SUNROOF SUDDENLY EXPLODED.  NO ROCK HIT THE CAR AND I WAS NOT DRIVING UNDER AN UNDERPASS WHERE ANYONE COULD HAVE THROWN SOMETHING AT MY CAR.  THE SOUND WAS LIKE A GUNSHOT.   I SINCERELY THOUGHT I HAD BEEN SHOT AT.  GLASS FLEW EVERY WHERE.   MY SUNROOF VISOR WAS OPEN SO THE SHARDS RAINED DOWN INTO MY CAR AND ALL OVER ME.  I HAD GLASS DOWN MY NECK, IN MY HAIR, AND EVEN FOUND A PIECE ON MY EYELID WHEN I RUBBED MY EYE AND CUT MY EYELID AND THE SKIN NEAR MY INNER EYE.  THERE WAS NOTHING I WAS AWARE OF THAT OCCURRED ON THE ROAD THAT DAY THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED THE SUNROOF TO BREAK.  BUT IT BLEW OUT WITH EXTREME FORCE.  *TR
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