It has been an ongoing thing for Hyundai...they settled a class action lawsuit in 2019 over it. It has been happening to other manufacturers too including the Jeep Wagoneer. Below has a list of the complaints by vehicle. https://www.google.com/amp/s/globalnews.ca/news/3816319/exploding-sunroofs-car-models-brands-transport-canada/amp/

Has anyone seen any evidence of this or heard about this happening??

For the local NY pros...have you heard any issues with yearly inspections.....and shops getting summons Granted , it's always been 20%. luck finding a shop willing to do a inspection with tints as such already Here's been my most recent experience...even my usual spot who normally wouldn't glance on the tint , made me roll up my windows and actually broke his meter.....checked my windows twice. Thought about it , then metered it again for a third time. He knew I was a repeat yearly and he doesn't speak a lick of English but he told his co-worker he knew I was a regular, and can do it this time but it might not be the same next year. I've always given him a Benji for coffee yearly but with the QR code on the new registration sticker formats, the shop mentioned they have received at least 3 summons so far (which kinda explains who I had soooooooo much trouble finding a local place willing to do an inspection) Off to google-fu-wiki to see how inspections shops are being penalized based on vehicle violations. I mean what -happens- after the inspection is not something I see a shop being liable for unless there is some verbiage like ....an inspection shop can be issued a summons for vehicle not meeting inspection requirement if defects are found within the following 5 days after inspection or something to that effect

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Yeah, part of me knew better, but the shop had some good reviews, and I couldn't find anything bad about the seller online, so I rolled the dice. thankfully it's ebay so low risk. I know it's a lost cause, but I'm a glutton for punishment, any chance someone could show me picture of what the backer looks like?

You got sold some cheap imported film. For like the millionth time on this forum, you CAN NOT buy any big brand name film online...they DO NOT allow this. Any shop caught would be immediately dropped.

That is all dirt/debris and will not be going away which could be acceptable for a cheaper quality shop. So they may or may not replace it. For a premium shop, that would have never left the building.

A few here and there are unavoidable, but that looks a bit much. I've seen worse coming from low end shops though, so you get what you pay for I suppose.

Disagree. Expecting a shop to repair a known manufacturers defect is not at all reasonable. Tesla should be doing a voluntary recall on the substandard glass sold on their premium products, which they made "a good amount of profit".

I recently got my windows tinted for the first time, I went with the lowest quote, knowing there was a risk, but the owner said there is a lifetime warranty on the tint. Is this amount of dust spots/bubbles normal on back windshield? It has been 6 days since job was done, car has been parked in hot sun for majority of those days. Other windows have some spots here and there, but nothing major. It’s only really noticeable up close to the car. There also appears to be a small hair on back windshield as well. https://imgur.com/a/nZC9NEI