5.8

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
14,699 miles

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problem #91

Jan 222021

Forester

  • 45,000 miles
My windshield has cracked easily in multiple locations while driving on the freeway. In the little over a year that I have owned this vehicle it has cracked sooner and more often than my two prior vehicles. The ease of which my windshield has cracked is concerning for the safety of the driver due to the integrity of the windshield being so easily impaired.

- Lynnwood, WA, USA

problem #90

Jan 042021

Forester

  • 28,000 miles
Found a 10" crack in the windshield after parking in a garage overnight. It runs horizontal from about the middle of the passenger side window edge toward the center. It happened while the car was parked overnight.

- Sussex, WI, USA

problem #89

Feb 152019

Forester

  • miles
Cracked windshield for no reason. Vehicle was parked.

- Stow, OH, USA

problem #88

Jul 142018

Forester

  • 5,000 miles
Drove to diner parked car when we returned the windshield was cracked no apparent damage inside or outside

- Agua Dulce, CA, USA

problem #87

Nov 062020

Forester

  • 37,000 miles
A crack appeared randomly in the center of the windshield.

- San Francisco, CA, USA

problem #86

Dec 272020

Forester

  • 20,000 miles
Vehicle was stationary, parked, engine was off, no one was in the car. Crack spontaneously appeared from base of windshield up about 5 inches. There was no crack in the windshield when I parked the car. There was no rock chip on the way up. I looked closely at the crack and there is no evidence of a rock chip, no divot anywhere along the crack, none whatsoever. When I returned, a crack had spontaneously appeared. The service dept at eastside Subaru in kirkland, wa, said to call my insurance and that it's not covered though the car has basic warranty and an extended warranty.

- Seattle, WA, USA

problem #85

Jun 042020

Forester

  • 22,800 miles
Windshield got cracked without any visible reason while parked in garage, and crack gradually went all across the window. That made driving not safe. Windshield replacement was not covered by warranty and did cost a bit over $1500 including eyesight recalibration. All paperwork for repair/calibration is available.

- Cupertino, CA, USA

problem #84

Nov 122020

Forester

  • 45,925 miles
While driving glass chips appeared, unexpectedly, on three multiple locations.

- Prescott Valley, AZ, USA

problem #83

Oct 252020

Forester

  • 40,000 miles
I encountered a chip in my front passenger windshield with cracking going up and down vertically. My car was stationary.

- Garfield, NJ, USA

problem #82

Sep 302020

Forester

  • 3,000 miles
Encountering 2 issues: Windshield was cracked and front wheel alignment caused uneven wear and tear on front tires

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #81

Sep 302020

Forester

  • 3,000 miles
Encountering 2 issues: Windshield was cracked and front wheel alignment caused uneven wear and tear on front tires

- Houston, TX, USA

problem #80

Nov 152020

Forester

  • 28,000 miles
An acorn falling out of a tree out a 14' crack in my windshield while parked that I had to pay to replace

- Suwanee, GA, USA

problem #79

Nov 192020

Forester

  • 58,000 miles
I was scraping ice off the windshield with a plastic/typical ice scraper and it shattered at the edge of the windshield on the driver side, which then caused a 5" crack which has continued to lengthen. The car was stationary in my driveway at the time.

- Tahoma, CA, USA

problem #78

Jul 222019

Forester

  • 30,000 miles
Windshield chip repaired immediately at approximately 30K miles. Cracked across the entire windshield.

- Bozeman, MT, USA

problem #77

Oct 182020

Forester

  • 43,000 miles
On July 5, 2019, I had my windshield replaced after multiple cracks appeared on both the driver's side and the top-middle part. The driver's side crack was from debris that impacted it directly while driving on city streets. The additional crack at the top-middle part was unexplained as there was no impact on it by rocks or debris while driving. A year later on September 19, 2020, I had the windshield replaced a second time after a rock impacted the side edge of the windshield and frame of the car sending spider cracks into the middle layer of the windshield. This happened in mid-August. A third incident occurred on October 18, 2020, when a small rock hit the windshield in the middle causing the windshield to crack in the middle layer and is now being sealed.

- Seattle, WA, USA

problem #76

Aug 152020

Forester

  • 35,000 miles
Windshield broken too easily

- Springboro, OH, USA

problem #75

Jun 152020

Forester

  • 20,000 miles
The windshield developed a crack while I was sitting in a parking lot. It emanates from right above the driver side windshield wiper. There is no evidence of rock strike.

- Bayonne, NJ, USA

problem #74

Aug 202020

Forester

  • 19,600 miles
I join complainants with a Subaru windshield crack. A crack mysteriously started at the base of my windshield on the passenger side. I don't recall anything hitting it, and there's no sign of any impact (ding, chip, nothing!). I can't determine where or how it may have started (crack runs to base of windshield). Since appearing, it's grown about halfway up, and now halfway across the windshield. I understand from a news article a class action suit is pending which includes a vast number of Subaru vehicles - multiple models & years - experiencing windshield cracks. My model and year is included in the class. I file my complaint as a result of finding the news story, which suggests a complaint be filed.

- Oceanside, OR, USA

problem #73

Sep 052020

Forester

  • miles
Driving in a highway at around 45-50 mph, heard a sound, and windshield was cracked for more than 12 inches long.

- Aberdeen, MD, USA

problem #72

Mar 042020

Forester

  • 28,000 miles
Spontaneous crack in windshield. Began as small crack center of windshield on passenger side. Spread to the left. No apparent damage at start of crack..crack initially very small and noticed by passenger while driving.

- Macminnville, OR, USA

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