8.7

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,117 miles

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problem #70

Sep 212020

Forester

  • 8,000 miles
My Subaru has 8K miles on it. Was driving down route 81 doing 65mph with no vehicles around me. Hit a seem, not a bump but a seem in the highway and my windshield now has a 6' stress crack which started at the bottom of the windshield. No chip in glass and there were no cars near me at all. And the picture I submitted has the crack. There's one spot to the left of it and that is sap not a chip.

- Bunker Hill, WV, USA

problem #69

Sep 132020

Forester

  • 500 miles
While driving on a highway, a pebble hit the windshield. This extended to a 6-inch crack in the drive home. The crack extended to a 1.5-foot crack overnight.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

problem #68

Sep 012020

Forester

  • 500 miles
While sitting stationary in parking lot my windshield suddenly went "pop!" and then a crack started running down my windshield from the top on the passenger side. I saw no reason for this to happen. I purchased it 1 week ago brand new.

- Damascus, OR, USA

problem #67

Aug 172020

Forester

  • 6,000 miles
2020 Forester. Windshield cracks. Within a year. One +1ft long crack ran from bottom right hand corner to mid windshield. Windshield replaced. Cracked again, this time about 18inch crack, starting in lower left hand corner of windscreen, rapidly ran into mid windscreen/windshield directly in drivers field of view. This is unprecedented in my multi decade driving experience. Neither the owner, me, nor the insurance company should pay for this. And because it migrates to mid windshield, it is a significant driving distraction, particularly in some sun conditions.

- Corrales, NM, USA

problem #66

Aug 222020

Forester

  • 6,074 miles
I was driving at 20 mph on city streets when a small rock hit the lower part of windshield. Normally you get a rock chip and you have time to seal. I had zero time to get windshield fixed as the windshield split within a few minutes. Windshield splitting so fast for such a little rock chip can be hazardous.

- Menifee, CA, USA

problem #65

Aug 252020

Forester

  • 10,700 miles
An object hit my windshield and several minutes afterwards, my windshield spontaneously cracked. I was driving along the entrance ramp to interstate 35E-South in Minnesota.

- Saint Paul, MN, USA

problem #64

Aug 202020

Forester

  • 1,295 miles
While driving on the highway at 70 mph, the windshield cracked from the edge on the drivers side about 8-10 inches across right in the drivers line of vision. There does not appear to be a point of impact from debris. The crack has since extended half way across the windshield 4 days later. I bought the car new and have owned it about 7 weeks

- Oshkosh, WI, USA

problem #63

Aug 172020

Forester

  • 8,600 miles
While driving on the highway, I heard a loud pop. I looked around and I noticed my windshield had a huge combination crack on the passenger side. I didn't see any object fly towards the car or trucks nearby. I was driving on the 2nd lane from the right. It was about 100 degrees F and 5 mins before I had turned on the ac at the lowest temp and fan speed to medium-high.

- Flower Mound, TX, USA

problem #62

Aug 172020

Forester

  • 1,600 miles
While driving I had a very tiny rock hit the windshield(barely made a noise) within about 10 seconds the windshield cracked a good 20 inches. After stopping and inspecting the area I could only find a pin whole area where(?)maybe something hit the windshield. I purchased the vehicle in Feb.2020 and about a month after owning the car the saleman called me and actually told me they have been having or hearing of windshilds cracking and some for no reason. My daughter also informed me that she had seen several statements from others having the same issues and it appears there is a class action against Subaru.

- Hayden Lake, ID, USA

problem #61

Aug 032020

Forester

  • 1,700 miles
I was driving on a city street in town today, 8/3/2020 when my windshield cracked for no apparent reason. I was going 35mph. It cracked on the drivers side to the middle of the windshield in the center. I called Subaru immediately and was informed that windshields are not warrantied. The car was purchased in March 2020. I was given windshield repair companies by the local Subaru dealer. I reached out to one company and im waiting for them to schedule a time and date to replace my windshield. My vehicle is difficult to drive since the crack is directly in the center of the windshield directly at eye level.

- Prescott, AZ, USA

problem #60

Jul 212020

Forester

  • 3,702 miles
Vehicle was parked in covered parking lot out of the sun. Air temp high 80S. The windshield developed a crack starting in the top middle descending to the middle where it curved towards the passenger side. Vehicle was stationary.

- Yucaipa, CA, USA

problem #59

Jul 202020

Forester

  • 5,000 miles
Vehicle was parked on the street overnight with no damage to the windshield. Next morning there was a crack from the edge of the passenger side to about a quarter of the length of the windshield. There is no impact marking on the windshield.

- Kansas City, MO, USA

problem #58

Jul 102020

Forester 4-cyl

  • 13,124 miles
Windshield rock chip. While driving eastbound on I-90 outside of seattle a rock hit the windshield and immediately cracked it. This is the third incident of rock chips to the windshield. I had previously had two chips within a month of each one. I made an insurance claim after the second chip because the windshield split. This was in March 2020. The windshield was replaced and is now chipped already/ again. A complaint will also be filed with Subaru as this is the third time the windshield has chipped between two different windshields. This vehicle is not even a year old yet.

- Spanaway, WA, USA

problem #57

Jul 092020

Forester 4-cyl

  • 3,600 miles
Windshield has cracked 2 times.

- Englewood, NJ, USA

problem #56

Jul 042020

Forester 4-cyl

  • 6,100 miles
Driving the car on the highway from a relatives house, going approx 65 and was hit by something small, could not verify what it was, but presume it was a rock. Upon impact, it sounded like a gunshot, which scared everyone in the car. The damage took its toll on the windshield where it left a huge baseball size break and a smaller break above it. This is the 4th time this windshield has been damaged and I purchased new in October 2019. It just turned 6000 miles as I just had the 6K service done on it recently.

- Henderson, CO, USA

problem #55

Mar 012020

Forester 4-cyl

  • 3,500 miles
Another chip in the windshield. This is the third chip in a month period, less than 4000 miles on a brand new car. Had to have the chip and line/run fixed by a certified repair person who even questioned why he had fixed the vehicle now 3 times! I was driving down the street to the grocery store, which is less than 5 miles away round trip and the chip happened. Nothing hit the windshield, no rocks, nothing.

- Henderson, CO, USA

problem #54

Dec 232019

Forester 4-cyl

  • 1,150 miles
Large chip in windshield caused by nothing. This is the second chip in a 2 week period that is now causing the windshield to become questionable. I came out to the car in the morning which was garaged to find a large chip. The car was not being driven, but was parked in a garage.

- Henderson, CO, USA

problem #53

Dec 082019

Forester 4-cyl

  • 1,100 miles
Abnormal chip in windshield causing a crack starting to spread. Nothing hit the windshield that I recall. The vehicle was only 2 months old when this happened. The windshield was repaired with drill/epoxy from a certified repair person the vehicle was being driven on a side street from home.

- Henderson, CO, USA

problem #52

Jul 042020

Forester 4-cyl

  • 5,900 miles
Driving on a surface street at a constant speed of ~45 mph, a small pebble flew into the windshield and created a crack which further expanded as a hairline crack which impairs vision through the windshield and can potentially cause problems with the eyesight safety features. At this speed, this incident should not cause a crack.

- West Hills, CA, USA

problem #51

Jul 012020

Forester 4-cyl

  • 45 miles
Night driving dark line across entire windshield cannot see road ahead of you unless ducking your head looking out sideways.

- Atascadero, CA, USA

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