5.0

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
19,992 miles

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problem #3

Mar 142018

Impreza

  • 8,985 miles
I believe my car experienced a spontaneous explosion of the sun roof glass: While driving on a straight section of highway I heard and felt a sudden, loud, explosive sound that I thought was from something hitting the roof of my car. At the time I was driving it cloudy but no precipitation, approx. 36 degrees, dry road conditions with minimal traffic, approx. 3:30pm. I was in the right lane, no construction or objects noted in the road in the area and not near an overhead roadway or elevated side of road. I exited the highway at the nearest exit and pulled into a parking lot to inspect my car, at which time I found a large section (approx. 10" X 4-5") of sun roof glass was missing and the surrounding glass was broken and protruding outward (see attached photo). This was mysterious as I had assumed that something had struck the top of my car and, thus, expected to see the glass pushed downward from the impact. No object (rock or other projectile) was found resting on the sun shade, which fortunately was closed at the time of the incident. I called my Subaru dealership where I purchased my car in June 2017 new (all equipment original) and described the problem to the service manager. He immediately offered, "at no cost" to me, a loaner car and asked me to bring in my car, which I did the next morning. The manager and a tech staff person looked over my car and assessed that I would need only to replace the glass as the frame was intact. I was also told that Subaru would cover the cost of this replacement, which they did. I believe this was a spontaneous explosion based on the research I found on the internet particularly a consumer report article.

- Farmington, CT, USA

problem #2

Jun 292017

Impreza

  • miles
The driver's side mirror does not adjust far enough out to completely eliminate blind spots. All other vehicles that I've driven allow the side-view mirror to adjust outwards far enough that the blindspot is completely eliminated. The Impreza mirror adjusts out to a certain extent and then "bounces" because it has reached it's limit. This limit is not sufficient to eliminate the blindspot.

- Valencia, PA, USA

problem #1

Mar 312017

Impreza

  • 1,000 miles
I have noticed that it is simply not possible to adjust the driver-side rearview mirror outward enough to be able to properly see vehicles which could be in my side blind spots, and this feels incredibly unsafe. I'm happy that the car has blind spot detectors on the mirrors, but that is no substitute for visibility. In addition, I don't believe the lower trim levels have blind-spot detectors. I am 6'3', which is on the taller side, but still, I am not the only one experiencing this problem and I have never had this problem in any other vehicle I've driven. Other owners are also unable to adjust their side mirrors to the sae and aaa recommended positions. L can't believe that the vehicle was allowed to be designed and produced with these mirrors! this is a terrible flaw in the design, and in my opinion, should be re-designed, fixed for the 2017 year, and a safety recall should be performed for already-produced vehicles.

- Pittsburgh, PA, USA