10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 1
Injuries / Deaths:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
3,711 miles

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problem #79

Oct 032021

Outback

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Windshield has cracked in same area as those Subaru windscreens in the class action suit just settled.

- Park Rapids, MN, USA

problem #78

Nov 302021

Outback

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Returned to vehicle and battery was dead. While at work, received notification through Subaru app that alarm was triggered. Same thing happened last week. Tailgate was making clicking sound like it was trying to open. Once battery was jumped, the tailgate continued clicking. Researched online and found that this is a known issue for Subaru Outback and Ascent vehicles of certain years.

- Verona, WI, USA

problem #77

Mar 172021

Outback

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Noted to have large vertical crack in front passenger window while driving. Appears area of impact approximately size of #2 mechanical pencil lead point. No sound from impact noticeable. Resulting damage: large vertical crack extending the entire span of passenger window. Vehicle less than 1 year old at time. This vehicle has had 2 other grossly exaggerated glass incidents of this type (to the windshield). In all 3 incidents, damage far exceeds what would be expected given size of initial impact area.

- Denham Springs, LA, USA

problem #76

Oct 062021

Outback

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While driving down interstate, windshield must have made contact with rock or other foreign object at mid/low left side of glass. I say must have because object too small to create any noticeable sound at impact. Within minutes, large linear crack appeared extending slightly farther than midline. This is the 2nd incident of this type creating damage to the windshield of this vehicle. Another previous incident occurred with front passenger window. In all 3 incidents, damage far exceeds what would be expected given size of initial impact area.

- Denham Springs, LA, USA

problem #75

Sep 232021

Outback

  • miles
The Front windshield cracked for no reason, no visible dmg from small object but a large crack originating from the side of the front wind shield appeared.

- Frisco, TX, USA

problem #74

Aug 012021

Outback

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Lane Departure feature malfunction at higher speeds: will reactivate a few seconds after physically deactivating the control; spontaneously activates and inactivates or activates on one side only - pulls aggressively to one side or the other, even though vehicle is centered in highway. Will not stay inactivated but fluctuates on/off. It is dangerous and causes fatigue in wrestling with the steering.

- Frankston, TX, USA

problem #73

Sep 102021

Outback

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Crack windshield The windshield just crack during driving on the freeway.

- Corona, CA, USA

problem #72

Aug 272021

Outback

  • miles
Windshield cracked causing a problem with "Front Eyesight Collision" Right side does not see Large Vehicles in Right Lane. Left side works fine.

- Big Bend, WI, USA

problem #71

Sep 042021

Outback

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On Saturday 09/04/2021, when I got into my car to drive I noticed that my windshield had a huge crack in it. I could not see any visible rock cracks and my car was parked overnight. This windshield needs to be replaced soon because the crack is getting bigger every day even though I-??m not even driving. I looked up what the problem could be and noticed there was a lawsuit against Subaru for their windshields that just cracks with no reason. I was then referred to report my car as well.

- Phoenix, AZ, USA

problem #70

Aug 252021

Outback

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Windshield has a Crack line from the center bottom edge of the Windshield going up towards the center to the right then left as it expands. It was parked and appeared the next morning with no sign of impact.

- Quakertown, PA, USA

problem #69

Aug 162021

Outback

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I went to drive on August 20, 2021 and I haven-??t driven since August 15, 2021. When I went to drive my car on the 20th I noticed a huge crack in my windshield with no place of impact that something hit the windshield. There was no crack on the windshield on the 15th. Every time I drive it, it keeps growing.

- Big Bear City, CA, USA

problem #68

Jul 132021

Outback

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A Small rock hit my windshield and the windshield instantly cracked. Subaru said the windshield was not covered under standard warranty and recommended a local glass company. The windshield was replaced with another Subaru windshield that cracked 3 days later while the car was parked inside my closed garage. The second windshield never got hit by anything - it just cracked for no reason. The glass company said it was a stress fracture. The initial fracture was right across my line of sight, making it difficult to see. The fracture continued to spread and new cracks were developing. I now have a third windshield on a car that is one year old.

- Shreveport, LA, USA

problem #67

Aug 022021

Outback

  • miles
My 2020 Outback has suddenly stalled three times. Two of the three times was at about 55 mph. The check engine light came on each time and eventually cleared itself, before I could take the car to a Subaru service Department. I did take the car to a Subaru service Department and each time they said there was no current problem and didn't make a repair. I called Subaru of America several times.

- Columbiana, AL, USA

problem #66

Aug 022021

Outback

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I was trying to open the trunk with the button in the car, it didn-??t work, so I pulled the car forward thinking it was the problem, but it wasn-??t. I got out of the left the door open and attempted to open it, but it would not. With the keys in my hand, I shut the driver-??s side door, and attempted to push the button on the back, but that still didn-??t work, even using the key fob. I went back to the driver-??s side, only to find that the doors somehow became locked with the car on and the keys in my hands. The doors would not unlock even though I touched the driver-??s front and the passenger-??s front doors. Using the key fob did not work. Luckily this car has the key in the fob and that-??s what I had to use to enter the car. Actually, this is two incidents in one, the trunk would not open and the doors locked with the car running and the keys in my hand. The trunk oddly just spontaneously started to work again after the analogue key was used on the door. Of note, the monitor and Apple CarPlay had been on the fritz all morning and continued. I-??m not sure if the electronics caused a problem with trunk opening and the car doors locking while the car was running.

- Arlington, VA, USA

problem #65

Jul 262021

Outback

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I was hit by a very small pebble in the freeway which left a small crack smaller than the diameter of a nickel. My insurance sent safelite to repair the small crack. The technician started work on the small crack and immediately popped and turned into a 10-12 inch crack which meant the windshield had to be replaced. I did not have to pay the cost of the replacement windshield as safelite said it was still under warranty.

- Westlake Village , CA, USA

problem #64

Jun 242021

Outback

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The main control module goes completely blank while driving, eventually rebooting itself. Just recently I have documented blanking on April 9th, May 1, May 9, May 30, and June 13. One instance of the voice for navigation going silent on May 14 also occurred. The module was replaced today and on the way home from the dealership, it went blank again.

- Murrysville, PA, USA

problem #63

Jun 192021

Outback

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Along with the ongoing class action lawsuits about the Subaru Outback lower windshields, we have had a crack in our lower windshield that popped up ~30 seconds after the smallest stone hit the windshield. We've had the same small stones hit our windshield on our other cars for decades and never had a crack (around 9-12 inches in length) come up like this.

- Denver, CO, USA

problem #62

Jan 152021

Outback

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Windshield developed a crack from no apparent external cause and crack has spread across windshield from driver's side to vmcenter if vehicle obscuring driver view of roadway. I live in MT where cracked windshields are very common, usually occuring due to rock or pebble striking glass and then spreading from a "bullseye" to a crack. This incident occured with no apparent external object striking vehicle, not was the crack preceded by the common bullseye normally created by flying gravel or rock.

- Butte, MT, USA

problem #61

May 292021

Outback

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Cracked Windshield

- Manor, TX, USA

problem #60

May 192021

Outback

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UNKNOWN - I was pulling away from my parking spot at work and heard a "pop" sound. I looked up and the windshield cracked right at the top in the middle where the rear view mirror is located. I am familiar with this issue as it also happened to my 2012 Subaru Outback. It is quite unsettling because you don't know when/if it will spread even further. Everything about Subaru's are great except for the cheap windshield.

- Yonkers, NY, USA

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