NHTSA Complaint #10705316 — 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK

WINDSHIELD ON EYESIGHT EQUIPPED 2015 OUTBACK DEVELOPED A LARGE CRACK STARTING IN THE WIPER HEATING AREA JUST UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER. THE CRACK APPEARED SPONTANEOUS AS IT APPEARED WHILE THE CAR WAS PARKED AND WAS AT LEAST EIGHT INCHES LONG. BY THE NEXT MORNING WITH THE CAR REMAINING PARKED AND ONLY A FEW DEGREE TEMPERATURE CHANGE OVERNIGHT IT WAS AT LEAST 14 INCHES LONG. THE ONLY MARK ON THE GLASS I CAN FIND ALONG THE CRACK IS A MINUSCULE DOT THAT IS ABSOLUTELY NO LARGER THAN A GRAIN OF SAND IN THE WIPER HEATING AREA. IT IS A BARELY VISIBLE AND IS NOT EVEN AS DEEP AS A GRAIN OF SAND. IT WOULD BE INVISIBLE EXCEPT IN THE BRIGHTEST LIGHT AND IT SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT IT COULD OR SHOULD BE RELATED TO THE CRACK. I HAVE DONE A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE AND AM FINDING AN INORDINATE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OF SPONTANEOUS CRACKING, OR CRACKING FROM ENTIRELY INSIGNIFICANT CHIPS ON OUTBACK WINDSHIELDS. MY OLDER OUTBACK HAS 160,000 MILES AND NUMEROUS PITS AND MARKS ON THE WINDSHIELD WITH NO CRACKING. DITTO WITH THE OLD LEGACY WAGON I OWNED BEFORE THAT. I'VE NEVER HEARD OF WINDSHIELDS CRACKING THE WAY THEY ARE ON THE NEW EYESIGHT EQUIPPED VEHICLES. I BELIEVE THERE IS A DEFECT IN MANUFACTURE THAT RESULTS IN THE WINDSHIELDS BEING UNDER ENORMOUS PRESSURE. IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE A SPONTANEOUS CRACK SHOOTS THROUGH SOMEONE'S LINE OF SIGHT AS THEY ARE DRIVING AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT. SUBARU NEEDS TO BE ORDERED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND FIND A WAY A TO PREVENT THIS. I FORESEE A CLASS ACTION SUIT PARTICULARLY IN LIGHT OF THOSE WHO HAVE REPORTED TWO OR THREE DESTROYED WINDSHIELDS IN THE FIRST MONTHS OF VEHICLE USE. *TR