NHTSA Complaint #11251835 — 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK

POSSIBLE STRUCTURAL DESIGN ISSUE THAT CAUSES THE FRONT WINDSHIELD TO CRACK. OEM WINDSHIELD CRACKED SUDDENLY A YEAR AGO. THE CRACK STARTED AT THE VERY TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD IN THE CENTER. NO APPARENT STONE CHIPS OR OTHER DAMAGE TO ATTRIBUTE THIS TO. ABOUT 8 WEEKS AGO THE REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD ALSO CRACKED, THIS TIME STARTING UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE HOOD AREA, AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE'S NO WAY FOR A ROCK OR OTHER OBJECT TO IMPACT THIS AREA, WHICH, GIVEN THE SUDDEN LARGE CRACKS THAT APPEARED, LEAD ME TO BELIEVE THERE'S A STRUCTURAL STRESS ISSUE COMING TO PLAY ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. AS THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS A STRUCTURAL SAFETY COMPONENT OF THE VEHICLE, I BELIEVE THIS CAUSES A SAFETY ISSUE LONG TERM, NOT TO MENTION A SIZABLE ANNUAL EXPENSE BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND HAVING THE EYESIGHT CAMERAS RECALIBRATED FOR THE NEW GLASS. VEHICLE HAS BEEN ON THE ROAD LESS THAN THREE YEARS. THE 'WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN' DATE SELECTED BASED ON THIS YEARS CRACKING. I DIDN'T TAKE PHOTOS OF LAST YEARS CRACKED WINDSHIELD. CURRENT CRACKED WINDSHIELD STILL IN THE VEHICLE.