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WHILE WASHING MY CAR, THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER BLADE WAS EXTENDED AND RETRACTED INTO THE WINDSHIELD. I FINISHED BY DRYING THE CAR, INCLUDING THE WINDSHIELD, WITH A CHAMOIS CLOTH. NO DAMAGE WAS NOTICEABLE AT THAT TIME. AFTER DRIVING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND BACK HOME, NEVER GOING OVER 40 MPH, I LOOKED OVER AND NOTICED AN 18 INCH CRACK HAD DEVELOPED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. CLOSE INSPECTION REVEALS A POSSIBLE VERY SMALL IMPACT MARK DIRECTLY UNDER ONE OF THE METAL BLADE RETENTION PIECES ON THE WIPER BLADE FRAME. THERE WERE NO ROCKS THAT HIT THE WINDSHIELD BETWEEN THE CAR WASH, THE GROCERY STORE, AND HOME. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY TO REPLACE IT, AND THAT I COULD JUST GET SAFELITE TO DO IT. SAFELITE ORDERED THE GLASS FOR ME AND CONFIRMED WHAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD SAID, THAT I WOULD HAVE...

WE SENT A SIMILAR EMAIL TO SUBARU OF AMERICA JUNE 5. THEY HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE...BUT WE STILL HAVE A CRACKED WINDSHIELD AND IT REMAINS A DRIVING DISTRACTION....WE PURCHASED OUR 2015 OUTBACK IN JANUARY FROM SUBARU OF LAS VEGAS. IN APRIL A WINDSHIELD CRACK APPEARED -WE DIDN'T SEE THE ROCK, SAW NO CHIP TO CAUSE IT BUT THE DEALER SAID HE COULD FEEL ONE, SO SORRY, NO WARRANTY, SO WE CLAIMED IT ON THE INSURANCE -REPLACED A FEW WEEKS AGO FOR THE $500 DEDUCTIBLE. CHANGED TO A $100 DEDUCTIBLE THE FIRST OF JUNE AND TWO DAYS LATER ANOTHER CRACK-INSTANT AND BIGGER. SAW THE ROCK THIS TIME. CLAIMED ON THE INSURANCE, AGAIN, BUT SAFELIGHT HAD TO CANCEL THE APPOINTMENT DUE TO A SHORTAGE OF SUBARU WINDSHIELDS -THE AFTERMARKET ONES ARE OUT, AND DEALER IS APPARENTLY HAVING TO RATION OUT THE OEMS!!! SO WE GET TO DRIVE WITH A GLARING, HAZARDOUS CRACK...I CHECKED...

I WAS WASHING THE WINDSHIELD, SO I RAISED THE WIPER ARMS LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO WHEN THEY WANT TO CLEAN THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. A SLIGHT BREEZE BLEW AND KNOCKED THE PASSENGER-SIDE WIPER DOWN ONTO THE GLASS CRACKING THE WINDSHIELD ON IMPACT. THE IMPACT CRACK THEN SPLIT UP AND TOWARD THE DRIVER'S-SIDE ABOUT 2 FEET IN LENGTH. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS CARS OVER MY LIFETIME, AND A FALLING WIPER ARM HAS NEVER CRACKED MY WINDSHIELDS. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH ON THE WEB, I DISCOVERED SCORES OF STORIES OF FOLKS GOING ON THEIR THIRD OR FOURTH WINDSHIELD (ON A 2015 MODEL!!). I HAVE TO DRIVE AROUND IN AN UNSAFE MANNER BECAUSE SAFELITE CANNOT GET THE ORIGINAL PART FROM THE DEALER DUE TO THEM BEING BACKLOGGED. THE WINDSHIELDS ARE BACKLOGGED BECAUSE THEY KEEP CRACKING ON EVERYONE. NOW I'M SHORT $500 ON MY DEDUCTIBLE, AND I CAN JUST IMAGINE LIKE MOST OTHERS, I WILL BE...

WE PURCHASED OUR 2015 OUTBACK JAN 2, 2015. WE WERE JUST GETTING ON THE FREEWAY LEAVING NEW ORLEANS WHEN WE HEARD A POP. WE ARE NOT SURE IF A STONE HIT IT OR NOT, BUT A STARBURST SMALLER THAN A DIME ALONG WITH ABOUT 6 INCH CRACK HAD OCCURRED ON THE LOWER PASSENGER AREA. THE CAR HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE SUN SO IT WAS REALLY HOT. NOW TWO DAYS LATER IT IS ABOUT 24 INCHES LONG AND IS ZAGGING ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. WHEN WE CALLED OUR INSURANCE COMPANY WE WERE TOLD THAT THEIR VENDOR COULD NOT GET TO US FOR SEVERAL WEEKS. THEY REFERRED US TO A DIFFERENT VENDOR BUT THE WINDSHIELD IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR 3 WEEKS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON OCCURRENCE SO ADD ME TO THE LIST OF COMPLAINANTS.

WE WERE EXTREMELY HAPPY TO PURCHASE OUR FIRST SUBARU OUTBACK WITH THE NEW EYESIGHT TECHNOLOGY IN MID-MARCH. THE CAR WAS ALMOST 2 MONTHS OLD AND I HEARD SOMETHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD WHILE ON A HIGHWAY THAT I HAVE BEEN DRIVING ON FOR THE PAST 7 YEARS. I DID NOT NOTICE ANYTHING IMMEDIATELY. NINE HOURS LATER, I PICKED UP A PASSENGER WHO NOTICED A LARGE CRACK AT THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD (THE REARVIEW MIRROR WAS OBSTRUCTING MY VIEW OF THE CRACK) WHICH WAS ABOUT A FOOT LONG. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THE CRACK GOT LARGER AND EXTENDED INTO MY LINE OF SIGHT. AFTER SPEAKING TO THE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE WINDSHIELD WOULD BE COVERED, BUT IT WAS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER AND WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE FOR 2-4 WEEKS. THE GLASS ARRIVED TWO WEEKS LATER AND MY WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. EXACTLY ONE WEEK AFTER THE WINDSHIELD WAS FIXED,...

BRAND NEW VEHICLE, PARKED ON THE STREET FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE HOUR. WHEN RETURNING TO THE CAR, A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD, BEGINNING AT THE LOWER CENTER AND EXTENDING TO THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD APPROXIMATELY 6 INCHES WAS EVIDENT. NO DEBRIS ON WINDSHIELD AND NO EVIDENCE OF IT BEING HIT WITH ANYTHING. CRACK HAS NOW EXTENDED FURTHER UP AND AROUND (SHAPE OF A LARGE QUESTION MARK) OF ABOUT 2 FT IN LENGTH. CONTACTED LOCAL DEALERS AND GLASS COMPANIES FOR REPAIR BUT NO ONE HAS ANY IN STOCK DUE TO A VERY LARGE NUMBER OF THESE ISSUES. AND THE PROJECTED DATE FOR WHEN REPLACEMENT GLASS WILL BE AVAILABLE IS NOW JULY 1 2015, MORE THAN 10 WEEKS SINCE THE DEFECT APPEARED. GIVEN WHAT'S BEEN HAPPENING, I FULLY EXPECT THIS CRACK TO CONTINUE TO GROW AND BEGIN TO HAMPER VISIBILITY. WEB SEARCHES HAVE YIELDED MANY SIMILAR REPORTS OF THIS HAPPENING. *TR

WHILE CAR WASH PARKED IN DRIVEWAY BEING WASHED I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDSHIELD .THE CRACK IS COMING FROM THE LOWER WINDSHIELD HEATER THEN GOES UP TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD.STILL USING CAR AND THE CRACK IS PAST THE REAR VIEW MIRROR.TOLD BY DEALER SUBARU DOESN'T COVER GLASS BREAKAGE ADVISED HIM I WAS FOLLOWING UP WITH SUBARU TO PLEASE TAKE INFO AND PIC'S.HE SUGGESTED GOING THRU MY CAR INSURANCE BUT THERE ARE NO ROCK CHIPS OR CRACKS SO WHY SHOULD THEY PAY. HE ADVISED HE WOULD SHOW TO THE REP IN A FEW WEEKS ON HIS VISIT??. I PERSONALLY THINK A WINDSHIELD IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND THEY SHOULD MOVE ON IT NOW. WHILE RESEARCHING IT AND SEEING HOW THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH OTHER PEOPLE I AM WONDERING ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE CAR NOW. STARTED A CASE WITH SUBARU.

2015 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH EYESIGHT TECHNOLOGY. HAD VEHICLE LESS THAN 2 MONTHS, SITTING IN DRIVEWAY, NEXT AM NOTED LARGE CRACK IN WINDSHIELD BEGINNING IN PASSENGER LOWER CORNER AND TRAVELING DIAGONALLY UP TOWARDS CENTER OF WINDSHIELD. NO TRAUMA NOTED TO WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING (NO ROCKS, ETC). SEEMED TO HAVE BROKEN SPONTANEOUSLY. MADE INSURANCE CLAIM 4/12/15. UNABLE TO GET NEW WINDSHIELD AS SUCH A LARGE BACKORDER OF THESE WINDSHIELDS FOR SAME REASON AND IN SAME LOCATION. STILL WAITING WITH NO END IN SIGHT. ON-LINE THREADS INDICATE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE THAT HAS YET TO GENERATE A RECALL.

WE BOUGHT THE SUBARU IN ANCHORAGE AND STARTED HEADING TOWARD OUR HOME IN FAIRBANKS. APPROXIMATELY 100 MILES INTO THE JOURNEY WE STOPPED TO REST AND EAT. WHILE SITTING IN THE CAR TALKING, THERE WAS A POP SOUND AND A LARGE 9-10" CRACK APPEARED BEHIND THE MIRROR AND BINOCULAR CAMERAS DESCENDED INTO THE PASSENGER'S VIEW. I INSPECTED THE OUTSIDE WINDOW FOR EVIDENCE OF IMPACT FROM A ROCK OR DEBRIS, SUCH AS CHIPPING, BUT THERE WAS NONE. I TRIED TO GET A REPLACEMENT WINDOW AFTER SUBARU BLEW ME OFF, BUT WAS UNABLE TO DUE TO AN APPARENT LARGE DEMAND FOR REPLACEMENT GLASS FOR THIS MODEL. SINCE THEN CRACKS HAVE APPEARED SPONTANEOUSLY FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD WORKING THERE WAY UP. MY SON HAS A BRAND NEW 2015 SUBARU FORESTER, WHICH DID THE EXACT SAME THING ON THE WAY HOME FROM ANCHORAGE. AGAIN SUBARU DEALER DENIED THEY HAVE SEEN ANY PROBLEM WITH...

SUBARU OUTBACK IS TWO MONTHS OLD AND DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED. CRACK STARTED AT THE BOTTOM/CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD AND WAS ROUGHLY EIGHT INCHES STRAIGHT UP. SUBARU ACCEPTS ZERO RESPONSIBILITY, SO I HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD. I HAVE BEEN WAITING TWO WEEKS WITH NO WINDSHIELDS AVAILABLE. CRACK HAS GROWN TO ROUGHLY THIRTY INCHES AND A ZIG ZAG PATTERN NOW.

MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOPPED WORKING. I WAS DRIVING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA ON 5/17/15 AT 4-7PM AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS DON'T WORK. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE TO RESTART MY VEHICLE AND THE WIPERS STILL NOT WORK. I ENDED UP WAITING INSIDE MY OUTBACK FOR OVER TWO HOURS WAITING ON THE RAIN TO STOP. THIS IS RIDICULOUS! I BROUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW WITH 11 MILES ON IT AND AFTER DRIVING 900 MILES THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ARE NOT WORKING.

WINDSHIELD HIT BY PEBBLE ON FREEWAY, SMALL CHIP NOTED ON PARKING VEHICLE FOR THE NIGHT IN GARAGE. NEXT MORNING APPROXIMATE 9"VERTICAL CRACK ON WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING TO WORK, BY THE TIME I HAD DRIVEN VEHICLE 12 MILES CRACK GREW TO APPROXIMATELY 27 INCHES HORIZONTALLY ACROSS WINDSHIELD. AFTER TWO WEEKS OF DRIVING THERE ARE NOW COMPETING DUAL CRACKS EACH MEASURING IN EXCESS OF 30 INCHES HORIZONTALLY ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. WITH OVER 45 YEARS OF SAFE DRIVING UNDER MY BELT I HAVE NEVER SEEN A WINDSHIELD PERFORM IN THIS MANNER. THIS MUST BE A SAFETY ISSUE, I HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME BELIEVING THIS IS NOT A ISSUE WITH EITHER THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE AND OR THE WINDSHIELD. WHAT IS THE NHTSA DOING TO INVESTIGATE THIS ISSUE AND INSURE OR SAFETY? I HAVE THE OLD WINDSHIELD IF THIS WILL HELP TO DETERMINE THE ISSUE.

I PURCHASED MY 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK IN NOVEMBER 2014 AND THE FIRST WINDSHIELD CRACK OCCURRED BEGINNING OF MARCH 2015. THE CRACK HAPPENED OVERNIGHT AND IT WAS THE DAY AFTER A MAJOR SNOW STORM. THE CRACK INITIATED FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE AND UP TO THE CENTER OF WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO SIGN OF CHIPS/CRACKS DUE TO FOREIGN OBJECTS WHICH SEEM LIKE A DEFECTIVE PART/DESIGN TO ME. THE CRACK PROPAGATED REALLY QUICKLY. I CONTACTED DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID ITS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND REFUSED TO LOOK AT THE CRACK. THE DEALERSHIP ALSO TOLD ME STRAIGHT UP TO GO THROUGH INSURANCE AND DEAL WITH IT MYSELF. I WENT THROUGH INSURANCE AND REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD WITH A GENUINE SUBARU PART BY THE END OF MARCH. JUST WHEN I THOUGH IT IS OVER, A CRACK JUST APPEARED ON MY WINDSHIELD ON MAY 10, 2015. THE CRACK SEEM TO HAVE INITIATED FROM THE WINDSHIELD HEATING...

FIRST TIME WASHING MY NEW 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH BARELY 900 MILES ON IT. PARKED IT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE. WALKED FROM THE GARAGE TO THE VEHICLE TO CHECK FOR WATER SPOTS AND NOTED A 5" CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD WHERE THERE WASN'T ONE WHILE I WASHED IT! STARTS WHERE THE HEATING ELEMENT IS UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE WIPER. IT'S RAPIDLY SPREAD UP AND ACROSS MY DRIVING LINE OF SIGHT. WHEN THE SUN IS UP, THE GLINTING BECOMES ALMOST BLINDING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE I PURCHASED IT TO REPORT WHAT TO ME WAS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT. THEIR HEAD OF SERVICE LOOKED AT IT AND PRONOUNCED IT WAS CAUSED BY A ROCK. HE TRIED TO EXPLAIN WHERE HE SAW THIS "IMPACT". I DISAGREED. THERE IS NO IMPACT CRAZE. THEY TOLD ME TO CONTACT MY INSURANCE COMPANY. THE INSURANCE EXAMINER TOOK PICTURES AND PRONOUNCED IT DUE TO "A...

I JUST BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK ON MARCH 18, 2015. I SEE ALREADY THAT THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ALREADY ON THE SAFETY OF THE 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK WINDSHIELDS. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY ON MAY 2, 2015 AND A VERY SMALL PEBBLE FLEW INTO THE WINDSHIELD AND I COULDN'T BELIEVE THAT SMALL A PEBBLE WOULD CRACK THE WINDSHIELD OVER 6 INCHES! I AM VERY UPSET. I PARKED THE CAR IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT THAT DAY AND WHEN I CAME OUT, THE CRACK HAD GROWN TO 12 INCHES BY ITSELF! MY RELATIVES WERE IN TOWN AND I COULDN'T DRIVE MY NEW VEHICLE ON A SHORT TRIP I WANTED TO TAKE THEM ON. OF COURSE THIS IS A SPECIAL ORDER ITEM SO I AM WAITING AND WAITING FOR IT TO BE REPLACED. CALLED SUBARU SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY CLAIM NO KNOWLEDGE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDSHIELDS (OF...

OUR FULLY-LOADED '15 OUTBACK WITH EYESIGHT & LANE ASSIST WAS PARKED OVERNIGHT IN THE GARAGE (AS ALWAYS). WHEN WE GOT INTO THE VEHICLE, WE NOTICED AN 12-INCH CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD (BEGINNING IN THE LOWER CORNER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND HEADING UP TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE VEHICLE). THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OR ROCK INCIDENT TO WARRANT THE CRACK - IT CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. WE CALLED OUR SUBARU SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY REFERRED US TO THEIR (OUTSIDE VENDOR) WINDSHIELD REPAIR GUY. AFTER SEVERAL CALLS TO SUBARU, HE WAS TOLD THAT SUBARU HAS PULLED THESE WINDSHIELDS FROM THEIR PRODUCTION LINE BECAUSE THERE IS AN INHERENT PROBLEM WITH CRACKING DUE TO THEIR SUBSTANDARD QUALITY AND INFERIOR AERONAUTICAL DESIGN. HE SAID THAT THE SUBARU PLANT WAS WAITING ON A SET OF WINDSHIELDS AND AN ORDER WAS PLACED FOR ME, BUT THAT I WOULD BE COMPETING WITH THE NEW CARS ROLLING OFF...

SUBARU OUTBACK 2015 WINDSHIELDS HAVE VERY LOW QUALITY AND CRACK WITH MINIMAL CONTACT. OUR WINDSHIELDS BROKE TWICE IN ONE MONTH AFTER REPLACING THE ORIGINAL ONE WITH ANOTHER FROM SUBARU. THE TWO TIMES DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY AND TWO TINY ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND CREATED A 12" LONG CRACK ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. THE COST FOR THE WINDSHIELDS IS VERY EXPENSIVE AT AROUND $700 TO PURCHASE A NEW WINDSHIELD AND TO HAVE IT INSTALLED. *TR

UPON ENTRY OF VEHICLE FOR THE FIRST TIME OF THE DAY, I DISCOVERED A 5-6 IN. CRACK IN WINDSHIELD. I HAD NOT OBSERVED ANY IMPACTS WHILE DRIVING THE DAY PRIOR. THE VEHICLE WAS ONLY 2 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME. ALL OTHER AUTO GLASS ISSUES PREVIOUSLY WERE OBSERVED AND OBVIOUS. HAVING REVIEWED SIMILAR STORIES AND PICTURES ONLINE OF ISSUES WITH THE WINDSHIELD OF THIS MODEL AND YEAR THE VEHICLE, I AM CONCERNED THAT THE ISSUE IS MORE THAN COINCIDENCE. *TR

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...

PURCHASED CAR NEW FROM DEALER. CAR HAD BEEN SITTING IN DRIVEWAY FOR 4-5 DAYS. I WENT OUTSIDE AND NOTICED A LONG HORIZONTAL CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD RUNNING FROM HALF WAY UP DRIVERS SIDE TO THE MIDDLE OF THE GLASS. I DID NOT SEE OR HEAR ANYTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD AT ANY TIME WHILE I HAD BEEN DRIVING, AND I CAN SEE NO CHIPS, PITS OR SCRATCHES IN THE WINDSHIELD. THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THESE "SPONTANEOUS" WINDSHIELD CRACKS FROM NEW OUTBACK OWNERS ON THE SUBARU OWNERS WEBSITE, SO I KNOW THIS IS NOT SOME RANDOM UNLUCKY EVENT. SOME OWNERS HAVE REPORTED 2-3 WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS CRACKING. SUBARU DEALERS REFUSE TO TAKE BLAME. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY SUBARU!! *TR

WHILE DRIVING ON THE ACCESS ROAD AT AROUND 38MPH. A ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A 8INCH CRACK AT THE LOWER PART OF DRIVERS SIDE AND GOES UP INTO DRIVERS VISIBILITY. I HAVE HAVE OWNED A SUBARU IN THE PAST AND HAVE HAD SEVERAL WINDSHIELD INCIDENTS AND NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN OR SEVERE. I FEAR THAT THEIR IS A DEFECT IN THE WINDSHIELD AND SPOKE WITH SUBARU AND THEY ARE UNWILLING TO REPAIR IT OR TAKE ACTION TO THE SAFETY OF MY VEHICLE. *TR

WAS STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THIS MORNING AND MY WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUSLY DEVELOPED AN 8 INCH CRACK. NO ROCK OR IMPACT. THIS IS THE THIRD WINDSHIELD I WILL HAVE TO HAVE REPLACED ON THIS CAR IN FOUR MONTHS. *TR

4 MONTH OLD 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK: MOONROOF EXPLODED, FROM THE INSIDE OUT, WHILE ON INTERSTATE; WEATHER WAS CLEAR AND ABOUT 60DEGREE DAY AROUND 2:30PM EST; NOTHING HIT THE CAR, SUNROOF EXPLODED,VERY LOUDLY, UP THEN THE SHATTERED GLASS WENT EVERYWHERE INSIDE THE CAR AND OVER ME, AS WELL AS OVER THE TOP OF THE CAR, LEAVING SCRATCHES AND DENTS, REQUIRING BODY SHOP WORK TO THE OUTSIDE. THE CLOTH COVER WAS OPEN; THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW HAD JUST BEEN ROLLED UP; HAD BEEN ON THE ROAD FOR ABOUT 10MINS BEFORE IT OCCURRED, AFTER HAVING BEEN PARKED IN UNCOVERED PARKING LOT FOR SEVERAL HOURS; WAS MERGING ONTO THE INTERSTATE; I CAN SUPPLY PICTURES IF NEEDED. ALSO, THIS SAME CAR HAS A SEAL GAP ISSUE IN THE TRIANGULAR WINDOW ON THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE WINDOW. AN INITIAL RESEALING DONE WEEKS AFTER DELIVERY OF THE CAR DID NOT STAY SEALED. SUBARU HAS ISSUED A 'KIT'...

THE TOUCH SCREEN THAT CONTROLS THE SYSTEM'S RADIO/NAVIGATION IS VERY GLOSSY AND WHILE DRIVING HOME, THE SUN HIT IT AT AN ANGLE AND BLINDED ME. WAS BARELY ABLE TO DRIVE, HAD TO PLACE MY HAND OVER THE 7" SCREEN TO REDUCE THE BRIGHT SUN GLARE WHICH WAS IMPEDING MY VISIBILITY AND MADE IT VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE THE CAR. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AS IT WILL CAUSE ACCIDENTS IF DRIVERS ARE BLINDED BY THE LIGHT THAT BOUNCES BACK.

TWO INCIDENTS RELATED TO THE IGNITION/ELECTRICAL SYSTEM FOR THIS CAR HAPPENED DURING A SECOND START AFTER A SHORT TRIP IN COLD WEATHER. BOTH INCIDENTS OCCURRED IN TEMPERATURES AT OR BELOW 5 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE CAR STARTED AND RAN NORMALLY, THEN AFTER I DROVE FOR SHORT TRIP (BETWEEN 5 AND 10 MINUTES LONG) I PARKED THE CAR, TURNED IT OFF AND LEFT IT FOR ABOUT 5-10 MINUTES. FOR THE FIRST INCIDENT: THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THE ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING THE HEAT/FAN SYSTEM AND RADIO WORKED, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK. THE DASHBOARD "SECURITY IMMOBILIZER" INDICATOR FLASHED AS IF THE KEY WAS NOT IN THE IGNITION. AFTER LEAVING THE KEY IN THE "ON" POSITION FOR 5 MINUTES, ALL OF THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS BRIEFLY ILLUMINATED AND THE CAR WAS ABLE TO START AGAIN. THE SECOND INCIDENT: THE CAR STARTED, BUT THE ACCESSORIES, INCLUDING THE HEAT/FAN SYSTEM WOULD NOT TURN ON. I WAS...

AFTER OWNING CAR ROUGHLY 1.5 MONTHS, FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A ROUGHLY 15 - 20 INCH CRACK STARTING FROM TOP LEFT SIDE STARTING FROM THE EDGE, WORKING DOWN AND ACROSS. CRACK APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED IN THE EDGE HEATING ELEMENT. POSSIBLE MINOR ROCK SCRAPE, BUT NO "PIT" OR "STAR." *TR

WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK WITH NO NOTICEABLE IMPACT FROM DEBRIS. FIRST INCIDENT DECEMBER 1, 2014, WINDSHIELD REPLACED WITH IDENTICAL MODEL BY CARLEX (MINUS THE SUBARU OEM STICKER). THE REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD HAS EXHIBITED THE SAME SYMPTOMS (DEVELOPED A CRACK WITH NO NOTICEABLE IMPACT) ON JANUARY 15, 2015. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR STRUCTURAL AND VISIBILITY REASONS. BOTH CRACKS BEGAN IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER HEATER AREA. *TR

NOTICED AN 18 INCH CRACK IN MY 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK WINDSHIELD STARTING AT THE TOP UNDER THE HEATING ELEMENT TWO MONTHS AGO. WAS NOT HIT BY A ROCK AND NO IMPACT SPOT FOUND. HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED THREE WEEKS AGO. WHILE DRIVING YESTERDAY, HEARD A CRACKING SOUND AND NOTICED A 12 INCH CRACK APPEAR IN THE LOWER LEFT (AGAIN, STARTING WHERE THE HEATING ELEMENT IS AND AGAIN, NO ROCK SOUND OR IMPACT SPOT). MY SISTER HAS THE EXACT SAME CAR WITH A CRACK IN THE *EXACT* SAME SPOT THAT DEVELOPED LAST WEEK OUT OF THE BLUE (I HAVE PHOTOS OF BOTH OF OUR CRACKS FOR COMPARISON). FROM DOING RESEARCH, IT SEEMS THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH SUBARU WINDSHIELDS (WWW.SUBARUOUTBACK.ORG HAS SEVERAL FORUM THREADS DETAILING SIMILAR REPORTS). *TR

THIS CAR HAS A SCREEN IN THE DASHBOARD THAT CONTROLS THE STEREO, PHONE, AND OTHER FUNCTIONS. IT HAS A VERY REFLECTIVE GLASSY FINISH. THE SCREEN IS NOT SURROUNDED BY A HOOD OF ANY SORT AND IT IS TITLED AT ABOUT A 50-DEGREE ANGLE. ON OTHER OCCASIONS, I HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS SCREEN REFLECTS A LOT OF SUNLIGHT, BUT IT WAS MORE OF AN ANNOYANCE THAN ANYTHING. ON THIS OCCASION, I WAS DRIVING THE CAR AT ABOUT 1:30 IN THE AFTERNOON, GOING EAST ON A HIGHWAY. THE DASHBOARD SCREEN WAS REFLECTING THE SUN INTO MY EYES SO DIRECTLY THAT IT WAS PAINFUL. IT WAS ALSO DISTRACTING. THE LIGHT WAS SO BRIGHT AND SO CONSISTENT THAT I HAD TO DRIVE WHILE HOLDING MY RIGHT HAND IN FRONT OF THE SCREEN TO BLOCK THE LIGHT. I HAD TO DRIVE THAT WAY FOR PROBABLY HALF AN HOUR. I DID NOT HAVE ANY SORT OF...