This is the second time my windshield has spontaneously cracked since buying my 2018 Crosstrek. Both the first and this time, the windshield appears to crack for no apparent reason and the crack grows every day until it crosses the entire windshield. These are costly to repair and should NOT crack without any visible damage.
2018 Subaru Crosstrek visibility complaints
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The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek. The contact stated that while her husband was approaching the parked vehicle, he noticed a crack on the upper driver’s side of the windshield. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 23,000.
The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Crosstrek. The contact stated while driving 50 mph, a small crack appeared on the windshield. The contact stated that after approximately 2 months, the crack expanded. The vehicle was not taken to the local dealer nor an independent mechanic to be diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 17,000.
What looks like a small chip appeared on the windshield without anything hitting it. The car was parked in a driveway in a suburban neighborhood.
My 2018 subaru crosstrek's windshield cracked for no apparent reason. There was no rock or anything that I saw hit it. The crack keeps growing and is now about the length of a dollar bill. I have had a cracked windshield before on a different car and it is obvious when something like a rock hits it. However, this crack seemed to have come out of nowhere. When I first noticed the crack the vehicle was in motion on city streets (~35 MPH)
I own a subaru crosstrek (2018)our car windshield has a crack. I've never been into any accident or collision that can cause such a crack. I didn't understand why there all of a sudden is a crack on windshield one day. I just parked the car in our parking lot in our community ( it's a covered lot) and the next day when I went in to car, I noticed the crack.. I've been searching around and noticed that subaru vehicles including crosstrek have tons of reported issues of windshield cracks.
The windshield suddenly cracked while driving the car on a city street. No impact or reason for it. Crack begun on the top middle section of the windshield and extended to the bottom of the winshield in a matter of seconds. Window replacement and eyesight adas calibration required.
Driving my 2018 subaru crosstrek down the highway today (2/13/2021) with no other cars visible on the road with me in their direction I turned on my defrost and windshield wipers. I noticed at that after that function a cracking line from the bottom of the windshield grew up from the bottom and curved left. The crack continued for about 7-10" during the remaining 3 hour drive on the highway. To be clear there was no chip or impact. I have pictures from the moment I realized it behind the wheel and again outside of the vehicle at the end of my trip. There is no impact just a perfect crack starting from below the windshield wipers, which is proected from debre by the hood and wipers. The car was purchased may 2018, manufactured after feb 2018 and is less than 3 years old.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru crosstrek. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the driver discovered that the front windshield had cracked on the passenger's side. The contact indicated that no object had impacted the windshield to cause the crack. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer adventure subaru located at 1991 mentor ave, painesville, oh 44077 who was unable to determine the cause of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 54,800.
I have a total of two windshield cracks on my orange 2018 subaru crosstrek. The first occured in 05/23/2019. I was driving on mira mesa blvd in san diego approaching I-15 north ramp when a small rock flew a from cars tire and hit my windshield on the driver-side, lower portion near the wiper blades. I was driving the speed limit of 45 when this happened. The rock caused a small chip and two cracks. As I drove on the freeway to work, the crack began to propagate. I immediately called a windshield repair company and have them seal the crack to prevent it from spreading. Cost $75 the second occasion on 01/24/21 I was driving on the I-5 freeway near oceanside heading north. I was passing a truck when a dime size rock flew once again and hit my windshield. I was driving at 75 MPH. This hit right on the driver-side around eye level to the driver. At this point, it seemed the windshield was weak so I'm getting it replaced. Costing me $400. This windshield is weak and I should have not have to replace or repair it at such a rapid rate.
While driving on my way home in light snow my window cracked starting at 6 inches and is now over a foot long and growing.
My windshield got a big crack out of nowhere while I was driving on a highway. In addition my windshield wiper nozzles and pump have both been replaced due to problems cleaning window but continue to malfunction still and I can't see clearly because of it.
Windshield cracked, unsure of timing
Windshield cracked on the driver's side while driving on the interstate. The crack occurred in early october. There was no reason the windshield should have cracked.
A long (10-12 inch) crack in the windshield. I can only imagine that a small pepple his the windshield wihile driving on the freeway. No noticable damanage until a few days later when I noticed a long (10-12) inch crack in the windsheild near the dash (bottom of the windshield) and traveling up and to the right of the windshield.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru crosstrek. The contact stated that while approaching her parked vehicle at her residence, she noticed a vertical crack on the front windshield. The contact stated that the crack was not caused by an impact. The vehicle was taken to repair shop and the front windshield was replaced. The vehicle had been repaired. A dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer had not been informed of failure. The failure mileage was approximately 9,500.
After only one year of ownership, the vehicle's windshield cracked. While preparing for our early morning commute, my wife and I approached the vehicle and quickly realized that there was a crack extending from the upper left-hand side to the lower right-hand side of the windshield (viewing the vehicle from the outside). No rocks or sharp objects ever struck the windshield. The windshield cracked while the vehicle was stationary.
Windshield cracked with no cause.
While driving down the road I ran over a small pothole and I noticed a small chip that had appeared on the windshield. When I stopped to look it over I couldn't even feel it from the outside. Resolving to get it fixed when I came home I began driving and not even an hour into my trip it had turned into. A crack going down the length of the drivers side. By the end of the trip it stretched 4 feet from the uppermost corner drivers side going down, and then making a curved perpendicular to the ground and going to the passenger side. All in the matter of a few hours.
A crack appeared across the bottom center of the windshield 2 weeks ago while it was parked.
With the crack covering the eyesight system, the warning signal was always flashing and causing my steering to pull to one side. Since it was doing this it was causing the car to pull to one side or bring my tires costing me an additional $800 to replace the tires balance and alignment for my crosstrek, plus the downtime that I had to takeoff from work to get my car worked on at the subaru dealership.
Windshield constantly popping like it is cracking from when new. Small rock hit it and a huge crack across at least 25% of windshield before you could have it repaired.
The windshield has cracked with no impact or damage to cause the crack. The vehicle has been parked in our residence driveway and not driven (home due to covid) so I am certain nothing has hit the window to cause it to crack. The crack is vertical straight up from the defroster element on the passenger side and is 10+ inches long. Dealer indicates this is not under warranty and would cost nearly 3k to replace windshield and recalibrate the eyesight functionality. I understand from research online that this is a known issue on subaru models, including the crosstrek.
My car was parked approximately 2 hours and 15 minutes today, friday july 10, 2020, from 9:15am until 11:30am. When I returned to my car, the windshield had a crack on the right passenger side starting at top of window approximately 3 inches long. It is going up and down on the windshield, from the top. I did not have a rock or debris hit my windshield while driving. The parking lot is not near a roadway or where it could be hit by debris.
Windshield crack , which is lengthing. Noticed while driving but do not recall an iincident which could account for this damage.
The windshield spontaneously cracked while stationary in our driveway. The crack is vertical located in the center of the window from the roofline to almost the windshield wipers. The local subaru service department stated this is a problem they see often and will not be covered by the warranty.
My windshield has cracked twice and chipped other times, I believe it to be defective!
A small piece of pebble hit my windshield on the highway. Normally, a small pebble should not make such a big damage, but it created such a big crack in the window. Interestingly, in my neighborhood, there is the same make/model car with the same window crack. It is very disappointing to see subaru to have low quality windshield in their latest model.
Windshield gets a massive crack out of nowhere. Vehicle was in garage.
I have had 6 rock chip since I have owned this car. I drive mostly highway miles to and from work. It seems any slightest hit to the windshield will cause a chip. In all the vehicle I have owned other than this I have only had 4. Out of 8 other vehicle. I would have to say that something isn't correct with how they made this windshield. My 1981 and 1986 subaru's that I have owned I never got a chip in the windshield. And I put more miles on them that my current 2018 crosstrek. My first chip was at about 200 miles and then from there just down hill. I dread the sound of something hitting the windshield. At times I am afraid the windshield is just going to shatter.
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