Windshield spontaneously cracked. Large crack appeared down the middle of the windshield when car was parked/stationary in driveway.
2018 Subaru Forester visibility complaints
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I was driving down my street (a side street in front of my house) and the car in front of me spit out a rock. It hit my windshield and broke. It broke from left to right, almost completely across. My dealer had to order the wind shield. It was installed on 9/8/18 which also required a re-calibration of the eye sight system. I have the receipts from the dealer, but didn't want to upload them since it had personal information on them.
I just read of a class action suit against subaru for defective windshields in late model foresters. We had to replace the windshield on our 2018 subaru forester in august of 2018. We came out of the house one day and noticed the crack in the windshield. We did not know there was a widespread problem with this issue.
I woke up one morning to find a crack in my windshield in the bottom right (passenger side). I park my car in our driveway, not in the street. I rarely even drive on the highway as I work a half mile from my house.
Windshield cracked prematurely at first few months of car being purchased new.
Was driving along on the freeway on my way to work, heard a crack, but did not pay much attention. When I got to work, I saw a crack in the bottom part of the windshield approx 2inches in length. When I got back from work and looked at the crack the next day, it appears that's the crack grew another 2 inches. Called my dealer ship and soa (subaru of america and filled a report and asked if my less that 1 year old car that had its windshield crack spontaneously is covered , I was told not and that replacement parts will cost est $750.
Windshield cracked while parked
Windshield cracks after no apparent reason. No impact or anything to cause cracks. Vehicle was stationary and a crack appeared on the windshield.
Front windshield glass was cracked unexpectedly when parked, when the replacement was installed, it cracked again.
While driving on a paved road(no gravel or rocks present), my windshield cracked in the lower passenger side. I had the windshield replaced and the safety system recalibrated at a cost of almost $900.I was driving on a straight road at about 45 MPH at the time.
Before entering freeway, at low speed, a crack appeared on the windshield. Seems to stem from the lower black strip on the windshield. There is a small impact point stemming from the black strip along the lower side of the windshield and the crack immediately grew to about 10'' vertically upward from that. The next day, the crack curved and grew another 10-15'' in length across the passenger side. I did not notice anything impact the windshield. A car was ahead of me but was about 2-3 car lengths ahead at low speed as it was a frontage road before entering the freeway ramp.
Windshield developed a linear crack after being struck by an empty wiper arm during the changing of a wiper blade. The crack grew from 6 inches on the first day to 14 inches on the second day.
I have had this car since april 2018. During my first week of ownership a small rock hit my windshield while driving on the highway and put a crack in it I got repaired. I'm constantly getting chips. I avoid driving behind semis and other large trucks.I have been reading that this is a very common problem with late year subaru's. I feel subaru needs to improve the quality of glass they use. I want my experience with subaru documented. Hope something can be done. I've never had such a brittle windshield before.
Noticed small crack in windshield last tuesday, starting just above a clip on wiper. Assumed, at first it was dirty windshield from light rain & wiper use, but then saturday it moved about 6 inches mid day parked then halfway across driver side a couple of hours later parked. I have not been hit by anything big or small. I have read that this windshield issue has been in every subaru models. I want subaru to pay for this!
I've had my 2018 forester for just one year and two windshields have cracked from minor rock strikes. The factory windshield was replaced at 11,670 miles on 12/17/2018 and was replaced with subaru oem glass. Now at 24,000 miles the replacement windshield has cracked from a minor rock strike. I was driving the vehicle when a car passed me. The sound of the rock strike was barely noticeable and I didn't notice the damage until my passenger pointed it out to me. Subaru windshields are too fragile and break easily which is a safety risk. I will be replacing this second subaru windshield with aftermarket glass.
I am writing again because I have another chip in my windshield. It looks like it is starting to crack; just like the last two times. It doesn't seem right that car insurance should have to cover a poor quality product. It costs almost a thousand dollars each time. It is also a safety issue to be driving down the road and all of a sudden the windshield cracks. I can't imagine what would happen to these windshields if anyone was ever in an accident.
Second crack in windshield in 5 months. I been driving for 20 years, and never had any issues. Now with the 2018 forester I have second crack in windshield from a tiny rock in 5 months. First occurance happened in il on normal road, second happened 2 days ago in wi, on normal paved road.
Windshield cracked and is now half across from passenger side. No known rock hit same. Googled and noticed dozens of windshields cracked from structural defects. Subaru claims this is why eyesight cuts off " eyesight cannot see it don't work." so I guess it doesn't work at night?
Eyesight shuts off , in rain when most needed. Dealer states it is ok.
This is the second time within 2 years of the windshield suddenly cracking where a small chip was. Windshield chips very easily. Months later the window will all of a sudden crack. Once was when we turned on the defroster; second time was window was cold and temperature outside was warmer. First time happened was 12/2017. Second time was 5/2019.
2018 subaru forester with eyesight. 16 inch long curved crack originating from defroster area at bottom of windshield on driver's side, curving up into driver's field of vision. Crack occurred while vehicle was stationary, parked in owner's driveway. Nothing was seen or heard striking the windshield before the crack suddenly appeared.
Our windshield cracked spontaneously, starting at the wiper park heater on the driver side. The car was parked in a parking garage when the crack spontaneously appeared.
I purchased this car 7/31/18. On 12/21/18 (odometer 3,427 miles), the first morning with a hard frost, I found that my 2018 subaru forester (stationary and parked in my driveway) had developed a crack overnight from the lower left corner of the driver's side upward. (no crack the day before) I drove the car 3 miles to work, called the dealership where I purchased it, and scheduled a service manager evaluation appointment that morning. I drove 12 more miles to the dealership. In under 3 hours, driving total 15 miles, since discovering the crack and arriving at the dealership, the crack had progressed up and across the driver's side of the windshield. The service manager agreed to replace the windshield at no cost to me, "as a one-time good will gesture". He pointed to the base of the crack which began at the bottom of the black area bordering the base of the windshield, claimed he could see a chip, and dug his pen into the glass to enlarge the crack. To me, this are looked more a flaw in the glass where broken windshield may have had a flaw had flexed due to the freezing weather. He described the damage as a chip on my repair ticket, which is misleading if an analysis is done on the crack, but it supports the ticket's note that this was a 1-time repair at no charge, with no guarantee of future similar repairs. The dealer delayed the repair due to christmas, and the crack continued to progress across the windshield. Replacement installation scheduled for 12/26/18. Arriving for my appointment I was told the windshield was ordered but the dealer failed to schedule an installer. They kept my car until the repair was completed on 12/28/19. They provided a loaner car. Researching subaru windshield cracks online, I learned that subaru windshields have a problem with spontaneously cracking, beginning with a 2016 outback recall, but forester owners also are reporting cracks.
The windshield simply cracked under the passenger wiper and quickly spread across the windshield. There was no viable impact and it appeared overnight. This happened in early september and we are still waiting for an oem replacement from subaru.
Windshield cracked all the way across from the tiniest little ding from a rock.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru forster. Approximately one month after purchasing the vehicle, a crack suddenly appeared in the windshield. After having the windshield replaced weeks later, another crack was present after a small pebble made contact with the windshield. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer (day apollo subaru in moon township, pa) were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 6,000.
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