2019 Subaru Forester: windshield wiper failure

Filed Mar 7, 2025 · Airbags, Driver assistance · OK

I got in my vehicle after getting gas. I was on my way to Neosho, MO, hundreds of miles from home. Thes lights were all on and I couldn't get them to go off. I figured it was because my windshield was dirty. I turned my wipers on to find out one needed replaced. I paid $30 for 1 since I have an odd type of wipers and I had been to 3 auto stores to find it. The Eye Sight, brake, check engine, air bag, and lane assist lights never went off. Now they come on randomly and go off randomly. This causes all safety features to not work. No adaptive cruise control, nothing. I finally got them to go off somehow the day I came back home. I live nowhere near a Subaru dealer. It had no other effect on my vehicle as far as I could tell. Now when they come on. I pull over until they come back on or have to drive it home to sit.

Filed Jun 7, 2024 · Visibility · CO

I started my car and turned on the windshield wipers and fluid to clear the windshield. Within a few seconds of wiping the windshield, I heard a pop and a crack directly down the center of the windshield starting at the top developed along the line of the eyesight system and rearview mirror mount. There were no known rock chips and I had not experienced any debris hitting this section of the windshield. This appears to be a stress crack.

Filed Apr 6, 2023 · Visibility · IN

The front windshield on my 2019 Subaru Forester has cracked for no apparent reason. The crack arcs upward from the base of the driver's left side near the wiper blade through the middle part of the lower center windshield approximately 20-22 inches. The crack occurred while the car was parked overnight outdoors. There is no apparent impact damage. The crack appears between the inner and outer layers of the windshield and cannot be physically felt. I have attached four photos of my vehicle's windshield that illustrate the placement and the length of the crack.

Filed Dec 12, 2021 · Visibility · KY

Yesterday as I was driving home, I heard a “pop” noise & I looked at my front windshield I saw a 6” crack in the lower section of my windshield underneath the left wiper blade. I have approximately 22,000 miles on the vehicle. I got it brand new on 7/3/2019.

Filed Jul 29, 2021 · Visibility · OK

Date of incident: 16JUL2021; Mileage at time of incident: 23,202; Driving home from having a recall repair at the dealership, the front windshield cracked with no apparent outside impact. Crack originated in the area where the de-icer for the wipers is located vertically in the middle of the windshield. In an approximate 30 minute time frame the crack proceeded vertically up the middle of the windshield at which point it started to move in a horizontal direction toward the driver side directly at eye level.

Filed Mar 10, 2021 · Engine · MO

The engine has oil leaked on the left side which I reported on dealership service last november 30 2020 and was fixed and repaired at december 8, 2020. I sometimes check and pop up the hood to see the levels of wiper washer, coolant, and other fluids at least twice a month and noticed last week march 4 that there is again oil leaked on the same left side of the engine. I called the dealership to schedule service and the car was brought again yesterday to have it fix. It is only three months or maybe less coz I did not check the engine last 2 weeks of february due to cold snowy weather. My worry is that the warranty will end this november of 2021 and oil leaked on engine will come back all over again and even after the warranty.

Filed Feb 11, 2021 · Visibility · 61,000 miles · PA

On 2/9/21 I noticed a crack in the lower corner of my windshield on the passenger side, near the windshield wipers. It wasn't hit by any object and there's no point of impact from a rock or other item. It just began to crack behind the wiper. This is the 5th windshield I have had on this vehicle. 4 windshields have had to be replaced and this is another one that will probably need replaced too. There are currently 3 small defects/ cracks in this window along with this new unexplained crack.

Filed Jan 12, 2021 · Visibility · 22,200 miles · NY

When defrosting my car after a recent snowstorm, I noticed that a crack developed in the windshield just below the passenger side windshield wiper. It appears that a small rock/pebble hitting the windshield caused the crack, but I do not remember hearing a rock hit the windshield. I had not done any highway driving in the days prior to noticing the crack either. Attached photos show that there was only a small chip (ie not a big crater) at the impact point, which suggests that whatever hit the windshield may have been small and did so at relatively low velocity. Given that cracked windshields are a common issue with newer subaru vehicles, I believe that this crack is the result of poor quality windshield materials and/or poor windshield design. The car is only ~2 years old, and this is the first time I have ever had any sort of chip/crack to a windshield on one of my vehicles.

Filed Dec 8, 2020 · Visibility · 18,000 miles · NJ

Started car on a cold morning, turned on defroster and went inside got back in car started to back out of driveway and noticed a huge crack starting on the passenger side need the bottom of the wiper blade. As I drove the crack got worse now it is halfway across my windshield. The vehicle was parked when the first crack appeared

Filed Jun 2, 2020 · Visibility · 17,600 miles · MN

Windshield started a 6inch crack while driving on highway, from the driver's side bottom of the windshield where the wipers were sitting at. In about 12 hours, it crack to more than 12 inch longer. On different online forums about subaru suvs, the defective windshield appears to be a frequent, common, yet not addressed problem by subaru.

Filed May 19, 2020 · Brakes, Seat belts · NJ

Brakes: the car accelerate without any action during driving. Wiper: wiper blade make a noise like its about to fall apart. Seat belt: seat belt install in a place that( front both seats) there is no space between seat and car body.

Filed May 16, 2020 · Visibility · 3,394 miles · NY

Windshield crack from wiper area, extending 12 inches upward, with no obvious impact damage. Parked the car in my driveway, returned to drive the car and "[xxx]" - just like that - noticed a crack grew out of nowhere! Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).