2015 Subaru Outback Wipers & Visibility Problems

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the sunroof glass exploded. There was no impact to the sunroof that could have caused the sunroof glass to explode.

My sunroof exploded. Sounded like a gunshot. On the highway, 12/12 1pm.

Windshield spontaneously cracked. No impact or accident.

I parked my car in a parking garage one morning, and when I returned to my car later that day, a crack developed from an unknown source across the windshield on the passenger side of the vehicle. The crack begins close to the base of the windshield, curves up and around to the middle of the windshield. The windshield was not hit by anything, nor was the vehicle in any type of accident.

Spontaneous crack started in the middle of the windshield right behind the rearview mirror. There was no debris that hit the windshield. The crack is growing and we are told that warranty does not handle windshield cracks.

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.

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.

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.

Your windshield developed a crack that started at the bottom passenger side without any impact or accident. The crack appeared unexpectedly while the vehicle was in use. Replacing the windshield will likely be necessary to restore visibility and structural integrity.

Around 8 am on 1/4/2022, driving the car on I85 in Durham County, NC, at a normal highway speed, the sunroof glass shattered suddenly and without warning. The sunroof was fully closed at the time, but the inside cover was open. Shards of glass were sprayed within the cabin.

My windshield has a crack that runs from the lower passenger side to the center of the window and then horizontally across to the driver's side. This first started as a small crack and grew quickly. There is a tiny chip, less than a pin head in size near the beginning of the crack.

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!

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 contact owns a 2015 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving at approximately 55 MPH, the front windshield suddenly developed a crack which quickly extended approximately 8 inches horizontally and later extended more than 35 inches across the windshield. The contact stated that the crack began on the passenger’s side and extended to the driver’s side of the windshield.

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving 60 MPH and activating the windshield washer on intermittent mode, he noticed that the windshield was significantly dry as the washer mechanism was not supplying fluid to the windshield at the nozzle. The contact stated that as the failure impaired his visibility of the road, he veered to the side of the road.

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that she noticed that there was a crack on the passenger's side windshield after a small rock struck the windshield. The contact stated that the windshield shouldn't have cracked from such a small rock impacting the windshield.

Subaru Outback windshield cracks again within 2 months after warranty replacement pursuant to windshield settlement agreement. The claimed enhanced windshield from Subaru is exposed to the issue reported from the windshield settlement agreement, and Subaru refused to provide warranty replacement to fix this issue. Carter Subaru replaced my windshield on 02/15/2022.

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving at 70 MPH, a small rock might have struck the windshield causing a crack on the driver's side of the windshield. The contact was able to continue to drive the vehicle though the crack was affecting his vision of the roadway.

The windshield spontaneously cracked at the deicer area. The windshield is available for inspection. The crack has grown and is interfering with visibility.

Tl* the contacts owns a 2015 subaru outback. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact was unsure if an object may have impacted the windshield causing a crack. The contact was unable to confirm that the windshield was impacted by any objects.

Windshield cracked, starting at heating element and grew to entire windshield. Mfr admitted fault (I have documentation) but would not cover full cost of repair. Vehicle was stationary when crack appeared and had been stationary for some time due to covid-19 stay at home guidelines.

My front windshield keeps cracking on the driver side, from the edge towards the center. I have replaced it multiple times with it cracking from the edge. This has happened when the car was in my driveway and also driving on city streets.

Large crack in windshield on passenger side extending over 15 inches across. Subaru dealer says it's not covered under the extended warranty. They say it was caused by a microscopic size chip.

Windsheild cracked for no appearant reason. There are many accounts of this problem online.vehicle was sitting in driveway not moving when crack occurred. .in short time crack ran out 1 1/2 feet.

WHILE PARKED OUTSIDE IN THE DRIVEWAY DURING WINTER, A CRACK APPEARED AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. NOTHING KNOWINGLY HIT THE WINDSHIELD, AND I SEE AND FEEL NO KIND OF IMPACT POINT. THE CRACK EXTENDED UPWARD AND THEN SPREAD TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I HAVE CONTACTED A SUBARU DEALER ASKING THEM WHAT SUBARU'S POLICY IS REGARDING WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS ON 2015 OUTBACKS. I AM WAITING FOR THEIR REPLY.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM BASE OF WINDSHIELD RUNS THROUGH HEATING ELEMENT AND WIPER AREA. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CAUSED BY PEBBLE IMPACT OR POSSIBLY EXTREMELY MINOR ONE AND SPREAD IMMEDIATELY

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHEN THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO RELIABLE SUBARU (438 INGRAM MILL RD, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65802, 855-983-7578) WHO STATED THAT A PHOTO WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE MANUFACTURER TO MAKE A DETERMINATION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: TL1-38506103544. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

WE CAME OUT TO FIND A 6-8 INCH CRACK LINE EMANATING FROM THE TOP RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE ONE MORNING. WE DROVE IT 5 MILES AFTER THAT AND WHEN WE CAME OUT IT HAD TRAVELLED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELDS DRIVER SIDE. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME IT HAD MOVED HALFWAY THROUGH THE GLASS AND ENDED IN A "J" AT THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THIS WILL BE MY THIRD WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT! THE FIRST WAS A RECALL. THE SECOND REPLACEMENT WAS FROM THE TEENIEST PING FROM A CAR ON THE FREEWAY AND NOW THIS IS THE THIRD REPLACEMENT! THIS IS MY FIRST SUBARU. WE HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT TOYOTA IN THE PAST. I REMEMBER ONE INCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY FROM A TRUCK HITTING THE RAV 4 AND IT WAS AN ISOLATED HOLE THAT WE COULD HAVE FILLED, NOT REPLACED! DO I REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A NEW WINDSHIELD EVERY YEAR?! THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I E-MAILED SUBARU THREE DAYS AGO AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE.

CAR WAS STATIONARY AND CRACKED FROM BOTTOM TO FORM 8 IN L SHAPE SAME AS THE LAST TIME THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED 3 YEARS PRIOR

IN JUNE OF 2018 OUR FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK ACROSS THE TOP DRIVER SIDE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SORT OF IMPACT TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CRACK SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD OVER A NUMBER OF DAY. SUBARU REJECTED OUR WARANTEE CLAIM BECAUSE THE CRACK WAS IN THE WRONG LOCATION.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED BY THE REAR VIEW MIRROR'IT STARTED IN THE BLACK SECTION ALONGSIDE THE MIRROR AND CAME DOWN AND MADE A J AND REVERSE J PATTEN ONTO DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AT EYE LEVEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SUBARU DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS NO IMPACT POINT BUT REFUSED TO COVER IT UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE IT DID NOT CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER AREA. WINDSHIELD WAS NEVER HIT BY ROCK OR OTHER DEBRIS AND THERE IS NO APPARENT REASON FOR IT TO CRACK LIKE IT DID. THE CRACK APPEARED WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE SUBARU CARLEX WINDSHIELDS. I FOUND FOUND SEVERAL COMMENTS ONLINE DESCRIBING THIS SAME CRACKING PATTERN.

2 YEARS, 35000 MILES INTO OWNING NEW 2015 OUTBACK, MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED AN 8 INCH LONG CRACK ORIGINATING FROM THE BOTTOM DRIVER'S SIDE. THIS APPEARED WHILE PARKED OUTSIDE MY WORKPLACE, WITH NO KNOWN WINDSHIELD IMPACTS DRIVING. CONSEQUENTLY, I REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD USING SAFELITE, MATCHING THE WINDSHIELD TYPE VIA VIN. ONLY 2 MONTHS AFTER REPLACEMENT, ANOTHER CRACK DEVELOPED ORIGINATING FROM THE BOTTOM PASSENGER SIDE EDGE, AND QUICKLY SPREAD 3/4 OF THE WAY ACROSS THE BOTTOM. AGAIN, NO IMPACTS WERE WITNESSED TO THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN, AS IT LIKELY WILL CRACK IN THE SAME MANNER SOONER OR LATER.

LARGE CRACK IN WINDSHIELD WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. STARTS AT THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE CAR AND BRANCHES OUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SCREEN ON THE RADIO CREATED A BLINDING GLARE FROM THE SUNLIGHT. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED THEY WERE ALMOST INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A PEDESTRIAN DUE TO THE GLARE. THE WAS TAKEN TO RAMSEY SUBARU WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 08/24/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO BE REACHED. UPDATED 9/22/2017*JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THEIR WIFE WAS DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE'S GLASS FOR THE SUNROOF SUDDENLY SHATTERED. THE CONTACT STATED THEY HAD TO ORDER A NEW SUNROOF FROM TEXAS AUTO TOPS THEN SET AN APPOINTMENT TO HAVE THE SUNROOF REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED AS OF YET. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.

DEFECTIVE/DELICATE WINDSHIELD. DRIVING AT 65MPH ON SMOOTH HIGHWAY IN RAIN. PUT DEFROSTERS ON. WINDSHIELD CRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT 12" FROM BOTTOM. RUNS TO ABOUT 2' BEFORE STOPPING. CLOSEUP INSPECTION REVEALS NO MISSING MATERIAL OR CHIP INDICATIVE OF IMPACT.

DRIVING DOWN THE STREET ,HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE WINDSHELD CRACKED. L SHAPED CRACK ABOUT 6 IN IN EACH DIRECTION. ABOUT THE SAME WAY THAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHER 122 PEOPLE THAT FILED COMPLAINTS FOR OUTBACK WINDSHIELDS CRACKING.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM PASSENGER SIDE WIPER AREA UP AND ACROSS WINDSHIELD WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM SUBARU INDICATING THERE WAS A POTENTIAL WEAKNESS IN WINDSHIELD - DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD . CLAIMED DAMAGE WAS FROM A ROCK.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET GOING 40 MPH WHEN I HEARD A POP COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN I LOOKED OVER, THERE WAS A CRACK ABOUT MIDWAY UP THE WINDSHIELD. IT RAN FROM THE FAR RIGHT TOWARD THE MIDDLE ABOUT 10 INCHES AND THEN DOWNWARD. IT WAS CURVING DOWNWARD. THERE WAS ONE CAR IN FRONT ABOUT 25 YARDS AWAY GOING ABOUT THE SAME SPEED AS I WAS. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME COULD HAVE THROWN A ROCK THAT FAR AND HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK MY WINDSHIELD. I HAVE BEEN HIT MANY TIMES BEFORE ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY WINDOW HAD NEVER BROKEN. ONLY SMALL NICKS THAT I CAN SEE. I GOT TO THE THEATER AND GOT OUT TO LOOK AT THE WINDOW. THE CRACK STARTED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WINDOW. I COULD NOT SEE WHERE ANYTHING HAD HIT THE WINDOW. IT WAS A CLEAN BREAK. I HAD TO TAKE MY OUTBACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW EXPRESS SWITCH, AND THEY LOOKED AT MY WINDSHIELD. THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED EXTENDED COVERAGE AND IT WAS COVERED.

I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK ON THE HIGHWAY, NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 280, IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ON MAY 27, 2016. SUDDENLY I SAW A SMALL CRACK ON MY WINDSHIELD THAT GREW TO ABOUT 6 INCHES IN A FEW SECONDS, STARTING FROM THE WIPERS, AT THE BOTTOM AND A BIT TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE AND GOING UP THEN CURVING TOWARDS THE RIGHT, IN AN L SHAPE. BY THE NEXT MORNING THE HORIZONTAL PART OF THE CRACK HAD EXPANDED AT LEAST 12 INCHES MORE. I DID NOT HEAR THE NOISE OF IMPACT OF A STONE OR ANY OTHER OBJECT.

THIS IS MY ORIGINAL 2015 OUTBACK. I OWN 2 2015S. MY OTHER ONE ONE HAD A WINDSHIELD ISSUE WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 ON A COLD NIGHT. THERE WAS A LARGE POP AND SUDDENLY A CRACK APPEARED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. OVER THE NEXT DAYS IT GREW INTO A BACKWARDS "J". DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED, HOWEVER IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE A MARK THAT WOULD INDICATE IT WAS HIT FROM A ROCK, AND NOT DEFECTIVE. WE WENT AHEAD AND FIXED IT, EVEN THOUGH WE THOUGHT IT WAS ODD. THE OTHER MORNING, WE WENT DOWN TO THE GARAGE AND FOUND THAT OUR ORIGINAL 2015 HAD A SIMILAR CRACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, IN A SIMILAR SHAPE AND LENGTH. THE DAY BEFORE, WE DROVE THE CAR TO THE BEACH. NOTHING HIT IT, AND THE CRACK IS SMOOTH, WITH NOTHING FOUND WHERE IT ORIGINATES. SOMETHING IS DEFECTIVE WITH THESE WINDSHIELDS. THERE IS NO WAY 2 WINDSHIELDS ON 2 NEW CARS SHOULD BOTH HAVE TO BE REPLACED. WE OWN OURS CARS A LONG TIME, AND HAVE NEVER HAD A WINDSHIELD EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS, AND IF A ROCK EVER HITS ONE, IT'S A TINY MARK THAT CAN BE HANDLED BY INSURANCE. SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT SUBARU HAS WRITTEN IT SO ANY UPPER WINDSHIELD ISSUES ARE NOT INCLUDED, AND THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WE ARE GOING BUYING OUR SECOND ONE IN FOUR MONTHS, WITH EYESIGHT. THERE IS A DEFECT.

DRIVING ON A ROAD TRAVELING APPROX. 35 MILES AN HOUR ON A COLD NIGHT. HEARD A LOUD POP AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE UPPER WINDSHIELD. A SMALL CRACK APPEARED. THERE WAS NO BUMP OR ROCK HIT AS THE REST OF THE AREA APPEARED SMOOTH. CRACK SPREAD INTO BACKWARDS "J" SHAPE OVER NEXT FEW DAYS AT LEAST 12 INCHES LONG. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WASN'T COVERED AND THERE WAS A ROCK HIT. BUT THE AREA WAS SMOOTH AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. WE ATE THE COST BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, EVEN THOUGH CONSIDERED IT ODD THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. HOWEVER, WE HAPPEN TO OWN ANOTHER 2015 OUTBACK. YESTERDAY, WE WENT INTO THE GARAGE TO START THE CAR AND THERE IS A 12 INCH CRACK - THE SAME SHAPE- ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IN THE SAME LOCATIONS. NO SIGNS OF A ROCK HIT. WEATHER HAS BEEN VERY WARM, BUT THIS TIME, THE CAR WAS PARKED. SOMETHING IS WRONG. 2 - 2015 OUTBACKS? 2 "J" SHAPED CRACKS? IT'S NO COINCIDENCE AND TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE FROM PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS. WINDSHIELD IS FAULTY AND SUBARU WON'T STEP UP AND INCLUDE THE UPPER PART IN ITS RECALLS. IT NEEDS TO. VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM DRIVERS SIDE BOTTOM CORNER ACROSS THE MID LINE ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO PASSENGER SIDE WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT FROM AN ROCK OR OBJECT. CRACK BEGUN WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND WITHIN 45 SECONDS EXTENDED ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD FROM DRIVERS SIDE TO THE MID POINT OF THE WINDSHIELD. CRACK IS IN DRIVERS LINE OF SIGHT, AND A SAFETY HAZARD. TOOK IT TO DEALER, WHO RESPONDED, THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS MODEL. PULLED OVER AND FOUND NO IMPACT OR ROCK CHIP ANYWHERE ALONG CRACK. WINDSHIELD DEFECTIVE.

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, A CRACK APPEARED IN MY WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER SIDE. IT FORMED AN REVERSE L ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO IMPACT OR ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK APPEARED BEFORE MY EYES AS I WAS DRIVING UP THE ROAD.

SUBARU 2015 WINDSHIELD CRACK: DRIVING INTO ALBUQUERQUE NM FROM SANTA FE ON HWY25, I SAW A CRACK APPEAR IN MY WINDSHIELD, FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE NEXT DAY IT HAD GROWN INTO AN L SHAPE.IN 2 MORE DAYS IT HAD GROWN TO AN S SHAPE. I DID NOT SEE ANY CARS CLOSE BY OR ANY ROCK AT THE TIME THE CRACK APPEARED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD TO COME IN ON 4-27-16 FOR MY ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, BUT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE CRACK KEPT GROWING. I WENT TO THE ALBUQUERQUE GARCIA DEALER TODAY 4-14-16, I WAS TOLD A TINY PINPOINT SPOT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD INDICATED A ROCK HAD CAUSED THE CRACK TO START. BUT I HAVE DRIVEN CARS FOR 40 YEARS AND NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THIS DRAMATIC. I NOW HAVE READ ONLINE ABOUT DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE AND MOST VICTIMS BELIEVE THE FLEXING OF THE CAR BODY MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS CRACK. THE FRAGILITY OF THIS WINDSHIELD MAKES THIS CAR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I BELIEVE THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE A SAFETY RECALL.

6-8 INCH CRACK IN WINDSHIELD, NO ROCK IMPACT OR PREVIOUS DAMAGE. WINDSHIELD HAS TO BE REPLACED AND EYESIGHT SYSTEM RE-CALIBRATED. CRACK OCCURRED DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, NO TRUCKS IN THE AREA, NOT CLOSE TO OTHER CARS.

ON 2/11/2016, I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 OUTBACK ON HIGHWAY 50 NEAR FOLSOM, CA. THERE WAS NO VEHICLE IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE WITH IN 300 FEET. ALL OF A SUDDEN, I NOTICED THERE WAS A 5 TO 6 INCH LONG CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD LOCATED THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CORNER. ALTHOUGH LATER ON WE FOUND THERE WAS A CHIP ON THE WINDSHIELD, NO BODY ON THE CAR HEARD ANYTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD, NOR SAW ANYTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD. WITHIN A FEW DAYS, THAT CRACK BECAME A TWO FEET LONG CRACK FROM THE DRIVER SIDE LOWER CORNER ALL THE WAY TO THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. AND IT KEEP REFLECTING STRONG LIGHTS FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS WHICH MADE IT MORE DIFFICULT TO SEE THINGS IN FRONT OF MY VEHICLE. THIS WAS THE SECOND WINDSHIELD I HAVE WITHIN ONE YEAR'S OWNERSHIP OF THIS CAR. THE FIRST ONE WAS CRACKED WHEN I PARKED MY CAR IN THE PARKING LOT OF A COSTCO WAREHOUSE. LOOKING AT THE COMPLAINS FILED AGAINST THE 2015 AND 2016 OUTBACK ON NHTSA, ALMOST 50% COMPLAINS ARE ABOUT WINDSHIELD CRACKING ISSUE. THIS RATIO IS THE WAY HIGHER THAN SIMILAR VEHICLES AND PREVIOUS MODEL YEARS. ALTHOUGH SUBARU EXTENDED WIND SHIELD WARRANTY UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PROBLEM IS NOT SOLVED. THAT'S WHY 2016 OUTBACK OWNERS ARE RUNNING INTO SAME SITUATION. PLEASE STEP IN AND URGE SUBARU TO DELIVER A REAL SOLUTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD AS IT BEGAN TO FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD. HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 23,750.

FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A 20 INCH CRACK, RUNNING FROM PILLAR ON PASSENGER SIDE, TOWARD CENTER OF WINDSHIELD. NO APPEARANCE OF ROCK STRIKE. NO SOUND OF ROCK STRIKE WHEN CRACK FIRST DEVELOPED. CRACK STARTED AT AROUND 14 INCHES, AND CONTINUES TO GROW LONGER. CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS WHEN CRACK FIRST APPEARED, AT AROUND 75 MPH.

WE TEST DRIVE A 2015 OUTBACK SUBARU AT THE DEALERSHIP. IT HAD A CRACK IN IT AND DIDN'T THINK TO MUCH OF IT 20K MILES. WE ENDED UP PURCHASING THIS ONE PRIVATELY AND IT HAS A CRACKED WINDSHIELD AS WELL. IT ONLY HAS 11K MILES. THE CRACK ON THE OUTBACK THAT WE PURCHASED STARTS AT THE TOP MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROW AND CUTS DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT ABOUT 8 INCHES. AFTER READING THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE, IT SEEMS THAT THERE'S A HUGE DEFECT WITH THE WINDSHIELD AND DEFROSTER THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THIS IS A MASSIVE SAFETY ISSUE!

TWICE IN SNOWING CONDITION , THE WINDSHIELD ICED AT THE BOTTOM AND DID NOT CLEAR EVEN THOUGH THE DEFROSTER HAD BEEN ON. WE WERE NOT ABLE TO COMPLETE OUR JOURNEY. EVEN THOUGH WE STOPPED EVERY TEN MINUTES OR LESS TO SCRAPE THE WINDSHIELD CLEAR. I'VE HAD MANY CARS IN MANY CONDITIONS AND NEVER SAW THIS LACK OF VISIBILITY. IT TOOK 4 HOURS ON ROUTE 270 FROM FREDRICK TO GO 20 MILES OUT AND RETURN. VERY SCARY.

WHILE I WAS DRIVING I HEARD A POP, DID SEE OR NOTICE ANYTHING. NEXT DAY I HAD A CRACK IN MY DRIVER SIDE WINDSHIELD, ABOUT 8-10 INCHES CRACK. THOUGHT I HAD GLASS COVERAGE BUT ITS $1000 DEDUCTIBLE. SAFELITE COST IS $461.55. I HAVE THE 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH EYESIGHT, THAT MEANS AFTER SAFELIGHT REPAIRS THE WINDSHIELD I THEN NEED TO BRING THE CAR TO MY SUBARU DEALER TO HAVE THE EYESIGHT RECALIBRATE FOR ABOUT $200. MY CAR ONLY HAS 8700 MILES. LOOKING AT OTHER COMMENTS, THIS SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH 2015 SUBARU OUTBACKS. IF I HAD FULL GLASS COVERAGE I WOULD HAVE CARED OR WROTE ABOUT THIS. HOPE SUBARU FIXES THIS PROBLEM. THANKS AND HOPE EVERYONE STAYS SAFE. AFTER SEEING THE NOTE BELOW I WAS IN MOTION ON A 2 LANE STREET. I DO DRIVE FROM NY TO FLORIDA TWICE A YEAR AND DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO IF THIS HAPPENED ON A LONG TRIP. DOESN'T SEEM SAFE IF SUBARU HAS DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELDS

DURING A RECENT TRIP TO COLORADO, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD ON MY NEW 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK DEVELOPED A DOZEN SMALL PITS IN THE EXTERIOR GLASS SURFACE FROM CONTACT WITH VERY TINY PEBBLES. TWO OF THE PITS HAVE DEVELOPED LARGE CRACKS THAT HAVE GROWN TO LENGTHS EXCEEDING 15 INCHES. THE TINY PEBBLE STRIKES SHOULD NOT HAVE CAUSED SUCH PITS BASED ON MY EXTENSIVE DRIVING EXPERIENCE. I BELIEVE THERE TO BE A DEFECT IN THE GLASS ITSELF, MAKING IT UNUSUALLY BRITTLE. THE PEBBLE STRIKES OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (I.E. 55-65 MPH) ON PAVED ROADWAYS. THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE DURING THE PEBBLE STRIKES, WHICH TOOK PLACE OVER SEVERAL DAYS OF DRIVING, RANGED FROM 20 TO 45 DEGREES F. THE CRACKS APPEAR TO STILL BE GROWING.

SMALL PEBBLE STRUCK WINDSHIELD PASSENGER SIDE AT EDGE ADJACENT TO HEATING ELEMENT AT LEVEL OF MID WINDSHIELD. THIS LEFT A SMALL SHALLOW PIT IN OUTER GLASS. 12 HOURS LATER A CRACK DEVELOPED AT THE WINDSHIELD EDGE AND EXTENDED 12 INCHES TOWARD THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD WHICH IS SLOWLY EXTENDING

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, A SMALL ROCK HIT OUR WINDSHIELD IN THE PASSENGER SIDE DEICER AREA. WE HAVE RECEIVED A NOTICE THAT SUBARU KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH WINDSHIELDS CRACKING AT THE DEICER AREA, BUT THE LOCAL DEALER STATES THAT OUR CRACK INITIATED ABOVE THE AREA FOR WHICH THEY ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. THE DEICER AREA ON OUR WINDSHIELD EXTENDS ABOVE THE SPOT WHERE THE ROCK HIT, BUT SUBARU IS TRYING TO LIMIT RESPONSIBILITY TO A LOWER AREA. VISIBILITY IS A HIGHLY IMPORTANT COMPONENT OF SAFE DRIVING. THE DEICER AREA WAS NOT APPLIED BY TWO DIFFERENT MANUFACTURING PROCESSES WHEN IT IS A FEW INCHES APART. SUBARU IS TRYING TO LIMIT LIABILITY FOR A DESIGN OR MANUFACTURING FLAW. WE BELIEVE THAT SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED.

MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. I DID NOT SEE OR HEAR A STONE HIT. 3 OTHER PEOPLE WERE IN THE CAR WHEN A 10 INCH CRACK APPEARED FROM THE DRIVER SIDE CORNER POST TOWARD THE MIDDLE. NO ONE SAW OR HEARD A STONE HIT. I CAME HOME AND RESEARCHED IT AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE OUTBACK FORUM ABOUT HOW EASILY THEIR WINDSHIELDS BROKE. I THINK IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE IF SO MANY OF SUBARU'S NEW WINDSHIELDS ARE CRACKING SO EASILY.

ON SUNDAY OCT 11TH WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY AND WASHING THE CAR A SPIDER CRACK APPEARED UNDER THE TIP OF THE PASSENGER SIDE WINDSHIELD WIPER THAT HAS SPREAD ACROSS TO JUST ABOUT THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. WENT TO THE DEALER WHO THEN TOOK SOME PHOTOS TO SEND TO SUBARU. AFTER MANY CALLS BACK AND FORTH WE ARE STILL WAITING ON A DETERMINATION. FIRST WAS TO BE BE TODAY 10/23 NOW BEING TOLD 10/28. THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF AN EXTERNAL IMPACT AND AS THE CAR IS SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY IT SEEMS IT IS BEING PUSHED OUT FROM THE INSIDE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING 75 MPH, A PEBBLE STRUCK THE CONTACT'S WINDSHIELD AND CREATED A TWELVE INCH CRACK. UPON ARRIVING HOME, THE CRACK EXPANDED TO APPROXIMATELY SIXTEEN INCHES IN THE SHAPE OF THE LETTER "U". THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,000.

OUR 2015 SUBURU OUTBACK WAS PURCHASED IN APRIL 2015. IN JULY, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED (RIGHT UP THE MIDDLE AND THEN, BRANCHED OUT TO BOTH SIDES) RIGHT BEFORE OUR EYES IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE ZOO. NO IMPACT OF ANY DEBRIS WAS HEARD OR EVIDENT. WE HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AFTER SUBURU DETERMINED A POINT OF IMPACT FROM DEBRIS. WE DID NOT AGREE, BUT WE NEEDED A NEW WINDSHIELD, SO WE PAID FOR IT. ON OCTOBER 8, AFTER GETTING INTO CAR AT WORK PARKING LOT, ANOTHER CRACK WAS DISCOVERED AND MATCHED THE JULY'S CRACK EXACTLY. AGAIN, NO IMPACT OF DEBRIS AND THE START OF THE CRACK STARTS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. I VISITED SUBURU THIS MORNING FOR ROUTING MAINT AND THEY INFORMED ME OF NO RECALL AND DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I AM REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD, AGAIN, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS. I SUSPECT THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN OF THE OUTBACK.

THIS WILL BE THE SECOND WINDSHILED REPLACED SINCE I BOUGHT MY OUTBACK IN MARCH 2015. FIRST TIME IT CRACKED, FOR NO APPARENT REASON, 2 WEEKS AFTER PURCHASE. NOW ON SECOND WINDSHILED, AND SEAL IN UPPER RIGHT IS BROKEN, AND CAN'T TAKE IT OUT OF THE GARAGE BECAUSE THERE'S A DELUGE OF RAIN OUT THERE. MUST WAIT FOR FACTORY REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT'S TOO NEW!

IN LESS THAN SIX MONTHS, TWO WINDSHIELDS HAVE CRACKED WITH NORMAL USAGE. VEHICLES HAS LESS THAN 4600 MILES. THIS IS EITHER A GLASS FAILURE ISSUES OR A DESIGN FLAW. EITHER WAY, UNSAFE.

Noticed a crack in the windshield on 8/27/15. It extended from under the right windshield wiper towards the center of the windshield about 18 inches long. I could not think of an object having hit the windshield, then recalled driving down the street earlier at about 30 MPH.

Three days ago, our new subaru outback (purchased in late february 2015) developed a crack in the windshield overnight that is now over two feet in length. The crack runs from the top edge, mid-windshield on the driver's side, and circles around the rear view mirror before tailing off a foot or so above the bottom edge, in front of the passenger's side.

Within 9 days of receiving a replacement windshield for my subaru outback, my windshield was damaged again. The dealer noted it on 8/8/15 and the windshield was replaced on 7/31/15. I do not recall any rock hitting the windshield.

Had a small stone hit the windshield and saw nothing at the time. About half hour later, we saw a crack in the lower part of the windshield, which spread quickly across the driver's side. Was told by the glass replacement company that these windshields were on back order and had to wait weeks for repair.

Driving home upon taking delivery, the windshield cracked, starting at the passenger side wiper. Within 20 miles, the crack was 24" long. We did not hit anything.

A small object hit the passenger side lower part of the windshield. At first there was a small star shape mark that I thought could be fixed. However it spread quickly.

The windshield developed a mysterious crack from the lower corner driver side, and it propagated across in a week a two. We have been unable to find a reasonably priced after market windshield and the quoted cost from the dealer is way too high. We also understand that the dealer has difficulty getting the new glass in a timely manner.

My wife and I bought a new 2015 subaru outback in pocatello, idaho. On our maiden voyage home, 10 miles from our home in wyoming the windshield developed a crack on the passenger side. The crack immediately spread to over 18 inches.

Went to pick up my brand new 2015 outback from the dealer and they informed me the windshield was cracked. They will be replacing it, but this crack is identical to others described in many complaints. Crack started in the heated wiper element on the passenger side and is now about 12 inches in length.

My wife was driving our outback around town when she noticed a small crack in the center windshield, just below the mirror attachment point. She did not recall any major stone or gravel hits (other than the usual dust/debris on new england roads).

A small pebble hit the windshield on 7/17/15 showing a tiny chip and 2-3 mm crack. We had the chip repaired by safelight early morning of 7/18/15 and it looked good. The next day, 7/19/15, there were 2 cracks over 6 inches long and the window will have to be replaced.

My wife was driving to work and a stone hit the windshield. She checked it when she got to work and said there was a small chip. By the time she got home the chip had become a crack and was almost a foot long.

On july 9, I was driving down the interstate I take to work and heard a small pop, like a pebble hitting the windshield. The windshield instantly cracked in an l shape down around the rearview mirror. By the time I got home from work that night, that crack had extended to about 18 inches long.

Drove through a construction zone on a military base (30 MPH) and parked at the bank. No noise indication of a rock hitting the windshield. Came out of the bank and there was a 6-8 inch crack starting under the passenger side wipers, that extended from the edge up into the passengers view.

Our subaru outback was impacted by a small pebble that cracked our windshield. I put in a claim with our insurance company immediately and setup a replacement with safelite. Got a call later indicating that the part is not in stock and needs to be ordered.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE PARKED, THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 1,250.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

The contact owns a 2015 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that the front windshield cracked without impact. The vehicle was not taken to be inspected.

My windshield cracked for no reason on June 12, 2021. Large crack took over the left side of the window. Crack kept spreading for no apparent reason.

Car developed a 20" crack in the windshield all by itself. The crack starts at the bottom of the passenger side by the wiper blade and runs up and over towards the drivers side. I drove the car one day and the crack was not there.

A crack appeared starting at the bottom of my passenger side windshield and I watched it move across to the drivers side. It was fast moving. I was driving out of my driveway.

Drove car to montana, parked in hotel. The temperature dropped into the upper 20's. When woke up the next morning, before touching the car, we saw that there was a 6 inch crack starting at bottom of windshield on drivers side.

Windshield cracked starting from windshield wiper heater location on passenger side up and over to middle of windshield approximately 2 .5 feet in length. This happened with the so called improved windshield from subaru. The vehicle was stationary , no stone chip/impact damage noted.

While driving my 2015 subaru outback, I noticed the front windshield spontaneously had a crack that started at the lower passenger side and ran diagonally across the windshield about 12", no evidence of being hit by stone, etc.

Sudden overnight crack along the top of the windshield, about 2" down from the top, full width of driver's side. Car was parked in front of my house on a quiet residential street, no impact or unusual weather events.

Wind shield cracked for no reason. No rock impact, no damage, just cracked. Horizontal crack across the middle of the wind shield

Windshield has cracked multiple times

This morning I drove my vehicle and nothing was out of the ordinary. I came home and the car was parked in my driveway for 1.5 hours and when I went back out I noticed about an 8 inch crack in the windshield with no sign of any other damage. It is a nice, clear day, and the car was not parked under a tree.

Second windshield to spontaneously crack since buying the car new.

Under normal stress - a crack appeared in the middle of the windshield starting at the base and began to spread upward and outward from there.

A crack appeared at the base of the passenger side windshield. Grew to about a foot and a half. It seems theres been a lawsuit filed against subaru in regards to windshield, but no recall has been made.

Windshield glass randomly and significantly cracked without impact of any kind.

Windshield started to split in lower wiper resting area after no apparent impact. Vehicle was in motion at moderate speed in a residential area. Split continued to increase in size over the following 3 days.

Driving 45mp, temperature, 75, no cars in front of me or on the sides or oncoming, the bottom of the window popped on the passenger side in the black wiper/ defroster area. A crack developed running up and to the drivers side, about a foot long at the time of writing this complaint

Windshield spontaneously cracked while driving on the highway.

For unknown reasons, my windshield cracked on the driver's side while it was parked in the driveway. There is no evidence of any impact damage.

We have 7,100 miles on our new & very first subaru outback. This past week we developed a crack that began on the lower 4 inches / center portion on the passenger side of windshield. Yes, there is a "very small nick" from where it began.

Windshield was hit by a rock. In the middle of the passenger side. Approximately the size of a dime.

Car was sitting in driveway. Something hit base of windshield and starred it at spot hit. The star spread quickly as a crack running up the windshield.

2015 outback, owned less than a year. A small pebble hit the bottom right corner of windshield while driving on I-25 south of pueblo, co. This created a dime size starburst pattern at the impact sight.

Windshield crack on 2015 outback wagon. There was no crack when the car was parked for the night at 6:00 pm. The next morning, there was a ~12 inch crack, left side of the windshield.

Windshield cracked approximately 8". Crack is inside glass (glass is smooth on exterior and interior of car). No temperature fluctuations and no impacts to vehicle.

This is my subaru outback limited. While my car was parked in front of my home I came out and found a 6" crack in my windshield originating below the wipers. It has since spread an addition 12"+ inches upwards and 4" downward.

Found a 2 foot crack on my brand new subaru outback. After washing my car yesterday, I stood back to admire how great the car looked and then went inside. When I came back outside 2 hours later, I noticed a 2 foot crack in the windshield with the starting point immediately under the wiper blade on the passenger side.

Car was parked in a parking lot away from trees or any other vegetation. Was gone from car for approximately 10 minutes. Upon return, there was a 12 inch crack descending from upper right hand corner of windshield.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

This is a brand new subaru outlander with 850 miles. The windshield got a small chip, about 1mm in size near the very top. As I was driving along the windshield started to crack from the small ding down, approximately 1 foot in length.

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.

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.