2019 Subaru Forester

ONE MONTH AFTER PURCHASING A BRAND NEW FORESTER OFF OF THE CAR LOT, OUT OF NO WHERE WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON AN EMPTY HIGHWAY, A 4 INCH HAIRLINE CRACK APPEARED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK ORIGINATED FROM THE OUTER EDGE OF THE GLASS. WHEN CONTACTING MY DEALERSHIP I WAS INFORMED THAT THE $1,000 REPAIR WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER ANY WARRANTY OR INSURANCE, EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE ONLY 800 MILES ON THE CAR AT THE TIME OF THE INCIDENT.

THE WINDSHIELD ON MY VEHICLE CRACKED OVERNIGHT WHILE SITTING PARKED IN MY GARAGE. THE CRACK BEGINS EXACTLY AT THE TOP DEAD CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD AND EXTENDS STRAIGHT DOWNWARD AND IS APPROXIMATELY 16" LONG AT THIS POINT. THERE ARE NO ROCK CHIPS OR DAMAGE THAT CLEARLY LEAD THO THIS FRACTURE. THE VEHICLE IS ONLY 1 YEAR OLD WITH JUST OVER 10K MILES ON IT. I NOTIFIED MY LOCAL DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THIS WOULD NOT BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I HAVE ALSO CONTACTED SUBARU OF AMERICA REGARDING THE ISSUE AND AM AWAITING A RESPONSE.

I'VE OWNED MY CAR FOR JUST OVER A YEAR AND MY 3RD WINDSHIELD HAS JUST CRACKED. MY FIRST WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHEN A SMALL ROCK HIT THE TOP CORNER OF THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW AND WITHIN 5 MINUTES IT SPREAD TO THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND RECALIBRATED, WHICH I HAD TO PAY A $250 DEDUCTIBLE. MY SECOND WINDSHIELD EXPERIENCED A CRACKED A FEW MONTHS AFTER BEING REPLACED AND NOTHING HIT IT THAT I'M AWARE OF. THE CRACK STARTED AT THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD, JUST UNDER THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS AND BY THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY IT SPREAD TO THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT TOO HAD TO BE REPLACED AND RECALIBRATED FOR ANOTHER $250. SAFELIGHT ASSURED ME THAT THIS 2ND WINDSHIELD WOULD BE STRONGER THAN THE FIRST. TODAY, WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR AFTER WORK, I FOUND ANOTHER CRACK IN THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD AND IT WASN'T THERE THIS MORNING AND NOTHING HIT IT. IT'S ABOUT 6' IN LENGTH AND WILL PROBABLY SPREAD TONIGHT. THEN TO TOP THAT OFF, ON MY DRIVE HOME, DRIVING 35 MPH, A SMALL ROCK WAS KICKED UP FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND HAS NOW PUT A CRACK IN THE CENTER OF THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. I'VE NEVER IN MY LIFE EXPERIENCED SUCH A POORLY CONSTRUCTED WINDSHIELD THAT CRACKS SO EASILY. I'M FED UP WITH THIS

I WENT TO MY STATIONARY VEHICLE IN A.M.AND NOTICED THE WINDSHIELD HAD A LONG CRACK WITH NO APPARENT REASON. NO NICKS OR OTHER DAMAGE NOTED THAT COULD CAUSE THIS TO HAPPEN. I DIDN'T EVEN MAKE THE FIRST PAYMENT ON THE VEHICLE BEFORE THIS OCCURRED. AFTER CALLING NUMEROUS AFTERMARKET WINDSHIELD COMPANIES THE ONLY WINDSHIELD YOU CAN GET IS THE OEM IF YOU WANT THE EYESIGHT CAMERAS TO WORK AND YOU MUST HAVE THE EYESIGHT CAMERA RECALIBRATE BY THE DEALERSHIP. AFTER READING ALL THESE WINDSHIELD COMPLAINTS I WONDER HOW MANY SIMILAR WINDSHIELD ISSUES HAVE OCCURRED THAT HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTED ON NHTSA? JUST GOOGLE 2019 SUBARU FORESTER DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELD. THIS ISSUE IS TO WIDE SPREAD.

BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2019 FORESTER IN SEPT 2019. ITS WINDSHIELD CRACKED TWICE FROM A MINOR ROCK IMPACT DURING HIGHWAY DRIVING AT ABOUT 65 MPH. IN MY PREVIOUS 25 YEAR OF OWNING AND DRIVING OTHER CARS I HAVE NEVER HAD A WINDSHIELD CRACK AND HAVING WINDSHIELD CRACK TWICE IN SUCH SHORT PERIOD (5 MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP) CANNOT BE A COINCIDENCE, THERE HAS TO BE A FLAW WITH SUBARU'S WINDSHIELD DESIGN OR QUALITY. JUDGING FROM THE RESULTS OF A GOOGLE SEARCH, OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME THING

I BOUGHT A 2019 FORRESTER SUBARU AND EXPERIENCED A CRACK ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I NOTICED THE CRACK AS I WAS DRIVING IT HOME THE DAY I BOUGHT IT. I HAVE READ THAT MANY OTHER 2019 SUBARU FORESTER OWNERS EXPERIENCED CRACKS ON THEIR WINDSHIELDS FOR NO APPARENT REASON. SUBARU FORESTER USES SPECIAL GLASS TO ENSURE THE CAMERAS INSIDE THE VEHICLE WORK SO PERHAPS THE GLASS IS DEFECTIVE. SUBARU HAS HAD ISSUES WITH THEIR WINDSHIELD IN THE PAST WITH OLDER MODELS.

PARKED MY VEHICLE IN MY DRIVEWAY WITH NO OVERHEAD COVER AFTER I RETURNED HOME FROM WORK AT APPROXIMATELY 1430 HOURS ON 2/7/20. THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AT THIS TIME WAS APPROXIMATELY 25 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. THE VEHICLES WINDSHIELD DID NOT HAVE A CRACK AT THIS TIME. NOTHING HIT MY WINDSHIELD ON MY WAY HOME FROM WORK. I STARTED MY VEHICLE WITH MY REMOTE START LEAVING MY RESIDENCE AT APPROXIMATELY 1800 HOURS ON THE SAME DATE. AS I SAT IN THE OPERATORS SEAT OF MY VEHICLE APPROXIMATELY 1 MINUTE AFTER I INITIATED THE REMOTE START, I OBSERVED A LARGE CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK STARTS BELOW MY WINDSHIELD WIPER UNDER THE PLASTIC PIECE WHERE THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD GLASS IS COVERED. UPON CLOSER INSPECTION FROM OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE I DISCOVERED ZERO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT AN OBJECT HAD STRUCK MY VEHICLES WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK APPEARS TO HAVE SPONTANEOUSLY OCCURRED. I PERFORMED SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND DISCOVERED SPONTANEOUS WINDSHIELD CRACKS ON MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE IS A KNOWN ISSUE DUE TO SUBPAR DEFECTIVE GLASS AND THAT CRACKS ARE CAUSED BY THE HEAT FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER HEATER USED IN COMBINATION WITH THE WINDSHIELD DEFROSTER. WHICH IS THE EXACT CIRCUMSTANCE MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN. RESEARCH ALSO ADVISED THAT THIS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY SUBARU NOR DO THEY COVER REPAIR/REPLACEMENT COSTS. WINDSHIELD REPAIR/REPLACEMENT IS VERY EXPENSIVE BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL OEM SUBARU GLASS THAT IS REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR THE SUBARU EYESIGHT SENSORS TO FUNCTION PROPERLY WHICH MY VEHICLE IS EQUIPPED WITH. SUBARU ALSO REFUSES TO COVER THE COSTLY RECALIBRATION OF THE SUBARU EYESIGHT SENSORS WHICH IS REQUIRED WHEN THE WINDSHIELD IS REPLACED. RECALIBRATION ALONE COSTS APPROXIMATELY $1000-$2000 USD IN ADDITION TO THE COST OF THE WINDSHIELD AND WINDSHIELD INSTALLATION. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT SUBARU APPEARS TO IGNORE

BOUGHT THE CAR ON FEB-2019. PARKED THE VEHICLE ON THE STREET 12/27/2019 NIGHT, NEXT DAY MORNING THE VEHICLE WINDOWSHIELD GET 8 INCHES CRACK. CHECK AROUND THE VEHICLE, DID NOT FIND ANYTHING ON THE VEHICLE & NO SCRATCH ON THE CAR BODY. FIXED IT SAME DAY, 4 WEEKS LATER, THE CRACK GET ANOTHER 7 INCHES LONGER. COMPLAINED IT TO THE DEALER & GET TOLD: I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAD THE ISSUE, IT IS NOT COVERED BY WARRANTY, INSURENCE SHOULD COVER IT.

WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY CRACKED. NO VISIBLE AREA THAT WOULD INDICATE IT WAS THE RESULT OF A ROCK AND THE CRACK FORMING FROM THE INITIAL IMPACT. UNCERTAIN OF CAUSE. CRACK IS ROUGHLY 14-16 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE PASSENGER SIDE DOWN TO JUST UNDER THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR IN A HOOK LIKE FASHION. CRACK WAS INITIALLY DISCOVERED ON A STATIONARY VEHICLE, PARKED IN A RESTAURANT PARKING LOT. THE CRACK WAS NOT OBSERVED PRIOR TO GETTING INTO THE VEHICLE.