Wiper problems of the 2015 Subaru Outback - part 1

Cracked windshield out of nowhere, starts from the bottom passenger side.

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. This was a dangerous distraction to the driver, and could have been much more serious if he had gotten glass in his eyes from looking up to see what had happened. There was no apparent impact to the sunroof glass from a rock or other object outside the car, and the sunroof was not being opened or closed at the time. We contacted Subaru of America and our local dealer. The car is no longer under warranty, and Subaru refused to cover the cost of repair (though I see online we are not the only ones to have this problem). The local dealer could not perform the repair for another week, so we bought a new sunroof glass and installed it ourselves. There was no apparent damage to the surrounding metal frame or roof. The car and shattered sunroof were not examined by anyone else. I have the damaged sunroof, but was planning to discard it. I am attaching an email we received from Subaru of America, along with photos of the sunroof.

My sunroof exploded. Sounded like a gunshot. On the highway, 12/12 1pm. 50+- degrees partly sunny day.

Windshield spontaneously cracked. No impact or accident.

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 new windshield placed by carter Subaru crack on 4/24/2022 while I stop at a restaurant and there is no obvious external influence in my windshield.

Outback 2015 windshield cracked with no obvious reason even at about 30 mph.

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.

The windshield spontaneously cracked at the deicer area. The windshield is available for inspection. The crack has grown and is interfering with visibility. The crack in the deicer part of the windshield is easy to see. I have called and left messages about the cracked windshield for the Subaru service manager at the dealership where we bought the car. The service manager has not returned my calls. I drove the car to the Subaru dealer and showed the crack to the substitute service manager (brian from kia). Brian took my name and number and said he would contact the Subaru rep for me. To date, I have not heard from the Subaru rep about the spontaneously cracked windshield. There was no warning that the windshield would crack. I was driving the car on Saturday June 5th when I heard a pop. There was no other traffic on the paved road I was driving on. Noticed a crack low on the windshield starting at the deicer area.

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 week later I drove it again and the crack was there when I got into the car to start it up. From what I read online it is due to something with the deicer making the windshield very likely to crack in that area. I have never had a windshield crack by itself and I've owned or taken care of a dozen cars for my family over 40 years. Subaru should do the right thing and issue a recall, as there are a ton of reports of this happening to people.

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. The crack essentially developed on its own.

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.

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. At the time when I turned on the windshield heat I heard a crack. The weather outside was cold about 40 f. The temp inside the car was warm. This is dangerous since the windshield is an integral part of the structure of the car and helps to contain the air bags during an impact. These windshields appear to be too fragile or thin for safety and should be recalled.

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.

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.

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. I think the body of the car bends and puts too much pressure on the glass where it keeps cracking. I've inquired with multiple local Subaru dealerships after getting a notice from Subaru and none of them will fix or honor the letter. Due to costs, I've stopped replacing it and am settling with cracks impairing my view.

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. Reporting because I see online that this is a very common occurrence with this make and year. Just came down one morning and the huge crack was there. Car was stationary in lot. No signs of vandalism. No evident chips before crack appeared.

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.

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.

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. Crack grew as temp warmed during the day with only driving about 5 miles. The next morning there was a crack on the passenger side which progressively grew through the drive back to CA. I have driven many cars in cold temperature and never had this happen. This is a sign of a faulty windshield. I have read that there are thousands of Subaru owners with same complaint, and that replacement windshields have also cracked.

Second windshield to spontaneously crack since buying the car new.

Windshield has cracked multiple times.

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. Very sad to hear that about Subaru. Because I've been very happy with my Subaru until now.

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 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. Correct length approximately 12 inches.

Windshield spontaneously cracked while driving on the highway.

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. Had windsheild replaced on 06/18/19.

Hello, my windshield broke about 6 months after purchasing the vehicle. I don't know how or why. It was just broken one morning when I went out to my car. I figured a rock or something hit it. There was no recall at the time and so I had it replaced with a oem windshield. My second windshield just broke a couple of weeks ago while changing my wipers you can see where the ceramic wiper heater delaminated inside of the windshield. It turned bright red. I have owned alot of cars and never seen a windshield that is so fragile. I have changed many, many wiper blades and I know what a quality windshield is. I set the wiper blade holder down on the windshield gently and it cracked, the crack grew across the windshield in a day or so. Ridiculous. These windshields run about 500 bucks and should be better quality. I also have electrical problems where my car clock will not set. . . Currently. It took them 3 years to figure out the steering retaining pin was broken even though I was complaining about it since I bought the car. The rear gate stopped opening and they had to replace the struts on a 3 year old car. There is something wrong with the front end but my dealer said "wait until it gets worse" can you believe that? thanks,.

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.

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

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 glass randomly and significantly cracked without impact of any kind.

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.