39 problems related to carrier/rack have been reported for the 2017 Subaru Outback. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Subaru Outback based on all problems reported for the 2017 Outback.
Windshields, particularly the eyesight equipped models, are extremely prone to cracking, arguably defective. 5 months after purchasing new, I got a rock chip while driving. When getting it repaired it spiderwebbed, requiring total replacement of the windshield. 2 weeks after replacement(at the price of $900), it got another rock chip while driving on the highway. A year later it got another rock chip while highway driving, and a crack has started to spread despite being repaired. Depending on how far it spreads, I'll be on the third windshield in less than 50k miles/3 years of ownership. My other high mileage cars(130k and 225k) are both still on original factory glass.
Windshield cracked from unknown origin in first year of ownership. I had a $500 comprehensive deductible and had to pay that in full to get a new windshield.
Within a couple weeks of having to have our windshield fixed, I was driving straight ahead on a freeway, approximately 70 mph, when a crack streaked across our windshield. We couldn't figure out why, thinking maybe a tiny rock hit us. A few days later we asked Subaru to fix it, but they said that's not what they do and sent us to a local auto glass company. They said these new windshields with all the technology like eyesight, etc. Seem to make the windshields more fragile. On June 1st, 2017 (our car was only 6 months old), having the windshield replaced, we picked it up to a tune of $1,485. 02. I wondered when we would have to be back in for another fix. Very concerning.
The front windshield cracked a few inches above the dash board, it was about 6" long, the next day it grew to 24". In motion on hiway 50 south lake tahoe in a 40 mph zone.