Carrier/rack problems of the 2020 Subaru Outback - part 1

A 12 inch crack in the windshield appeared after I heard a loud sharp sound. The vehicle was in motion traveling 55 mph on a four lane highway (briley parkway) in nashville, tennessee.

I have a 2020 Subaru Outback. The windshields keep breaking. I just had the third (3rd) windshield installed in this 2020 vehicle and it was cracked before it was two weeks old. The last windshield I had was spider webs of cracks - I drove it like that for months waiting on Subaru to fix the glass issue. It is not fixed. I have driven cars in this area for two decades and I have never seen anything like this. There is something wrong with the new Subaru windshields. Small debris will hit the car on hwy/interstate that would not usually crack glass and it cracks. It chips very easy and then cracks to a length that is not able to be repaired. I think some of the cracks just appear. Bizarre. A family member has 2021 ascent and just had to replace her windshield also.

Went to get in my car parked in my driveway for the first time this week where it was parked in my driveway, hadn't been driven since Sunday the 11th and the windshield was cracked from the bottom middle and up a significant way before it split into a wide �y� shape.

My windshield spontaneously cracked overnight while it was parked in the driveway. One morning as I was getting in the vehicle and I noticed a crack had appeared in the windshield originating from the bottom of the glass on the passenger side and extending up and to the center about a foot.

Windshield cracked for no reason as it was sitting in the garage.

Windshield spontaneously cracked in a safe location (driveway).

The windshield cracked in the garage while it was stationary. Nothing physically damaged the windshield and it cracked on its own. This happened twice on my 2017 Subaru Outback as well. I see that there is a class action lawsuit in place and I would like to get added as this is the third time this has happened.

I/we were driving west on river drive, in davenport iowa, and the windshield cracked on the drivers side. Later in the trip it cracked on the passenger's side. Nothing has ever hit the windshield to cause it to crack. I believe this is due to a defective windshield.

Bought the vehicle brand new and woke up the next day to it not starting. The car was sold to us with a bad battery and missing parts according to the dealership. Almost exactly a year later our transmission blew for no apparent reason while getting off the highway and completely stopped running. Now the vehicle has a cracked windshield when no rocks or anything has hit it.

It is not about an accident. I discovered a crack on the side of the rear right tire. It seems to be a defective tire since I didn't drove on any obstacle. It looks like there is a potential for blow, loosing control of vehicle, accident, injury, or deadly accident.

Windshield spontaneously cracked for no apparent reason. No impact, just cracked as I was driving out of my neighborhood (about 10mph).

Windshield had a crack, that I thought was weird as I didn't hear a rock, but a crack. I saw that 2020 Subaru Outbacks had a lawsuit for defect. I found out weeks after I made an insurance claim to have my windshield fixed. I was driving on a highway when this happened.

I believe that the windshield cracked spontaneously. I drove to get coffee this morning. In the parking lot I noticed a 10 inch crack in the windshield that hadn't been there before. To my knowledge nothing has hit the windshield. The crack wasn't there yesterday. There was snow in the car this morning. I'm wondering if turning the interior heater had anything fun do with it. It's currently 32 degrees outside. There isn't a mark in the windshield except for the catch which seems to originate at the base of the windshield. There isn't a rock mark or anything else. I've only had this car for a a couple of months.

Spontaneous cracking of windshield while vehicle was parked. Started at bottom of windshield approx. Midway. Approx. 9 inches in length vertically then crack went to passenger side approx. 5 inches.

Windshield cracked without a reason. Car parked at night. Next morning windshield cracked without any sign of an impact.

Windshield cracked from the bottom of windshield. I had complained to the the dealer. They won't help me and said it is rock chip. It was in the parking mode when it start to crack itself.

Excessive cracking of windshield. Car is two months old and woke up one morning to an eight inch crack on the left side middle. The next day the crack was half way across the windshield.

Windshield crack. Vehicle only had 3500 miles. This is unacceptable to have a windshield crack with such low mileage!! I got in the car and noticed by the driver side an upside down "l".

Spontaneous windshield crack while driving.

My 2020 Subaru is 9 months old and this will be the 2nd windshield I will be replacing in the car. The first time the car was in motion but not struck by debris. The second time there was debris that hit the windshield and the crack moved quickly across the windshield without stopping. There was a class action suit about the faulty windshields with many Subaru owners involved and recently the suit was dismissed by the court. I understand Outbacks and foresters have defective windshields going back as far as 2016 and Subaru has not addressed the problem. I have been told the windshield is thinner than most to accommodate the sensors. The cost to replace a windshield is $900+ each time due to the need for only a Subaru windshield and the calibration of the sensors needed.

Windshield crack.

While driving along route 81 south of carlisle PA. An audible pop was heard. I noted nothing at the time. Later in the day, this 2 foot crack appeared in the windshield. I don't believe the crack is the result of an object as there is no apparent point of impact and only the the very small area adjoining the frame is at all disturbed aside from the obvious clean crack.

July 2, 2020: the front windshield cracked seemingly without cause while driving on the interstate. After stopping, it appeared to have a tiny chip near the rear-view mirror and a crack about 3 feet long extending from it. This windshield was replaced on July 8, 2020. July 19, 2020: the new windshield received a tiny rock chip while driving. The rock chip was less than 1 inch in size so a repair was to be attempted. The repair was unsuccessful as the rock chip immediately spread when suction was applied to the surface.

Had a rock hit the windshield when a light turned green. Chip turned into a crack by the next morning and within a few days crack spread across the entire windshield horizontally.

Had new 2020 ouback less than 3 weeks and noted hairline stress crack (no chips) on outside laminate of windshield, near passenger side camera, 3. 25 inches long. I was washing the windshield in my driveway when I noticed the crack. There are previous reports of defective windshield glass with this model. Photo attached.

We purchased a 2020 Outback limited 4/28/2020. The salesman, al stevens, delivered the car to our home on 5/1/2020. The second time we drove the vehicle, 5/6/2020, a crack suddenly appeared on the lower passenger side of the front windshield as we were driving on an interstate highway. (my husband is an atk amputee and wanted to practice driving the car with his prosthetic leg before driving 30+ miles to a doctor appointment. ) there was no apparent reason for the crack as there were no automobiles around us. We already had an appt to return the car to the dealer that week to install options we had purchased at sale. At that time we learned the windshield was not part of the warranty agreement we had signed and the finance agent in no way encouraged us to sign that portion of the agreement. Nor did he inform us of the high cost of windshield replacement and electronics re-calibration. We paid $1143. 34 to replace the front windshield and re-calibrate the electronics. Our insurance was a $1000 deductible would would not allow filings from dealerships as they are not approved repair sites. At that time we also paid an additional $500 to purchase the windshield warranty.

Purchased vehicle Dec 2019. Had first windshield replaced at our cost on April 29, 2020. Had chip in this windshield fixed at our cost on July 9. 2020. In October 2020, replaced windshield cracked starting on driver's side for no reason while on a main highway.

Wind shield is cracked after sitting in garage for 2 days.

The windshiled has a large crack on the driver's side and is under a week old. I noticed the crack after vehicle had been parked all night at my house. Not sure how or where it began. I noticed on 3/5 but not sure how long a smaller one could have been there and started to grow.

We purchased our 2020 Subaru Outback in October 2019 and within a a few months (Feb 2020) we came back to our parked car with a cracked starting from the bottom of windshield that started from the wipers. We got our windshield replaced, fast forward to October 2020 and we're replacing our windshield again from driving on a roll rode. There has to be some sort of defect on these windshields. We can't be the only one experiencing this on these new cars.

While driving on a highway I notice that my windshield got cracked for no reason. I just purchaced my Outback 5 days ago before it happened.

Windshield cracked overnight. Appears to be spontaneous.

Windshield cracked from the bottom when the heater and defroster were used to preheat the car on cold morning in the driveway. Thermal shock from the outside vs inside temperature caused the windshield to crack upwards and then split in both lateral directions. Coincidentally, the car is new and was making a creaking noise when I turned to the right which I could not source. Now the window is cracked and the noise is gone. Tells me the windshield was too tight and under stress.

The windshield is too fragile. I've owned this car for less than 4 months, have already had my windshield replaced once. Literally 2 weeks after replacement, another crack. I didn't even hear a rock hit the windshield. I was driving off the exit of a freeway, no one in front of me, I heard a small cracking noise. I noticed a bullseye crack on the passenger side. If the glass can't even sustain a small rock hitting it (so small that I didnt even hear it hit the windshield) how does this glass hold up in accidents?.

The front windshield of the car cracked while the car was parked in a parking lot that had no trees or objects that could have hit in the location it cracked.