2015 SUBARU LEGACY Visibility/wiper Problems

36 complaints about Visibility/wiper

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All Visibility/wiper Complaints (36)

Oct 20, 2022

My windshield cracked when I used the washer fluid. It cracked from the bottom where the VIN number is and continued across the windshield. I went to the Subaru dealer in Portage Indiana, to have it fixed under the extended warranty I received from Subaru for faulty windshields the dealer told me that it cracked in the wrong spot, and would not be covered. The dealer agreed that the windshield crack was not from any type of impact.

Jul 6, 2022

I used my windshield washer fluid to wash my windshield and a crack appeared from the bottom driver side of my windshield. I took the car to a Subaru dealership to have the windshield replaced under the Subaru extended windshield warranty program since there was no impact. My claim was denied because the crack was too far towards the driver side of the car.

Sep 18, 2021

My 2015 Legacy developed a 8 inch crack on the bottom right of the windshield at passenger side last 2 days. No sign of rock hitting, it just chip & crack without any sound. Never have any windshield cracking experienced in my 40 years of driving, with other brand car. It should be a product problem, manufacturer should be under investigate for affected brand/year car. A recall and replacement should be provided to car owner.

Apr 8, 2021

I HAVE A 2015 LEGACY WITH 2 WINDOW CRACKS. I RECEIVED A NOTICE IN THE MAIL REGARDING EXTENDED WARRANTY FROM SUBARU THAT THEY WOULD COVER REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TODAY AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT COVERED THAT IT LOOKS LIKE IMPACT HAPPENED TO WINDSHIELD. WHEN I DROPPED OFF THE VEHICLE LAST NIGHT THERE WAS ONLY 1 CRACK AND TODAY THERE ARE 2. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE DEALER SAYS THEY DON'T DO IT THERE. I NEED YOUR HELP. THE WINDSHIELD WAS DEFECTIVE AND SUBARU ADMITTED IT BUT THE DEALERS DON'T WANT TO FIX. I WILL ALSO NEED THE ONE SITE RE CALIBRATED ONCE THE WINDOW IS REPLACED WHICH THEY SAY IS NOT COVERED. HOW COULD THAT BE? THEY SAID I SHOULD FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM WHICH SEEMS LIKE INSURANCE FRAUD.

Mileage: 44,000

Dec 9, 2020

1) SPONTANEOUS CRACKS IN WINDSHIELD ORIGINATING FROM DEICER WHILE CAR PARKED OVERNIGHT 12/3/20 TAKEN TO SUBARU 12/4/20. SUBARU WEBSITE SEARCH SHOWED MODELS WITH ALL WEATHER PACKAGE FROM MY PRODUCTION DATE HAD DEFECT IN WINDSHIELD CRACKING FROM DEICER AREA & WARRANTY EXTENDED 5 YRS WHICH EXPIRED 4/20 SUBARU MAY NOT COVER $1000+ COST WHICH INVOLVES RECALIBRATING & TESTING EYESIGHT AFTER REPLACING WINDSHIELD (2) EYESIGHT FREQUENTLY DISABLED FROM LIGHTS OF ONCOMING VEHICLES AT NIGHT OR IN INCLEMENT WEATHER & ALL SAFETY WARNINGS, EMERGENCY BRAKING, ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL ETC ARE DISABLED AT TIME CRITICALLY NEEDED FOR DRIVING AT NIGHT AND/OR IN INCLEMENT WEATHER. PAID $400+ FOR TECH TO TRY TO DUPLICATE/DIAGNOSE PROBLEM WITH FRONT EYESIGHT CAMERA WITH NO SOLUTION & NOW PROBLEM IS OCCURRING REGULARLY.

Mileage: 15,000

Nov 7, 2020

SITTING IN PARKED VEHICLE, MOTOR OFF, WINDOWS DOWN HEARD A QUICK POPPING SOUND. I LOOKED SITTING IN PARKED VEHICLE, ENGINE OFF, WINDOWS DOWN, HEARD A QUICK POPPING NOISE. A QUICK INSPECTION, LOOKING AROUND SAW NOTHING. ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER DRIVING HOME, TOP SPEED 35 MPH, ON A LOCAL COMMUNITY ROAD, SAW A HAIRPIN CRACK STARTING FROM BOTTOM OF WINDOW, DRIVER'S SIDE, GOING UP ACROSS WINDSHIELD AND MIDWAY ACROSS. THE WINDOW WAS CLEAR EXCEPT FOR CRACK. CALLED A REPUTABLE COMPANY TO SCHEDULE APPOINTMENT. THE REPRESENTATIVE SUGGESTED I CALL THE SUBARU MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT AS PREVIOUS SUBARU CUSTOMERS HAD RECALL ON WINDSHIELD. I CALL TO LEARN VIN NOT A RECALL. I AM EXTREMELY HAPPY WITH MY SUBARU. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE SUBARU DEALER FROM WHOM I PURCHASED EVERY SIX MONTH FOR OIL CHANGE AND ALL RECOMMENDED MILEAGE MAINTENANCE INSPECTION. DUE TO LOW MILEAGE, 26,433, COULD IT BE POSSIBLE THE WINDSHIELD MAY BE DEFECTIVE? THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE FOR A QUICK RESPONSE.😊

Mileage: 26,433

Feb 22, 2020

THE WINDSHIELD IS DEFECTIVE. IT SEEMS TO CRACK AND CHIP WITH ANY IMPACT AT ALL. ROAD SALT AT CITY SPEEDS HAS CAUSED CHIPS. I HAVE HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND THE REPLACEMENT SUBARU GLASS IS ALSO DEFECTIVE.

Mileage: 60,000

Oct 14, 2019

WINDSHIELD CRACK (2ND TIME) FROM BOTTOM RIGHT CORNER OF PASSENGER SIDE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

Mileage: 53,000

Feb 27, 2019

A CRACK RANDOMLY APPEARED STARTING FROM THE BASE OF THE WINDSHIELD NEAR THE WIPER ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. IT WAS STATIONARY.

Mileage: 36,000

Dec 7, 2018

THE WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED STARTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GLASS. WAS FIRST NOTICED AFTER BEING PARKED IN WORK PARKING LOT AND WAS APPROXIMATELY 6" LONG; IN THE MORNING WHILE RUNNING AN ERRAND THE CRACK EXPANDED ANOTHER 6" WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED.

Mileage: 26,500

Nov 15, 2018

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD FOR MY COMMUTE TO CLASS WHEN I HEARD A LOUD POP KIND OF LIKE A GUN SHOT. THIS IS WHEN I NOTICED THAT MY CAR WAS GETTING COLDER, AND I SAW THAT MY SUNROOF HAD EXPLODED. THIS HAD HAPPENED WHEN I WAS GOING AROUND 57MPH UP A HILL WITH THE CLOSEST PERSON IN FRONT OF ME TO BE A GOOD 1/2 OR 1 MILE AWAY. AS WELL AS THERE NOT BEING ANY TREES OR ANYTHING ABOVE ME, SINCE I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE AT THE TIME.

Mileage: 64,779

Mar 22, 2018

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED OFF THE RIGHT EDGE WITH NO VISIBLE SIGN OF ANY CHIPS.

Nov 21, 2017

TRANSMISSION SLIPS, GAS CAP DOES NOT CLOSE/OPEN PROPERLY AND "STICKS." CONSTANT BUZZING SOUND FROM WINDOWS EVEN AFTER THEY WERE REPLACED AND THE MOONROOF WILL NOT CLOSE PROPERLY WHEN PRESSING THE BUTTON FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE MOONROOF WILL CLOSE AND THEN OPEN AGAIN.

Sep 26, 2017

FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKS SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING. FIRST OCCURRED ON 8/24/17 AS DESCRIBED IN THEIR TSB WITH CRACK STARTING FROM THE DEICER. DEALER REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE NEWLY REPLACED WINDOW CRACKED ONCE AGAIN ON 9/19/17. THIS TIME DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD UNDER WARRANTY AND IT IS NOT EVEN A MONTH OLD, INSURANCE HAD TO COVER THE COSTS. OEM IS ONLY OPTION FOR GLASS WITH THE EYE-SIGHT SYSTEM. EYE-SIGHT ALSO REQUIRES CALIBRATION BY DEALERSHIP WHEN GLASS IS REPLACED. THE WINDSHIELD IS A CRITICAL COMPONENT TO THE SRS SYSTEM WHEN AN AIRBAG DEPLOYS. USING SUCH FRAGILE GLASS IS A SAFETY CONCERN. HIGH CONSUMER COST WHEN SUBARU ONLY COVERS THE FIRST INCIDENT. MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER OWNERS AND PENDING CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT (LUONG V. SUBARU 4:17-CV-03160-YGR).

Mileage: 32,371

Oct 7, 2016

I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 65 MPH WHEN THE CAR AHEAD OF ME MUST HAVE KICKED UP A SMALL PEBBLE THAT HIT THE WINDSHIELD. THE PEBBLE PUT A SMALL CHIP IN THE PASSANGER SIDE WINDSHIELD & WITHIN 1/2 AN HOUR THERE WAS A CRACK ABOUT 6" LONG RUNNING TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN I WENT AROUND A CLOVER LEAF EXIT TO GET OFF THE INTERSTATE THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED ANOTHER 6" TOWARDS THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE PEBBLE WAS VERY SMALL & SHOULD HAVE MADE NO MORE THAN A SMALL CHIP IN THE WINDSHIELD. I HOPE THE CRACK WILL NOT CONTINUE TO GROW; THE WINDSHIELD MUST HAVE SOME KIND OF MANUFACTURING FLAW IN IT. I HOPE IT IS STILL SAFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AS I DO NOT HAVE THE $500.00+ TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD AT THIS TIME.?

Mileage: 17,140

May 14, 2016

I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW IN FEBRUARY 2015 AND MY WINDSHIELD HAS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT THREE TIMES. THE SLIGHTEST IMPACT (E.G.: A SMALL PIECE OF GRAVEL COMMON ON ROADWAYS) TO THE WINDSHIELD RESULTS IN HUGE CRACKS IMPEDING MY VISION. THE WINDSHIELD DOES NOT SIMPLY CHIP; IT ALWAYS INSTANTLY CRACKS AND REQUIRES REPLACEMENT. I HAVE REPLACED MORE WINDSHIELDS ON THIS VEHICLE THAN ALL OTHER VEHICLES I HAVE EVER OWNED COMBINED. BECAUSE I HAVE THE SUBARU EYESIGHT SYSTEM, I AM REQUIRED TO REPLACE WITH FACTORY GLASS WHICH IS USUALLY ON BACK-ORDER; THIS GLASS IS CLEARLY DEFECTIVE.

Mileage: 19,000

Feb 29, 2016

WENT OUTSIDE TO WASH THE CAR AND BEFORE I EVEN GOT STARTED I NOTICED A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD. I LOOKS LIKE IT STARTED IN THE VERY CENTER AT THE BOTTOM AND TRAVELED UP AND THEN TO THE PASSENGER'S SIDE. THE CRACK IS ABOUT 12 INCHES LONG. NO IMPACT, VEHICLE WASN'T EVEN MOVING. THERE WAS NO CRACK THE DAY BEFORE.

Mileage: 17,500

Feb 17, 2016

WHILE TRAVELING ON THE OPEN INTERSTATE, THE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO CRACK. THE CRACK STARTED IN THE LOWER DRIVER SIDE CORNER, UNDER THE WIPER BLADE. IN LESS THAN 30 MIN, THE CRACK EXTENDED UP AND OVER, IN-FRONT OF THE DRIVER'S VIEW AND EXTENDED TO THE CENTER. FROM THE OUTSIDE, YOU CAN FEEL THE CRACK. IF YOU PUSH ON THE WINDSHIELD, YOU CAN TELL THAT THE WINDSHIELD IS WEAK, POOR QUALITY, AND A OBVIOUS SAFETY ISSUE.

Mileage: 9,500

Feb 15, 2016

WE HAVE OWNED THE CAR FOR 14 MONTH'S AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD 6 TIMES DUE TO CRACKING. OTHER CARS IN THE SAME HOUSEHOLD HAVE NEVER HAD TO HAVE THEIR WINDSHIELDS REPLACED. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY SOME KIND OF DEFECT ASSOCIATED WITH THIS VEHICLE. CONTACTED SUBARU DEALER WITH NO HELP.

Mileage: 20,000

Jan 18, 2016

1.5 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING CAR, NOTICED VERTICAL ~1 INCH CRACK (WHILE DRIVING, BUT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS DRIVING INTO THE SUN) IN WINDSHIELD ABOVE STEERING WHEEL. THERE WAS NO AUDIBLE CRACKING NOISE WINDSHIELD WAS ON BACKORDER, AND GOT REPLACED. NOTICED NEW CRACK IN SAME AREA, ON INSIDE OF WINDSHIELD. (WAS DRIVING INTO SUN, BUT NO AUDIBLE NOISE) 12/11/2015 MILEAGE 6323 REPLACED WINDSHIELD 1/18/2015. MILEAGE 6508 PARKED VEHICLE UNDER LIGHT, AND NOTICE APPROXIMATELY 3 INCH SCRATCH (VERTICAL, IN SAME AREA AS THE LAST 2. WINDSHIELD WAS LESS THAN 12 HOURS OLD

Mileage: 2,000

Dec 30, 2015

BOUGHT MY VEHICLE AND WAS DRIVING IT HOME, HAD THE DEFROST ON CAUSE THE WINDOW KEPT FOGGING UP WHEN I HEARD A CRACK AND THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE BOTTOM UP WHERE THE DEFROSTER IS AND THEY WONT REPLACE IT, ON TOP OF THE WHERE U PUT GAS IN THE CAR IT STUCK SHUT AND THEY TOLD ME TO PRY IT OPEN N LEAVE IT OPEN TILL THEY GET A PART BUT IT IS ON BACK ORDER SO DON'T NO WHEN I WILL GET IT FIXED THAT OCCURRED THIS MONTH ON THE GAS OPENER 12/30/2015

Mileage: 20

Dec 20, 2015

I HAVE A 2015 SUBARU LEGACY WITH 6000 MILES ON IT. ON DEC 8TH, 2015, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE, I.E. OIL CHANGE FILTER, TIRE ROTATION, SYSTEM CHECKS AND FLUID LEVELS, ETC. I WAITED FOR THE CAR. I WAS TOLD TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THE WINDSHIELD IN THE SERVICE BAY. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A CRACK (HORSESHOE SHAPED) AROUND THE CENTER TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK WAS NOT THERE WHEN I BROUGHT IT IN BECAUSE I HAD THE CAR WASHED AND I WIPED OFF THE WINDOWS MYSELF PRIOR TO GOING UP TO THE DEALERS. I WOULD HAVE NOTICED THE CRACK. THERE IS NO DING OR STAR SHAPE MARK THAT I CAN SEE ON THE WINDOW. IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE CRACK STARTED ON THE INSIDE AROUND THE REAR VIEW MIRROR AREA. I HAVE READ QUITE A FEW REPORTS OF UNEXPLAINED CRACKS IN LEGACY AND OUTBACKS. 2015 MODELS. IT APPEARS TO BE A WINDSHIELD DEFECT. I'M WAITING FOR THEM TO GET BACK TO ME ABOUT REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD. THEY BETTER NOT GIVE ME A HARD TIME BECAUSE I AM THEIR WORST NIGHTMARE. THE DEALERSHIP THAT I WENT TO IS A REPUTABLE DEALER, I JUST HOPE THEY DO THE RIGHT THING. *DT

Nov 11, 2015

HERD A SMALL NOISE WHILE DRIVING AT 50 MILES/HR. NOT SEEN ANY CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD. BUT AFTER FEW HOURS, SAW A CHIP MARK AND WITHIN ONE DAY THE CRACK DEVELOPED TO 2FOOT LENGTH. THE MANUFACTURER SENT ME A LETTER SAYING THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECTS ON THE DEICER AREA AND CRACKS ON THIS AREA IS COVERED. MY CRACK IS LITTLE ABOVE THIS AREA AND THEY SAY IT IS NOT COVERED. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND THIS. PLEASE ADVICE ME. THANKS KOSHY

Nov 11, 2015

THREE MONTHS INTO OWNING MY NEW SUBARU LEGACY, A SMALL PEBBLE HIT MY WINDSHIELD WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, RESULTING IN A VISIBLE CHIP. IT DID NOT TURN INTO A CRACK, SO I DIDN'T GET IT FILLED. HOWEVER, THE WINDSHIELD HAS INCURRED MULTIPLE OTHER CHIPS FROM VERY SMALL PIECES OF ROCK/GRAVEL. I'VE NEVER SEEN SUCH A WEAK WINDSHIELD, AND IT'S SERIOUSLY CONCERNING. I HAVE EXPERIENCED OTHER SMALL ISSUES WITH THE CAR AS WELL, INCLUDING A STRANGE PITCH IN THE VEHICLE HORN AND A RATTLING NOISE COMING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW. ALL PROBLEMS WERE REPORTED TO THE DEALER, BUT NONE WERE ADDRESSED.

Mileage: 4,000

Oct 28, 2015

I PACKED THE CAR IN THE GARAGE PERFECTLY OK THEN IN THE MORNING IT HAD A CRACKED WINDSHIELD ABOUT 6 IN. I HAD THE CAR FOR 6 WEEKS AND ODOMETER WAS AT 2100 MIL. IT CRACKED IN THE DRIVER SIDE UP AND NOW IS ALMOST IN THE OTHER SIDE IN WEIRD PATHER UP AND DOWN AND UP AND DOWN . I WENT TO DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME THAT WAS A VERY SMALL CHIP THEREFORE IS NOT COVERED BY BUMPER TO BUMPER -). LATER I WENT TO FAST GLASS - THEY ARE NOT THRILLED TO CHANGE IT - REASON BEEN THEY DID A LOT OF NEW SUBARU WITH ORIGINAL GLASS AND THEN 1 -2 WEEKS LATER SAME PEOPLE ARE BACK WITH A CRACKED WINDSHIELD. ..THEY ARE WILLING TO SUPORT MY CLAIM.

Mileage: 2,100

Oct 22, 2015

WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A CRACK A FEW INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM TOWARD THE CENTER CLOSER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. VEHICLE WAS 3 MONTHS OLD AT THE TIME. THERE WAS NO KNOWN STONE HIT AND NO OBVIOUS STARTING POINT FOR THE CRACK. CRACK SPREAD OVER THE NEXT DAY ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $500.

Mileage: 2,850

Aug 24, 2015

WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED SMALL CRACK. GREW OVER TIME. SUBARU HAD NEW PARTS UNDER NATIONAL BACKORDER. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF CRACKS DEVELOPING FOR NO APPARENT REASONS. SEE:HTTP://LEGACYGT.COM/FORUMS/

Mileage: 1,500

Aug 17, 2015

ON JULY 13, 2015, IN THE MORNING I SAW A CRACK THAT HADN'T BEEN ON MY WINDSHIELD THERE THE DAY BEFORE HAD STARTED LOW IN THE PASSENGER SIDE, NEAR THE CORNER OF MY 9- MONTH OLD 2015 LEGACY. OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS IT GREW INCHES A DAY, STRAIGHT UP AND ANOTHER CRACK TOWARDS THE DRIVING SIDE. NO OBVIOUS CAUSE - NO ROCK HIT NOR "STAR" TO START IT. THE DEALER IN SAID WINDSHIELDS ARE ON BACK ORDER, AND WANT $839 FOR THE REPLACEMENT AND INSTALLATION. I STILL HAVEN'T HAD IT REPLACED, WAITING TO SEE IF SUBARU IS GOING TO TAKE SOME RESPONSIBILITY, SINCE THE INTERNET IS FILLING UP WITH SIMILAR ACCOUNTS.

Mileage: 8,000

Aug 10, 2015

IN THE COURSE OF DRIVING AROUND OUR AREA, MY WIFE & I PARKED OUR NEW 2015 SUBARU LEGACY FOR AN HOUR TO DO SOME SHOPPING. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO THE CAR, WE COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE A CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE FRONT WINDSHIELD, WHERE THERE HADN'T BEEN ONE BEFORE. WE DROVE IMMEDIATELY TO OUR LOCAL SUBARU DEALER, WHERE THEY NOTICED A VERY SMALL DING JUST BELOW THE RIGHT WINDSHIELD WIPER, WITH THE AFOREMENTIONED CRACK COMING FROM THE DING. FROM MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF CLOSE TO 50 YEARS OF DRIVING, THIS IS THE FIRST EVER NON-CRASH WINDSHIELD PROBLEM I'VE HAD THAT'S HAD A PROGRESSIVE CRACK, AND THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR! I'M READING THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM!

Mileage: 7,000

Jul 20, 2015

OUR WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK THAT GREW OVER TWO DAYS AND NOW EXTENDS HALF THE WIDTH OF THE WINDSHIELD. WE DISCOVERED THIS CRACK WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR AFTER IT WAS PARKED. THERE IS NO OBVIOUS REASON FOR THIS CRACK. WE HAVE NO MEMORY OF HITTING OR BEING HIT BY ANY OBJECT. I UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH SPONTANEOUS CRACKS HAVE APPEARED ON OTHER SUBARU OUTBACKS AND LEGACIES.

Mileage: 2,000

Jul 15, 2015

OUT OF NOWHERE THE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO CRACK - STARTED ON THE EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGERSIDE ABOUT 8-10 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM - AT THIS POINT IT HAS SPREAD PAST THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD LEAVING A HORIZONTAL CRACH THAT PRETTY MUCH SPLIT MY WINDSHIELD IN HAVE - THE WINSHIELD IS CURRENTLY ON BACKORDER WITH NO ETA AS TO WHEN IT WILL BE AVAILABLE

Mileage: 1,000

Jul 1, 2015

WITHIN A MONTH OF BUYING A BRAND NEW SUBARU LEGACY 2015, MY WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUS CRACKED WHILE DRIVING ON AN OPEN-AIR INTERSTATE AWAY FROM OTHER CARS. AT FIRST I THOUGHT MAYBE A PEBBLE HIT THE WINDSHIELD, BUT UPON LATER INSPECTION I COULD NOT FIND A DISTINCT STARTING POINT FOR THE CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD CRACK (NO DENTS OR PLACES WHERE SOMETHING MIGHT HAVE HIT MY CAR). THE CRACK INITIATED FROM THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND EXTENDED ABOUT 6-8 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD.

Mileage: 2,500

Jun 25, 2015

THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE. THREE LARGE CRACKS ONE OF WHICH IS NOW ALMOST ALL THE WAY OVER IN FRONT OF THE DRIVER. THERE WAS A CHIP WHERE THE CRACK STARTED. THE BIG PROBLEM IS THAT THE WINDSHIELDS ARE ON BACK ORDER WITH NO IDEA HOW LONG IT WILL BE TO GET A REPLACEMENT. I HAVE HAD CARS WITH ROCK CHIPS BEFORE AND USUALLY GET THEM FILLED, BUT THIS WINDSHIELD CRACKED ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WHILE ON A ROAD TRIP. I THINK IT IS OBVIOUS THAT SUBARU HAS A PROBLEM WITH POOR QUALITY WINDSHIELDS IF THEY CANNOT MAKE THEM FAST ENOUGH TO REPLACE ALL THE DAMAGED ONES. THE CAR DOES HAVE THE EYESIGHT SYSTEM AND THERE IS NO AFTERMARKET WINDSHIELD AVAILABLE.

Mileage: 9,500

Jun 9, 2015

WHEN GETTING INTO THE CAR IN THE AFTERNOON, NOTICED A HUGE CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD STARTING BETWEEN THE WIPER BLADES AND GOING TO THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO IMPACT TO HAVE CAUSED THIS. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE OPEN ON A DAY WHERE TEMPERATURES WERE MILD. LOOKS LIKE THERE ARE QUITE A FEW COMPLAINTS IN THE SUBARU FORUMS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SUBARU LEGACY AND OUTBACK WHICH SHARE THE SAME PLATFORM. THE ISSUES DISCUSSED MATCHES MY SPECIFIC CASE. SUBARU SHOULD BE ENCOURAGED TO PERFORM A RECALL.

Mileage: 10,000

Jun 2, 2015

SUDDEN LOUD CRACKING SOUND WHILE TRAVELING ON INTERSTATE. NOW THERE IS A 3 FOOT WINDING CRACK ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. NO EVIDENCE OF ANYTHING STRIKING THE GLASS. REPLACEMENT NOT AVAILABLE FOR 6 WEEKS. DEALER ADVISES 500 WINDSHIELDS ON BACKORDER FOR 2015 LEGACY.

Mileage: 5,000

May 14, 2015

CRACK IN WINDSHIELD APPEARED WITHOUT KNOWN CAUSE. IN SEARCHING THE INTERNET FOR SIMILAR INCIDENTS THERE ARE A NUMBER OF NEW SUBARU LEGACY OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS SAME EXPERIENCE. THE GLASS IS ON BACKORDER SO REPAIRS MAY BE SEVERAL WEEKS OUT. SOME OF THE OWNERS HAVE REPORTED MORE THAN ONE CRACKED WINDSHIELD ON THE SAME NEW VEHICLE.

Mileage: 2,200