2019 SUBARU ASCENT Complaints

CAR DIED AND WOULD NOT START AT ONE YEAR OLD, DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY BATTERY 11/2019; ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER AT MD OFFICE WOULD NOT START AND LIGHTS FLICKERED AND NO CONTROL, WOULD NOT START AGAIN! ; NOW SITTING IN PARKING LOT WAITING TOW; BELIEVE FAULT IS RELATED TO BATTERY DRAIN IN ONE YEAR AND ELECTRICAL DRAIN; LEFT STRANDED WITH TWO KIDS GETTING COVID TESTED WITH A BRAND NEW 2 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 20,000 MILES ONLY!!!!!!!

2 WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. 1ST WAS NOVEMBER 2019 WITH MAJOR CRACK IN WINDSHIELD FROM SMALL ROCK WHILE DRIVING HWY 60 NEAR SALOME, AZ. INSURANCE REPLACED WITH OEM WINDSHIELD. 2ND WAS MAJOR CRACK FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING ON US 10 NEAR MORONGO, CA IN JUNE 2020. BUMPY ROAD, BUT DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING HIT WINDSHIELD PRIOR TO IT CRACKING. PICTURES OF 2ND CRACK ATTACHED. REPLACED AT OWN COST OF $640.77 AS DID NOT WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER CLAIM TO INSURANCE COMPANY IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

WE WERE DRIVING AND HAD A VERY SMALL ROCK CHIP IN THE WINDOW. WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES THE WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED THE ENTIRE FROM THE TOP SIDE OF THE CRACK ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKED ON THE BOTTOM ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE WINDOW. SO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY ROCK CHIP REPAIR QUICKLY CHANGED TO NEEDING THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AT ALMOST $1,000. THE CHIP OCCURRED WHILE WE WERE GOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR JUST GETTING ON THE ON RAMP TO I-55 AT MM 100 IN SPRINGFIELD IL.

WE BOUGHT A USED 2019 SUBARU ASCENT TOURING (CA. 18,000 MILES) IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. SINCE THEN, THIS NEW BATTERY HAS DIED FIVE TIMES ON US, THE FIRST TIME ON SEPTEMBER 4 2020 AND MOST RECENTLY ON NOVEMBER 28. IT HAS ALWAYS DIED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. AFTER IT DIED THE THIRD TIME ON NOVEMBER 22, WE BROUGHT IT INTO THE LOCAL SUBARU DEALERSHIP. THEY HELD THE CAR FOR TWO NIGHTS AND WERE UNABLE FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN.

BRAKES SHOOK VIOLENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WHILE DESCENDING MOUNTAIN. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AND ROTORS ON ALL 4 WHEELS. ASCENT HAD ONLY 7600 MILES. VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND RETROFITTED WITH NEW BRAKES/ROTORS THAT CAN HANDLE THE DEMANDS/WEIGHT OF THE ASCENT.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH PAVED STREET. CRACK EXPANDED TO OVER 18 INCHES LONG. HAD TO HAVE WINDSHIELD REPLACED.

ON THE DAY THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR, ON MY WAY BACK HOME, A SMALL ROCK CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN 4 MORE SPOTS. THE QUALITY SEEMS REALLY BAD. I'VE NEVER HAD THIS WITH ANY OTHER CAR.

BATTERY DRAINS AND UNEXPECTEDLY. HAPPENED TWICE WHILE LIFTGATE WAS UP; HAPPED 3X FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON.

AT 9119 MILES ON MY VEHICLE I HAD TO CONTINUALLY JUMP START THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO START THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY ONCE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AT 680 MILES.

AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AND UNDER 680 MILES I HAD TO CONTINUALLY JUMP START THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SYNC ISSUE WITH THE BATTERIES IN THE NEW ASCENT. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND TOLD ME THEY FIXED THE SYNC ISSUE.