2019 SUBARU CROSSTREK Complaints

I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW SUBARU CROSSTREX FROM THE DEALER ON MAY 28TH, AND IT ARRIVED WITH LESS THAN 200 MILES ON IT. ON JUNE 9TH, NEVER TRAVELLED ON A HIGHWAY AND ONLY DRIVEN ON VILLAGE STREETS SURROUNDING MY HOME, IT ENCOUNTERED A CHIP/SMALL CRACK. THIS WAS REPAIRED IMMEDIATELY. I AM NOTING THAT EACH BRAND NEW SUBARU VEHICLE PURCHASED HAS HAD A CHIP/CRACK WITHIN WEEKS TO MONTHS OF PURCHASE. PRIOR TO THESE TWO VEHICLES, I HAD PURCHASED A SUBARU SEDAN, BRAND NEW FROM THE FACTORY, AND IN THE 10 YEARS I OWNED IT, WITH 100K MILES, IT NEVER HAD ONE CHIP NOR CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD BETWEEN THE YEARS 2006 TO 2016.

VEHICLE IS 8 MONTHS OLD. HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 CRACKED WINDSHIELDS WITHIN THE LAST 2 MONTHS.

THE WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY.

PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE AND PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK,TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF, REMOVED THE KEY AND EXITED THE VEHICLE. WHEN RETURNING TO THE VEHICLE WITHIN 5 MINUTES, THE VEHICLE HAD ROLLED BACKWARDS 25 FEET AND HIT 2 PARKED CARS. I UNLOCKED THE VEHICLE, ENTERED IT AND STARTED THE CAR TO RETURN TO MY ORIGINAL PARKING SPACE SO I COULD CALL THE POLICE TO REPORT A FENDER BENDER. I WILL BE CALLING MY DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING TO HAVE THE VEHICLE INSPECTED FOR SAFETY. IN THE MEANTIME I PARKED THE VEHICLE AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AS AN ADDED PRECAUTION.

THE WINDHSHILD OF THE SUBARU CROSSTEK 2019 CHIPPED WITH THE TINIEST OF THE STONES THAT FLUNG OVER FROM A DIFFERENT TRUCK OR VEHICLE PASSING BY ON THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE ALSO DRIVING IN EXIT LANE AND CONSIDERABLE SLOWER THAN PASSING TRAFFIC. THE STONES WAS TOO SMALL TO CAUSE A 12 INCH LINE ON THE DRIVER SIDE.. I THINK THERE IS A FARGILITY PROBLEM OR ASSEMBLY PROBLEM IN SUBARU CROSSTEK THAT MAKES SO MANY WINDSHILED BREAKS/CHIPS.

DRIVING MY 2019 SUBARU, CROSSTREK IN THE #1 LANE WESTBOUND ON THE 118 FREEWAY UTILIZING MY EYESIGHT DRIVERS ASSIST AND CRUISE SET AT 65 MPH, INTO MY OFFICE ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 11, 2020 @ 5:30 AM. IT WAS LIGHTLY RAINING AND MY WINDSHIELD WIPERS WERE ON. PRIOR TO PASSING THE TAMPA OFFRAMP, I THOUGHT I HEARD A "PING" ON MY WINDSHIELD. WHEN I ARRIVED AT MY OFFICE, I INSPECTED MY WINDSHIELD AND COULD NOT LOCATE ANY DAMAGE. THE RAIN CONTINUED ALL DAY AND WHEN I GOT INTO MY CAR @ 2:30 PM, I SAW THAT MY WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED HORIZONTALLY ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT 7" LONG, 6 INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM WHERE THE WINDSHIELD IS MOUNTED. I CHECKED WITH SUBARU ABOUT THE GOLD EXTENDED WARRANTY I PURCHASED TO SEE IF IT COVERED THE REPLACEMENT AS WELL AS INQUIRE IF MY REGULAR WARRANTY WOULD COVER REPLACEMENT SINCE I HAVE NOT HAD THE CAR FOR EVEN 2 YEARS YET. I WAS TOLD THAT THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT COVERED AND THAT I WOULD NEED TO PURCHASE A NEW SUBARU WINDSHIELD FOR ABOUT $950.00 PLUS THE RE-CALIBRATION CHARGES OF THE EYESIGHT CAMERAS ANOTHER $200.00. I FIND THIS UNACCEPTABLE THAT A WINDSHIELD WOULD CRACK THAT EASILY AND NOT BE SUPPORTED BY SUBARU SINCE THE CAR IS STILL RELATIVELY NEW. WHAT ARE MY RIGHTS REGARDING A WINDSHIELD THAT SHOULD BE PROTECTING ME AND NOT CRACK BY A TINY LITTLE ROCK DETERMINED VERY SMALL SINCE THE SOUND WAS JUST A "PING"? PLEASE ADVISE ME OF WHAT I SHOULD DO NEXT REGARDING THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS WINDSHIELD. THANKS IN ADVANCE.

AFTER A FEW WEEKS AND ~400 MILES ON MY CAR, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND SOMETHING SMALL HIT MY WINDSHIELD. NOTHING SHOWED UNTIL A FEW HOURS LATER WHEN A CRACK ABOUT 2 FEET LONG SHOWED. AT THE TIME I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE ODD THAT SOMETHING SO SMALL COULD HAVE CREATED SUCH A LARGE CRACK. THEN I READ AN ARTICLE ONLINE AND FOUND OUT A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME ISSUE, SO I WANTED TO SHARE MY INFO IN CASE IT SUPPORTS A TREND. I ASKED SUBARU WHAT MY OPTIONS ARE AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD COST $2500 TO FIX WHICH I FOUND ABSURD.

PREMATURE CRACKING OF THE WINDSHIELD IN THE DRIVER'S FIELD OF VISION. THIS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS (65-70MPH) ON I-80, WHEN THE TEMPERATURE WAS APPROXIMATELY 35F. OVER THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, THE CRACK LENGTHENED FROM ~2IN TO OVER 12IN.

MY WINDSHIELD BEGIN CRACKING FROM THE LOWER LEFT CORNER ON THE DRIVER SIDE WITHOUT ANY CARS OR TRUCKS ANYWHERE AROUND ME TO KICK UP THE STONE. THERE IS NOW ABOUT A 10 INCH CRACK GOING IN A NORTH EASTERLY DIRECTION LOOKING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE

DRIVING ON ROAD WHEN WINDSHIELD HIT BY SMALL ROCK (HARDLY MADE A NOISE WHEN HIT) AND WINDSHIELD CRACKED. PURCHASED CAR APRIL 2019 AND CRACK HAPPENED LATE JUNE, 2019. PREVIOUSLY HAD A FORRESTER AND AND SEVERAL ROCKS WHICH HIT WINDSHIELD VERY HARD WITH NO CRACKING. CONCLUDED WINDSHIELD WAS POOR QUALITY OR DEFECTIVE.