2019 SUBARU CROSSTREK Complaints

WINDSHIELD CHIPPED AND CRACKED 3 MONTHS INTO OWNERSHIP. CRACK ACROSS ENTIRE UPPER WINDSHIELD OVERNIGHT.

ENTERED MY VEHICLE IN THE MORNING AFTER IT HAD BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY FOR A COUPLE DAYS TO FIND A CRACK IN THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. VEHICLE HAD BEEN STATIONARY FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN A SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD AND WAS FOUND IN THAT STATE.

WHILE SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP AN EXIT RAMP WITH A SIGNAL, THE ENGINE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF, AND THE VEHICLE BECAME IMMOBILE. ALL WARNING LIGHTS CAME ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL, AND THERE WAS A MESSAGE INSTRUCTING TO MOVE THE GEAR TO 'PARK'. I HAD TO SHUT OFF THE ENGINE AND RESTART BEFORE THE CAR COULD MOVE. IT WAS A DANGEROUS SITUATION.

MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A SMALL CRACK IN IT WHILE SITTING IN THE GARAGE. ON FEB 7TH WHILE DRIVING INTO TOWN ON A VERY COLD DAY I HAD THE DEFROSTER ON AND WATCHED WITH WINDSHIELD CRACK A GOOD 12 INCHES RIGHT ABOUT THE HEAT VENTS

I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD THUMP. I LOOKED AROUND AND BEHIND ME AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OR ANYONE AROUND THEN I HEARD A CRACKLING SOUND COMING FROM MY ROOF SO I SLIGHTLY OPENED MY SUNROOF VISOR TO SPOT BROKEN GLASS SO I CLOSED THE VISOR SLOWLY IN CASE ANY LOOSE GLASS WAS PRESENT. I PULLED OVER TO LOOK FROM THE TOP AND SAW THE ENTIRE SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED. THE GLASS LOOKED AS IF IT HAD 'EXPLODED.'

IF ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED AND I AM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, I CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR BY PULLING THE DOOR OPEN LEVER. I HAVE TO OPEN ALL DOORS WHICH ARE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED BY A BUTTON ON THE DOOR, AND THEN OPEN THE DOOR WITH THE LEVER. I AM WORRIED THAT IF THE BATTERY IS DEAD OR THE DOOR OPEN SWITCH IS SHORTED IN A FLOOD, THEN I CANNOT GET OUT BY OPENING THE DOOR.

VEHICLE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON WITHIN FIRST FEW MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP. CRACK IS HORIZONTAL ACROSS ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. I WAS NOT IN THE VEHICLE WHEN IT HAPPENED, BUT I THINK THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN IT OCCURRED. I AM ESTIMATING THE DATE OF OCCURRENCE, MPH, AND MILEAGE AS I DID NOT NOTE ANY OF THAT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 SUBARU CROSSTREK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH THE FRONT WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY BEGAN TO CRACK. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED A VISIBILITY HAZARD WAS PRESENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRACK SUDDENLY BEGAN AT THE LOWER SECTION ON THE PASSENGER SIDE AND EXTENDED APPROXIMATELY 40 INCHES ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER WHITE BEAR SUBARU (3505 HWY 61 NORTH VADNAIS HEIGHTS, MN) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,000.

APPEARS MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH. THE CRACKED IS ABOUT 18 INCHES LONG, EXTENDING FROM THE PASSENGER LOWER SIDE ALL THE WAY TO THE DRIVER LOWER SIDE. THE WINDSHIELD ALSO APPEARS TO BE DEFECTED AS IT GATHERS MOISTURE, HAS POOR ROAD/WIND NOISE BLOCKAGE CAPABILITIES AND CRACKS EASILY.

MY WINDSHIELD CRACKED UNEXPECTEDLY FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE WINDSHIELD ALSO APPEARS TO LET IN MOISTURE, WIND, NOISE AND IS A DISTRACTION WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS HIGHER THAN 50+MPH. THE WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED ABOUT 18 INCHES ON THE LOWER PASSENGER SIDE THAT EXTENDS TO THE DRIVER LOWER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD.