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My windshield has cracked and had to be replaced twice since purchasing the car with only 41,000 miles on it currently. It is a 2017 Subaru Forester and there are now 2 cracks in the third and current windshield.the windshields they are using are unsafe and cost roughly $1300 to replace due to the eye sight system. Subaru is installing these unsafe windshields knowingly and collecting massive profits from all the replacements.
Front windshield has developed two linear cracks spontaneously, one small one 5 cm long, the other across the driver's side windshield about 50 cm. This appears to have occurred spontaneously, there was no debris, etc, first noted while vehicle was in garage. There are no stellate markings, etc.
I purchased my 2017 Subaru Forester in July 2017, so I've owned the vehicle for almost 4 years. One day recently I got in my vehicle and noticed a massive stress crack in the windshield. The vehicle was parked outside of my home and I had not previously seen any cracks on the windshield. The crack is around 12 inches in length, maybe longer. It starts at the base of the windshield on the driver's side and extends mostly horizontally toward the passenger side. I ran my finger end to end across the crack both outside the vehicle and inside the vehicle and I could not feel the crack. Which means the crack is on the inside of the windshield, which makes me think it is a stress crack. This is a common issue with numerous Subaru vehicles of various makes, models, and years. My 2017 Subaru Forester is included in the list of vehicles that is affected. Subaru has a class action lawsuit against them because this issue of Subaru windshields cracking is so common. Here is a news article with more information: Https://www.torquenews.com/1084/Subaru-cracked-windshield-lawsuit-update-warranty-claims-are-dismissed
Windshield prone to large cracks after any small chips near the edge of the front windshield. Has happened twice within 2 months. Car was stationary when cracks were noticed.
- Santa Cruz, CA, USA
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My windshield developed a crack after being parked for a period of 8hrs while I was at work. The crack starts from the bottom and extends vertically and then moves horizontally. I believe it to be internal as it has no exterior marks or chips from the outside. I also havent had any debris hit my vehicle during the last times I have commuted to work.
While driving straight forward on a well-maintained highway under normal road conditions my car has been hit with several rocks that have been flung from truck wheels into my lane. My car's windshield chipped and cracked in an unusually easy and violent manner. One of the cracks specifically seems like a hazard to the structural integrity of the glass, as it is easily spreading with any pressure on the windshield. I have only had this car for 6 months, and I have 7 (possibly more) visible rock chips and cracks on the windshield. My prior Subaru was an older (2001) model and I never experienced a visible rock chip in 8 years of ownership.
After owning my certified pre-owned Subaru Forester for 3 months I woke up to a large spider crack starting from the top of the windshield. The vehicle was parked at my apartment complex in a patrolled lot. It went downward about 8 inches in length. No rocks were heard or visually observed to impact the windshield while driving the vehicle. The source of the crack appears to have started on the underside of the glass where it is sealed at the very top. This crack was not able to be felt with a fingernail which is how it is known to be under the glass.
Myself, wife, and son were traveling southbound on highway 99 when we heard a popping sound for no apparent reason we were startled, there was no car or truck in front of us so I know it wasn't a rock, I then noticed a small crack on the right side of my windshield, then within seconds of noticing my windshield began to crack right infront of us and continued till we got to our destination. We were shocked to see how fast it continued to crack for no apparent reason.
There is a chip/dent in the bottom left of the windshield of unknown origin. It is my belief that this should not have occurred from regular use and that the windshield is inferior/defective.
My windshield developed a large crack (2 feet long) beginning at the lower left edge of the windshield below the wiper extending half way up the windshield. There had been no impacts to the windshield to explain the crack, and the origin of the crack did not contain a chip to show why it started. I noticed the crack when I parked at my house, I'm not sure when it started but was sure it wasn't present when I purchased the vehicle 2.5 weeks previously.
At the end of a drive on the highway I noticed this crack in the lower left part of the windshield (from driver's view). I don't believe any object hit my windshield. The crack looks uniform.
Vehicle was traveling on highway 101 southbound. Driver heard a loud pop. Driver looked around to find a large crack in the windshield located on the passenger side. There were no vehicles within 7-8 car lengths in front of the driver.
I was driving about 70 miles an hour on the highway, typical speed for my area is between 65 and 80mph on highways. My wind shield was struck by gravel/rock/small or small debris. And a part of my windshield chipped while an other spot cracked and later developed a crack.
Since I have gotten my vehicle, my windshield has gotten several cracks and chips (very easily) from rocks flying up off the road. For the second time in three years I am going to have to get my windshield repaired and this time a full replacement is required due to damage from a rock hitting my windshield and causing a large crack.
Got into my car to go to work and noticed the windshield was cracked. There were no branches or other large items near the car that would've fallen on it. There was no crack when last driving the vehicle. The crack is about a foot in length and starts at the top left side of the windshield when looking at it. This happened while the car was stationary and parked at our residence.
Windshield cracked, while the car was parked. Epicenter of the crack does not show signs of impact. Appears to have been stress induced. Crack extends from the top of the windshield to below the mirror.
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- Austin, TX, USA