Can Your Subaru Windshield Shatter On Its Own? New Forester And Outback Owners Say Yes

Just 3 months after buying my Outback 2020 the windshield cracked for no apparent reason and it has spread all over the windshield now. I have heard that Subaru windshields are weak due to eyesight technology. If this is true then Subaru should be held accountable for cheating us.

2004 Outback
My windshield cracked in 2 places the length of the windshield heater. Apparently Subaru has been having this problem for decades! Maybe they should invest in better windshields and avoid these class actions... I'm still a die hard fan of Subaru but some of the decisions being made upstairs have been very foolish in recent years.

I've had 3 windshields on my 2015 outback (which was the first year of a design change). Moved into a developing neighborhood with lots of construction. The first two windshields cracked like fragile candy, small nic ran across the glass. However I got the third windshield maybe in year 3 and it's been totally solid since then. 1 or 2 nics that didn't run and were filled with no issue.

My advice, if you can afford it, get a high level of glass insurance separate from collision and comprehensive. For an extra 10-20 per month, progressive will not charge to get nics repaired and only 99 for an entire windshield.

What a strange article this is. I've sold Subaru and Toyota for a long time now. I've never had one of my thousands of Subaru customers ever have a cracked windshield. I've seen blown head gaskets but never an unexplained cracked windshield.

I have 2020 Subaru Forrester Traveler. Please send further news!

Im on two windshields in 18 months @ $1,097 a pop.

Big difference between Crack and SHATTER...
Misleading headline. Again.

I have a 2019 Crosstrek, my windshield cracked I have never had a car that this happens. I replaced with a aftermarket Subaru windshield which is this is bad it's all scratched up already. What is wrong with this glass in this car?

I have replaced my 2019 windshield 3 times, in five months. The 3rd, the installation company replaced it with a heavier windshield that was constructed by a non Subaru company. This one is holding up fine. On the 3rd windshield, I made Subaru reprogram it at no cost to me.

The windshield on my 2017 Outback had massive cracks that spread in many directions after a small impact from a road rock. I've never seen a windshield crack so easily in my 23 years of driving many different vehicles.
My car insurance company offers full glass coverage. It cost them $984 to replace my windshield. A different brand windshield was put in. Maybe it will hold up better.

The windshield on my 2018 Outback 3.6R is intact. Not so with the rear wheel bearing that just went out at 22K miles, or all the rodent damage to the fuel sensor line (Caused car to shut off fuel pump in traffic), tasty windshield washer lines and the serpentine belt of all things. New Subaru’s are overrated in my opinion.

2017 Subaru crosstrek with 2 new windshields and recalibration at 1300. Each. First car ever to have this happen to in my forty+ years driving.

My 2016 Crosstrek had a hole popped thru the windshield when my windshield protector brushed the rearview mirror and it popped off. I called the main Subaru office as advised by my service manager and they payed for another company to fix it.

I was driving my Subaru on a beautiful sunny day with no others cars on the road when suddenly I heard a very large noise. we stopped the car to see if someone might have taken a shot with a BB gun but it was a wide open road and no place to hide. Replacement windshield was over $1,000.

Have they figured out how to stop the head gasket from blowing out?

Just bought a brand new Impreza 2020 - windshield cracked near bottom while sitting in driveway - DO NOT BUY SUBARU CARS - THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE LEMONS.

I have had 5 windshields replaced in less than one year in my 2019 Outback from 1/2020 thru 11/2020! I haven't had but maybe 2 windshields replaced in my 44 years of driving. My insurance has covered the cost of replacing them so far. This last time, I requested that they not use Subaru glass to see if that is the problem. If this one cracks then maybe it is a framing issue. I now have an off brand windshield. I did allow Subaru to callabrat the eyesight cameras. Time will tell. Regretting that I chose the Subaru due to the windshield. Love the "rest of the vehicle". Hopefully, they will correct the issue for everyone and regain their reputation.

We have Subaru Outback 2020. Month ago the windshield cracked. We went to Subaru Dealer and paid for replacement over $1000. The new windshield was all over scratched so we went back again. About two weeks later we got the call that they installed the new one which was scratched as well so they ordered another one. The another one was again..... scratched. We went back again. At this time they were adamant to admit that there is something wrong with the Subaru's windshields. They took pictures and reassured us that they will call. They never did not. Yesterday I got another crack out of nowhere. So disappointing! Do I need to pay another $1000 just for a little while until another crack happens????

I am leasing a 2020 Subaru Ascent Touring. I've had 3 dings in my windshield in the first year. I had the first 2 repaired on my own dime. the 3rd one was a ding for about a day then moved to a full on crack and I had to have the windshield replaced.
A couple days ago I found that my moon roof has a crack in it? there wasn't a ding or any damage, just a long crack. The car had been sitting a week while we were gone.
What is going on Subaru, this isn't my first time with them and never had these issues before? We have a 2018 Impreza and have owned 3 other wagons over the years). I owned a suburban for 10+years and had one ding in the windshield that I had filled. I'm not driving off road or in heavy construction areas.

I own a 2017 subaru outback. we were driving home for the holidays and heard a pop but that was all - no rocks flying. By the time we arrived we had a crack halfway across the windshield that continued until we replaced it in August the following summer. I used Safellite Auto Glass and got the non-subaru branded glass. Knock on wood but it's basically find. I did get a little chip and immediately called to get it fixed - the guy looked at me like I was a freak because it was so small. I don't care - fix that cause I am not paying $500 again for this (my insurance covered half). So very sad and disappointed. Love my little car but the customer service and financing at subaru is pure garbage. Total scammers.

20 months into my lease on a 2020 Forester the window cracked on it's own while I was sitting in the driveway. There was minor chip by the driver side wiper but nothing significant to make it split like it did. 1hr at Safelite and $500 insurance deductible to get it replaced

Last month we bought 2020 Subaru Forester . The car has already 20k miles, however, only in very short time our car was hit by a road rock. It made the windshield crack. That has to be repaired. We have more than 20 years driving experience and never happened like this. :-(

we drive. We are surprised.:-(

I just replaced my 2017 Forester windshield today . I replaced another one back in February. The car has 45,000 miles on it . The first windshield, I know was struck by a small stone that had been thrown up by a truck. The other crack? I have no idea. While driving, I happened to notice a small crack in the windshield very near to the edge of the windshield. It wasn’t there when I started driving and I know a stone was not thrown up against it. Of course my insurance company wanted a cause…
Amazing, two windshields in six months. Drove Chevies for forty years and never had a cracked windshield.