Dear Subaru, I Walked Away

I love seeing stories like this, I have owned 4 Subarus and currently am the proud owner of a 2023 WRX. Not only do I love the speed and handling, I love the safety it offers as a family car as I am a father to two boys both under the age of 10. My ex wife had hit a tree after falling asleep at the wheel driving a Subaru Baja and walked away. Huge props to Subaru and their safety. This is why I will continue to drive one for good.

I’ve been a Subaru owner since the late 70’s. I’ve owned nearly every model from the first year the Legacy was produced to Outbacks and several Foresters. The Legacy I mentioned was in (6) accidents. None that were my fault. One accident I was hit by a car trying to cross traffic and hit me on the passenger side, the impact sent me over a curb and into the corner of a building. The people working inside ran out to see what shook the building to see my pretty red car with a “V” in the center of the hood from the building. All that I had was a sore chest from the seat belt. Another situation was I went off the road into a road fence that was protecting the road. Unfortunately when it was towed out the undercarriage was damaged. The car was totaled. It was about 8 years old at the time and had some dings in it but I was surprised that the insurance company gave me $13K to put towards a new car. I purchased another Forester and will continue to be a Subaru owner as long as I’m driving. I also have convinced friends to purchase Subaru’s just by slamming the door! Safety counts.

I also had a car accident in May of this year. It should have been a worse accident. But my 2016 Subaru WRX with a CVT and Eyesight saved my bacon.

I was driving on a county single lane east/west road and I was going west bound and a brand new 2024 Acura RDX was coming at me going eastbound.

I had right of way with a turn approaching me from the right side about 200 ft away.

The Acura turn into me to go to that road; but they didn't signal, stop, or yield to my right of way. To make matters worse they stopped in the road.

I was doing 30 mph and my Eyesight couldn't even react quick enough.

The it all happened in less than 2 seconds.

My driver front bumper go smoosh to the firewall and the engine was pushing down and away from my feet. The airbags deployed and I walked away.

My new car is now a 2023 solar orange WRX Limited CVT (the 2016 was also a Limited CVT in pearl white) and I will keep driving this model. The safety is top notch.

On August 7, 2023, My daughter ( 11 months old then) and i, as well as an ex boyfriend, his teen daughter and her friend were leaving a state fair in south WA state headed home to have dinner. We were 5 minutes from our house, at a stop light and were hit from behind by a drunk 76 year old woman who was 3x over the legal limit. She hit the passenger side my daughter was on, straight on the frame of my 2018 subaru forester. The impact itself pushed us so far forward, we managed to not hit the car in front of us since my ex and I both believe in leaving a large gap in case of an accident. It was close. The damage was so extensive that the drunk woman's insurance paid for a new carseat for my daughter, 3 months of a rental vehicle while also fully paying for all the repairs my car required. My daughter and the girls had no physical injuries past minor whiplash, but the 2 older girls have fallen behind in getting their licenses and still have high anxiety for driving and being in the drivers seat. The 2018 subaru forester frame saved the girls and I couldn't be more thankful. My daughter is now an accomplished happy little traveler over a year later, with me in our forester as we travel across the country to train dogs. Thank you Subaru of America for taking the time to make the subaru frames as strong as the one on my 2018 is. It didn't even bend.

My wife and I hit a deer going about 55mph 3 months ago. 2018 Crosstrek. The brush line was close to the road, and the deer came out of nowhere. No time for either the car or my wife to react.

Back country road, miles from anywhere.

Everyone that arrived, from the cops, the friends who came to help us, to the tow driver, were all astonished we walked away from it.

The car and deer were both totaled, by my wife and I both walked out of the accident with nothing but some bruising from the airbags.

In the ~90 minutes we were at the scene, we never saw another car aside from those we called there. Had the car not done such an amazing job protecting us, it could have been hours before anyone knew we were there. I am 100% convinced that car saved our lives.

Needless to say, we bought a new Crosstrek.

Dear Subaru
This car is not supposed to skid as it is equipped with symmetrical all wheel drive.

We had a similar accident and we walked away with no injuries. These are great safe cars

Dec. 5th, 2023 I was driving my wife, her brother and our 4 month old newborn baby back from visiting family in Montana. We were in our 2017 Subaru Forester. About 2 hours into our drive, Subaru made a lifetime customer and friend out of me. We were going about 60 mph along a mtn side when out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of what looked like a large snowball falling down the mtn side. As quickly as I looked over, the snowball had disappeared into the deep ditch. Then just as fast, it bounced out of the ditch directly in front of us. In the time it took me to get my foot off the gas pedal and onto the brake it was too late. We hit a Boulder the size of one of those red concrete balls you see in front of the Target stores. Every airbag deployed and I couldn't see anything. All I could think was we just met our little Miller and that was not enough time with him! Somehow I managed to get our car off the roadway into the only section of shoulder barely big enough to allow for a vehicle. We were also in a curve where semi trucks were coming around the bend. Had our Subaru flipped or was stuck in the road, I may not be writing this story, but she held her ground long enough to get us to safety. Nobody sustained any injuries and to my surprise, the Subi looked fairly good for hitting such a large Boulder dead on at 60 mph. We went right back out and bought a 2024 Subaru Forester Wilderness. Thanks for saving my family Subaru.

This story touched me. In 2020 I was hit by a drunk driver and rolled my 2011 outback 3.6r twice! Myself and my passenger both walked away from that accident. I was able to immediately get out of the car and ran to make sure my passenger and the other driver were okay. I was able to get all vehicles turned off and everyone safely away from the crash scene. Unfortunately I sustained life long muscular and nerve injuries. However, I thank Subaru every day for being alive. Police and EMS were all shocked that I was the driver of that vehicle. They believed I shouldn't have even been conscious after that crash. It warms my heart to see everyone's stories. The reasoning behind what has brought us all together is unfortunate. But it does feel good to see such a warm community of Subaru lovers! I will never own any other vehicle brand than Subaru again

Always get checked out medically after an accident! I had a friend become a paraplegic a day or to after a car accident he walked away from because of an undiagnosed vertebrae fracture

I was rear ended by a P Plater doing a speed of 80 - 90 klm. I had just begin to move after waiting for a Cane Loco to cross and lights to stop flashing red when I was hit. My XV Subaru was hit hard and pushed up the Highway. The car protected me....I was lucky!

I recently had an accident with my 2014 crosstrek, I hit a deer going 55 mph in a dark area, my subaru may have taken damage but I walked away without one scratch. After the accident I had to buy a new car, I am now an proud owner of a 2021 crosstrek.
My family will forever be a subaru family after the literal life saving safety of subaru.

My name is FERDINAND from Nairobi Kenya, In support of Kenzie's story, I own a Subaru Impreza 2008 and was involved in a fatal accident that rolled twice, despite the age of my car I didn't sustain any injuries whatsoever and everyone was wondering how is that possible! Thank you so much SUBARU. I still need another car and definitely it's SUBARU XV this time