2015 Subaru Outback
Problems, recalls and owner-reported issues
Visibility/wiper is the leading concern among 509 owner complaints filed for this model year. This is the 7th highest complaint count among 26 Outback model years with reports.
Of the 2015 reports, 19 involved a crash and 5 involved a fire. 16 people were injured.
What owners report most often
Recalls and investigations
Steering, columnDo not drive until repairedMay 11, 2016
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Legacy and Outback vehicles manufactured February 29, 2016, to May 6, 2016. The steering column on the affected vehicles may have been improperly machined, and as a result, turning the steering wheel may have no effect on the direction of the wheels.
The loss of steering ability would increase the risk of a crash.
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the lot number on the steering column, replacing the steering column, as necessary, free of charge. The recall began May 13, 2016. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783 or by visiting http://www.wtd65.service-campaign.com. Subaru's number for this recall is WTD-65. Note: Until the vehicles have been inspected, owners are advised not to drive their vehicles.
Campaign 16V292000 on NHTSA.gov
Electronic stability control (ESC)Apr 27, 2016
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2015 Legacy and Outback vehicles manufactured on July 20, 2015. The brake fluid used in these vehicles may contain excess moisture which may adversely affect the performance of the electronic stability control system. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 126, "Electronic Stability Control Systems."
Poor performance of the electronic stability control system when it is activated may result in a loss of vehicle control, increasing the risk of a crash.
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will perform an ABS activation, then flush and replace the brake fluid, free of charge. The recall began on May 20, 2016. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WTC-64.
Campaign 16V251000 on NHTSA.gov
Power train, driveline, driveshaftAug 10, 2015
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain 2015 and 2016 model year Subaru Legacy 4-Door and Outback vehicles manufactured July 3, 2015, to July 27, 2015. Transmission oil may leak from a deformed seal cap on the propeller shaft yoke.
If the transmission oil leaks onto the exhaust pipe, there is a possible risk of fire.
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace the propeller shaft, free of charge. The recall began on August 28, 2015. Owners may contact 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WQU-56.
Campaign 15V502000 on NHTSA.gov
Forward collision avoidance, crash imminent brakingJun 12, 2015
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2015 Legacy vehicles manufactured March 10, 2014, to April 16, 2015, Outback vehicles manufactured February 24, 2014, to April 16, 2015, Impreza vehicles manufactured September 9, 2014, to April 14, 2015, XV Crosstrek vehicles manufactured October 16, 2014, to April 15, 2015, and 2016 WRX vehicles manufactured March 23, 2015, and equipped with the Eyesight Driver Assist System. If the switch that activates the brake lights fails, the automatic pre-collision braking component of the driver assist system will not function.
If the automatic pre-collision braking system does not function as intended, the vehicle will not react to an obstacle in its path, increasing the risk of a crash.
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the driver assist system, free of charge. The recall began on July 20, 2015. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WQS-54.
Campaign 15V366000 on NHTSA.gov
Trailer hitchesSep 19, 2014
Subaru of America, Inc. (Subaru) is recalling certain model year 2015 Outback vehicles manufactured January 22, 2014, to August 18, 2014, and equipped with a Subaru accessory trailer hitch assembly. During installation, the trailer hitch mounting nuts may have been overtightened, potentially resulting in failure of the trailer hitch mounting studs.
The mounting nut(s) may not provide sufficient force to remain attached to the studs or the studs themselves might break. If this were to happen while a trailer is being towed, the driver might not be able to operate the vehicle as desired or the trailer may detach from the vehicle. Either situation could increase the risk of a crash.
Subaru will notify owners, and dealers will replace all eight mounting nuts for the trailer hitch assembly, and will inspect all eight mounting studs for damage, free of charge. The recall began on October 7, 2014. Owners may contact Subaru customer service at 1-800-782-2783. Subaru's number for this recall is WQN-50.
Campaign 14V577000 on NHTSA.gov
Representative owner complaints: visibility/wiper
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Visibility/wiper, Aug 6, 2019
WINDSHIELD STARTED TO SPLIT IN LOWER WIPER RESTING AREA AFTER NO APPARENT IMPACT. VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AT MODERATE SPEED IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. SPLIT CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN SIZE OVER THE FOLLOWING 3 DAYS. CORRECT LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 12 INCHES.
Visibility/wiper, Aug 4, 2019
DRIVING 45MP, TEMPERATURE, 75, NO CARS IN FRONT OF ME OR ON THE SIDES OR ONCOMING, THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDOW POPPED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE IN THE BLACK WIPER/ DEFROSTER AREA. A CRACK DEVELOPED RUNNING UP AND TO THE DRIVERS SIDE, ABOUT A FOOT LONG AT THE TIME OF WRITING THIS COMPLAINT
Visibility/wiper, Jul 22, 2019
WINDSHIELD SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 19, 2019
WINDSHEILD CRACKED FOR NO APPEARANT REASON. THERE ARE MANY ACCOUNTS OF THIS PROBLEM ONLINE.VEHICLE WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY NOT MOVING WHEN CRACK OCCURRED. .IN SHORT TIME CRACK RAN OUT 1 1/2 FEET. HAD WINDSHEILD REPLACED ON 06/18/19
Electrical system, Other or unspecified, Visibility/wiper, Jun 11, 2019
HELLO, MY WINDSHIELD BROKE ABOUT 6 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE. I DON'T KNOW HOW OR WHY. IT WAS JUST BROKEN ONE MORNING WHEN I WENT OUT TO MY CAR. I FIGURED A ROCK OR SOMETHING HIT IT. THERE WAS NO RECALL AT THE TIME AND SO I HAD IT REPLACED WITH A OEM WINDSHIELD. MY SECOND WINDSHIELD JUST BROKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO WHILE CHANGING MY WIPERS YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE CERAMIC WIPER HEATER DELAMINATED INSIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT TURNED BRIGHT RED. I HAVE OWNED ALOT OF CARS AND NEVER SEEN A WINDSHIELD THAT IS SO FRAGILE. I HAVE CHANGED MANY, MANY WIPER BLADES AND I KNOW WHAT A QUALITY WINDSHIELD IS. I SET THE WIPER BLADE HOLDER DOWN ON THE WINDSHIELD GENTLY AND IT CRACKED, THE CRACK GREW ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD IN A DAY OR SO. RIDICULOUS. THESE WINDSHIELDS RUN ABOUT 500 BUCKS AND SHOULD BE BETTER QUALITY. I ALSO HAVE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHERE MY CAR CLOCK WILL NOT SET... CURRENTLY. IT TOOK THEM 3 YEARS TO FIGURE OUT THE STEERING RETAINING PIN WAS BROKEN EVEN THOUGH I WAS COMPLAINING ABOUT IT SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR. THE REAR GATE STOPPED OPENING AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE STRUTS ON A 3 YEAR OLD CAR. THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE FRONT END BUT MY DEALER SAID "WAIT UNTIL IT GETS WORSE" CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT? THANKS,
Visibility/wiper, Feb 18, 2019
WHILE PARKED OUTSIDE IN THE DRIVEWAY DURING WINTER, A CRACK APPEARED AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. NOTHING KNOWINGLY HIT THE WINDSHIELD, AND I SEE AND FEEL NO KIND OF IMPACT POINT. THE CRACK EXTENDED UPWARD AND THEN SPREAD TOWARD THE DRIVER'S SIDE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. I HAVE CONTACTED A SUBARU DEALER ASKING THEM WHAT SUBARU'S POLICY IS REGARDING WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS ON 2015 OUTBACKS. I AM WAITING FOR THEIR REPLY.
Visibility/wiper, Feb 15, 2019
WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM BASE OF WINDSHIELD RUNS THROUGH HEATING ELEMENT AND WIPER AREA. DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE CAUSED BY PEBBLE IMPACT OR POSSIBLY EXTREMELY MINOR ONE AND SPREAD IMMEDIATELY
Visibility/wiper, Aug 22, 2018
WE CAME OUT TO FIND A 6-8 INCH CRACK LINE EMANATING FROM THE TOP RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE ONE MORNING. WE DROVE IT 5 MILES AFTER THAT AND WHEN WE CAME OUT IT HAD TRAVELLED AT A 45 DEGREE ANGLE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELDS DRIVER SIDE. BY THE TIME WE GOT HOME IT HAD MOVED HALFWAY THROUGH THE GLASS AND ENDED IN A "J" AT THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THIS WILL BE MY THIRD WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT! THE FIRST WAS A RECALL. THE SECOND REPLACEMENT WAS FROM THE TEENIEST PING FROM A CAR ON THE FREEWAY AND NOW THIS IS THE THIRD REPLACEMENT! THIS IS MY FIRST SUBARU. WE HAVE ALWAYS BOUGHT TOYOTA IN THE PAST. I REMEMBER ONE INCIDENT ON THE FREEWAY FROM A TRUCK HITTING THE RAV 4 AND IT WAS AN ISOLATED HOLE THAT WE COULD HAVE FILLED, NOT REPLACED! DO I REALLY HAVE TO HAVE A NEW WINDSHIELD EVERY YEAR?! THIS IS RIDICULOUS. I E-MAILED SUBARU THREE DAYS AGO AND HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE.
Visibility/wiper, Jul 23, 2018
CAR WAS STATIONARY AND CRACKED FROM BOTTOM TO FORM 8 IN L SHAPE SAME AS THE LAST TIME THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED 3 YEARS PRIOR
Visibility/wiper, Jul 10, 2018
IN JUNE OF 2018 OUR FRONT WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK ACROSS THE TOP DRIVER SIDE, THERE IS NO EVIDENCE OF ANY SORT OF IMPACT TO THE WINDSHIELD AND THE CRACK SPREAD ACROSS THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD OVER A NUMBER OF DAY. SUBARU REJECTED OUR WARANTEE CLAIM BECAUSE THE CRACK WAS IN THE WRONG LOCATION.
Visibility/wiper, Mar 17, 2018
WINDSHIELD CRACKED BY THE REAR VIEW MIRROR'IT STARTED IN THE BLACK SECTION ALONGSIDE THE MIRROR AND CAME DOWN AND MADE A J AND REVERSE J PATTEN ONTO DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE AT EYE LEVEL. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE SUBARU DEALER AND THEY DETERMINED THERE WAS NO IMPACT POINT BUT REFUSED TO COVER IT UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY BECAUSE IT DID NOT CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD WIPER AREA. WINDSHIELD WAS NEVER HIT BY ROCK OR OTHER DEBRIS AND THERE IS NO APPARENT REASON FOR IT TO CRACK LIKE IT DID. THE CRACK APPEARED WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED IN MY GARAGE. APPEARS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE SUBARU CARLEX WINDSHIELDS. I FOUND FOUND SEVERAL COMMENTS ONLINE DESCRIBING THIS SAME CRACKING PATTERN.
Visibility/wiper, Jan 7, 2018
2 YEARS, 35000 MILES INTO OWNING NEW 2015 OUTBACK, MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED AN 8 INCH LONG CRACK ORIGINATING FROM THE BOTTOM DRIVER'S SIDE. THIS APPEARED WHILE PARKED OUTSIDE MY WORKPLACE, WITH NO KNOWN WINDSHIELD IMPACTS DRIVING. CONSEQUENTLY, I REPLACED THE WINDSHIELD USING SAFELITE, MATCHING THE WINDSHIELD TYPE VIA VIN. ONLY 2 MONTHS AFTER REPLACEMENT, ANOTHER CRACK DEVELOPED ORIGINATING FROM THE BOTTOM PASSENGER SIDE EDGE, AND QUICKLY SPREAD 3/4 OF THE WAY ACROSS THE BOTTOM. AGAIN, NO IMPACTS WERE WITNESSED TO THE WINDSHIELD WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN REPLACING THE WINDSHIELD AGAIN, AS IT LIKELY WILL CRACK IN THE SAME MANNER SOONER OR LATER.
Visibility/wiper, Nov 20, 2017
LARGE CRACK IN WINDSHIELD WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. STARTS AT THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE CAR AND BRANCHES OUT IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
Other or unspecified, Visibility/wiper, Oct 16, 2017
THERE IS A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT SHOWED UP ABOUT 5 MONTHS AND HAS INCREASED IN SIZE. BEFORE BRINING IT TO THE DEALER (NAPOLEON SUBARU IN SCHAUMBURG, IL), I HAD THE VEHICLE CHECKED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD THE CRACK WAS DUE TO THE FAULTY WINDSHIELD AND NOT BECAUSE OF ANY IMPACT. THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPACT TO THE WINDSHIELD TO MY KNOWLEDGE AND YET THE CRACK APPEARED AND HAS SPREAD. SUBARU DEALER SAID THAT THE CRACK MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED BY AN IMPACT BUT AGAIN I DON'T RECOLLECT ANY IMPACT THAT COULD CAUSE THIS. THE SUBARU DEALER SAID HE DID HIS PEN POINT CHECK AND THE CRACK WAS NOT CAUSED BY SUBARU'S FAULT. WHAT THE SUBARU DEALER TOLD ME ABOUT THE PEN POINT CHECK MAKES NO SENSE TO ME ESPECIALLY AS THERE HAS BEEN NO IMPACT TO MY WINDSHIELD. I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT SUBARU AND THE DEALER ARE LYING ABOUT THE FAULTY WINDSHIELD AND ARE REFUSING TO REPLACE IT (WHICH I AM ASSUMING IS ALSO A FAULTY OEM PART). I HAVE OWNED SEVERAL CARS BEFORE AND I'VE NEVER HAD THIS ISSUE BEFORE. I REPEAT, NEVER BEFORE ON ANY CAR, ESPECIALLY A NEW CAR. I CHECKED WITH A LOCAL MECHANIC AND AGAIN, WAS TOLD THIS WAS LIKELY CAUSED BY FAULTY WINDSHIELD. EITHER TO AVOID ADMITTING FAULT OR TO AVOID PAYING FOR A RECALL FOR THIS ITEM OR FOR AVOIDING LIABILITY IN A LAWSUIT, I DON'T KNOW BUT I FEEL LIKE SUBARU IS DELIBERATELY LYING OR MISREPRESENTING THE FACTS ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHAT I SHOULD EXPECT FROM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT BUT I AM WRITING BECAUSE I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS. WE WERE CONSIDERING A SUBARU FORRESTER FOR NEXT YEAR BUT I AM NOT GOING TO DO THAT NOW GIVEN HOW BADLY SUBARU IS TREATING ME ON THIS FAULT OF THEIRS. I SUSPECT SUBARU WILL NOT DO THE RIGHT THING DESPITE IT BEING SUBARU'S FAULT AT PUTTING IN A BAD WINDSHIELD AND INSTEAD PUSH THE COST TO THE CAR BUYERS. I CAN BE REACHED ON THE CELL AT [XXX]. THANKS. [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Visibility/wiper, Jun 22, 2017
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SCREEN ON THE RADIO CREATED A BLINDING GLARE FROM THE SUNLIGHT. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT STATED THEY WERE ALMOST INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A PEDESTRIAN DUE TO THE GLARE. THE WAS TAKEN TO RAMSEY SUBARU WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED THERE WAS NO ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 35,000. UPDATED 08/24/17*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE MANUFACTURER WAS UNABLE TO BE REACHED. UPDATED 9/22/2017*JS
Visibility/wiper, Mar 9, 2017
DEFECTIVE/DELICATE WINDSHIELD. DRIVING AT 65MPH ON SMOOTH HIGHWAY IN RAIN. PUT DEFROSTERS ON. WINDSHIELD CRACK ON DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT 12" FROM BOTTOM. RUNS TO ABOUT 2' BEFORE STOPPING. CLOSEUP INSPECTION REVEALS NO MISSING MATERIAL OR CHIP INDICATIVE OF IMPACT.
Visibility/wiper, Sep 10, 2016
WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM PASSENGER SIDE WIPER AREA UP AND ACROSS WINDSHIELD WHILE CAR WAS PARKED. HAD RECEIVED A LETTER FROM SUBARU INDICATING THERE WAS A POTENTIAL WEAKNESS IN WINDSHIELD - DEALER REFUSED TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD . CLAIMED DAMAGE WAS FROM A ROCK.
Visibility/wiper, Aug 2, 2016
I WAS DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET GOING 40 MPH WHEN I HEARD A POP COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD. WHEN I LOOKED OVER, THERE WAS A CRACK ABOUT MIDWAY UP THE WINDSHIELD. IT RAN FROM THE FAR RIGHT TOWARD THE MIDDLE ABOUT 10 INCHES AND THEN DOWNWARD. IT WAS CURVING DOWNWARD. THERE WAS ONE CAR IN FRONT ABOUT 25 YARDS AWAY GOING ABOUT THE SAME SPEED AS I WAS. I COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME COULD HAVE THROWN A ROCK THAT FAR AND HARD ENOUGH TO BREAK MY WINDSHIELD. I HAVE BEEN HIT MANY TIMES BEFORE ON THE HIGHWAY AND MY WINDOW HAD NEVER BROKEN. ONLY SMALL NICKS THAT I CAN SEE. I GOT TO THE THEATER AND GOT OUT TO LOOK AT THE WINDOW. THE CRACK STARTED FROM THE EDGE OF THE WINDOW. I COULD NOT SEE WHERE ANYTHING HAD HIT THE WINDOW. IT WAS A CLEAN BREAK. I HAD TO TAKE MY OUTBACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE I'M HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE WINDOW EXPRESS SWITCH, AND THEY LOOKED AT MY WINDSHIELD. THEY ARE GOING TO REPLACE IT BECAUSE I HAD PURCHASED EXTENDED COVERAGE AND IT WAS COVERED.
Visibility/wiper, Jun 2, 2016
I WAS DRIVING MY 2015 SUBARU OUTBACK ON THE HIGHWAY, NORTHBOUND INTERSTATE 280, IN WOODSIDE, CALIFORNIA, ON MAY 27, 2016. SUDDENLY I SAW A SMALL CRACK ON MY WINDSHIELD THAT GREW TO ABOUT 6 INCHES IN A FEW SECONDS, STARTING FROM THE WIPERS, AT THE BOTTOM AND A BIT TOWARDS THE DRIVER SIDE AND GOING UP THEN CURVING TOWARDS THE RIGHT, IN AN L SHAPE. BY THE NEXT MORNING THE HORIZONTAL PART OF THE CRACK HAD EXPANDED AT LEAST 12 INCHES MORE. I DID NOT HEAR THE NOISE OF IMPACT OF A STONE OR ANY OTHER OBJECT.
Visibility/wiper, May 30, 2016
THIS IS MY ORIGINAL 2015 OUTBACK. I OWN 2 2015S. MY OTHER ONE ONE HAD A WINDSHIELD ISSUE WHEN I WAS DRIVING AROUND 35 ON A COLD NIGHT. THERE WAS A LARGE POP AND SUDDENLY A CRACK APPEARED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. OVER THE NEXT DAYS IT GREW INTO A BACKWARDS "J". DEALER SAID IT WAS NOT COVERED, HOWEVER IT WAS DIFFICULT TO EVEN SEE A MARK THAT WOULD INDICATE IT WAS HIT FROM A ROCK, AND NOT DEFECTIVE. WE WENT AHEAD AND FIXED IT, EVEN THOUGH WE THOUGHT IT WAS ODD. THE OTHER MORNING, WE WENT DOWN TO THE GARAGE AND FOUND THAT OUR ORIGINAL 2015 HAD A SIMILAR CRACK ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, IN A SIMILAR SHAPE AND LENGTH. THE DAY BEFORE, WE DROVE THE CAR TO THE BEACH. NOTHING HIT IT, AND THE CRACK IS SMOOTH, WITH NOTHING FOUND WHERE IT ORIGINATES. SOMETHING IS DEFECTIVE WITH THESE WINDSHIELDS. THERE IS NO WAY 2 WINDSHIELDS ON 2 NEW CARS SHOULD BOTH HAVE TO BE REPLACED. WE OWN OURS CARS A LONG TIME, AND HAVE NEVER HAD A WINDSHIELD EXPERIENCE LIKE THIS, AND IF A ROCK EVER HITS ONE, IT'S A TINY MARK THAT CAN BE HANDLED BY INSURANCE. SOMETHING IS WRONG BUT SUBARU HAS WRITTEN IT SO ANY UPPER WINDSHIELD ISSUES ARE NOT INCLUDED, AND THIS IS NOT RIGHT. WE ARE GOING BUYING OUR SECOND ONE IN FOUR MONTHS, WITH EYESIGHT. THERE IS A DEFECT.
Visibility/wiper, May 30, 2016
DRIVING ON A ROAD TRAVELING APPROX. 35 MILES AN HOUR ON A COLD NIGHT. HEARD A LOUD POP AROUND THE PASSENGER SIDE UPPER WINDSHIELD. A SMALL CRACK APPEARED. THERE WAS NO BUMP OR ROCK HIT AS THE REST OF THE AREA APPEARED SMOOTH. CRACK SPREAD INTO BACKWARDS "J" SHAPE OVER NEXT FEW DAYS AT LEAST 12 INCHES LONG. DEALERSHIP TOLD ME IT WASN'T COVERED AND THERE WAS A ROCK HIT. BUT THE AREA WAS SMOOTH AND I'VE BEEN DRIVING FOR 30 YEARS AND HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN. WE ATE THE COST BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED, EVEN THOUGH CONSIDERED IT ODD THAT THIS WOULD HAPPEN. HOWEVER, WE HAPPEN TO OWN ANOTHER 2015 OUTBACK. YESTERDAY, WE WENT INTO THE GARAGE TO START THE CAR AND THERE IS A 12 INCH CRACK - THE SAME SHAPE- ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IN THE SAME LOCATIONS. NO SIGNS OF A ROCK HIT. WEATHER HAS BEEN VERY WARM, BUT THIS TIME, THE CAR WAS PARKED. SOMETHING IS WRONG. 2 - 2015 OUTBACKS? 2 "J" SHAPED CRACKS? IT'S NO COINCIDENCE AND TOO MANY COMPLAINTS ON LINE FROM PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS. WINDSHIELD IS FAULTY AND SUBARU WON'T STEP UP AND INCLUDE THE UPPER PART IN ITS RECALLS. IT NEEDS TO. VERY DISSATISFIED CUSTOMER.
Visibility/wiper, Apr 28, 2016
WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM DRIVERS SIDE BOTTOM CORNER ACROSS THE MID LINE ABOVE THE STEERING WHEEL TO PASSENGER SIDE WITHOUT WARNING OR IMPACT FROM AN ROCK OR OBJECT. CRACK BEGUN WHILE DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND WITHIN 45 SECONDS EXTENDED ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD FROM DRIVERS SIDE TO THE MID POINT OF THE WINDSHIELD. CRACK IS IN DRIVERS LINE OF SIGHT, AND A SAFETY HAZARD. TOOK IT TO DEALER, WHO RESPONDED, THAT IT IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE IN THIS MODEL. PULLED OVER AND FOUND NO IMPACT OR ROCK CHIP ANYWHERE ALONG CRACK. WINDSHIELD DEFECTIVE.
Visibility/wiper, Apr 22, 2016
WHILE DRIVING THE CAR, A CRACK APPEARED IN MY WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER SIDE. IT FORMED AN REVERSE L ABOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO IMPACT OR ANYTHING HITTING THE WINDSHIELD. THE CRACK APPEARED BEFORE MY EYES AS I WAS DRIVING UP THE ROAD.
Visibility/wiper, Apr 14, 2016
SUBARU 2015 WINDSHIELD CRACK: DRIVING INTO ALBUQUERQUE NM FROM SANTA FE ON HWY25, I SAW A CRACK APPEAR IN MY WINDSHIELD, FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE NEXT DAY IT HAD GROWN INTO AN L SHAPE.IN 2 MORE DAYS IT HAD GROWN TO AN S SHAPE. I DID NOT SEE ANY CARS CLOSE BY OR ANY ROCK AT THE TIME THE CRACK APPEARED. WHEN I CALLED THE DEALER, I WAS TOLD TO COME IN ON 4-27-16 FOR MY ANNUAL MAINTENANCE, BUT WAS CONCERNED BECAUSE THE CRACK KEPT GROWING. I WENT TO THE ALBUQUERQUE GARCIA DEALER TODAY 4-14-16, I WAS TOLD A TINY PINPOINT SPOT ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD INDICATED A ROCK HAD CAUSED THE CRACK TO START. BUT I HAVE DRIVEN CARS FOR 40 YEARS AND NEVER SEEN ANYTHING THIS DRAMATIC. I NOW HAVE READ ONLINE ABOUT DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE AND MOST VICTIMS BELIEVE THE FLEXING OF THE CAR BODY MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS CRACK. THE FRAGILITY OF THIS WINDSHIELD MAKES THIS CAR EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. I BELIEVE THIS CAR SHOULD HAVE A SAFETY RECALL.
Visibility/wiper, Apr 12, 2016
6-8 INCH CRACK IN WINDSHIELD, NO ROCK IMPACT OR PREVIOUS DAMAGE. WINDSHIELD HAS TO BE REPLACED AND EYESIGHT SYSTEM RE-CALIBRATED. CRACK OCCURRED DRIVING STRAIGHT ON A 4 LANE HIGHWAY, NO TRUCKS IN THE AREA, NOT CLOSE TO OTHER CARS.