2020 Subaru Forester

I WAS DRIVING MY 2020 SUBARU FORESTER AND JUST BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE TRAVELING ABOUT 35 MPH IN THE LEFT LANE OF A STRAIGHT TWO LANE ENTRANCE RAMP TO A HIGHWAY. IN THE RIGHT LANE AND IN FRONT OF ME WAS A TRUCK PULLING A TRAILER WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE TRAILER TRAVELING AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED ON A CLEAR DAY AROUND 3:00PM IN SEPTEMBER. THE TRUCK WITH TRAILER IN FRONT OF ME KICKED UP A FEW ROAD PEBBLES. BY THE SOUNDS OF THE PEBBLES HITTING THE UNDERSIDE OF THE TRAILER, I COULD TELL THAT THEY WERE SMALL CHIPS OF STONE. THEN, I HEARD ONE OF THEM PING ON MY WINDSHIELD AND IMMEDIATELY SAW A DIAGONAL CRACK (FROM LEFT TO RIGHT) THAT BEGAN UNDER THE RUBBER AROUND THE WINDSHIELD AND EXTENDED DOWN ABOUT 20 INCHES IN FRONT OF ME. THERE WAS NO SPIDER WEBBING OF THE GLASS AND NO VISIBLE POCK MARK WHERE THE PEBBLE MAY HAVE HIT. I COMPLETED MY TRIP HOME AND HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AND THE FRONT RADAR RECALIBRATED AS SOON AS PARTS AND SERVICE WERE AVAILABLE. I HAVE OWNED AT LEAST 7 CARS (MOST OF THEM OLDER MODELS) THROUGHOUT MY LIFE AND HAVE EVEN HAD SOME OF THOSE CARS HIT BY PEBBLES AND STONES KICKED UP BY OTHER VEHICLES. I HAVE NEVER HAD A WINDSHIELD CRACK IN ALL THAT TIME. MY RECENT INCIDENT WITH MY SUBARU HAPPENED WHEN THIS VEHICLE WAS ONLY 11 MONTHS OLD!!! I DO NOT FEEL THAT A SMALL PEBBLE WITH VEHICLES TRAVELING AT MODEST SPEED SHOULD HAVE SO EASILY CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD OF MY FORESTER THAT I PURCHASED BASED UPON ITS SAFETY FEATURES, INCLUDING THE EYESIGHT DRIVER ASSIST TECHNOLOGY WHICH WAS COMPROMISED BY THIS CRACK. I AM CONCERNED THAT THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED TOO EASILY IN THIS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD VEHICLE.

I HAVE OWNED MY BRAND NEW 2020 FORESTER FOR 6 WEEKS. AS I WAS BACKING MY CAR INTO A PARKING SPOT AT WORK (IT WAS RAINING), I SAW WHAT I THOUGHT WAS A RAIN STREAK APPEARING - STARTED ON THE LOWER LEFT OF THE DRIVER'S SIDE WINDSHIELD - I WATCHED AS IT GREW TO A 16-18 INCH CRACK! NOTHING, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD. TRAFFIC WAS SLOWER THAN USUAL BECAUSE OF THE RAIN AND AFTER EXITING THE HIGHWAY, THERE WAS NO TRAFFIC ON THE LESS THAN 5 MINUTE TRIP TO MY WORKPLACE. I FELT NOTHING ON THE INSIDE AND THE OUTSIDE WAS SMOOTH, AT FIRST. SINCE IT WAS RAINING FAIRLY HARD - I CAME OUT 30 MINUTES LATER AND NOT ONLY HAD THE CRACK GROWN IN LENGTH - THE CRACK HAD WIDENED ENOUGH THAT I COULD FEEL IT! WHEN I GOT BACK TO MY COMPUTER - I GOOGLED AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF SIMILAR EXPERIENCES WITH THE FORESTER WINDSHIELDS. I AM SO ANGRY - I WOULD HAVE NEVER BOUGHT THIS VEHICLE HAD I KNOWN ABOUT THE WINDSHIELD ISSUES. I'M TAKING IT TO THE DEALER TOMORROW. IT BETTER GET FIXED - OR I WILL PURSUE LEGAL ACTION AGAINST SUBARU. I JUST MADE MY FIRST CAR PAYMENT!!

MY SUBARU HAS 8K MILES ON IT. WAS DRIVING DOWN ROUTE 81 DOING 65MPH WITH NO VEHICLES AROUND ME. HIT A SEEM, NOT A BUMP BUT A SEEM IN THE HIGHWAY AND MY WINDSHIELD NOW HAS A 6' STRESS CRACK WHICH STARTED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD. NO CHIP IN GLASS AND THERE WERE NO CARS NEAR ME AT ALL. AND THE PICTURE I SUBMITTED HAS THE CRACK. THERE'S ONE SPOT TO THE LEFT OF IT AND THAT IS SAP NOT A CHIP.

2020 FORESTER. WINDSHIELD CRACKS. WITHIN A YEAR. ONE +1FT LONG CRACK RAN FROM BOTTOM RIGHT HAND CORNER TO MID WINDSHIELD. WINDSHIELD REPLACED. CRACKED AGAIN, THIS TIME ABOUT 18INCH CRACK, STARTING IN LOWER LEFT HAND CORNER OF WINDSCREEN, RAPIDLY RAN INTO MID WINDSCREEN/WINDSHIELD DIRECTLY IN DRIVERS FIELD OF VIEW. THIS IS UNPRECEDENTED IN MY MULTI DECADE DRIVING EXPERIENCE. NEITHER THE OWNER, ME, NOR THE INSURANCE COMPANY SHOULD PAY FOR THIS. AND BECAUSE IT MIGRATES TO MID WINDSHIELD, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT DRIVING DISTRACTION, PARTICULARLY IN SOME SUN CONDITIONS.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 70 MPH, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FROM THE EDGE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE ABOUT 8-10 INCHES ACROSS RIGHT IN THE DRIVERS LINE OF VISION. THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A POINT OF IMPACT FROM DEBRIS. THE CRACK HAS SINCE EXTENDED HALF WAY ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD 4 DAYS LATER. I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW AND HAVE OWNED IT ABOUT 7 WEEKS

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, I HEARD A LOUD POP. I LOOKED AROUND AND I NOTICED MY WINDSHIELD HAD A HUGE COMBINATION CRACK ON THE PASSENGER SIDE. I DIDN'T SEE ANY OBJECT FLY TOWARDS THE CAR OR TRUCKS NEARBY. I WAS DRIVING ON THE 2ND LANE FROM THE RIGHT. IT WAS ABOUT 100 DEGREES F AND 5 MINS BEFORE I HAD TURNED ON THE AC AT THE LOWEST TEMP AND FAN SPEED TO MEDIUM-HIGH.