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2009 Subaru LEGACY Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1628617
Internal NHTSA #	11290416
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	LEGACY
Model Year	2009
File date	18/12/19
Component	VISIBILITY/WIPER
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was driving my 2009 subaru legacy sedan on a rural highway on my usual daily commute to work. It was december 18, 2019 in montana, so cold, but not unusually cold, and it was sunny . I was driving for about 50 minutes, and was probably going around 65-70mph, when i heard a loud noise above me like an explosion. I looked up and saw an oblong, somewhat rectangular, hole in my sunroof that was probably around 8-9 inches long and probably about 4 inches wide at its widest. The rest of the sunroof was also shattered, though still intact. Looking at the sunroof from outside, however, the shattering was less evident. I immediately looked ahead of me to see whether there was a truck or something from which something could have flown off and hit my sunroof. There was a passenger car that was maybe around 100 feet ahead of me, and then, ahead of that car, there was a logging truck (carrying tree logs), that was probably at least an 1/8 mile ahead of me. I did not see anything fly towards the car before the sunroof shattered. There was little glass in the car, and i pulled over and could find no evidence of any foreign object inside the car. I exited the car and looked at the sunroof. The glass around the hole in the sunroof gave an appearance of the impact coming from inside the car as the glass around the hole was puffed mildly, but distinctly, outward toward the sky. I saw no external evidence of an impact by a foreign object. The sunroof hole was also somewhat underneath one of the cross-bars of my car-top kayak rack, so even though the hole looked like a direct impact (even if it had been caused from above), it appeared as though the kayak rack cross-bar would have deflected any foreign object if it had come from above. I exited the car and retraced my path along the highway, looking for any foreign objects on the road, shoulder or ditch. I saw nothing.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	220000
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Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	MISSOULA, MT
VIN pattern	4S3BL616997XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	65
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2009 Subaru LEGACY Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2009 Subaru LEGACY Visibility Wiper Problems, Complaints and Defects

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