| Issue ID | 1699322 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 11365830 |
| Manufacurer | Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Brand | SUBARU |
| Model | OUTBACK |
| Model Year | 2015 |
| File date | 23/11/19 |
| Component | VISIBILITY/WIPER |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Drove car to montana, parked in hotel. The temperature dropped into the upper 20's. When woke up the next morning, before touching the car, we saw that there was a 6 inch crack starting at bottom of windshield on drivers side. Crack grew as temp warmed during the day with only driving about 5 miles. The next morning there was a crack on the passenger side which progressively grew through the drive back to ca. I have driven many cars in cold temperature and never had this happen. This is a sign of a faulty windshield. I have read that there are thousands of subaru owners with same complaint, and that replacement windshields have also cracked. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 75000 |
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| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | VISTA, CA |
| VIN pattern | 4S4BSANC0F3XXXXXX |
| 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 |
| Was part original equipment? | |
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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 | 0 |
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