2024 Subaru Forester Other Problems

Your driver's side rear door window suddenly shattered and exploded inward while you were driving on the highway, sending glass into the cabin. The glass debris missed your child in the safety seat but damaged the car's paint. You hadn't noticed any prior damage to the window and didn't hear anything hit the car. The window may have failed due to a manufacturing defect similar to a 2019 recall Subaru issued for this same window on another model. Repair will involve replacing the entire rear door window glass and repainting the affected area.

Your windshield shattered when hit by a bottle thrown from an oncoming vehicle, sending glass shards into the cabin and toward your face. The glass broke into small splinters that could have caused serious eye injury or blindness if you hadn't been wearing glasses. The dealership staff was surprised by how easily the windshield was penetrated and how much glass debris entered the vehicle. Your windshield may need to be replaced with a new one.

Your driver's side mirror has a distorted reflection that makes it difficult to see clearly and potentially unsafe. You've taken the car to the dealership multiple times, and while they acknowledge the distortion, they say it's normal for this mirror style—though you've noticed the 2025 model doesn't have the same issue. The dealership may need to replace the mirror assembly to resolve the problem.

This is the second windshield crack on my new 2024 Subaru Forester. I have only had the car 4 months. The first crack happened after I only had the car about 3 weeks, it was small and repairable. When I got in my car on 7/4/24, I noticed another crack, this one was good size, about 3 in long. I marked it with a marker to see if it became bigger while just parked, I checked it after a few hours and it had cracked about another inch and a half. When I bought the car they offered a windshield protection insurance which I thought was absolutely ridiculous, it's a Subaru they would not sell and item of poor quality. Never in my life have I ever heard of windshield insurance. Looking back on it now it's obvious they know there is a problem with the windshield. Now I am going to have to get a whole new windshield which is going to have to be recalibrated because of the Eyesight technology. This is a total rip off because Subaru knows they are selling and inferior product and something needs to be done about it. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Cracked windshield. Happened out of nowhere overnight.

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