Subaru Crosstrek Complaints

1,200 consumer complaints on file.

#11387895January 13, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD CRACKED, UNSURE OF TIMING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387612January 11, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
AS I WAS DRIVING TO WORK IN THE MORNING AROUND 7AM WITH ONLY 2 OTHER CARS IN OTHER LANES NOT NEAR ME, I HEARD A SUDDEN CRACK. I LOOKED OVER TO THE RIGHT LOWER SIDE OF MY WINDSHIELD AND SAW A DENT AND A CRACK ABOUT 2-3 INCHES. I DON'T THINK IT'S A ROCK BUT THAT WOULDN'T HAVE CAUSED SUCH A LOUD AND BIG CRACK ALL OF A SUDDEN. I HAVE OTHER CARS(NOT SUBARUS) AND I HAVE NEVER SEEN A CRACK FORM LIKE THAT BEFORE. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE NEWER SUBARUS, THIS IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS AND I'M ACTUALLY SCARED TO DRIVE MY SUBARU! THIS SCARE IS A SAFE CAR BUT WITH A WINDSHIELD LIKE THAT, ITS WORRYING ME.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387113January 8, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WOKE UP ONE MORNING AND WHEN I WENT TO MY CAR THAT WAS PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT I SAW A CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD THAT WAS NOT THERE WHEN I GOT HOME THE NIGHT BEFORE. THE CRACK LOOKS LIKE IT STARTS WHERE THE DE ICER IS LOCATED ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PASSENGER SIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11387021January 7, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
DRIVERS SIDE WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WAS DRIVING ON A STRAIGHT AWAY, WITH NO CARS IN FRONT OR BEHIND ME, DOING ABOUT 55MPH. PAID $240.00 TO HAVE REPLACED. I DO NOT HAVE PHOTO. JUST CREDIT CARD PAYMENT TO GLASS COMPANY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386600January 5, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED. STARTED OUT ALONG BOTTOM ON DRIVER'S SIDE AND EXPANDED UP AND ACROSS DRIVER'S SIDE. FROM WHAT I COULD TELL, NOTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD TO INITIATE THE CRACK. HAD TO GET REPLACED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386362January 4, 2021
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
VEHICLE TURNED OFF/STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ON 2 OCCASIONS, 2 MONTHS APART. NEEDED TO BE TOWED. SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE. BOTH TIMES, DEALER STATED NO ISSUES WERE FOUND. FIRST TIME THEY SAID IT MAY BE THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH WHICH WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL. SECOND TIME THEY SAID IT MIGHT BE THE FUEL PUMP OVERHEATING BUT SAID PUMP LOOKED FINE. I DO NOT TRUST THE CAR AND WILL NOT DRIVE IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386400January 4, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I HAVE AN 'L' SHAPED CRACK IN MY WINDSHIELD THAT IS APPROXIMATELY 6"X6". THE WINDSHIELD SUSTAINED A SMALL CHIP FROM A ROCK STRIKE AND BEFORE I COULD GET THE SUPERFICIAL CHIP FIXED IT TURNED INTO A VERY LARGE 'L' SHAPED CRACK. THE ROCK STRIKE OCCURRED WHILE I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY BUT THE SUBSEQUENT CRACK OCCURRED WHILE THE CAR WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS SITTING IN THE CAR WHEN THE WINDOW CRACKED AND OTHER THAN IT BEING A SUMMER DAY THE CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING UP TO THE CRACKING WINDSHIELD WERE NORMAL. THE PICTURE PROVIDED WITH THIS COMPLAINT SHOWS THE CRACK. I TRIED TO OUTLINE THE CRACKED AREA WITH YELLOW TO MAKE IT MORE EVIDENT. THE OTHER LINES IN THE PHOTO ARE A REFLECTION OF THE OVERHANGING POWERLINES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386455January 4, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
READ WINDSHIELD GLASS SPONTANEOUSLY BROKE WITH NO DAMAGE. HAD TO GET SERVICE TO REPAIR AND REPLACE. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, PARKED IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE, ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, PARKED AND NOT IN USE AT THE TIME OF THE BREAK.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386236January 3, 2021
STRUCTURE:BODY
WINDSHIELD HAD SMALL CRACK IN IT WHEN I CAME OUT ONE MORNING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11386150January 2, 2021
VISIBILITY/WIPER
FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHILE DRIVING ON I-65. MY SPEED WAS 75 MPH. I DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING HIT THE WINDSHIELD. TRAFFIC WAS VERY LIGHT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385944December 31, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED DURING THE SUMMER FOR NO APPARENT REASON, NO OBVIOUS SIGNS OF CHIP IN WINDSHIELD SURFACE. CRACK STARTS UPPER MIDDLE EDGE OF GLASS, DOWN PASSED REARVIEW MIRROR, THEN HALF WAY ACROSS PASSENGER SIDE, ABOUT 1/3 WAY DOWN FROM TOP. WE ARE GETTING IT REPLACED NOW.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385126December 27, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
A LONG (10-12 INCH) CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD. I CAN ONLY IMAGINE THAT A SMALL PEPPLE HIS THE WINDSHIELD WIHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. NO NOTICABLE DAMANAGE UNTIL A FEW DAYS LATER WHEN I NOTICED A LONG (10-12) INCH CRACK IN THE WINDSHEILD NEAR THE DASH (BOTTOM OF THE WINDSHIELD) AND TRAVELING UP AND TO THE RIGHT OF THE WINDSHIELD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11385159December 27, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE. THE CRACK OCCURRED IN EARLY OCTOBER. THERE WAS NO REASON THE WINDSHIELD SHOULD HAVE CRACKED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384337December 21, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FOR THE THIRD TIME, THE BATTERY ON THIS CAR NEEDS TO GO BACK FOR SERVICE - THE CAR IS HOUSED IN A GARAGE ON OUR PROPERTY AND IS TURNED ON EVERY 3-4 DAYS. THIS MORNING AND TWICE BEFORE THE CAR DOESN'T START. IN THE PREVIOUS 2 TIMES THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD AND I HAD TO JUMP START IT AND TAKE IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY SAID THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY. THIS MORNING WHEN TRYING TO START THE CAR, THE LIGHTS WERE FLASHING BUT THE ENGINE DID NOT TURN OVER. THE SAME THING HAPPENED WITH OUR LAST SUBARU A 2015 SUBARU IMPREZA. WE FEEL THE CAR SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE STARTED EVERY DAY NOR SHOULD WE NEED TO PUT ON A TRICKLE CHARGER AS SUGGESTED BY JEFF AT PAUL MILLER SUBARU WHO I UNDERSTAND IS THE SERVICE MANAGER THERE IN PARSIPPANY, NJ WHERE WE BOUGHT THE CAR. THE CAR WAS PARKED INSIDE THE GARAGE. ALSO WHENEVER WE WERE ABLE TO TURN ON THE CAR, THE RADIO COMES ON IMMEDIATELY. I THINK SOMETHING ELSE IS DRAINING THE BATTERY AND IS PROBABLY A DESIGN DEFECT. WE LAST STARTED THE CAR AND DROVE IT ON WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE HAD THIS PROBLEM YESTERDAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11384371December 21, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
A FEW DAYS AGO I WENT OUT TO MY SHOP TO GET IN MY CAR TO GO TO WORK AND WHEN I GOT IN MY CAR I NOTICED A GIANT CRACK IN THE WINDOW THAT IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WINDOW DOWN AT THE BOTTOM AND IT STARTS UNDER THE WIPERS AND IS ABOUT 6 INCHES LONG. THEN A FEW DAYS WENT BY AND I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AGAIN ON THE HIGH WAY IN THE RAIN AND IT CRACKED ANOTHER 2 INCHES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383551December 15, 2020
ENGINE
THE ENGINE STOP START FUNCTION CAUSES THE ENTIRE CAR TO SHAKE WHEN GOING FROM ENGINE OFF TO ENGINE ON. IT IS WORSE WHEN YOU ARE STOPPED AND THE STOP START RE-ENGAGES WHILE YOUR FOOT IS ON THE BRAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11383337December 14, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
THERE IS A STRESS CRACK ON PASSENGER SIDE FRONT ON WINDSHIELD FROM REARVIEW MIRROR INSIDE THE VEHICLE GOING UPWARD IN AN ARCH AND ENDS AT THE TOP OF THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS IN OUR GARAGE AND THERE IS NOTHING THAT COULD HAVE FALLEN ONTO THE CAR FROM THE ROOF OF THE GARAGE. NOTICED CRACK ON 12/13/2020
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11378562December 8, 2020
SUSPENSION
ON 11/30/2020 I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW SUBARU CROSSTREK FROM SHEEHY SUBARU IN SPRINGFIELD, VIRGINIA. IT HAD 15 MILES ON THE ODOMETER. ON 12/01/2020 IT WAS DELIVERED TO ME AT MY RESIDENCE IN WASHINGTON, DC. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A LOUD CREAKING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE CAR WHENEVER I TOOK A TURN OR WENT OVER A SMALL BUMP IN THE ROAD, INCLUDING SPEED BUMPS. WITHIN 30 MINUTES OF TAKING POSSESSION OF THE VEHICLE, I CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP TO NOTIFY THEM THAT I WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NOISE. THEY DISMISSED THE NOISE AS A REGULAR PART OF THE "NEW VEHICLE BREAK-IN PROCESS" AND CLAIMED THAT IT WOULD GO AWAY QUICKLY. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 MORE MILES TO SEE IF THE NOISE DISAPPEARED, I BECAME CONCERNED ABOUT MY SAFETY BECAUSE THE NOISE ONLY APPEARED TO BE INCREASING, SO I STOPPED USING THE VEHICLE. ON 12/05/20, THE FIRST DAY POSSIBLE, I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT QUICKLY CONFIRMED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION OF THE CAR, BUT THEY WERE NOT SURE EXACTLY WHAT. THEY INDICATED IT WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD LOOK INTO IT. IT IS NOW 12/08/20 AND THE CAR IS STILL NOT REPAIRED. SO, IN SHORT, A NEW CAR WITH 15 MILES ON THE ODOMETER WHEN I PURCHASED IT HAS NOW SPENT AN EQUAL AMOUNT OF TIME IN MY POSSESSION AS IT HAS SPENT IN THE SHOP FOR REPAIRS TO THE SUSPENSION. I WORRY THAT THIS ISSUE IS NOT LIMITED TO MY VEHICLE ALONE AS IT IS AN ADMITTED MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT APPARENTLY CANNOT BE REPAIRED QUICKLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11378035December 5, 2020
SUSPENSION
STRUT HAS CREAKING SOUND DURING DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC. ON HIGHWAY THERE IS HARDLY ANY NOISE AND WORKS FINE. DEALER SUGGESTED STRUT REPLACEMENT BUT NOT UNDER WARRANTY SINCE IT WAS IN ACCIDENT IN THAT AREA 6 MONTHS AGO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11377750December 3, 2020
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2018 SUBARU CROSSTREK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE APPROACHING HER PARKED VEHICLE AT HER RESIDENCE, SHE NOTICED A VERTICAL CRACK ON THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRACK WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO REPAIR SHOP AND THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 9,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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