2019 Subaru Crosstrek UNKNOWN OR OTHER

My vehicle would struggle with starting intermittently over the past 2 years. Last week It became a consistent issue each time I would start it. Today my car would not crank and I tried several times over the span of 3 hours. What I experienced previously when starting my vehicle is it would initiate starting, I would hear a mechanical whirring, the car would stop then start again and the engine would turn over a couple of times and eventually start up. Today when trying to start the car, I hear a mechanical whirring and several notifications appear on my dashboard including the following: Check Engine, EyeSight Off Check Manual, Check Owner Manual, RAB Disabled. Thankfully I was not stranded when my car wouldn't start again, but that is a real risk because I travel to the mountains often where there is no cell reception. I looked online for similar issues and have discovered several instances of people with 2018 and 2019 subaru crosstreks (and other models) have had the same issue. Subaru has issued a Technical Service Bulletin (07-198-21), but this is a safety issue which they should address. My coworker has the same car and it has had work done for the same issue. My neighbor has a 2019 ascent which has an auto Start/Stop where it wasn't able to restart and was stuck in traffic creating a hazard.

Sunroof exploded while driving. No temperature extremes, no warning lights prior to event. It sounded like my car was shot and tempered glass fell into vehicle. Insurance claim was filed and approved for replacement of the sunroof; dealership replaced the part.

The main information panel which displays navigation information under Carplay goes blank for approximately 5 seconds every time the user adjusts the car volume. This appears to be by design. The "feature" creates an unsafe driving situation by forcing the driver's attention to linger on the main panel waiting for navigational or other information, creating an unsafe situation which could cause an accident. In addition, though less threatening, the vehicle's audio volume turns on when the car is started, regardless of whether it was last left off or on. The unexpected volume sound interferes with a driver's initial planning and focus in the vehicle unnecessarily. This unfortunate "feature" is less threatening than the screen blanking resulting from volume adjustment because it occurs before the car begins moving. The volume control screen blanking creates a hazard because it interferes with the driver's access to important information while the vehicle is in motion, tempting the driver to take their eyes off the road waiting for the main screen to once again resume normal operation.

On July 13,2022, while easing into a parking slot with foot on the pedal brake, with final stop and reaching to shift gear into parking mode, my 2019 Crosstrek engine suddenly accelerated and made the car surge forward. My brake pedal was on the floor with no response and the car continued to shoot pass the curb and sidewalk onto a vegetation embankment, heading towards the building and its glass door. I was terrified as the car did not respond to braking and tried to shift into neutral but the shift gear was struggling, until the car got stopped by the vegetation bank and continued to rev loudly, but then allowed me to shift into neutral. There was no warning of any sort when the phenomenon took place. When the tow truck arrived, tow personnel turned on the engine and tried the brakes pedal which went straight to the floor, with no pressure response. What was terrifying was the car engine suddenly accelerated forward and would not stop until the car was stopped by the dirt and vegetation. Without the vegetation, my car would have plowed into the building and the tall glass windows. The front of my car was damaged. It is now in a body shop. My car was bought brand new, has been serviced regularly by the dealership that I ordered it from. The last maintenance was March 2022, for a 24k service, with all in good operation. It currently has 25K miles. In the aftermath, I researched the web for info, and I found out that there is a current class action suit against Subaru for this type of sudden acceleration on several models of Subaru. This sudden acceleration is when cars are ready to park, with brake pedal applied, yet cars just accelerate. This is a life endangering car malfunction for drivers and other nearby drivers. Please help keep us all safe. Thank you for reviewing my report.

Windshield cracked while driving for no reason

Back rear window shattered on its own, but it shattered completely instead of like the windshield with it didn’t stay together it was shattered into 1 million pieces. All I did was close my front door.

The windshield on my Subaru Crosstrek is incredibly weak and cracks upon the smallest impact. I have owned my vehicle for 2.5 years, and have driven it about 25,000 miles. In the vehicle that I owned prior (Lincoln LS), I never experienced any windshield cracking, and I was driving in the same region. I now have 6 cracks on my windshield, two of which have grown to be larger cracks (one going all the way across my dash, and the other stretching about 12 inches). The cracks and nicks are causing an issue with visibility in colder weather. My vehicle windshield does not defrost as quickly, and my windshield becomes foggy more often while driving.

On June 25, 2021 we had driven from Seattle to Spokane, WA and stopped at the Sprague Lake Rest Stop. When we returned to our car and sat in the car for about 15 minutes our car failed to start. The temperature outside was about 100 degrees. After 3 attempts by fellow travelers Roadside Assist and a Tow Driver our car failed to start so it was towed to the Suburu dealer in Spokane Washington where a battery was replaced. The only reason that was given for the failure was that we sat in the car for a time before we started the car and the batter;y was drained because of the presence of the keys. Our batter has failed on 3 other occasions. Because we do occasional car trips we no longer feel safe in this car

WINDSHIELD CRACKING. WAS REPLACE AND CRACKED AGAIN.

I was driving on an open road today and it was cold outside about 50 degree. There were no other cars around and I heard a loud boom noise on the roof of my car. I looked at my sunroof in the car and it was shattered. The Bubble from the explosion in the glass was sticking out from the car verses towards the car so I am aware it was not impacted by anything.

After driving for a few when I come to a stop or slow down to a lower gear and accelerate it starts to stall out and the lights dim a bit slightly. It does not do it on the highway or at higher rates of speed. I’ve checked battery, watched allot of the parameters on a diagnostic tool and didn’t see anything out of the ordinary or any codes even when almost stalling out in a intersection. It would have left me to oncoming traffic. It didn’t die but it was rattling rumbling and stalling. It’s like the transmission is trying to keep it at a super low gear to save gas? I checked for recalls and it states none. I just got this car and it has 40k miles and is still new. I love this car and feel super safe driving it . I traded my abarth for it and it was really hard to part but this car makes up for it. I’m calling the Subaru dealership and dealership I got it from. I’ve owned it less than a month.

2019 Subaru Crosstrek Left rear window ( driver’s side) window shattered without warning. There was a recall issued for this exact problem - but the time frame for the recall was narrow and my car was not included as it was just shy of the start date for the recall although manufactured in the same month. Subaru’s number for this recall is WUG-92. The child car seat was covered in glass and shards of glass were embedded throughout the car. The fact that the car was parked with no one in it does not lessen the reality that this would have been a tragic incident for the child and anyone in the car or near the car especially if we had been driving on a highway. Subaru has been contacted and took all the information. I am documenting this for a warning to other Crosstrek owners to be aware that this is known to happen without warning until Subaru notifies them of this potential danger. Hopefully the recall will be expanded to avoid harm and injury.

IN JUNE OF 2020, MY BRAND NEW 2019 SUBARU CROSSTREK CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE MORNING OF THE FIRE, IT WAS CONFIRMED VIA THE APP THAT ALL CAR SYSTEMS WERE IN CHECK AND NO MAINTENANCE WAS REQUIRED. WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 65MPH, WE COULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE. WHILE PULLING OVER, THE DASHBOARD LIT UP WITH ICONS. WE THEN NOTICED SMOKE, THEN FIRE. THIS WAS ABOUT WITHIN A MINUTE AND A HALF TIMES. THE CAR REMAINS BURNT ON THE LOT UNTOUCHED AND SUBARU HAS YET TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT 3 MONTHS LATER. IF THERE IS A RECALL, IT WAS VERY UNSAFE FOR SUBARU CROSSTREK DRIVERS TO BE ON THE ROAD.

I PURCHASED THIS AFTERMARKET DEVICE ON AMAZON IN MAY. NOT ONLY DOES THIS DEVICE NOT WORK BUT I AM CONCERN OF THE INHERENT DANGERS OF THIS PRODUCT. I SPENT A FAIR AMOUNT OF TIME ON THE PHONE WITH SUBARU OF AMERICA WHO STATED THIS TYPE OF DEVICE SHOULD NOT BE USED FOR BOTH SAFETY AND WARRANTY REASONS. SUBARU POINTED THIS OUT TO ME IN MY OWNER'S MANUAL. WE ALSO DISCUSSED HOW THIS MAY BE A SAFETY ISSUE FOR ANY VEHICLE AS MOST VEHICLES WARN AGAINST SPENDING TIME NEAR THE EXHAUST. KEEP IN MIND THAT THIS PRODUCT, BESTAUTO AIR JACK EXHAUST 3 TON INFLATABLE CAR JACK OFF-ROAD EXHAUST AIR JACK 4X4' USES A BLACK RUBBER CONE PLACED OVER THE EXHAUST OF A RUNNING CAR TO INFLATE THE BALLOON/JACK DEVICE. ONE WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUOUSLY HOLD THIS BLACK CONE OVER THE EXHAUST TO MAINTAIN THE SEAL. THIS MEANS ONE WOULD HAVE THEIR NOSE AND MOUTH NEAR THE EXHAUST. BOTH AS A CUSTOMER AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDER, I HAVE PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS ABOUT THIS PRODUCT. I MADE THESE CONCERNS TO BOTH AMAZON AND BESTAUTO IN WRITING, 'DEAR BESTAUTO, AS REQUESTED, I HAVE ATTACHED A PICTURE OF THIS ITEM. IT DOES NOT WORK. I SEPARATELY EMAILED YOU A VIDEO SHOWING THE SAME THING, THAT THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT WORK. ADDITIONALLY, THE MANUFACTURER OF MY VEHICLE, SUBARU, STATED NOTHING SHOULD BE PLACED IN THE PATH OF THE EXHAUST. THESE ARE FOR SAFETY REASONS. I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED PICTURES OF THIS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

2 SIGNIFICANT WINDSHIELD CRACKS IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. OF OWNING THIS CAR. ONE WAS REPAIRABLE. THE SECOND HAS RESULTED IN THE NEED FOR REPLACEMENT, AS A SMALL CHIP EXTENDED TO 7 INCHES WITHIN ONE WEEK. NO EXCESSIVE SPEED OR DRIVING AT CLOSE PROXIMITY AT FAULT. FIRST CRACK 3/8/19. SECOND INCIDENT 1/27/20- LESS THAN ONE YEAR APART ON A BRAND NEW VEHICLE.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED ON DRIVERS SIDE. SITTING AT A GAS STATION. PULLED IN CAR WAS FINE, FILLED TANK, GOT BACK IN, CRACK WAS THERE.

VEHICLE HAS BEEN STUTTERING FROM ACCELERATION FOR AWHILE NOW. NOTICEABLE MORE WHEN GOING AROUND 60MPH WHEN SLOWING DOWN. IT HAS DONE FOR ABOUT YEAR OFF AND ON. HAVE TAKING TO DEALERSHIP FEW TIMES STATED NOTHING WRONG FIRST TIME. SECOND RESET SOMETHING WORKED FOR FEW DAYS I THOUGHT BUT STILL DOES OFF AND ON. FEELS LIKE IT DOESN'T GET ENOUGH FUEL. *TR

CRACKED WINDSHIELD. *TR

MY WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A SMALL CRACK IN IT WHILE SITTING IN THE GARAGE. ON FEB 7TH WHILE DRIVING INTO TOWN ON A VERY COLD DAY I HAD THE DEFROSTER ON AND WATCHED WITH WINDSHIELD CRACK A GOOD 12 INCHES RIGHT ABOUT THE HEAT VENTS

THE WINDHSHILD OF THE SUBARU CROSSTEK 2019 CHIPPED WITH THE TINIEST OF THE STONES THAT FLUNG OVER FROM A DIFFERENT TRUCK OR VEHICLE PASSING BY ON THE HIGHWAY. WE WERE ALSO DRIVING IN EXIT LANE AND CONSIDERABLE SLOWER THAN PASSING TRAFFIC. THE STONES WAS TOO SMALL TO CAUSE A 12 INCH LINE ON THE DRIVER SIDE.. I THINK THERE IS A FARGILITY PROBLEM OR ASSEMBLY PROBLEM IN SUBARU CROSSTEK THAT MAKES SO MANY WINDSHILED BREAKS/CHIPS.

MY WINDSHIELD BEGIN CRACKING FROM THE LOWER LEFT CORNER ON THE DRIVER SIDE WITHOUT ANY CARS OR TRUCKS ANYWHERE AROUND ME TO KICK UP THE STONE. THERE IS NOW ABOUT A 10 INCH CRACK GOING IN A NORTH EASTERLY DIRECTION LOOKING FROM THE DRIVERS SIDE

I WAS DRIVING AND SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD THUMP. I LOOKED AROUND AND BEHIND ME AND DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING OR ANYONE AROUND THEN I HEARD A CRACKLING SOUND COMING FROM MY ROOF SO I SLIGHTLY OPENED MY SUNROOF VISOR TO SPOT BROKEN GLASS SO I CLOSED THE VISOR SLOWLY IN CASE ANY LOOSE GLASS WAS PRESENT. I PULLED OVER TO LOOK FROM THE TOP AND SAW THE ENTIRE SUNROOF WAS SHATTERED. THE GLASS LOOKED AS IF IT HAD 'EXPLODED.'

IF ALL DOORS ARE LOCKED AND I AM INSIDE THE VEHICLE, I CANNOT OPEN THE DOOR BY PULLING THE DOOR OPEN LEVER. I HAVE TO OPEN ALL DOORS WHICH ARE ELECTRICALLY OPERATED BY A BUTTON ON THE DOOR, AND THEN OPEN THE DOOR WITH THE LEVER. I AM WORRIED THAT IF THE BATTERY IS DEAD OR THE DOOR OPEN SWITCH IS SHORTED IN A FLOOD, THEN I CANNOT GET OUT BY OPENING THE DOOR.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED FOR NO REASON 5 MONTHS AFTER GETTING CAR. I HAD TO HAVE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD REPLACED. IT OCCURRED WHILE IT WAS SITTING IN DRIVEWAY - NOTICED ONE MORNING AS I DROVE VEHICLE THAT DAY CRACK SPREAD AND GOT LARGER

VEHICLE IS 8 MONTHS OLD. HAVE EXPERIENCED 2 CRACKED WINDSHIELDS WITHIN THE LAST 2 MONTHS.