I give this a fairly significant rating since the glass eventually cracked across the entire windshield, and the sun would glare into my eyes while driving making this pretty unsafe. The dealership was absolutely useless in helping me to fix this (giving me a ridiculous quote of $2,000+ and denying that the glass cracks easily). I'm not even sure the crack was from a rock chip; I noticed another outback (same year/body style) in my neighborhood that had an identical crack from the bottom right corner of the windshield. Just before getting it repaired, the windshield got another separate crack (although the glass may have been weakened by the first crack).

I've now had two windshields crack over 12" in length. This second cracked windshield was hit with a very light sound of a pebble hitting windshield. I was going about 20 MPH and head a very light sound. The crack started out as a star-shaped nick. Within 5 minutes it went to about 6" long. Within 4 hours it grew to about 12". The next morning the crack grew in 3 different directions. I've never seen a windshield change so quickly.

NOW, the Optimum Vehicle Protection Plus Service Contract will ONLY cover 2 new windshields. I've driven over 2 Million miles. I am 68 years old and drove through Montana for 10 years straight at 2,000 miles/week without even ONE cracked windshield. Not counting these last 2 Subaru cracked windshields over the past 1.5 months, I have replaced 2 in my lifetime. It costs $1,120.00 per new windshield. At this rate, it will cost me at least $3,000/year to replace cracked windshields on my 2022 Subaru Outback Premium. I am certain, when I have to add window coverage on my personal auto insurance, my INSURANCE PAYMENTS will sky rocket. This is total BS.

My 2022 Subaru Outback windshield is hit and broken by a pebble from an on coming car. At first it's just a pin hole size damage, however within a few minutes the crack formed and spread over 2 feet in length. This event would have been dismissed as an unfortunate event if it weren't because of another crack for 2 days after caused by another pebble. What are the chances??? This events cause me and my family to kept an eye out for any other car on the road with cracked window. Guess what, after 2400 mi on the road, we found 3 cars with cracked/ broken windshield and they were ALL Subaru!!!

I don't know what's the deal with this but Subaru need to do something with the durability of their windshield! I have done some research online and it appeared that this is a KNOWN problem since 2015 model onward. Is this their business strategy? Are they selling intentionally weak windshield so they sell more OEM windshield ($450) and Subaru Eye Sight Calibration Service ($275) each time it damaged???

Subaru, if you read this - I NEED AN ANSWER!