I acquired one on my driver's side window the 3rd day of ownership. Since then I have probably 10 small pits on the windshield. I haven't done anything with them yet. I suppose it isn't the highest quality glass that manufacturers use as opposed to what older vehicles had. At least none of them have developed into spreading cracks seeing as temps up here go from below 0 in winter to above 100 in summer. Never looked into applying anything to them.

 

Is the risk of it spreading higher going from summer to winter or winter to summer?

 

Has anyone else experienced their windshields getting chips easily while driving on highways?
...my windshield just took off a bit of the glass. Seems like surface damage. Can be felt if I scratch my finger nail across it. ... or can I just rub some permatex over it?

When I made a trip to Oregon I got some of those chips/divots like you in the glass. When I got home I used some of the windshield crack repair resin, put a small drop in the divot, placed a small piece of the plastic in the kit on it to flatten it out & hit it with a UV flashlight to cure it. I then used a razor to scrape it smooth. Can't really tell they were ever there!

The stuff that I had was left over from fixing a windshield crack years ago on another vehicle.

 

What brand? Permatex, rain-x, loctite, 3m?

 

About 1/3 of the mileage on my 2022 Legacy, just under 48K total as of this writing, is from highway driving. So far, I only got a bunch of microcraters that could be seen when the lighting is just right. Perhaps this windshield is softer than on my previous vehicles, or maybe I'm just getting old and cranky.

 

I took a trip from Minnesota to Wyoming & Colorado this summer and my windshield ended up with a bunch of small surface chips that you really notice when the sun hits it at the right angle. I've used chip repair kits on previous vehicle windshields and they do work if you get on it before it becomes a crack, I hope to get around to doing that with my Subie before winter. I bought my '25 last year knowing Subarus had a reputation for windshields that easily chip/crack -- yeah, it's definitely a thing.

 

So what brand do you prefer?
Loctite, 3 m rainx or permatex?
What do professionals use to repair chips?

 

I had a glass place try and fix a few deeper pits with the clear finishing resin… they tried that for free. didn’t really work. They did a great job in a big chip I had though.

 

Can you please explain how or why it didn’t work? Did it spread or did the resin fall off?

 

I just fixed a chip with a very slight line a week ago on my 2015 Outback. I have repaired several other vehicles over the decades. I believe it was a Permatex kit that cost under $20. It wasn't until I read the instructions at home that it said it was only for round divots. It still worked fine.

 

So it’s better to fill up the nick than just leave it as it is?

 

Where can I buy the force in type windshield repair kit mentioned by @Toad442 at https://www.subaruoutback.org/posts/6183764/