I have had a diesel Subaru Outback for 3 years. In that time, after today, I will have had 5 windscreens (4 replacements). The last one had no other vehicles involved, just some new bitumen roadworks with the normal sticky loose aggregate spattering the underside from the wheels. All low speed. A tiny chip at the extreme edge of passenger side has progressed in 2 days to a 500 mm crack. Are these windscreens unusually fragile?
I had a Holden Berlina and a Calais 2000-2015 and never had a windscreen damage warranting replacement. On the Subaru, 4 in three years! Apart from one incident, all damage was incurred on paved country roads.
Out of interest a related Subaru Forester 3 hrs later through the same roadworks also wound up with a chip, albeit much less extensive than the Outback. It has not progressed to a long crack.
Experience of others? Subaru comment?
I had a Holden Berlina and a Calais 2000-2015 and never had a windscreen damage warranting replacement. On the Subaru, 4 in three years! Apart from one incident, all damage was incurred on paved country roads.
Out of interest a related Subaru Forester 3 hrs later through the same roadworks also wound up with a chip, albeit much less extensive than the Outback. It has not progressed to a long crack.
Experience of others? Subaru comment?
