Visibility complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2021 Subaru Ascent has 17 NHTSA visibility complaints and 0 visibility-related recalls.
17
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER,LANE DEPARTURE,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | I have a 2021 Subaru Ascent that falls under an extended warranty regarding the windshield due to a ... |
| Jul 20, 2023 | VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2021 Subaru Ascent. The contact stated that while his wife was repositioning the ... |
| May 29, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield randomly became extremely hazy in one section to the point where Eyesight forward facing ... |
| May 20, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield started cracking and crack doubled in size within a few hours, we did not hear a rock chi... |
| Dec 1, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Second time windshield has cracked, not due to rock or debris chip, but from edge of windshield and ... |
| Oct 14, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | I noticed the windshield of my Ascent premium has thousands of millions of glaring specks/dots when ... |
| Jul 3, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Without anything noticeable hitting the windshield, it was fine on July 2nd 2022 and when I went to ... |
| Nov 13, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | At 1 month old with 1,661 miles - the driver's side window started showing a cracked line that began... |
| Sep 29, 2021 | VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2021 Subaru Ascent. The contact stated that after the vehicle was parked in the g... |
| Jun 26, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Three chips have showed up on my windshield. I called the dealer when I saw it. They said all custom... |
| Jun 18, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | On our first road trip in our new Ascent the windshield cracked. It rapidly spread about 18 inches.... |
| May 1, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | CRACK APPEARED SPIDERED ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD JUST WITHIN THE 60 MINUTES OF US LEAVING OUR CAR IN MA... |
| Mar 5, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | I purchased the vehicle Oct 2020. Since then the windshield has sustained 6 chips/cracks in the win... |
| Feb 26, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD IS CRACKING FOR NO APPARENT REASON, STARTING AT THE BASE OF THE DRIVER SIDE CORNER AND SP... |
| Jan 18, 2021 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | THE WINDSHIELD OF OUR NEW SUBARU ASCENT TOURING 2021 JUST CRACKED ON ITS OWN ONLY A COUPLE OF WEEKS ... |
| Jan 2, 2021 | VISIBILITY | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A OWNS A 2021 SUBARU ASCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT MID LEVEL... |
| Dec 15, 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | OUR WINDSHIELD ALREADY HAS NUMEROUS CHIPS AND ONE CRACK THAT WE REPAIRED. WE HAVE ONLY HAD THIS CAR... |