Visibility complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2018 Subaru Forester has 145 NHTSA visibility complaints and 0 visibility-related recalls.
145
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Unknown |
| Apr 4, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield cracked sitting parked matching Subaru TSB 12-192-15R except model of vehicle and Subar... |
| Jan 29, 2025 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield cracked starting in the black area under the driver's windshield wiper. Car was idling a... |
| Feb 3, 2024 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | A few days ago, a crack suddenly appeared in the windshield. It appeared when the car was parked in ... |
| May 30, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | We are on our 4th windshield with this vehicle and just got a crack overnight on it, nothing that we... |
| May 13, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Went out in the morning to get in my car and noticed the windshield was a crack that starts close to... |
| Mar 31, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | 2018 Forester: front windshield. Second crack in windshield in 14 months. First crack: A minor rock ... |
| Jan 21, 2023 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield crack developed in July of 2022 on the passenger side of the vehicle. The small crack gre... |
| Aug 10, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Windshield broke while sitting parked. Was not impacted by flying objects. Had to replace out of po... |
| Jul 23, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Unanticipated Windshield Crack: While attempting to replace the right wiper blade, I lost handling i... |
| Jul 15, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | Our windshield cracked again to the edge. This is the third time it’s cracked and will be our fourt... |
| Jul 3, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | The windshield cracks after being struck by minor objects. The windshield does not chip when struck ... |
| Jun 28, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | our windshield has had to been replaced 4 times! it randomly gets cracks while sitting in the drive... |
| Apr 29, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | I was driving the car and the windshield spontaneously cracked |
| Apr 26, 2022 | VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that a vertical crack had developed on t... |
| Apr 22, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | My wife's 2018 Subaru Forester was sitting in our driveway and the windshield cracked on its own. Li... |
| Apr 19, 2022 | VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Forester. The contact stated that while warming the vehicle for appro... |
| Apr 17, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | I found the windshield cracked for no reason. |
| Mar 4, 2022 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | My 2018 Subaru Forester Limited has a cracked windshield from a minor impact from a pebble. The crac... |
| Feb 2, 2022 | VISIBILITY | The contact owns a 2018 Subaru Forester. The contact stated while driving approximately 35 MPH, the ... |