2019 Subaru Ascent complaints

WENT TO BJS TO GET FOOD BATTERY DIED 18K

UNABLE TO START MY SUBARU ASCENT 2019 DUE TO BATTERY ISSUE, FACING THIS ISSUE 2ND TIME. I WAS ABLE TO START MY VEHICLE 3 DAYS AGO AND VEHICLE STATIONARY FOR 3 DAYS IN GARAGE AND TRY TO START TODAY IT DID NOT START START AGAIN IT MAKES LITTLE BIT CRANK SOUND AND THEN NO RESPONSE FROM ENGINE AND HALTED AND MY DASHBOARD DISPLAYED EVERYTHING, TRYED MULTIPLE TIMES NO LUCK FOR ME.

THE CAR EMITS GAS, PETROL FUMES IN THE CABIN VIA THE VENTS. THE CAR HAS BEEN BROUHGT BACK THO THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES AND THEY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR THIS. HAVE TAKEN A GAS SENSOR TO THE VENTS AND THE GAS SENSOR PROVES THAT GAS/PETROL FUMES ARE BEING RELEASED INTO THE CABIN AND CAN POTENTIAL CAUSE AFFIXATION. NOTE THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS STATIONARY OR DRIVING

VEHICLE WILL NOT START BECAUSE BATTERY IS DEAD AND REQUIRES A JUMP. THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS OCCURRED. WE HAVE HAD TO CALL STARLINK TO COME AND JUMP THE BATTERY WHICH RESOLVED THE ISSUE ON 1/25/21, 12/29/20 AND 6/20/20. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN MAY 2020. IT IS KEPT IN A GARAGE WHEN NOT IN USE.

55 DEGREE SUNNY DAY IN RURAL VIRGINIA. 2019 SUBARU ASCENT HAS 8214 MILES. DROVE ASCENT ABOUT 4 MILES. STOPPED TO RUN QUICK ERRAND. TWO MINUTES LATER CAR WOULD NOT START. DASH LIGHTS ON, INCLUDING CHECK ENGINE, BATTERY. POWER WINDOWS AND REAR HATCH STILL WORKED. CALLED DEALER-FOLLOWED THEIR INSTRUCTIONS TO TRY STARTING CAR IN PARK, NEUTRAL, ETC. THEY SAID IT SOUNDED LIKE A BATTERY PROBLEM, ADVISED ME TO CALL SUBARU ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. SPOUSE CAME WITH BATTERY CHARGER. CHARGED BATTERY FOR A FEW MINUTES AND CAR STARTED. CHARGED BATTERY OVERNIGHT. SEARCHED ONLINE FOR SUBARU BATTERY PROBLEMS. READ THAT A CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST SUBARU OF AMERICA IN 2020 RELATING TO OUTBACK AND ASCENT BATTERY ISSUES. THESE MODELS ARE REPORTEDLY EQUIPPED WITH BATTERIES THAT DRAIN AND DIE. LAWSUIT CONTENDS THAT SUBARU HAS KNOWN ABOUT THESE BATTERY PROBLEMS SINCE 2017, AND HAS ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ABOUT BATTERY DISCHARGING AND DYING AFTER SHORT TRIP DRIVING.

VEHICLE STARTED OFF WITH THE RADIO NOT SAVING CHANNELS. IT WOULD RESET THE RADIO EVERY FEW DAYS. A MESSAGE WOULD COME ON THE DASHBOARD WHICH WOULD SAY THE CAR WILL BE RESTARTED IN A FEW HOURS. AND A LIGHT NOT WORKING. TOOK IN AND THEY SAID IT WAS BATTERY. REPLACED. THEN GOT BACK. WITHIN WEEK OR SO. CAR HAD ALL LIGHTS COMING ON AND OFF ON DASHBOARD. STARTED JUMPING. EVEN DROVE BACKWARDS WHEN PUT IN DRIVE. TOOK IN AND THEY REPLACED TRANSMISSION. WITHIN THE WEEK AFTER GETTING BACK, THE CAR WAS SKIPPING GEARS. ANOTHER TRANSMISSION. THEN BACK IN FOR RADIO NOT SHUTTING OFF WHEN CAR OFF AND LOCKED. WOULD RUN FOR HOURS. ALSO THE TRUNK DOOR WOULD NOT LOCK. TOOK AND THEY SAID IT WAS A SWITCH. RADIO AGAIN STILL RESETTING. RADIO WILL RANDOMLY SHUT OFF AND THEN TURN BACK ON. THE REAR TRUNK WILL LOCK AND THEN NOT UNLOCK. CAR IS STILL DRIVING ROUGH. CLEARLY THE CAR HAS ELECTRICAL ISSUES. IT IS BACK IN NOW.

AT 2 YEARS AND 5 MONTHS OLD (55K MILES, MOSTLY HIGHWAY DRIVEN) THE BATTERY DIES AND I WAS STRANDED WHEN I HAD STOPPED AND PARKED. WOULD NOT START ANYMORE. HAD TO JUMP START CAR AND DRIVE TO DEALERSHIP. SUBARU DEALERSHIP (GILLMAN SUBARU SOUTHWEST, HOUSTON, TX) DID A LOAD TEST AND DETERMINED BATTERY IS DEAD. WOULD NOT REPLACE BATTERY. WANTED TO CHARGE $500 TO REPLACE BATTERY!! WENT TO AUTO ZONE AND HAD IT REPLACED AND INSTALLED FOR UNDER $200!

ON 24TH DECEMBER VEHICLE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY WHINING NOISE OBSERVED AND TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES, RPM INCREASED. IN A FEW SECONDS TRANSMISSION ERROR MESSAGE FLASHED IN CONSOLE, IN ADDITION CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND ALL DRIVER AIDS DISABLED, STRUGGLED TO TAKE CONTROL AND PULL OFF HIGHWAY SAFELY. VEHICLE 20 MONTHS OLD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES. SECOND INSTANCE OF TRANSMISSION FAILING AFTER WUV07 RECALL COMPLETED IN JANUARY 2020. !ST INSTANCE OF TRANSMISSION FAILURE IN CITY STREETS @35MPH SIMILAR BEHAVIOR TRANSMISSION LIGHT, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND DRIVERS AIDS DISABLED, INCORRECTLY DIAGNOSED BY MASTER TECHNICIAN AS VALVE BODY FAILURE AFTER THE WUV07 RECALL THE FUEL EFFICIENCY ALSO DROPPED. A COUPLE OF DAYS PRIOR TO 24TH DECEMBER CONTACTED SUBARU OF AMERICA ABOUT A SHUDDER NOTICED OBSERVED WHILE DRIVING. ENCLOSED IMAGE HAS REPAIRS RELATED TO TRANSMISSION, IN ADDITION DURING THE 2ND REPAIR THE STARTER ALSO FAILED AND STARTER WAS ALSO REPLACED. IN CONCLUSION TWO UNSAFE TRANSMISSION FAILURES IN MOTION AFTER WUV07 RECALL.

WIFE WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK APPROXIMATELY 09:10 PM(25901 RIVERWOODS RD, METTAWA, IL 60045) NO ONE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AUTOMOBILE FIRE I-94 1 MILE SOUTH OF ROUTE 176(EXIT 16(/ROCKLAND ROAD). AFTER NO MORE THAN A MINUTE ON THE INTERSTATE, I NOTICED SOME SMOKE AND PULLED IMMEDIATELY OFF TO SIDE OF ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (AROUND 1.5-2.0 MILES FROM WORK) AND AROUND 5 MIN INTO DRIVE FROM DEPARTURE FROM ADDRESS LISTED ABOVE. WAS FORTUNATE THAT OFFICER M ZAWIEROWSKI WAS DRIVING BY AND ABLE TO ASSIST AND CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT. WHEN OFFICER STATED WENT BACK TO CAR NOTICED THAT CAR LOCKED UP ALL DOORS AND STATED HOW FORTUNATE YOU (WIFE) WERE ABLE TO ESCAPE. THE ONLY WARNING WAS SMELL AND SMOKE, MINUTE LATER CAR WAS BURNING AND WITHIN SHORT TIME HEAT AND SMOKE WAS SEVERE THAT STATE POLICE CALLED FIRE DEPARTMENT

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 SUBARU ASCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD INDEPENDENTLY SHIFT OUT OF THE DRIVE POSITION. AS A RESULT, THERE WAS A LOUD KNOCKING AND SCREECHING NOISE COMING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHIFTING BACK INTO THE DRIVE POSITION, THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WOULD APPLY ON ITS OWN CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MANAGED TO MAKE IT TO THEIR DESTINATION SAFELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO DIAGNOSED THAT A SOFTWARE UPDATE WAS NEEDED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 6991.

PURCHASED A NEW 2019 SUBARU ASCENT IN FEBRUARY 2019. AFTER HAVING IT HOME A FEW DAYS NOTICED A CHIP WITH A SMALL CRACK IN THE WINDSHIELD ON THE BOTTOM DRIVERS SIDE CORNER NEAR THE BLACKED OUT AREA, WHICH I DID NOT SEE WHEN I TOOK THE CAR. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND BROUGHT THE CAR IN TO SHOW THEM. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO AND I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR A NEW WINDSHIELD. A MONTH LATER I WROTE A LETTER TO THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP AND NEVER RECEIVED A RESPONSE OR ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF MY LETTER. A YEAR LATER THE SMALL CRACK TURNED INTO A VERY LARGE CRACK AND ULTIMATELY I HAD TO REPLACE THE WINDSHIELD IN MARCH, 2020, AND PAY THE DEDUCTIBLE ON MY INSURANCE POLICY.

WINDSHIELD EASILY CRACKED < HAD TO GET REPAIR IN !ST 6MOS W/ CAR, HAS SEALED CRACK DEEP CHIP IN MIDDLE OF WINDSHEILD.

CAR JUST DOESNT START AND NEEDS TO BE JUMPED RANDOMLY, YET DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPT COULD FIND NO PROBELMS. ALSO WIERD LAGS, NOISES OCCURING WHILE DRIVING. THIS CAR IS TOO NEW AND HAS 18,000 MILES ON IT, SHOULDNT BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS. HAPPENED NUMEROUS TIMES SINCE PURCHASE 2019 AND 2020, MOST RECENT JAN 2021 BROUGHT INTO DEALERSHIP SERVICE LARRY MILLER SUBARU BOSIE ID.

BATTERY HAS DIED AT LEAST 3-4 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR. ALSO ONGOING ISSUES WITH THE RADIO- RADIO HAS STOPPED WORKING COMPLETELY BEFORE TWO INSTANCES WHEN THE RADIO DIED. AMPLIFIER HAS BEEN CHANGED IN CAR AND SERVICED MULTIPLE TIMES. ONCE WHILE DRIVING, THE CAR DIED WHILE DRIVING IT AND STEERING LOCKED.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 SUBARU ASCENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITHOUT IMPACT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A GLASS REPAIR SHOP AND REPAIRED BUT NOT REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 8,965.

MY BATTERY DRAINS SURPRISINGLY QUICKLY FROM SIMPLE ACTIVITIES LIKE USING THE REAR HATCH DOOR A FEW TIMES BETWEEN STARTS, HAVING THE FRONT LIGHTS ON FOR AS LITTLE AS 15 MINUTES BETWEEN STARTS, AND HAVING THE DOME LIGHTS ON FOR AS LITTLE AS 1 HOUR BETWEEN STARTS. THIS HAS LEFT ME STRANDED MULTIPLE TIMES INCLUDING AT A FOREST CAMPGROUND WITHOUT CELL COVERAGE. I HAVE USED AAA ASSIST MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THE HELP OF STRANGERS. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO PURCHASE A JUMP START BATTERY TO KEEP IN MY CAR. I HAVE ASKED SUBARU TO FIX THE PROBLEM, AND BEEN TOLD SIMPLY THAT MY BATTERY AND ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS ARE WORKING NORMALLY.

WINDSHIELD CRACKED BY ITSELF WHILE DRIVING DOWN A ROAD AT 45MPH. STEREO SYSTEM DEFECTIVE. STEREO HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES ALREADY

THE BATTERY DOES NOT STAY CHARGED NOR CAN I GET IT TO CHARGE ABOVE 80%. I STORE HER IN A GARAGE. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS, THE BATTERY HAS BEEN DEAD (AND REQUIRED A JUMP) 3 TIMES IN 2 WEEKS. I GET UP AND GO INTO THE GARAGE TO START THE VEHICLE AND THE BATTERY IS JUST DEAD. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER TO TEST THE BATTERY AND WAS TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. MY CONCLUSION IS THAT IT MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM.

HAS A DEFECTIVE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN PREMATURELY. JUST HAD THE NEW SUBARU BATTERY TESTED AND CHARGED AT ADVANCE AUTO PARTS AND IT WAS BROUGHT UP TO ALMOST A FULL CHARGE. AFTER 4 DAYS OF SHORT TRIPS, BATTERY IS DEAD AGAIN.

THE ENGINE KEEPS STUTTERING WHEN DRIVING AND SLOWING DOWN TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT. COUPLE OF TIMES, IT SHOULD SHUT DOWN AND I HAVE TO RESTART THE CAR. I DO ENSURE THE CAR IS WARMED UP TO A MINIMUM OF 7-10 MINUTES BEFORE STARTING. IT ONLY STARTED RECENTLY BUT I AM WORRIED THAT THIS WILL HAPPEN MORE AND SUDDENLY STOP WHEN DRIVING AND ME GETTING INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.

DEAD BATTERY MULTIPLE TIMES, DEALER SHIP HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY BUT CONTINUES TO HAVE ISSUES AND LEFT STRANDED EACH TIME THIS OCCURS, ONE TIME ON 12-17-2020 IN THE MOUNTAINS IN FREEZING COLD WEATHER WITH A CHILD, NO HEAT BECAUSE OF DEAD BATTERY. THIS ISSUE CANN OCCURING WHEN THE BACK TAILGATE IS OPEN FOR 10 MINUTES. SUBARU IS NOT GOING TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEM EVEN THOU THEY ARE AWARE OF THIS OCCURING ON SUBARU OUTBACKS AND THE ASCENT MODELS. THIS IS A REAL SAFETY CONCERN SINCE MY WIFE DRIVES THIS CAR MAINLY AND HAS HAD TO CALL FOR HELP TO GET THE CAR STARTED. I WILL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE DEALER ONCE AGAIN. THEY WILL END UP REPLACING THE BATTERY AGAIN BUT THE FACT THAT IF YOUR CAR IS TURNED OFF AND DOORS ARE OPEN FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME THE DRAW COMING OFF THE BATTERY IS NOT ENOUGH TO START THE CAR AGAIN LEAVING YOU ONCE AGAIN STRANDED.

THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE WHILE SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY (STATIONARY). THE CAR WAS HAVING ELECTRICAL/BATTERY ISSUES IN THE MORNING. I CHARGED THE BATTERY, THEN STARTED THE CAR AND LEFT IT RUNNING IN THE DRIVEWAY, WHEN I CAME OUT OF THE HOUSE, THE ENGINE OF THE CAR WAS ON FIRE. I CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO PUT THE FIRE. THE FIRE MARSHAL DETERMINED THAT AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE IGNITED THE ENGINE. AFTER POSTING THE PHOTOS OF THE FIRE ON FACEBOOK, WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE COMMENTS THAT OTHER PEOPLE'S SUBARU'S HAVE HAD BATTERY/ELECTRICAL ISSUES. THE INSURANCE COMPANY STATED THAT THEY WOULD HAVE A SPECIALIST EXAMINE THE VEHICLE TO HELP DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE.

SEVERAL TIMES, WHEN TRYING TO CLOSE THE DRIVER SIDE WINDOW, THE FRONT PASSENGER WINDOW AND THE SUNROOF, THE WINDOW DID NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY AND SUBSEQUENTLY RE-OPENED. IT HAPPENED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AS WELL AS STATIONARY.

AT ONLY 17.6K MILES, THE BATTERY IN MY 2019 SUBARU ASCENT WAS COMPLETELY DRAINED OVERNIGHT, FOR NO LOGICAL REASON. I CALLED SUBARU ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO GIVE ME A JUMP AND I LET IT RUN FOR 33 MINUTES THEN TOOK IT FOR A 10 MIN DRIVE. THE BATTERY WAS DEAD AGAIN THE NEXT MORNING. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY OVERNIGHT AND UNTIL THE 10 MIN DRIVE. DURING THIS TIME THE TAILGATE WOULD PERSISTENTLY BEEP, TRYING TO OPEN.

ON 4 OCCASSIONS THE LIFTGATE OF THIS SUV WAS LEFT UP FOR 45 MINUTES TO 1.5 HOURS WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED OFF AND STATIONARY. ON EACH TIME THE BATTERY DISCHARGED TO A POINT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. FORTUNATELY WE HAD CELL SERVICE AND COULD SUMMOND HELP, BUT THIS COULD OCCUR WHERE THERE IS NO CELL SERVICE AND LEAVE US COMPLETELY STRANDED. AFTER THE FIRST 3 TIMNES WHICH HAPPENED IN RAPID SUCCESSION I TOOK THE SUBARU ASCENT TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE BATTERY HAD A WEAK CELL AND THEY REPLACED IT WITHOUT CHARGE. THE REPAIR INVOICE IS ATTACHED. BUT THEY NEVER TOLD ME THAT LEAVING THE LIFTGATE UP MORE THAN 30 MINUTES WOULD CAUSE THIS PROBLEM AND LEAVE ME STRANDED. THEN WHEN THE PROBLE OCCURRED AGAIN I WENT ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THIS IS A WIDELY-KNOWN DEFECT IN THE SUBARU ASCENT AND OTHER SUBARU MODELS THAT HAS STRANDED THOUSANDS OF OWNERS. OWNERS TAKE THEIR SUVS ON CAMPING OR FISHING TRIPS AND TAILGATING AT EVENTS WHERE THEY LEAVE THE LIFTGATE UP WITHOUT REALIZING THE CAR IS UNLIKELY TO START WHEN THEY WANT TO LEAVE. BUT SUBARU IS REFUSING TO CONSIDER A FIX AND RECALL THESE SUVS. I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH THIS DEFECT OR PROBLEM. MANY OWNERS ARE SPENDING $250 OR MORE FOR AFTER-MARKET BATTERIES THAT ARE MUCH STRONGER THAN THE WEAK BATTERIES THAT SUBARU PROVIDES. WHILE THIS DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM AND SUCH OWNERS CAN STILL BE STRANDED, AT LEAST WITH A STRONGER BATTERY THE CHANCES IT WILL START ARE MUCH BETTER. SUPPOSEDLY THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT FIL

WINDSHIELD CRACKED WITHIN A FEW DAYS OF DRIVING IT OFF THE LOT. I WAS JUST DRIVING IT AND I NOTICED A SMALL CRACK...AND THEN WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE CRACK WENT THE ENTIRE LENGTH OF THE WINDSHIELD.

MY WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN IMPACTED BY OBJECTS FROM THE ROADWAY TWICE AND HAS HAD TO BE REPLACED EACH TIME. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN APRIL 2019, WHEN A CHUNK OF ICE FLEW OFF A VEHICLE AHEAD OF MINE AND NEARLY SHATTERED THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD. THIS WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED. THE REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD WAS IMPACTED BY A SMALL ROAD ROCK WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE IN DECEMBER 2020, RESULTING IN A GOLF BALL-SIZED PUNCTURE DOWN TO THE ADHESIVE SHEET. EVEN THE SAFELITE TECH REMARKED AT THE LEVEL OF DAMAGE AND WAS UNABLE TO SALVAGE THE WINDSHIELD. I HAVE NEVER SEEN A ROAD ROCK CAUSE THAT MUCH DAMAGE TO A WINDSHIELD, AND I DON'T THINK THERE'S EVER BEEN A VEHICLE I'VE OWNED THAT HASN'T TAKEN A ROCK AT ONE POINT OR ANOTHER. IT'S UNAVOIDABLE. WHAT IS NOT UNAVOIDABLE IS THE CLEARLY DEFECTIVE NATURE OF THESE WINDSHIELDS. I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE BEHIND THE WHEEL. THAT WINDSHIELD WILL PROTECT NOTHING IN A HIGH-IMPACT SITUATION.

THE VEHICLE HAS HAD A DEAD BATTERY ON AT LEAST TWO OCCASIONS IN THE PAST YEAR INCLUDING THIS MORNING (12/04/2020), AND THE VEHICLE IS STILL LESS THAN TWO YEARS OLD, AND ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 10,000 MILES.

CAR DIED AND WOULD NOT START AT ONE YEAR OLD, DIAGNOSED AS FAULTY BATTERY 11/2019; ALMOST EXACTLY ONE YEAR LATER AT MD OFFICE WOULD NOT START AND LIGHTS FLICKERED AND NO CONTROL, WOULD NOT START AGAIN! ; NOW SITTING IN PARKING LOT WAITING TOW; BELIEVE FAULT IS RELATED TO BATTERY DRAIN IN ONE YEAR AND ELECTRICAL DRAIN; LEFT STRANDED WITH TWO KIDS GETTING COVID TESTED WITH A BRAND NEW 2 YEAR OLD CAR WITH 20,000 MILES ONLY!!!!!!!

2 WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENTS IN LESS THAN ONE YEAR. 1ST WAS NOVEMBER 2019 WITH MAJOR CRACK IN WINDSHIELD FROM SMALL ROCK WHILE DRIVING HWY 60 NEAR SALOME, AZ. INSURANCE REPLACED WITH OEM WINDSHIELD. 2ND WAS MAJOR CRACK FOR NO APPARENT REASON WHILE DRIVING ON US 10 NEAR MORONGO, CA IN JUNE 2020. BUMPY ROAD, BUT DID NOT HEAR ANYTHING HIT WINDSHIELD PRIOR TO IT CRACKING. PICTURES OF 2ND CRACK ATTACHED. REPLACED AT OWN COST OF $640.77 AS DID NOT WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER CLAIM TO INSURANCE COMPANY IN LESS THAN A YEAR.

WE WERE DRIVING AND HAD A VERY SMALL ROCK CHIP IN THE WINDOW. WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES THE WINDSHIELD HAD CRACKED THE ENTIRE FROM THE TOP SIDE OF THE CRACK ALL THE WAY TO THE SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD AND CRACKED ON THE BOTTOM ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM SIDE OF THE WINDOW. SO WHAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN AN EASY ROCK CHIP REPAIR QUICKLY CHANGED TO NEEDING THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD REPLACED AT ALMOST $1,000. THE CHIP OCCURRED WHILE WE WERE GOING ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR JUST GETTING ON THE ON RAMP TO I-55 AT MM 100 IN SPRINGFIELD IL.

WE BOUGHT A USED 2019 SUBARU ASCENT TOURING (CA. 18,000 MILES) IN JULY OF THIS YEAR. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY WHEN WE BOUGHT IT. SINCE THEN, THIS NEW BATTERY HAS DIED FIVE TIMES ON US, THE FIRST TIME ON SEPTEMBER 4 2020 AND MOST RECENTLY ON NOVEMBER 28. IT HAS ALWAYS DIED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. AFTER IT DIED THE THIRD TIME ON NOVEMBER 22, WE BROUGHT IT INTO THE LOCAL SUBARU DEALERSHIP. THEY HELD THE CAR FOR TWO NIGHTS AND WERE UNABLE FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN.

MY WINDSHIELD ON MY 2019 SUBARU ASCENT WAS CRACKED WHILE IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY

WINDSHIELD CRACKED UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH PAVED STREET. CRACK EXPANDED TO OVER 18 INCHES LONG. HAD TO HAVE WINDSHIELD REPLACED.

BRAKES SHOOK VIOLENTLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND WHILE DESCENDING MOUNTAIN. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY SAID THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE. HAD TO REPLACE BRAKES AND ROTORS ON ALL 4 WHEELS. ASCENT HAD ONLY 7600 MILES. VEHICLE NEEDS TO BE RECALLED AND RETROFITTED WITH NEW BRAKES/ROTORS THAT CAN HANDLE THE DEMANDS/WEIGHT OF THE ASCENT.

ON THE DAY THAT I BOUGHT THE CAR, ON MY WAY BACK HOME, A SMALL ROCK CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD. OVER THE NEXT FEW WEEKS, THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN 4 MORE SPOTS. THE QUALITY SEEMS REALLY BAD. I'VE NEVER HAD THIS WITH ANY OTHER CAR.

BATTERY DRAINS AND UNEXPECTEDLY. HAPPENED TWICE WHILE LIFTGATE WAS UP; HAPPED 3X FOR NO OBVIOUS REASON.

BATTERY DIED WHILE PARKED WITH NO OTHER LIGHTS ETC LEFT ON

AFTER HAVING MY VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AND UNDER 680 MILES I HAD TO CONTINUALLY JUMP START THE BATTERY IN ORDER TO START THE VEHICLE. I CALLED MY LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND WAS INFORMED THERE WAS AN ELECTRICAL SYNC ISSUE WITH THE BATTERIES IN THE NEW ASCENT. THEY REPLACED THE BATTERY AND TOLD ME THEY FIXED THE SYNC ISSUE.

AT 9119 MILES ON MY VEHICLE I HAD TO CONTINUALLY JUMP START THE VEHICLE IN ORDER TO START THE ENGINE. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE BATTERY ONCE FOR THIS SAME ISSUE AT 680 MILES.

BATTERY DIES REGULARLY - DEALER HAS REPLACED THE BATTERY THREE TIMES ALREADY. NO LIGHTS ARE ON, NO CLEAR REASON WHY THE BATTERY SLOWLY AND CONSISTENTLY DRAINS OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, BUT CHILD AND PET HAVE BEEN LOCKED INSIDE, AND IT HAS HAPPENED IN REMOTE LOCATIONS. ALSO, WITH ELECTRICAL PARKING BRAKE, IT CAN'T BE RELEASED FOR TOWING WHEN THE BATTERY DIES. STRANDED IN THE WOODS WITH A KID TRAPPED IN THE CAR AND NO MEANS OF JUMPING IT IS VERY DANGEROUS.

I HAVE ABOUT 7000 MILES AND MY BATTERY HAS BEEN DIEING AND NEEDING A JUMP START. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN APRIL AND NO ISSUES WERE REPORTED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM HAPPENED 2 DAYS BACK AND AGAIN I HAD TO JUMPSTART AND DROVE THE VEHICLE FOR 5 MINUTES. BUT THE CAR WOULD AGAIN NOT START 30 MINUTES LATER AND NEEDED YET ANOTHER JUMP START. I HAVE A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER AND THE BATTERY PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE COMMON IN MANY SUBARUS AS ASSESSED BY ONLINE FORUMS.

AT ABOUT 13,000 MILES THE VEHICLE SHOWED SYMPTOMS OF WARPED FRONT ROTORS. THEY WERE MACHINED SMOOTH. AT 21,000 MILES THE SYMPTOMS RETURNED AND THIS TIME THEY FRONT ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE NOW HAS 32,000 MILES AND IS PRESENTING WITH THE SAME SYMPTOMS. THE SYMPTOMS ARE: SHAKING WHEN BRAKING AND A NOTICEABLY DELAYED STOPPING TIME.

BATTERY FREQUENTLY DIES OVERNIGHT. I'LL GET IN THE CAR THE NEXT MORNING TO TAKE MY KIDS TO SCHOOL AND GO TO WORK AND BATTERY IS DEAD FOR NO REASON. NO LIGHTS LEFT ON OR DOORS OPEN. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT LEAST 6 TIMES OVER 2 YEARS.

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN OCT 2018. FROM THAT TIME UNTIL TO END OF 2019 I HAD A COUPLE OF CASES OF BATTERY DISCHARGE THAT I DID NOT TAKE SERIOUSLY THINKING THAT IT WAS ME LEFT LIGHTS ON OVERNIGHT OR KIND OF. 12/29/2019 THE CAR DID NOT START AT A GROCERY SHOP. I HAD TO CALL UBER FOR MY FAMILY AND SPEND 3 HOURS IN THE COLD CAR IN FREEZING TEMPERATURE WAITING FOR THE ROADSIDE ASSIST SERVICE. EVENTUALLY THE CAR WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM BUT CHANGED THE BATTERY. AFTER THAT I BOUGHT A JUMP STARTER THAT I HAD TO USE IT MANY TIMES DURING 2020. IN OCT 2020 WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE BATTERY WAS DEAD IN THE MORNING JUST ANOTHER TIME I GOT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN. THAY TESTED EVERYTHING AND SAID THAT THE CAR AND THE BATTERY ARE OK. I FIND THE SITUATION UNACCEPTABLE. IT'S NOT A MINOR. JUST IMAGINE THAT YOU CAN FIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE WITH KIDS ON BOARD OUT OF REACH OF CELLULAR NETWORK IN A DEAD CAR. IF THE TEMPERATURE IS FREEZING YOU ARE IN A SERIOUS TROUBLE. RECENTLY I'VE FOUND OUT THAT IT'S NOT MY CAR ONLY. A FRIEND OF MINE OWNS OUTBACK 2017 THAT HAS A SIMILAR PROBLEM. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF STORIES ABOUT DEAD BATTERIES IN OUTBACKS AND ASSENTS. IT'S SAD THAT SUBARU DOESN'T ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM. THEY MUST INVESTIGATE AND OPEN A RECALL TO FIX IT.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME THIS ASCENT'S WINDSHIELD HAS CRACKED FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE FIRST TIME WAS WITHIN 60 DAYS OF PURCHASE; IT WAS REPLACED WITH A OEM WINDSHIELD BY SUBARU. THERE WAS NO OBSERVED OBJECT IMPACT IN EITHER CASE. THE ATTACHED PHOTO IS OF THE SECOND CRACK WHICH WAS NOTICED TODAY.

WHEN ACCELERATING THE CAR LURCHES AND HESITATES, THERE IS ALSO A LOW GROWLING NOISE FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN AT LOW SPEEDS, IN NEIGHBORHOOD DRIVING, UNDER 30 MILES HOUR. THE CAR HAS ALREADY HAD A NEW TRANSMISSION AS WE WERE TOLD THIS WOULD RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ALMOST IMMEDIATELY THE ISSUE CONTINUED AND WAS BACK AT THE DEALERSHIP. THE OFFICIAL DIAGNOSIS FROM THE DEALERSHIP IS WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE ISSUE IS AND WE CANNOT FIX IT. PLEASE DRIVE AS NORMAL. THIS ISSUE HAS BENE ONGOING WITH THE CAR FOR MONTHS.

MY FUEL PUMP WAS REPLACED (ACCORDING TO THE DEALER) BASED ON THE MOST RECENT RECALL. HOWEVER NOW IT IDLES AND RUNS ROUGH JUST A SHORT TIME AFTER THIS SERVICE. I RECENTLY READ THERE IS ANOTHER LAWSUIT OR ISSUE WITH THIS FUEL PUMP AND THE SYMPTOMS ARE THE SAME.

4 DAYS AFTER PURCHASING MY ASCENT I WAS ON THE FREEWAY AND A PASSING VEHICLE THREW UP A ROCK AND HIT THE WINDSHIELD. IT WAS SO SMALL THAT NORMALLY IT COULD HAVE BEEN FIXED BUT INSTEAD IT BROKE THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE DRIVER SIDE VIEW ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD HAD TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $1200 FOR THE WINDSHIELD AND HAD TO BE RE-CALIBRATED AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR AN ADDITIONAL COST OF $300. HERE I AM A YEAR LATER AND THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED AGAIN. EXACT SAME SPOT ON THE DRIVERS SIDE WHERE A TINY ROCK FLEW UP AND AGAIN CRACKED THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE DRIVER SIDE ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. THIS IS CLEARLY A DEFECT IN THE GLASS MANUFACTURER THAT SUBARU IS USING FOR THEIR VEHICLES AND ITS A COSTLY ONE

WINDSHIELD EASILY CRACKS AND CHIPS LEADING TO UNSAFE WINDSHIELD AND POOR VISIBILITY. IT HAS HAPPENED WHEN IN MOTION AND WHEN NOT IN MOTION. THIS HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES AND I AM UNABLE REPLACE IT EACH TIME.