2015 Subaru Legacy Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors) Problems
- Complaints
- 41about this part
- Share
- 26%of 160 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 9,500miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 41 complaints about the visibility of the 2015 Subaru Legacy, 26% of the 160 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 9,500 miles.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Went outside to wash the car and before I even got started I noticed a crack in the windshield. I looks like it started in the very center at the bottom and traveled up and then to the passenger's side. The crack is about 12 inches long. No impact, vehicle wasn't even moving. There was no crack the day before.”
NHTSA complaint #10838879, filed 2016-02, 17,500 miles“Our windshield developed a crack that grew over two days and now extends half the width of the windshield. We discovered this crack when getting into the car after it was parked. There is no obvious reason for this crack. We have no memory of hitting or being hit by any object. I understand that such spontaneous cracks have appeared on other Subaru outbacks and legacies.”
NHTSA complaint #10735049, filed 2015-07, 2,000 miles“I was driving down the road for my commute to class when I heard a loud pop kind of like a gun shot. This is when I noticed that my car was getting colder, and I saw that my sunroof had exploded. This had happened when I was going around 57mph up a hill with the closest person in front of me to be a good 1/2 or 1 mile away. As well as there not being any trees or anything above me, since I was in the left lane at the time.”
NHTSA complaint #11151701, filed 2018-11, 64,779 miles“In the course of driving around our area, my wife & I parked our new 2015 Subaru Legacy for an hour to do some shopping. When we got back to the car, we couldn't help but notice a crack on the passenger side front windshield, where there hadn't been one before. We drove immediately to our local Subaru dealer, where they noticed a very small ding just below the right windshield wiper, with the aforementioned crack coming from the ding. …”
NHTSA complaint #10747432, filed 2015-08, 7,000 miles“Bought my vehicle and was driving it home, had the defrost on cause the window kept fogging up when I heard a crack and the windshield cracked from the bottom up where the defroster is and they wont replace it, on top of the where u put gas in the car it stuck shut and they told me to pry it open n leave it open till they get a part but it is on back order so don't no when I will get it fixed that occurred this month on the gas opener 12/30/2015”
NHTSA complaint #10816960, filed 2015-12, 20 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10188151Feb 1, 2021Subaru of America, Inc. (SOA) Quality Assurance has identified an increase in the number of cracked windshields on some 2015 and 2016MY Legacy and Outback models. SOA has now…
- 10186430Jan 27, 2021Windshield Extension parameter changes
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors): other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 24% |
| 2023 | 2 | 20% |
| 2022 | 17 | 50% |
| 2021 | 6 | 19% |
| 2020 | 66 | 55% |
| 2019 | 51 | 41% |
| 2018 | 32 | 27% |
| 2017 | 35 | 29% |
| 2016 | 18 | 12% |
| 2015 | 41 | 26% |
| 2014 | 6 | 11% |
| 2013 | 1 | 2% |
| 2012 | 4 | 4% |
| 2011 | 2 | 1% |
| 2010 | 4 | 3% |
| 2009 | 4 | 6% |
| 2008 | 3 | 5% |
| 2007 | 3 | 9% |
| 2006 | 1 | 1% |
| 2005 | 17 | 9% |
| 2004 | 1 | 2% |
| 2003 | 2 | 3% |
| 2002 | 2 | 4% |
| 2001 | 5 | 6% |
| 2000 | 3 | 3% |
| 1999 | 1 | 1% |
| 1998 | 4 | 4% |
| 1997 | 3 | 2% |
| 1996 | 4 | 3% |
| 1995 | 7 | 4% |
| 1993 | 6 | 8% |
| 1992 | 5 | 9% |
| 1991 | 6 | 8% |
Other parts of the 2015 Subaru Legacy
37 complaintsOther or unknown
28 complaintsEngine
23 complaintsFuel system
15 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
15 complaintsVehicle speed control
14 complaintsBrakes
13 complaintsAir bags
10 complaintsBody and structure
10 complaintsForward collision avoidance
4 complaintsSuspension
4 complaintsExterior lighting
3 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2015 Subaru Legacy
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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