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2021 Subaru Crosstrek visibility & wipers problems

The 2021 Subaru Crosstrek has 33 visibility & wipers complaints filed with NHTSA — 22% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

33

Visibility & Wipers complaints

22%

Share of year

0

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Visibility & Wipers complaints by year

Crosstrek visibility & wipers complaints by model year124 complaints2013: 1 complaints2016: 6 complaints2017: 25 complaints2018: 73 complaints2019: 124 complaints2020: 34 complaints2021: 33 complaints2022: 6 complaints2023: 7 complaints2024: 20 complaints2025: 11 complaints
Crosstrek visibility & wipers complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

When I bought the car last year I had it for less than 2 months before my windshield cracked from a rock while we were on the highway. I get this happens so I didn’t think anything of it until I saw how many other people have also had their windshield crack shortly after buying the car. Since…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Visibility & Wipers · December 19, 2020

Common questions

How many visibility & wipers complaints does the 2021 Subaru Crosstrek have?

NHTSA has 33 complaints about the 2021 Subaru Crosstrek visibility & wipers — 22% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.