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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 998076087 | Incident Date: Nov, 22 1998 |
| Consumer's City: TAHOE CITY | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: | Manufacturers Name: Subaru of America, Inc. |
| Model Name: FORESTER | Model Year: 1998 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Visibility:windshield |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JF1SF6552WG | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 25 1998 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jul, 31 1997 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 0 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: This is the 2nd time i had a crack appear in my windshield. the first time was in late may 1998 when i was washing the car and sprayed cold water on it i heard a crack. i took it to the subaru dealer in reno and they said it was really caused by a slight pebble that hit the windsheild. then on 23 nov 98 after driving that day i noticed the next day that another crack again in the lower left hand (from drivers position) part of the windsheild another (yet smaller than the first) crack. it appears that a pebble may have caused it. if this is all it takes to crack these windsheilds then something is wrong. i have been driving many years a lot of them overseas in europe where there are more gravel roads than in the us and never had this happen. now twice in less than 6 months! something must be wrong with the design or the material used in the manufgacture of the windsheild. |
