Subaru Xv crosstrek Body Problems
94 owner complaints filed with NHTSA across 3 model years.
Complaints by Year
Worst year: 2014. Best year: 2013.
Owner Reports
A representative sample of complaints filed with NHTSA.
While slowing to turn into a turn lane, my care unexpectedly accelerated to a very high speed, causing me to crash straight into a signal light post. The light post was knocked over by the force of impact. The car ended up around the c...
Car involved in accident 10/2020( remember this was DURING the COVID “shut down”) Was rear ended … tried to get car fixed. Insurance only wanted to do “cosmetics” nothing underlying ( mechanical… the car started to show sig...
The contact owned a 2015 Subaru Crosstrek. The contact stated while driving 20-25 MPH and making a left in the roundabout of a residential road, she felt a rear impact and all the air bags deployed. The vehicle then accelerated unintende...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK. WHILE BACKING THE VEHICLE INTO THE GARAGE, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED RAPIDLY AND CRASHED INTO THE GARAGE BEAM. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE APP...
I WAS IN A CIRCULAR DRIVEWAY OF A LARGE APARTMENT COMPLEX GETTING READY TO PARK AND WAIT FOR AN INDIVIDUAL. THERE WAS A CAR IN FRONT OF ME SO I WAS PREPARING TO PARK WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR WENT FULL THROTTLE. IT DID NOT RESPOND TO...
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2014 SUBARU XV CROSSTREK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND CAUSED THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL AND CRASH THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT AND THE PASSENGER SUSTAINED LACERATIONS AND BRUISES...
VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON A STRAIGHT PORTION OF THE INTERSTATE. SPEED WAS APROX. 70 MPH AND AMBIENT TEMP. APROX. 70 F. FRONT PASSENGER SIDE MAIN WINDOW SHATTERED. NO OBJECT WAS OBSERVED TO HAVE HIT WINDOW PRIOR TO IT SHATTERING.
THE DRIVER HEADREST. I AM A 72 YEAR OLD DRIVER WHO IS 5'. I JUST PURCHASED THIS USED CAR ON 9/4/15, HAVE GONE MAYBE 20 MILES SO FAR, AND MY NECK IS KILLING ME. THE HEADREST JUST DOSEN'T HIT THE BACK OF MY HEAD OR TOP OF MY HEAD AT ANY P...
UNKNOWN exact cause. Rear end of vehicle suddenly appears lower than normal. Suspension seems to be issue. Feels as though vehicle lost suspension in rear with no obvious outward cause. Awaiting inspection at dealership. Does not seem s...
Sunroof exploded for no reason Comments: My son was driving on freeway in Durham North Carolina last night, our 2015 Subaru Crosstrek XV Touring’s sunroof just exploded for no reason at [XXX] in [XXX]. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT ...
Horn does not work. No warning indicating malfunctioned horn. Unable to signal other vehicles to prevent car crash. The broken horn has been inspected by mechanic.
Passenger side seatbelt stopped locked up and stopped retracting from the device that rolls up the strap into the box.