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FNG guy here with a question. I've searched the archives and could only find one previous topic on a possible front windshield stress fracture/crack. The crack began on my wife's 2017 Outback 3.6 (< 10K miles) and it started in the extreme lower left corner of the driver's windshield, essentially right in front of the driver in the lower left corner. What's interesting about the crack are a number of things: my wife was on a mission trip out of the country for 7 days so the crack started after she returned home -- I never drove it while she was gone but the car did sit for about 8 days. She swears she never saw nor heard a rock hit the windshield.... she cringes when a big bug hits the window, a rock on that car would send her into low earth orbit. On the phone, the soon dealer wants to do a $900 install and says they need to do it to align Isight, etc.... which I get. I'm just not sure my insurance company will agree. Based on the crack and no other signs of a rock, I'm going to take the car to the dealer tomorrow and see if they'll consider a good-faith repair of the windshield. I really think it's a stress crack and not a rock. Anyone with a similar experience that they would like to share. Thanks!

Thanks for all the help guys and gals but after some snooping, it turns out the car has an aftermarket security system installed. It was a security 'fob' that had fallen out of it's receptacle and was on the floor. I bumped it when I got in the car to crank it and didn't think anything about it. When I got home and started looking around and trying to get at the fuse boxes I saw it on the floor and thought "hmmmmmm........" I put it in, turned the key, and voila! cranked right up. If there had been a voice it would have said...... "We've been waiting on you dummy!" Bust still, as a noob, I appreciate the responses and will put them in my clue bag for next time. BTW..... does this model have a brake booster on it? From my take on the owner's manual it does. I was combing thru the manual to find out about the security system. I executed the sequence to see if the brake booster works but I believe it does NOT work in my car. The brakes are what I call a little mushy. Again, mucho gracias!

Brand new Subaru owner here, just bought a 2000 Outback wagon in great condition and low miles but could not get it to start earlier this week. This past week in NC we had lots of snow followed by very low temps in the single digits overnight. I needed to get to the airport the next day so after the snow stopped and the sun came out I cleaned off the car and cranked it. The car cranked right up and I let it idle and defrost the back and front windows while I removed snow from the car. When I was done I put the car in drive and let it roll forward and then backward for about 2 feet to make sure it was clear of ice under the tires. Six hours later I came back out to the car to go to the airport. The sun was shining on it and the temp had fallen to around the mid 20's. I could not get the car to crank. I had plenty of battery power -- the instrument cluster lit up, radio came on immediately, etc... but the car would not engage the starter. No clicks, no rotation, nothing. It was almost like the car was stuck in Drive. I tried to move the shift lever from Park to Neutral to try to get it to crank from there but had a difficult time getting it out of Park. It took several tries to get it into Neutral but still with the same results; no ignition, no turnover, no engagement of the starter, nothing. Since I'm new I wanted to get some experts to chime in and see if they can direct me to a fix. I feel certain that during the snow and melt and possible refreezing there's something that's telling the car that it's still in Drive and therefore won't engage the starter. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated, Mark

Howdy! Brand new noob here.... VW bought my wife's TDI wagon back last week so we went to the local Subaru dealer and got a nice new black 3.6 Outback. She loves it! Subsequently, I had an acquaintance retire and she sold me her 2000 Outback Wagon. So I'm the proud owner of 2 Outback's in less than one week.