Rear Window Status on Condition Check ~ 2025 Crosstrek Limited

[MrBlz]

See the image. This is using the app but if you use the website the status is the same. Is there anyone else with a 2025 Limited that can verify they get the same results. The dealer said that the rear windows do not have a sensor. How would it make any sense that when you go to check you status that you can see that doors are closed and locked, tailgate is closed and locked, hood is closed, moonroof is closed and the front windows are closed but nothing about the rear windows. Anyone have thoughts or experience? Thanks.

 

[Dick Foster]

Don't know why anyone would need sensors to tell them the windows are closed or open and I don't see the need to add that kind of expense to the car. Next thing ya know people will want the car to check their pulse rate and blood pressure too.

 

[bmart]

Old owner's manual used to tell the owner how to adjust the valves. Now they tell them not to drink coolant... These aren't equal people.

 

[MrBlz]

Don't know why anyone would need sensors to tell them the windows are closed or open and I don't see the need to add that kind of expense to the car. Next thing ya know people will want the car to check their pulse rate and blood pressure too.

Since it already has sensors for everything except the rear windows I thought it odd that they were not included. My basic question was do they have them in the rear and mine are just not working or is it by design. It's not like they are an option and if you use the app to occasionally monitor the vehicle it should be all or nothing.

 

[MrBlz]

Old owner's manual used to tell the owner how to adjust the valves. Now they tell them not to drink coolant... These aren't equal people.

I am an old guy and the days of changing points and plugs are saadly gone. So too are the days of having a manual transmission. Young kids today will never experience the joys of throwing their own.

 

[bmart]

True. I'm at four Subarus, all 5MT, and a flock of motorcycles, all MT. Never give up, never surrender!

You may like this: https://tmgps.org/

 

[Dick Foster]

Since it already has sensors for everything except the rear windows I thought it odd that they were not included. My basic question was do they have them in the rear and mine are just not working or is it by design. It's not like they are an option and if you use the app to occasionally monitor the vehicle it should be all or nothing.

Maybe you should just take the bus, stop worrying about it and leave the driving to someone else. Sensors and the systems they attach to cost real money and buy the time the buyer buys the car it's a whole lotta money and something else to break.

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should do it without considering everything else it affects.

BTW I am firmly against so called driverless cars. And I'm the guy who had a lot to do with putting cameras in cars in the first place.

There simply is no such thing as idiot proof anything and people who try are all idiots.

 

[bmart]

Ha ha! I work in the improvement industry. One of our favorite quotes:

Anyone who thinks they can make anything fool proof has grossly underestimated the quality of fool available.

 

[MrBlz]

Thanks for the commentary. I was not looking for a lecture on the relative virtues of the various monitoring systems in newer cars. I've been driving for over 60 years, most of which were manuals. I am the last guy that thinks self driving cars are a good idea and I wish that manuals were still available as that's what young people need. For one it helps them focus on the job at hand. Technology is what it is both good and bad.

 

[WordsMyth43]

Reasonably said MrBiz. "Advanced Technology" is all fine and good, except when it detracts from the #1 job of driving safely. I'm on my third Subaru, a very nice 2024 Crosstrek Ltd and it's a fine set of wheels, but ...
I was unable to get a manual transmission, which I agree helps drivers "focus" on that #1 job, and also provides a very useful means of control in all driving situations that I firmly believe is more safe.
I also believe that the entire idea of an "infoTainment" center is a massive distraction and distracts all drivers (including me) very seriously. In that regard I have a question: If it is illegal (as it in is almost all jurisdictions)_ to use a cell phone while driving because it IS a dangerous distraction, how is it logical that having a rather huge "InfoTainment" center constantly demanding your attention while you're dirving is NOT a dangerous distraction. That just does not track at all for me.
The #1 job first and always when driving 2-3,000 pounds of weapon down the road at 65 mph, is to drive safely and being constantly focused on your vehicle and all the traffic around you. Period.

 

[MrBlz]

Reasonably said MrBiz. "Advanced Technology" is all fine and good, except when it detracts from the #1 job of driving safely. I'm on my third Subaru, a very nice 2024 Crosstrek Ltd and it's a fine set of wheels, but ...
I was unable to get a manual transmission, which I agree helps drivers "focus" on that #1 job, and also provides a very useful means of control in all driving situations that I firmly believe is more safe.
I also believe that the entire idea of an "infoTainment" center is a massive distraction and distracts all drivers (including me) very seriously. In that regard I have a question: If it is illegal (as it in is almost all jurisdictions)_ to use a cell phone while driving because it IS a dangerous distraction, how is it logical that having a rather huge "InfoTainment" center constantly demanding your attention while you're dirving is NOT a dangerous distraction. That just does not track at all for me.
The #1 job first and always when driving 2-3,000 pounds of weapon down the road at 65 mph, is to drive safely and being constantly focused on your vehicle and all the traffic around you. Period.

I agree with you 100 percent. It is disappointing that a manual is no longer available in the Crosstrek. Additionally, when it was it was only in the lower end so if you were also desirous of a moon roof you were out of luck. I also agree that the infotainment center can be a distraction and the delay in response can be annoying. I often turn the display off.
As you have a limited trim Crosstrek I will again ask my original question. Do the rear windows have a sensor that monitors open/closed status. I ask because in both the app and the mysubaru website the vehicle status window check shows open/closed status of both front windows and the moonroof but the rear windows just have a "---" entry.

 

[Stormy]

I think maybe there is no answer for you Mr Biz. Maybe you shouldn't use the app or website status, whatever those are. Technology has its flaws and perhaps this flaw is temporary. Your pic doesn't look like a legitimate site to me either. For one thing those numbers 11:29 etc look like a mismatched font. We have a new CrossTrek and a Forrester and although we have never used an ap to view our cars, we have never heard of such display before. Usually the car simply beeps you when you leave something open and lock the doors. I wouldn't lose any sleep over what an app says, or doesn't say.
I think maybe thats what the other folks have been saying in a round about way