I have seen that before kinda looks funny , my whole windshield tint was installed in the inside as well but honestly I wouldn't have a hard answer for you from my experience personally and the guy who installed it, I'm pretty sure in you would be fine but you or someone you know would have to do it , because no tint shops are going to install any type of film on the windshield in colorado

 

Quick Google search came up with this:

Subaru Eyesight Warning

If you own a vehicle with Subaru Eyesight, you will need to read this page so you are informed on our policy with regard to this feature.

www.carmeltint.com

 

Quick Google search came up with this:

Subaru Eyesight Warning

If you own a vehicle with Subaru Eyesight, you will need to read this page so you are informed on our policy with regard to this feature.

www.carmeltint.com

One statement at this website interests me, they state that the Eyesight cameras pick out red brake lights and red traffic lights. ?!?!?! I have never seen that claimed in the Owners Manual or anywhere else for that matter. I have never noticed 'my' crosstrek try to respond to a red traffic light, and its response to cars in front of me slowing or stopping I cannot confirm if it is responding to the 'red' brake lights or to the 'car'.
Has anyone else heard this idea about the 'red' light recognition?

 

Definitely the responsible position to take.

And just a clarification: Starlink will "call home" to Subaru when the EyeSight system isn't functioning properly due to a mechanical issue with the system, but it won't do so just because the camera's vision is obscured (by a tint, for example). Otherwise, the system would be sending out fault notifications every time the upper windshield had frost or snow on it.

 

Ok lol but if there's actual frost on the windshield the system shows as "off" not 50% reduced performance it just shows off meaning if my tint really did affect my eyesights systems in anyway wouldn't it turn off completely at that point.
All functions of the eyesight have to work like a closed circut not just one thing or one of the other if Lane drift assist isn't working than nothing else is working

 

Right, and that's the thing: while I'm sure Subaru has internal data showing how the ambient light level impacts EyeSight performance, there doesn't seem to be any publicly available data on that. Since EyeSight is an optical system, though, it's pretty reasonable to assume that its accuracy level is partly dependent on the amount of light reaching the cameras. The system isn't going to stop working completely if the amount of light it receives is reduced, but it's logical to assume that a lower level of light is likely to reduce accuracy in certain situations.

 

The system isn't going to stop working completely if the amount of light it receives is reduced


It will, the whole systems should and will turn off even if it impacts it the slightest, that's the whole point of the matter otherwise they would contact me and say "hey we noticed reduced performance from your eyesight system and need to bring it in so we can look at it." Right?

 

This thread seems to heading into the realms of condoning illegal activity (if it hasn't already). Check out rule #8...

 

That's a pretty gray area in this case, since different jurisdictions have very different rules about tints. (Now, the LED headlights topic is another matter. )

And none of us knows exactly how much data Starlink sends to Subaru about our cars, but I'd be pretty amazed if Subaru knew that you had a windshield tint. Eyesight will still be working, but probably just less effectively in certain situations.

 

A cop referred me to the shop that murdered out (tinted) my driver and passenger windows (just sayin). Eyesight is a feature, not a requirement. What did folks driving cars do prior to the invent of eyesight type stems?? "What, huh, oh you actually have to manually drive a car??" whaaaaa ?? 🤪 Didnt ever wear seatbelts - thats for sure!

 

That's not the point of this thread. The OP asked a question, over three years ago, whether tinting will affect EyeSight. @Cfoxsubi resurrected the thread and is saying it doesn't. I respectfully disagree that someone can jump to that conclusion just by driving the car.

There are also state laws and @Cfoxsubi lives in a state where a full tint is illegal.

 

I agree with Astrokats that discussing Eyesight/tints isn't pointless. It seems to me that we don't know what Eyesight does when it is artificially limited in it's ability to gather light. It also appears that Eyesight doesn't inform drivers if it has "reduced capacity" (in fact we are only guessing at what "reduced capacity" might mean) only if it simply doesn't work. Subaru is definitely trying hard to discourage tints due to safety. Drivers will do things that will counter Subaru's advice and it's their car, but I haven't seen anything in this string to make me confident that tints don't create problems for Eyesight as Subaru has stated. Personally I'd like to know more about how Eyesight works and what are it's limiting parameters.

 

I think this thread has been going in circles long enough.