2010 SUBARU LEGACY Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU LEGACY OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT UNKNOWN SPEEDS, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE FOUR TIMES AND REPLACED THE AIR BAG SENSOR BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE RECENT FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 150 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 4,000. UPDATED 12/6/10 *CN

SHIMMY IN STEERING PREVALENT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, DEALER CLAIMS TO BE UNAWARE OF ANY ISSUES IN 2010 LEGACY MODELS. AFFECTS HIGHWAY STEERING. *TR

CAR SWAYS RIGHT TO LEFT AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS OF 55MPH OR MORE. VIBRATION IN STEERING COLUMN PRESENT AT ANY SPEED GREATER THAN 45MPH BUT WORSE IN 5TH AND 6TH GEARS OF MT. STEERING FEELS UNRELIABLE. CAR WILL DEVIATE FROM INTENDED PATH. ALIGNMENT HAS BEEN CHECKED, DEALER HAS ROAD FORCE BALANCED TIRES AND REPLACED A DAMPENING SPRING IN STEERING COLUMN. NO CHANGE IN EITHER SWAY OR VIBRATION. *TR

THE STEERING SWAY WOBBLE SHIMMY AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS IS STILL PRESENT. WITH VDC OFF IT IS SUBSTANTIALLY LESS SWAY FEELING AND STEERING CORRECTION. IF YOU DRIVE STRAIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE TO CONTINUALLY CORRECT THE STEERING TO OVERCOME TO ABOVE. ABOUT 800 MILES I NOW GET A VIBRATION YOU CAN FEEL IN THE STEERING WHEEL. IT FEELS UNSAFE. OTHER DANGEROUS CVT OCCURRENCES ARE: - IN 'D' THE CAR SURGES OCCASIONALLY WHEN STOPPED, LIKE AN UNINTENDED ACCELERATION SURGE. SCARY, FEELS LIKE THE CAR IS GOING TO TAKE OFF AND FEELS UNSAFE. - WHILE DRIVING IN CVT MANUAL MODE, LETS SAY 2ND GEAR INTO A HIGHWAY EXIT CURVE AND YOU LET OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL, CAR CONTINUES AT SAME SPEED AND RPM!!!!! DOES NOT REDUCE RPM OR SPEED UNTIL YOU HIT THE BRAKE. SCARY IF YOU DRIVE ON A STRAIGHT ROAD AND LET OFF OF THE GAS PEDAL CAR WILL REDUCE RPM AND SPEED. -SOMETIMES IF YOUR STOPPED AND GO TO TURN THE WHEEL BEFORE YOU RELEASE THE BRAKE, ENGINE WILL RAISE RPM QUITE A BIT CAUSING SURGE IN POWER. SCARY! *TR

VEHICLE UNSAFE TO OPERATE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. WHEN DRIVING CAR DOES NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT, SHIFTING LEFT TO RIGHT CONTINUOUSLY. *TR

PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR INTERMITTENTLY LIGHTS BUT, SAYS THE PASSENGER AIRBAG IS OFF MOST OF THE TIME WHEN MY WIFE OR TEENAGE DAUGHTER IS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. I COMPLAINED TO WALSER SUBARU SERVICE CENTER IN MINNEAPOLIS. THEY REPORTED TO ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS BUT, NO CORRECTIVE ACTION FROM SUBARU SO, THEY CANNOT FIX IT. *TR

THE RUNNING LIGHTS ON MY SUBARU LEGACY DO NOT ILLUMINATE HIGH AND FAR ENOUGH IN FRONT OF THE CAR. THE SERVICE MGR SAID HE WOULD PUT HI-INTENSITY BULBS IN. HE WAS OVERRULED AND THEY INSTALLED FOG LIGHTS THAT DID NOT IMPROVE RANGE OF LIGHTS. FACTORY PEOPLE SAID THE LITES ONLY ADJUST RIGHT/LEFT. *TR

I BOUGHT A NEW 2010 SUBARU AND IT MAKES AN ABNORMAL NOISE. I HAVE HAD IT IN TO BE REPAIRED AND WAS TOLD THERE IS NOT FIX TO THE PROBLEM. PURCHASED 8/19/09 FROM SHORTLINE SUBARU. I HAVE DISCUSSED WITH SUBARU OF AMERICA AND THEY HAVE NO DATE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM AND HAVE NOT ACKNOWLEDGED THERE MY CERTIFIED LETTER TO THEM. THEY TOLD ME THIS IS A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AND THERE IS NO NOTIFICATION TO THE PUBLIC OF THIS AND I THINK THE PUBLIC DESERVES TO KNOW THEY ARE SELLING A DEFECTIVE CAR. *TR

2010 SUBARU LEGACY 3.6R HAS A LONG DELAY WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE AFTER A ROLLING STOP, GOING OVER A SPEED BUMP, ETC.... VERY DANGEROUS IN EVERYDAY DRIVING ESPECIALLY WHEN HEADING TOWARDS A RED LIGHT THAT TURNS GREEN. AFTER THE DELAY, THE CAR LURCHES FORWARD. HAVE SPOKEN WITH THE DEALER AND TOLD THERE IS NO CORRECTION. *CN

I BOUGHT A 2010 SUBARU LEGACY AND BELIEVE THAT THE HEADLIGHTS USED ON THIS CARE DO NOT MEET THE U.S. SAE HEADLAMP STANDARDS, BUT INSTEAD MEAT THE EUROPEAN ECE STANDARDS. MY CAR HAS A DISTINCT HORIZONTAL CUT OFF LINE ACROSS THE ENTIRE HORIZON WHICH IS THE MAIN CHARACTERISTIC OF THE ECE STANDARD. SUBARU TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HAD OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THEIR HEADLAMPS. *TR