2010 SUBARU OUTBACK Complaints

MODEL YEAR HAS UNDER SIZED BRAKES FOR THE VEHICLE WEIGHT,( ROTORS QUICKLY WARP ) #2 IN THE ABSENCE OF SURFACE RUST, FRONT SUB FRAME ROTTING AWAY. GOT RID OF CAR AFTER JUST INSTALLING NEW SET MICHELLIN TIRES, BRAKES, ROTORS AND DETAILING. HAD I KNOWN!!! HOW DISCOVERED; STATIONARY, LOOKING FOR SOURCE OF STRANGE NOISE UNDER NEATH UPON STOPING AND STARTING IN TRAFFIC.

I BOUGHT MY FIRST SUBARU IN 2002. I LOVE IT, A WEEK AFTER I BOUGHT IT I WENT TO CALIFORNIA FROM ST. LOUIS, MO. I DECIDED I WANTED ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE I LOVE SUBARU'S. IT TOOK ME A FEW WEEKS TO FIND THE ONE I WANTED. IT WAS A USED 2010 WITH 84,940 MILES WITH ONE OWNER. NONE SMOKER WHICH I REALLY LOVED. HE TOOK VERY GOOD CARE OF IT. HE TOOK IT IN FOR ALL THE REQUIREMENTS THAT SUBARU HAS. I HAD CAR FAX PRINT OUT SO I KNOW WHAT WAS DONE. NO COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE STALLING WHEN YOU STEPPED ON THE BRAKES. IT WAS ABOUT A WEEK INTO MY OWNERSHIP THAT I NOTICED WHEN I STOPPED THE CAR WOULD START TO VIBRATE AND THEN DIE. THIS IS VERY SCARY BECAUSE THE PERSON BEHIND YOU STARTS HONKING AND I MUST PUT IT INTO PARK AND RESTART IT. THE LIGHTS ON THE DASH START FLASHING WHILE IT IS DYING, A LIGHT GOES ON THAT LOOKS LIKE A CAR SKIDDING. WHEN I START TO FEEL, IT TRYING TO DIE I TAP ON THE BRAKES A FEW TIMES AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WILL KEEP RUNNING. IT IS THE TIMES WHEN IT DIES AND I CAN'T GET IT STARTED FAST ENOUGH CAN BE DANGERS' BECAUSE SOMEONE IS DRIVING FAST BEHIND ME. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME MORE THAN I WANT IT TO. WHEN I GO TO CHURCH THAT IS 10 MILES AWAY IT SEEMS TO STOP A LOT AT THE LIGHT. I JUST WANT SUBARU TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THIS PROBLEM SINCE 2010. I HAVE FOUND SO MANY COMPLAINTS ON ANOTHER SITE, I COPIED THEM AND WILL BE TAKING THEM TO MY SERVICE MAN AND SENDING A LETTER TO THE HQ. I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. WHEN I HAD MY CAR IN FOR THE 90,000-MILE WORK DONE I TOLD THEM AGAIN. THEY TOLD ME WHEN I PICKED UP THE SUBARU IT WOULD COST ME $1,700.00 TO FIX IT. NO SUBARU NEEDS TO FIX IT SINCE IT HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE DAY ONE. SO MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN PRINTED. SOMEONE EVEN SENT AND TALKED TO HQ BUT NO RECALL HAS HAPPENED. SO, I'M ANGRY THAT THEY HAVE DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM.

SUBARU TECH SERVICE BULLETIN 16-90-13R - AFFECTS 2010 - 2012 CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED OUTBACK AND LEGACY MODELS CAR EXHIBITS SYMPTOMS LISTED IN ABOVE TSB. CAR STALLS / SEVERELY HESITATES WHEN TAKING OFF FROM REST DUE TO ISSUE WITH POORLY DESIGNED THRUST WASHER IN TORQUE CONVERTER. DISCOVERED ISSUE AS DESCRIBED AFTER PURCHASE FROM USED DEALERSHIP. CAR WOULD STALL OUT WHEN TAKING OFF FROM REST IN INTERSECTIONS OR PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS COLLISION IF NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED / REPAIRED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, CAR HAD HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED 2X ACCORDING TO CARFAX AT MFG DEALERSHIP BY PREVIOUS OWNER, ISSUE UNRESOLVED. CONTACTED SUBARU OF AMERICA (SOA) UPON DISCOVERING ISSUE. SUBARU ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AS A KNOW ISSUE BUT ASSERTED THAT THEY WOULD NOT FINANCIALLY COVER WHAT SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN SHOULD BE ESCALATED TO A SAFETY RECALL AND SUBARU OF AMERICA FORCED TO MAKE REPAIRS TO AFFECTED VEHICLES. ATTACHED ARE COPY OF TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN AND CARFAX HISTORY REPORT FOR VEHICLE IN QUESTION.

TAMARA RECALL. I WAS NOTIFIED ON JULY 27, 2016. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP HADWIN-WHITE- IN CONWAY SC. I WAS TOLD THEY DID NOT HAVE AIRBAGS. THEY WOULD LET ME KNOW WIN THE CAME IN. I CHECKED WHEN I WENT FOR SERVICE I THIN IT WAS IN NOVEMBER 2016. I CALLED RECENTLY ABOUT A MONTH AGO. I WAS TOLD THEY WIL DO BE GIVING OUT ANY LOANERS UNTIL IT IS FIX. I HAVE TO GO OUT OF TOWN IN ABOUT A WEEK. I RECEIVED AND EMAIL ON MARCH 2, 2017 THAT PART ARE NOW AVAILABLE. I ALSO RECEIVED A NOTICE WHEN I CALLED ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND CALL THE DEALERSHIP. I WAS TOLD THE DID RECEIVE SOME AND THEY DID REACH MY NAME YET. IT HAS NOW BEEN OVER 7 MONTHS. THIS IS CAUSING ME A HARDSHIP BECAUSE THEY ASK YOU NOT HAVE ANYONE SEAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT. WHY IS THIS TAKING SO LONE?

TOOK 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK IN FOR OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION AND WAS TOLD LEFT BRAKE LIGHT WAS OUT AND LEFT FRONT MARKER LIGHT BULB WAS OUT. THIS IS THE ?? TIME LIGHTS HAVE GONE OUT WITH THIS VEHICLE.

FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER CAUSING CAR TO STALL AT INTERSECTIONS AND APPLYING THE BRAKES.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO BE REPAIRED AT THE DEALER. THE SPARK PLUGS WERE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 68,000. UPDATED 04/05/17 LJ *CN

MY SUBARU OUTBACK SUNROOF HAS LEAKED SINCE THE VERY FIRST WINTER. TOXIC MOLD BUILT UP IN THE HEADLINER, ON THE SEATBELTS AND IN OTHER AREAS. MY WIFE WAS SO SICK AT ONE POINT SHE WAS COUGHING SO HARD SHE THREW UP IN OUR DRIVEWAY AFTER SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR. SHE WAS SICK FOR YEARS AND WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. A QUICK SEARCH ON THE INTERNET YIELDED OTHER SUBARU OWNERS WITH SUNROOF LEAKS AND I BELIEVE THAT IT IS RELATED TO THE DESIGN. THE PROBLEM REMAINS UNRESOLVED AND IT IS UNSAFE FOR MY WIFE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE. MOLD REPORT ATTACHED. NOT ONLY IS THE MOLD A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT YOU WOULD NOT WANT TO BE IN ON COMING TRAFFIC WITH MY WIFE HACKING AND COUGHING.

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I HAVE COME TO A QUICK STOP AT A LIGHT, THE ENGINE HAS CUT OUT. THE SUBARU DEALERSHIP FOUND THE THE "TORQUE CONVERTER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY." THE CAR HAS 93,414 ON THE CLOCK.

2010 SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5L CVT AUTOMATIC 126,000 MILES. CAR WILL UNEXPECTEDLY SHUDDER THEN ENGINE WILL QUIT AT LOW RPMS EITHER COMING TO A STOP OR UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. SYMPTOMS MIMIC A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SLIPPING/STALLING. ENGINE OPERATING TEMPERATURE HAS NO EFFECT, NOR VEHICLE TURNING, OR VARYING ELECTRICAL LOADS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC (FOR EXAMPLE) AND IT HAPPENS REPEATEDLY, UNEXPECTEDLY AND RANDOMLY. I URGE THE NHTSA IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS TO ISSUE MANDATORY RECALL AND REPAIR ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE AND SERIOUS INJURY. I AM AWARE OF MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM. SUBARU HAS ISSUED TSB 16-90-13 WHICH ADDRESSES FAULTY PART REPLACEMENT IN TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER WITH A NEWLY REDESIGNED PART. HOWEVER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, OWNERS ARE NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY SITUATION, NOR IS SUBURU REPLACING THE PART FREE OF CHARGE IF THE DRIVETRAIN WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED.I HAVE BEEN QUOTED $1200-$ 2000 DOLLARS FOR REPAIRS BY SUBARU. IT IS MY CONCERN THAT SINCE THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR, EVEN IF THE OWNERS ARE NOTIFIED BY A VOLUNTARY TSB, THEY MAY NOT GO TO THE EXPENSE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED, RESULTING IN POTENTIAL LOSS OF LIFE AND INJURIES. THIS NEEDS TO BE A MANDATORY RECALL. AS AN ASIDE, I AM AN AIRLINE CAPTAIN AND A FAA CERTIFIED MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN WITH OVER 40 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN MAINTENANCE RELATED SAFETY ISSUES, AND IT IS MY OPINION THAT THIS SITUATION REQUIRES URGENT ACTION ON BEHALF OF NHTSA AND SUBARU. THANK YOU *TR