2011 SUBARU OUTBACK Complaints

AROUND 130,000 MILES CAR BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH SHUDDERING - WILL SOMETIMES SHUDDER AND STALL WHEN COMING TO A STOP. VERY DANGEROUS AT INTERSECTIONS WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO TURN AND IN TRAFFIC. CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT- BEING HIT OR STALLING IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IN RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THAT SUBARU OUTBACKS FROM 2010-2015 ARE EXPERIENCING THIS AND THERE HAVE BEEN NO RECALLS NOR ANY WARRANTIES TO COVER REPAIRS. REPAIRS TO TORQUE CONVERTER CLUTCH - WHICH IS INDICATED BY MY DEALERSHIP CAN RUN UPWARDS OF $1500.

ENGINE WILL ABRUPTLY STALL DUE TO LOW IDLE WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR STARTING FROM A STOP. ADDITIONALLY, WHEN STARTING FROM A STOP, VEHICLE WILL SHUDDER AND LOSE POWER AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS NOT SHIFTING. DTC CODES 2762, 2764, AND 0700 ARE PRESENT INDICATING A PROBLEM WITH THE UNLOCKING OF THE TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLE HAS 152,000 MILES. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE WHEN THE CAR STALLS UNEXPECTEDLY IN TRAFFIC. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO SUBARU, AND IT IS ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE ISSUED!

DRIVER WAS ATTEMPTING TO MAKE A TURN AROUND IN A DRIVEWAY AND NEEDED TO STOP AND SWITCH REVERSE. THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP AND DRIVER WAS NOT ABLE TO SWITCH GEARS AND HIT GARAGE WALL.

2011 SUBARU OUTBACK WAS CONSUMED BY FIRE PLEASE SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTATION AND PHOTO.

WHEN TRAVELING WITH CRUISE SET CAR HAS STALLED/STUTTERED. IT ALSO HAS AN EXTREME STALL/STUTTER WHEN COMING UP TO A STOP OR TAKING OFF FROM A STOP. THIS HAS BEEN A SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO DRIVERS AROUND ME NEEDING TO REACT TO THE SUDDEN CHANGE OF SPEED.

HEADLIGHTS GO OUT WITH ABNORMAL FREQUENCY. DRIVER'S SIDE BULB HAS NEEDED CHANGING ON AVERAGE EVERY 3-4 MONTHS, EVEN THOUGH THE VEHICLE IS RARELY DRIVEN AT NIGHT. PASSENGER SIDE HAS BEEN REPLACED TWICE IN THE LAST YEAR ALONE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. IN ADDITION, THE BRAKE WARNING INDICATOR WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT REMOVED THE BATTERY TO RESET THE VEHICLE AND WAS ABLE TO RELEASE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE THE FAILURE AND ASSOCIATED IT WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 18V626000 (PARKING BRAKE). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO CARLSEN SUBARU (LOCATED AT 480 VETERANS BLVD, REDWOOD CITY, CA 94063, (888) 520-5916) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE EPB MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

WHILE SLOWING DOWN THE CAR STARTS TO SHUTTER THEN STALLS OUT WHEN MY SPEED IS UNDER 15 MPH. I BELIEVE IT'S THE TORQUE CLUTCH CONVERTER. I HAVE TO RESTART CAR IN TRAFFIC. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I SLOW DOWN WEATHER ITS AT A STOP LIGHT OR JUST TURNING.

STALLED AT HIGHWAY SPEED CAUSING VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT, STABILITY CONTROL LIGHT AND AT TEMPERATURE LIGHTS FLASHING. READ SO MANY KNOWN ISSUES OF THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS. WE ARE UNDER THE 10 YEARS BUT SLIGHTLY OVER THE 100,000 MILES. I WOULD THINK THEY WOULD BE WILLING TO FIX THE ISSUE AT NO CHARGE. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF VEHICLE. ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACED 4YEARS AGO. THAT WAS COVERED UNDER THE EXTENDED WARRANTY THAT WE HAD PURCHASED. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY GOOD THINGS ABOUT SUBARU, BUT WILL BE UNABLE TO DO SO IF THEY DON'T FIX THIS ISSUE AT N/C. TRANSMISSION PROBLEM PROBABLY

WHEN WE WERE DRIVING THE 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK ON THE ROAD ON JULY 5,2019, THE FUEL GAUGE SUDDENLY SHIFTED FROM ALMOST FULL TO ZERO. THE CAR STOPPED AND WE PLACED IT IN PARK. SUBSEQUENT ATTEMPTS TO START THE CAR DID NOT EVEN IGNITE THE ENGINE, EVEN WHEN WE ADDED ANOTHER GALLON OF GAS AND TRIED JUMP STARTING THE CAR. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A GAS LEAK. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY TOWED OUR CAR TO NEARBY COLEMAN SUBARU NJ, WHERE THE DEALER HAS NOW ASSUMED IT WAS A COMPUTER ISSUE AND HAVE ASKED TO ORDER ANOTHER COMPUTER TO FIX IT. THIS WAS AN INCREDIBLY SCARY EXPERIENCE FOR US. THERE WERE FIVE PEOPLE IN THE CAR WHEN WE WERE DRIVING AND THANKFULLY NO ONE WAS HURT. IF IT HAPPENED ON THE HIGH WAY, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. WE ARE CONCERNED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE WHICH CAN GET PEOPLE HURT.