2005 SUBARU OUTBACK Complaints

DT: CONSUMER HAD THIS VEHICLE 3 MONTHS AND THE DEALER HAD TO JUMP START THE MOTOR THREE TIMES. ALSO, REMOTE WON'T OPEN THE DOOR WHEN THE BATTERY WAS DEAD. CHANGED THE COMPASS IN THE MIRROR. THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE DEALER. THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. THIS HAPPENED WHILE TEST DRIVING VEHICLE. DEALER SAID THEY WOULD PUT IN A NEW BATTERY, AND WOULD FIX IT. HWEVER, PROBLEM RECURRED. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT WHEN SOMEONE WAS SITTING IN THE REAR MIDDLE SEAT, THE SEAT BELT WOULD UNLOCK THE LEFT SEAT BELT. THE SERVICE DEALER STATED THAT THEY WOULD INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE ISSUE, THEY DID SUBMITT A COMPLAINT, BUT IT MAY TAKE UP TO 6 MONTHS BEFORE THE PROBLEM COULD BE CORRECTED. THE CONSUMER SEARCHED DIFFERENT VEHICLES FOR THE SAME MAKE/MODEL AND THEY ALL HAD THE SAME TYPE OF SEAT BELTS. *AK *SC *JB

2005 SUBARU OUTBACK: WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED, ACCELERATION BECOMES EXTREMELY IRREGULAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER CRESTING A HILL, ENGINE PULSATES AS IF GAS FLOW TO THE ENGINE IS BEING INTERRUPTED IRREGULARLY, CAR BUCKS OR PULSES. LOW BEAMS ON HEADLIGHTS BLEW AFTER ONLY 10,000 MILES, RAIN AND/OR DEW DRIPS INSIDE CAR BECAUSE OF CAR DESIGN-DRENCHING ALL PASSENGERS FRONT AND BACK-SEAT-NO WINDOW VENTS AVAILABLE ACCORDING TO SUBARU. NO FRONT SEAT ARM-RESTS..MOST UNCOMFORTABLE CAR I'VE EVER OWNED

CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT OPERATE PROPERLY WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE THROTTLE WILL HESITATATE AND SURGE WHEN DESCENDING ON EVEN A SMALL HILL. THIS IS DISTRACTING TO THE DRIVER AND COULD BE A SAFETY CONCERN. I CONTACTED THE DEALER AND WAS INFORMED THAT THIS IS HOW THE VEHICLE WAS DESIGNED AND A FIX IS NOT POSSIBLE.

THE HEADLIGHT ANGLE MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WHEN GOING OVER A BUMP OR WHEN THE ROAD GOES DOWN, IT IS ALMOST LIKE THE ROAD IS DISAPPEARING IN FRONT. THE DESIGN IS POOR.*AK *TC

2005 SUBARU OUTBACK: WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ENGAGED, ACCELERATION BECOMES EXTREMELY IRREGULAR, ESPECIALLY AFTER CRESTING A HILL, ENGINE PULSATES AS IF GAS FLOW TO THE ENGINE IS BEING INTERRUPTED IRREGULARLY, CAR BUCKS OR PULSES. *AK

CONSUMER FEEL THAT THE HEADLIGHT ARE POINTED TOO LOW TO THE GROUND. THIS CAUSES POOR VISIBILITY WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT. DEALER WAS CONTACTED, AND INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THE HEADLIGHTS COULD NOT BE ADJUSTED AND THAT IT MET THE SPECS.*AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT VISIBILITY WAS CUT IN HALF. ONLY HALF OF THE ROADWAY WAS ILLUMINATED DURING NIGHT DRIVING. THE UPPER HALF OF THE BEAM WAS BLOCKED OUT. *TC

THERE WAS A DEFECT IN THE LIGHTING AND THE ADJUSTMENT CAUSED LOW BEAMS TO CREATE A GLARE TO THE ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *BF THE HIGH AND LOW BEAM FILAMENTS WERE IN ONE BULB AND THE BULB WAS SURROUNDED BY A COLLAR WHICH MAY HAD CONTRIBUTED TO THE PROBLEM. WHEN THE LOW BEAMS WERE ON OR WHEN DRIVING AT NIGHT IN RURAL AREAS, IT LOOKED AS IF A DARK SHADE WAS PULLED DOWN MAKING THE LIGHTED AREA ONLY ABOUT 6 FEET OFF OF THE GROUND THROUGHOUT 180 DEGREES HORIZONTALLY. *SC

IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE CONSUMER TO SEE DURING NIGHT TIME WITH THE FRONT GLASS HEADLIGHTS LENS. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK

THE HEADLIGHT ONLY ILLUMINATED 20 TO 25 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *NM THE LOW BEAM LIGHTS ONLY ILLUMINATE ONE FOOT ON EITHER SIDE MAKING NIGHTIME DRIVING FRIGHTENING AND STRESSFUL. A DARK SHADOW APPEARS TO DROP 25 FEET IN FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *TC