Subaru Outback

"The drainage system for the moon roof gets clogged up with dust and dirt accumulation and is difficult to clean. No mention in manual and had to go to YouTube. If I dont clean the whole front cabin drips large amounts of water from any rain."

"Sunroof gutters backed up and flooded back seat passenger carpet. No warning. No mention in car manual of need to drain. No mention at time of purchase. Repair was $400, not including 3 weeks to dry out carpet."

"Water leaks into the rear through the hatchback door seal"

""A roof leak soaked and fried the radio amplifier, which repeatedly popped the breaker for my headlights and backup camera.""

"cd player will eat the disc and not eject it. then randomly will spit the disc out"

"Please delete one of the 2013 Subaru outback I only own one. but to repeat the cd player likes to eat my discs then randomly spit them out"

""Catalytic converter has been problematic for last couple years, causing the car to stall out in cold weather and having issues starting. It will invariably throw unrelated engine codes. Mechanic says it's going but not gone yet and is still able to be used as is recognizing we understand the issue.""

""As brand new, this car needed 1Qt of oil make up at about 3000mi: It could not span the recommended 3750mi oil change interval without adding oil. This excessive new engine oil consumption got a lot worse in 2020 at about 110k mi (about 1Qt of oil needed every 800mi) and started to severely contaminate and prematurely plug up both front and back CAT converters within 6 to 12mo. They were replaced under the car PZEV warranty (15yrs / 150k) four times since. If I had known better, I should have invoked NYS lemon law within the first 2 years of ownership and get rid of this lemon. I found out after the fact that both outback 2013 and 2014 vintage had a known shortblock cylinder bore design clearance issue responsible for the excessive oil consumption. Subaru of America inc. "lost" and settled a class action lawsuit with favorable terms to them that makes their customers go through so many hoops and expenses (Subaru oil consumption test that requires every little oil leaks to be fixed e.g head gasket, valve cover gasket...etc) to justify the short block replacement under warranty that by the time Subaru agrees to replace the short block the customer pretty much paid out of pocket between $2000 to $4000 indirectly. I opted to pay for the extra oil being burned and pushed Subaru to replace the CAT 4 times as a consequence.""

"problem effected the cruise control"

"Engine totally failed, 3 weeks after purchase and needed to be replaced. Since I had our the extended warranty dealer replaced"

"Car was idling and all of a sudden seized up. Required a short block replacement. The engine also had a 1 1/2 quart oil burning problem between changes. This has been an issue since we've had the car."

"Between 172,500 and 179,500 miles head gasket failure."

"Calipers were sticky on one wheel, causing abnormal handling and tire wear."

""Electronic parking brake; started locking up and NOT releasing; took several tries (turning off motor, pressing brake pedal in certain sequences, etc.) to get electronic brake to release. Learned to just not use it when parking. Found info online that Subaru will repair this if I take it to dealer; plan to do so, with printout of online information (not a public recall but silent?)""

"All related to rotor pulsating"

"power steering pump failed and gasket also leaked power steering fluid"

"I started to hear noises that sounded like spring issues for a while before I took it to my garage, where the mechanic diagnosed the problem. Repaired two days later, had to wait for part to be delivered, cost $778"

"Replaced front torsion bars due to deteriorated rubber bushings."

"Had to replace shifter plate which was keeping key from being removable from ignition. Subaru found another issue with the transmission valve body caused by another Subaru dealer overtightening bolts and damaging the body. They did not offer to cover the repair as they said it had been over a year since the service work."

"This required valve body and o-ring replacement. It had to be done twice as the first time the o-rings were not placed correctly and the problem persisted, particularly when starting from a stop on an uphill."

"Solenoid failure"

"Clutch was prematurely replaced (eventhough clutch wear material was still adequate) to change the throwout bearing that marred the shaft surface that requires a stainless steel sleeve to be installed (quiet sleeve) along with a matched throwout bearing to accomodate the sleeve."

"Driving the car at 70 mph or greater for more than about 15 minutes results in the transmission fluid hot warning light turning on. The light turns off if I slow down to about 55 mph. Mechanic has not be able to find problem. Car has done this since I bought it."

""While driving, the connection from the radiator to the transmission cooling line ruptured. It had rusted out at the connection joint. The vehicle has no other rust on it.""

"Had a bearing replaced on the differential"

"Gearing was starting to shave off metal and needed replacing."

"Left front wheel universal joint quit after the rubber cover was destroyed by ice"

"Driver window stopped working"

""about 2 years ago, I noticed a persistent odor coming from under hood. I suspected it was refrigerant as the AC was getting a bit week. I purchased a can of refrigerant and recharged the system. It worked, but the leak continues. I do not trust dealship mechanics and their labor rates are insanely high. So, I tolerate the smell and have reloaded the system once. I still have refrigerant available from the can I purchased.""

"oil got on it and it failed"

"Engine died at a stop light and didn't restart for about 30 - 40 minutes (engine would crank but not turnover and seemed like it wasn't getting fuel or one repair technician thought it sounded like a flooded engine) and ran rough once initially restarted. Repair shop narrowed it down to possibly the throttle body after it repeated the issue twice for them. They weren't necessarily 100% positive that it was the throttle body, but the issue has not repeated after they replaced that."