Subaru Outback Complaints (2019)

1,036 consumer complaints on file.

#11312085February 28, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITH A CURRENTLY OWNED VEHICLE (2019 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH EYESIGHT) AND A LOANER VEHICLE (2017 SUBARU FORESTER) FROM THE SAME DEALER ENDURED WINDSHIELD CRACKS, BOTH SPONTANEOUSLY. FOR MY CURRENT REPLACEMENT I PAID OUT OF POCKET TO HAVE IT FIXED, FOR THE 2017 FORESTER REPLACEMENT I HAD TO GO THROUGH INSURANCE TO PAY THE FULL AMOUNT. FOR THE 2017 FORESTER WINDSHIELD INSURANCE CLAIM, THIS WAS PART OF THE REASON I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO RENEW MY PREVIOUS CAR INSURANCE, WHICH NOW COSTS ME SIGNIFICANTLY MORE, YEARLY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311852February 27, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
BOUGHT NEW 11/2019.BATTERY WILL NOT STAY CHARGED...NOW ON 3RD BATTERY INSTALLED BY DEALER.TODAY,(02/27/2020) THIS BATTERY IS NOW DEAD.MY WIFE IS DISABLED AND HAS A 95 YEAR OLD MOTHER LIVING 300 MILES FROM MY HOME THAT SHE VISITS ON A REGULAR BASIS...I DO NOT TRUST THIS VEHICLE NOT TO LEAVE HER STRANDED! SUBARU HAS A PROBLEM ACCORDING TO MY RESEARCH AND THIS COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE IF IT LEAVES YOU STRANDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311619February 26, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LEFT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW WAS CRACKED WHILE PARKED FROM THE BOTTOM CURVING UP HALFWAY THE WINDOW. THE CRACK LATER EXPANDED ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE CRACK WAS NOT CAUSED BY A FOREIGN OBJECT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUBARU OF WICHITA (11610 E KELLOGG DR N, WICHITA, KS 67207 (316) 264-7777) TO BE INSPECTED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE CRACK WAS CAUSED BY A FOREIGN OBJECT AND THAT THE REPLACEMENT WOULD NOT BE COVERED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED BY A WINDSHIELD COMPANY. THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311661February 26, 2020
STEERING
DRIVING ON CITY STREETS - CAR STEERING WHEEL PULLS TO RIGHT WITHOUT WARNING - FEELING OF LOSING CONTROL OF CAR BY DRIVER - ALSO PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN CHANGING LANES TO THE LEFT -- SPEED 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR - FEELS LIKE STEERING WHEEL IS "LOOSE" OR HAS COME LOOSE. COMPLAINED TO DEALER YESTERDAY - THEY SAID IT IS A SUSPENSION PROBLEM AND TO BRING IT BACK - HAVE AN APPOINTMENT MONDAY MORNING AT 8 AM TO HAVE IT FIXED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311376February 25, 2020
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VISIBILITY/WIPER
STEERING SYSTEM/CAR FEELS UNSTABLE AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS ESPECIALLY WHEN WINDY. CENTER DISPLAY CONTROL BUTTONS DON'T ALWAYS FUNCTION. WINDSHIELD HAS CRACKED WITHOUT ROAD HAZARD INCIDENTS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311418February 25, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD CRACK MIDLINE LOWER BLACK BAND STRETCHING ~9 INCHES BOTTOM UP NOTICED 2/23/20. THIS IS THE SECOND OEM WINDSHIELD AND WAS INSTALLED 12/19/19. FIRST WINDSHIELD WAS FACTORY INSTALLED AND HAD A ROCK CHIP THAT SPREAD OVER ENTIRE PASSENGER SIDE OF WINDSHIELD. SUBARU HAS A WINDSHIELD PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311412February 25, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WHILE SITTING STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY, I HEARD A POP NOISE AND LOOKED UP AND SAW A SPONTANEOUS CRACK ON MY WINDSHIELD. IT BEGAN AT THE BLACK PORTION OF THE WINDSHIELD, DRIVER SIDE, LOWER HALF. IT TRAVELED ABOUT 5-7 INCHES WITHIN THE FIRST HOUR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311452February 25, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED THERE WAS A CRACK THAT DEVELOPED ON THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE FROM THE TOP CURBING DOWN TO RIGHT BELOW THE REAR VIEW MIRROR. THE CRACK WAS NOT CAUSED BY AN OUTSIDE SOURCE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO (FARRISH SUBARU 10407 FAIRFAX BLVD, FAIRFAX, VA 22030 (888) 485-6484) WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND THE WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THE FAILURE WAS EXPERIENCED A SECOND TIME. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,700.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311474February 25, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD CRACKED, VEHICLE WAS ONLY A COUPLE OF MONTHS OLD. WINDSHIELD CRACKED WHILE WE WERE SITTING IN A PARKING LOT - THE DEFROSTER WASN'T ON AND THERE WAS NOTHING THAT TOUCHED THE WINDSHIELD. CAR WAS PARKED AND THE CRACK JUST FORMED SPONTANEOUSLY, 2 PEOPLE WITNESSED THE CRACK IN REAL TIME. STARTED VERTICALLY FROM THE BOTTOM CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD, WENT UP APPROXIMATELY 5 INCHES, THE SPREAD SIDEWAYS ABOUT 12 INCHES IN EITHER DIRECTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311080February 24, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
2019 SUBARU OUTBACK FRONT WINDSHIELD SUDDENLY DEVELOPED A CRACK FOR NO REASON. I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, HOLDING A SMOOTH STEADY SPEED, AND WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING AT THE LOCATION WHERE THE CRACK STARTED. I HEARD AN AUDIBLE SHARP "CRACK" SOUND AND I SAW A 6" VERTICAL CRACK SUDDENLY APPEAR IN THE WINDSHIELD STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM MIDDLE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE CRACK TO DEVELOP -- NO ROCKS OR PEBBLES HIT THE WINDSHIELD, NO OTHER CARS WERE NEARBY, AND NO EXTERNAL OBJECT CAME INTO CONTACT WITH THE CAR. I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE CAR A COUPLE OF WEEKS EARLIER. OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS, THE CRACK SPREAD SIDEWAYS LEFT AND RIGHT IN THE FORM OF A T. EXCEPT FOR THE INITIAL CRACK, WHICH HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING, THE EXPANSION OF THE CRACK HAS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. I WAS SURE I WAS NOT AT FAULT FOR THE CRACKING, SO I WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH AND I FOUND PLENTY OF SIMILAR COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER SUBARU OWNERS (SEE HTTPS://WWW.CARGURUS.COM/CARS/DISCUSSION-T82803_DS994225). THIS SEEMS LIKE A COMMON PROBLEM THAT WAS NOT DISCLOSED AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE OF THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311081February 24, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE WINDSHIELD ON MY 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK CRACKED OUT OF NOWHERE WHILE I WAS DRIVING TO WORK. THERE HAD BEEN NOTHING UP TO THIS POINT THAT WOULD HAVE RESULTED IN THE WINDSHIELD CRACKING. THERE WERE NO CHIPS OR DENTS PREVIOUS TO THE CRACKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311143February 24, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED THE WINDSHIELD CRACKED. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 40-45 MPH THE WINDSHIELD EXPERIENCED ANOTHER CRACK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO SUBARU LITTLE ROCK, AR LOCATED AT 12121 COLONEL GLENN RD, LITTLE ROCK, AR 72210, TO BE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 18,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311210February 24, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
BACK IN FIRST WEEK OF JANUARY, I WAS COMMUTING TO WORK VIA INTERSTATE. THERE WAS A BUMP SINCE THE ROADS ARE UNEVEN AND GOING OVER THE BRIDGE, AS SOON I WENT OVER I HEARD A CRACK. I SAW THERE WAS A CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD FROM THE TOP OF HOOD, UP TO FRONT OF THE REARVIEW MIRROR. SINCE THEN, IT SLOWLY GOT WORSE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310828February 23, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, STEERING, VISIBILITY/WIPER
THE WINDSHIELD OF MY 2019 SUBARU OUTBACK SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED. I WAS DRIVING DOWN A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 50 MPH, WITH NO ONE IN FRONT OF ME OR COMING THE OTHER WAY. THE WINDSHIELD WAS NOT HIT BY ROAD DEBRIS OR ANYTHING OF THE SORT. THERE WAS JUST A LOUD "POP". THE EYESIGHT FUNCTIONALITY IS NOW INCONSISTENT AS THE CRACK EXTENDED FROM 6 INCHES TO ACROSS THE WHOLE WINDSHIELD IN A FEW HOURS. THE TEMPERATURE WAS NOT BELOW FREEZING AND WAS ABOUT 45-50 DEGREES. THE COSTS TO REPLACE A WINDSHIELD LIKE THIS ARE EXORBITANT BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE "SAFETY" FEATURES AND RE-CALIBRATING INVOLVED. I BROUGHT THE PROBLEM TO THE ATTENTION OF MY LOCAL SUBARU DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. I INQUIRED ABOUT KNOWN DEFECTS WITH THE WINDSHIELD AND WAS TOLD THERE ARE NO DEFECTS WITH THE WINDSHIELDS IN THE SUBARU OUTBACK 2019.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310852February 23, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
20" CRACK ACROSS DRIVER SIDE SPONTANEOUSLY APPEARED IN WINDSHIELD WITH NO DAMAGE. WARRANTY DENIED BY SUBARU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310889February 23, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY WHEN A CHIP SUDDENLY APPEARED ON THE WINDSHIELD ON THE LEFT SIDE ON THE WINDSHIELD. I THOUGHT THIS WAS STRANGE CONSIDERING I WAS IN THE LEFT LANE OF THE HIGHWAY WITH A LARGE MEDIAN AND NO TRUCKS NEAR ME. OVER THE NEXT HOUR THE CHIP TURNED INTO A 6 INCH PLUS CRACK. I HAVE SINCE HAD THE WINDSHIELD REPLACED UNDER MY CAR INSURANCE POLICY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310893February 23, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND HEARD A LOUD CRACK. I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING AT THE TIME. A FEW DAYS LATER MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE CAR AND HEARD A LOUD CRACK AND LOOKED AT THE WINDSHIELD TO SEE A CRACK FORMING ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD. IT REACHED ALMOST TO THE DRIVER SIDE VIEW WAY. THERE WAS NOT A POINT OF IMPACT IT STARTED ON THE VERY EDGE OF THE WINDSHIELD OUT OF SIGHT FROM INSIDE THE CAR. I THOUGHT MAYBE A ROCK CAME OUT OF NO WHERE AND THAT IS WHAT MY WIFE TOLD THE INSURANCE COMPANY WHEN WE GOT IT FIXED BY SAFELITE, THEN I SAW THE NOTICE ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELDS AND TOLD ME TO FILE THE CLAIM THAT IS WHAT HAPPENED TO US.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310964February 23, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD IS CRACKED ACROSS PASSENGER SIDE TO MIDDLE OF WINDSHIELD.. WAS DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED AND IT SPONTANEOUSLY CRACKED . THE CRACK GREW OVER A COURSE OF ABOUT 2 WEEKS..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310726February 22, 2020
VISIBILITY/WIPER
WINDSHIELD CHIPPED WHILE DOING 55 ON HIGHWAY. SMALL ROCK WAS THROWN UP BY PASSING VECHICLE. OUTBACK WAS ONLY 9 HOURS OLD AND HAD 42 MILES ON THE ENGINE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310746February 22, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FRONT WINDOW CRACKED IN MOTION ON A HIGHWAY GOING FORWARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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