Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 01/04/2013 | 1 | ||
| I am the third owner so after my problems, i researched to learn the first owner couldn't maintain tire life; subaru replaced all four tires and kept trying realignment for her. the second owner informed me he could not maintain new tire life, never acknowledging to me that the car is all over the road and a hazard to your life. being the third owner, i never thought when i purchased this 2005 subaru outback that it could be an engineering problem with a company like subaru, not identified or recalled. i have learned the car is unsafe and after research online have learned there could be a serious engineering problem with the raised rear suspension. i have the subaru receipts from former two owners (they were related) and obviously subaru is negligent in not identifying the issue and reporting it. two different shops have assured me it is not ball joints, or suspension, etc. i spent $750 on the rear end and new alignment at the specialty spring and suspension shop and those tires seem to be wearing evenly. the front tires are cupped on the outside severely in six months. the car is all over the road. *tr | |||
| 01/04/2013 | |||
| I am the third owner so after my problems, i researched to learn the first owner couldn't maintain tire life; subaru replaced all four tires and kept trying relignment for her. the second owner informed me he could not maintain new tire life, never acknowledging to me that the car is all over the road and a hazard to your life. being the third owner, i never thought when i purchased this 2005 subaru outback that it could be an engineering problem with a company like subaru, not identified or recalled. i have learned the car is unsafe and after research online have learned there could be a serious engineering problem with the raised rear suspension. i have the subaru receipts from former two owners (they were related) and obviously subaru is negligent in not identifying the issue and reporting it. two different shops have assured me it is not ball joints, or suspension, etc. i spent $750 on the rear end and new alignment at the specialty spring and suspension shop and those tires seem to be wearing evenly. the front tires are cupped on the outside severely in six months. the car is all over the road. | |||
| 02/11/2010 | 42412 | ||
| We have a 2005 subaru outback that sways in the rear of car under the following conditions 1. over bumps the rear will swing to the right and dip. when roads are slick it will almost spin the vehicle. if you are in a left hand curve, even at low speed, the condition is exaggerated more than you would expect sort of like it was pushed in addition to the normal inertia you would experience. 2. rear end traction becomes unstable under icy conditions where it appears that too much power is being distributed to the rear of the driveline then oscillating to each individual rear wheel. in my opinion 100% of the vehicles power concentrated to the rear differential is alternately distributed between the rear wheels and kind of gets stuck in this mode. | |||
| 01/06/2010 | 20000 | 1 | |
| In comparison with many trucks and cars i have driven in winter conditions for over 30 years, our 2005 suburu outback is much more unstable especially in the rear end whenever hard packed snow or ice is encountered even at moderate speeds (30-50 mph). at least once this cause the vehicle to spin uncontrollably. in identical conditions, a truck in 2wd (i have several trucks on my ranch) is far more stable. there is a clear safety problem with this vehicle for which tires, inflation, alignment according to manufacturers specs fails to cure. *tr | |||