2000 Subaru Outback

TRANSMISSION IS GOING OUT OF 2000 OUTBACK BEFORE 70,000 MILES. IT IS STATED ON THE INTERNET THAT OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR OF OUTBACK. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE IT WAS SUPPOSE TO LAST FORA LONG TIME WITH LOW MAINTENANCE. I DON'T FEEL THAT I OR ANYONE ELSE SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE A TRANSMISSION IN A CAR THAT HAS LESS THAN 70,000 MILES ON IT. I DON'T EVEN HAVE THE CAR PAID FOR AND IT WILL COST ME $2700.00 TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION WITH A REBUILT ONE THAT COULD STILL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

EXPERIENCED POOR BRAKE PERFORMANCE INCLUDING INCREASED STOPPING DISTANCE, VIBRATION, AND STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY. INSPECTION OF RIGHT FRONT DISC BRAKES SHOWED INSIDE BRAKE PAD WORN UNEVENLY. BRAKE CALIPER IS TWO-PISTON SYSTEM AND UNEVEN WEAR WAS DUE TO ONE CYLINDER NOT WORKING. SITUATION REPEATED APPROX. EIGHT MONTHS LATER ON LEFT SIDE AND NOW RIGHT SIDE SHOWS REPEAT OF SAME PROBLEM. REPAIR REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF ENTIRE CALIPER ASSEMBLY. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE INTERIOR LIGHTS DID NOT ILLUMINATE. SHE ATTEMPTED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE REPAIRED ON THREE OCCASIONS. SHE DROVE THE VEHICLE TO ARIZONA AND IT LOST POWER. THE DEALER RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE AND REPAIRED THE ALTERNATOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTING. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE LIGHTS ARE BECOMING MORE DIM AS TIME PROGRESSES. THE REAR SEAT BELTS HAVE NOT BEEN REPLACED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 142,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 141,204.

HEAD GASKET FAILURE ON A 2000 SUBARU OUTBACK AT 84443 MILES. THEN A FULL ENGINE REPLACEMENT AT 97,000. THERE WERE NO ACCIDENTS OR DEATHS CAUSED BY THIS, HOWEVER, LET ME APPEAL TO YOU TO REVIEW SUBARU'S 2.5L ENGINE. WE BOUGHT THIS AS A RELIABLE CAR FOR OUR CHILDREN. THE VEHICLE BECAME UNRELIABLE WHEN IT BEGAN OVERHEATING WITH OUR CHILDREN AT THE WHEEL, NOT ONCE BUT TWICE. THE FIRST INSTANCE WAS IN THE DAYLIGHT HOURS AND WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE IT RIGHT INTO A SUBARU DEALERSHIP. THE SECOND INSTANCE WAS THE CAR OVERHEATED WITH MY CHILD AT THE WHEEL ON A DARK ROAD IN RURAL SE WASHINGTON AT NIGHT. THANK GOODNESS SHE DID HAVE A CELL PHONE AND COULD CALL US FOR HELP. TWO DIFFERENT AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIPS, LOOKED AT THIS PROBLEM THREE TIMES AND DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW AFTER REPLACING THE HEAD GASKETS AT A LOCAL VEHICLE REPAIR SHOP AND THEN THE ENGINE, YEP, THE ENGINE DUE TO OIL AND WATER LEAKAGE, BECAUSE OF THE FAILURE OF THE DEALERSHIPS THAT MISDIAGNOSED THIS PROBLEM. NOW AS I SEARCH FOR WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY, I FIND WEBSITES THAT DOCUMENT HUNDREDS OF SUBARU OWNERS WITH THE IDENTICAL STORY AS MINE. OVERHEATING PROBLEMS, DEALERSHIP NOT FIXING THE PROBLEM PROPERLY AND THEN ENDING UP WITH HEAD GASKET AND FOR SOME OF US ENGINE REPLACEMENT. PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. THE WEBSITES ARE ALMOST ENDLESS ON THIS PROBLEM. I DO NOT LIKE BEING ANGRY OVER THIS ISSUE. I JUST WANT SUBARU TO FIX WHAT IS WRONG, AND TO HELP ALL OF THEIR CUSTOMERS GET SOME FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR WHAT WE HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET, NOTHING ELSE. SUBARU OF AMERICA NEEDS TO FIX WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEIR 2.5L ENGINES. THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP. *NM

2000 SUBARU OUTBACK SERVICED AT SUBARU DEALER. OIL CHANGE, BRAKE REPAIR, 100 POINT SAFETY CHECK ON 3/21/06. AUTO GARAGED 3/21/06 THROUGH 3/23/06. FIRST TIME AT HIGHWAY SPEED SINCE REPAIR HOOD OPENS AND BREAKS WINDSHIELD (MULTIPLE CRACKS,GLASS SPLINTERS). HOOD DEFORMS TO SHAPE OF WINDSHIELD. RETURNED AUTO TO SUBARU DEALER WHO REFERRED INSPECTION TO SUBARU FACTORY REP. SUBARU FACTORY SERVICE REP INSPECTS AUTO 3/28/06 & REPORTS HOOD LATCH IS WORKING OKAY AND NO REPAIR NECESSARY. HOOD WAS NOT OPENED FOLLOWING REPAIR. HOOD CERTAINLY APPEARED TO BE CLOSED BEFORE INCIDENT. *JB