Subaru Outback transmission problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT HAD TO MAKE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO RESTART THE VEHICLE EACH TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED AND IT WAS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS AN INTERNAL FAILURE WITH THE TORQUE CONVERTER AND THAT THE PART NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

2012 SUBARU OUTBACK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO A HIGH PITCH SQUEAL IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE NOISE ONLY OCCURRED WHEN THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED INTO THE 40'S AND LOWER. SUBARU OF AMERICA DECLARED THE NOISE AS NORMAL WITHOUT EVEN EXAMINING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER, HOWEVER, DID HEAR THE NOISE, BUT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION. THE CONSUMER BELIEVED THE PROBLEM WAS THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION OR THE DRIVE MECHANISM.

I TOOK MY 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK TO MY DEALER TO HAVE MY FRONT BRAKES CHECKED. IT FELT LIKE THEY WERE GRABBING, AND I WANTED TO CHECK THE WEAR. THEY CHECKED THE BRAKES, CLEANED THEM UP, AND STATED THEY WERE AT NORMAL WEAR FOR 35,000 MILES. IN THE NEXT BREATH, THEY STATED I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I STILL HAVE NOT GOTTEN AN EXACT REASON WHY MY TWO YEAR OLD CAR NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE A CVT AUTOMATIC/MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER WAS VERY VAGUE AS TO WHAT HAPPENED. THEY STATED IT WAS THE FIRST ONE THEY'VE SEEN THIS HAPPEN TO. *KB

99 SUBARU LEGACY OUTBACK /W AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION DOS NOT ENGAGE WHEN PLACED FROM P TO D, OR DISENGAGE FROM GEAR WHEN VEHICLE STOP. I WAS ON A SLIGHT HILL STOPPED. CAR DISENGAGED FROM GEAR AND I COULD NOT MOVE. IN D - WHEN I RELEASED BRAKE THE CAR ROLLED BACKWARDS CAUSING CONTACT WITH THE CAR BEHIND ME. *TR

ABOUT A MONTH AGO (APRIL 2011) WHILE MOVING FORWARD AT AROUND 5 TO 10 MPH I REACHED FOR THE GLOVE BOX AND MY SHIRT CUFF CAUGHT THE SHIFT HANDLE AND THRU THE TRANSMISSION INTO REVERSE. WHILE I WAS LUCKY AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES THIS APPEARS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY DEFECT THAT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED BY SUBARU OF NORTH AMERICA. THERE ARE NO BUILT IN SAFETY LOCKS OR MECHANISMS TO PREVENT THE TRANSMISSION FROM BEING MOVED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE OR DRIVE TO MANUAL SHIFT OPTION. ACTUALLY YOU CAN SHIFT ANYWHERE FROM REVERSE TO MANUAL AUTO BY BUMPING OR PULLING THE SHIFT HANDLE WITH VERY LITTLE EFFORT. SOMEONE COULD HAVE BEEN SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. IS THERE A RECALL AVAILABLE TO CORRECT THIS CONDITION. EVERY AMERICAN MADE CAR I'VE OWNED HAD A BUILT IN MECHANISM THAT REQUIRED THAT YOU PUSH DOWN / PULL UP AND PUSH FORWARD OR PULL BACKWARDS AT THE SAME TIME THRU SOME TYPE OF MANUAL LOCKING MECHANISM...... THANKS I'M STILL DRIVING THE CAR BUT DAMAGE TO THE TRANSMISSION IS UNKNOWN. *TR

SUBARU OUTBACK 2010 WITH CVT TRANSMISSION BOUGHT NEW. NUMEROUS FAILURES. THE TRANSMISSION FIRST FAILED DUE TO A SOLENOID OPEN CIRCUIT THAT DISABLED THE CAR. CODE P2762 ( LAST WEEK IN MARCH, ABOUT 2,600 MILES). THAT WAS FIXED. AFTER THIS EVENT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD ON OCCASION DISENGAGE WHILE STILL ON DRIVE. WHILE DRIVING SLOWLY AND AFTER APPLYING BRAKES TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN. THE GAS PEDAL WOULD BE DEPRESSED, THE ENGINE WOULD ROAR BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. THE TRANSMISSION WOULD RE-ENGAGE AFTER SHIFTING TO NEUTRAL OR PARK AND BACK TO DRIVE. THE FIRST TIME THIS EVENT WAS REPORTED TO THE SUBARU DEALER A NUMBER OF CODES CAME UP; C0057, C0045, C0231, C0232, C0282. SUBARU TOLD THE DEALER TO ERASE THE CODES AND RE-PROGRAM THE SOFTWARE. THIS EVENT HAS OCCURRED THREE TIMES SINCE THEN (LAST WEEK OF JULY 2010, ABOUT 9,000 MILES). THE NEXT TIME WAS LAST WEEK IN AUGUST, ABOUT 10,200 MILES. SINCE THE SOFTWARE WAS RE-PROGRAMMED NO CODES APPEAR EVEN THOUGH THE EVENTS ARE IDENTICAL. THIS EVENT HAPPENED AGAIN IN DECEMBER 2010. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALER (1/27/11). NO CODES WERE FOUND. DEALER SAYS THAT IF THERE ARE NO CODES AND THEY CANNOT REPRODUCE THE EVENT THEN IT DOES NOT EXIST AS FAR AS THEY ARE CONCERNED. THE EVENT OCCURRED AGAIN IN EARLY FEBRUARY 2010.TO BE STOPPED AT AN INTERSECTION AND PRESS THE GAS PEDAL WHILE THE CAR IS ON DRIVE WITH NOTHING HAPPENING OTHER THEN HIGH ENGINE REVS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. CONSIDER BEING IN A LEFT TURN SITUATION. WE HAVE NO SYMPATHY FROM SUBARU. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH HE APPLIED PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE PEDAL. HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF OF THE BRAKE PEDAL BEFORE REACHING A STOP SIGN AND ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE MOMENTARILY HESITATED BEFORE ACCELERATING. THE FAILURE RECURRED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH WHENEVER HE ATTEMPTED TO ACCELERATE AFTER APPLYING THE BRAKES. HE ALSO STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH HE TOOK HIS FOOT OFF OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT BEGIN TO DECELERATE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 SECONDS. THIS FAILURE ALSO RECURRED WHENEVER HE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 75 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE HE WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS MANUFACTURED TO OPERATE IN THAT MANNER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 8,000.

2010 SUBARU OUTBACK AUTOMATIC,2.5I, IN FIRST MONTH OF OWNERSHIP NOTICED VEHICLE WANTED TO STALL WHEN I SLOWED DOWN OR STOPPED. HAVE HAD FOR 4 MONTHS VEHICLE IS WORSE, RPM'S DROP TO NEAR ZERO, CAR WILL THEN IDLE FAST TO COMPENSATE...IN THE LAST MONTH VEHICLE HAS A SEVERE SHUDDER, ON TOP OF THE NEAR STALLING...WAS TOLD BY DEALER THAT SUBARU HAS FIXED PROBLEM ON MANUALS BUT IS STILL WAITING FOR SOFTWARE FOR AUTOMATICS TO REFLASH COMPUTER. CAR IS VERY SHAKY AFTER THE NEAR STALLS UPON ACCELERATION. CAR ALSO ACCELERATES WHEN I HAVE FOOT ON BRAKE AND RELEASE TO INCH FORWARD (WAITING IN TRAFFIC) AS THOUGH IT HAS A VERY FAST IDLE. I WAS TOLD BY CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS TODAY, THAT THERE IS NO PROBLEM WITH THE AUTOMATICS..JUST MANUALS???? MY DEALER DISAGREES AND STATED TODAY THAT I AM NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS PROBLEM WAITING FOR A SOLUTION. *TR