general problems of the 2010 Subaru Outback - part 1

It is a known issue with Subarus of this year that the engine will stall at random intervals when stopping, weather at a stop sign or stop light, warm or cold, fast stops or regular stopping. There is no consistency to it, completely random. There are no warning lights that appear, I have not taken this car to the dealer because after purchasing it I cannot afford to take it to the dealer. I purchased this car used for my elderly parents and this is a disturbing problem that could get them hurt or killed. Why has this known issue not been recalled? there are multiple service bulletins reported to NHTSA addressing this issue but no recall?.

Vehicle has an automatic transmission and it stalls when stopping. There is no warning light on the dash. This happens more frequently when the vehicle is warm, in early operation it may only hesitate or run rough while stopping. A warm a stop is more likely to stall the vehicle than a slow stop. Hard braking at operating temperature will stall the vehicle without fail. This has been happening since I bought it and it occurs with each drive every day.

The contact owns a 2010 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that on numerous occasions while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle hesitated. No warning light was illuminated. The contact stated that while shifted in reverse, the vehicle inadvertently shifted into drive independently. The contact turned off and restart the vehicle. The contact then stated that he was able navigate the vehicle back onto the road. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the failure could not be duplicated. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the warranty had expired but no further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 196,000.

Recently, while driving home in traffic, with the car in drive while braking, my car stalled in the middle of the road. Since then, it has happened 4 times. Upon breaking while the car is in drive, the car stalls and check engine light, battery, engine oil, oil temp, awd, and traction control warning light come on. When I shift the car into park, turn off the car, and restart, the lights go away and the car runs smoothly. This is a huge safety concern when the car fails while I am actively driving and has almost caused accidents. I took the car to the dealership and they said that it needs a new torque converter (see Subaru service bulletin 16-90-13r https://static. Nhtsa. Gov/odi/tsbs/2018/mc-10140492-9999. Pdf). This is a huge safety liability and this issue should be recalled as the car stalling in the middle of traffic is dangerous.

The car will die/stop working at stop signs and at abrupt stops. The problem has been confirmed by a Subaru dealer, and it is a known safety concern, as Subaru put out a safety bulletin but came up short in actually recalling the cars affected. It has been confirmed as a faulty torque converter by a dealership service department. There have been no warnings or messages prior to the problem happening. It is a huge safety concern, as the car will die at lights and busy intersections, causing traffic to stop abruptly. It is an accident waiting to happen!!! because my vehicle is out of warranty, Subaru will not cover the cost of replacing this dangerous system failure.

Outback started jerking forward with an increase in rpms and noise from engine. Malfunction was very alarming and could result in a traffic accident. . . Especially at higher speeds and in traffic. No warning lamps/messages indicated from vehicle. Took vehicle to Subaru dealership and rode with mechanic. Was told by dealership that a new cvt (transmission) is needed at a quoted cost of $9,000+ (with only 110k miles on the vehicle). Found that a warranty extension was offered by Subaru (2017 cvt warranty extension bulletin number 16-107-17r) for customer complaints about this issue but not a recall. Contacted Subaru of America. Subaru of America offered minimal assistance and would not honor the extended warranty due to just falling outside of extended warranty period (due to driving fewer-than-average miles per year).

Cvt was given a warranty extension. Subaru is aware that this is a known issue, otherwise they would not have given a warranty extension. A loud squealing occurs and a the rpms increase when driving. This occurs in slower speed areas as well as on the highway. This is a dangerous problem as the transmission could give out while driving on the highway or interstate. The driver would then be forced to slow to a lower mph and possibly cause an accident. Since this is a known problem with this year, a recall should be given for Subaru to repair this cvt problem in all models. At the very least, if a person calls in to have this problem resolved, they should repair the problem since it's a known issue.

Purchased used Subaru 10/28/2021. While driving on highway the engine is running and trying to brake at the same time. Its frightening, it seems like the vehicle will stop at highway speed and my family & myself could be injured if not killed. I am taking my newly purchased vehicle for the second time to post oak Acura, tulsa, oklahoma 74145. Researched on my own the signs of highway driving & the engine attempted to stop. Many complaints located on line with with the final diagnosis of a "faulty failing torque convertor".

We have a engine stalling problem on a 2010 Subaru Outback when braking it is a known problem with the transmission failing and Subaru extended a warrantee to 100,000 miles or 10 years but did not notify owners. Now at 110000 miles we are having similar problems. I don't think we should be penalized for driving less miles per year but have same issue. They admitted a problem but refuse to cover it.

11/21/2020 at oil temp light, brake light, and vehicle dynamics control lights come on while driving after around 30 minutes on a major route (not highway) after already being "fixed" by a dealership. At the end of August I brought the car to the dealer because all 3 lights had come on after I had arrived near my place of work. I had driven for 35 minutes on the highway and cruising local streets for a spot when they came on. When I first got back to my vehicle after work (I had parked and was waiting until end of day to deal with it) and turned on my car - no lights. I was nearly home when all 3 came back on (35 mintues of highway driving). Took to dealer that weekend where they replaced engine air filter, cabin air filter, cvt- valve body and brake light switch for $1934. 97 on 9/21 the lights came back on after driving for around 20 minutes on a 2 lane route. Dealer had the car for 1 week and all they could find / do was change a brake light bulb.

The car stalls and performs a full engine shut down while braking the vehicle to a stop.

The contact owns a 2010 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle loss motive power and stalled. The vehicle was not taken to be diagnosed nor repaired. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired at heuberger Subaru (1080 motor city dr, colorado springs, CO 80905, (719) 475-1920) under NHTSA campaign number: 10v326000 (power train) however, the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 160,000.

Major safety issue - vehicle has started stalling when coming to a stop or starting to turn. This has almost caused several accidents turning out onto the highway. Subaru issued a recall, but my car is not covered due to mileage, which is problematic.

Cvt failed at 149,250 mileage. Even though Subaru extended warranty to 100,000 or 10 years this vehicle was beyond 100,000 on the odometer and didn't exhibit issues when the extension was issued. I expect Subaru to warranty further as their cvt continues to be a problem with vehicles outside of their original and extended warranty. Cost of repair is $7,335 plus cost of rental car.

My vehicle head lights have burnt out at least once a year since I have owned this car. The engine has began stalling when I come to a full stop. It is equipped with a cvt and it feels like coming to a stop in a manual transmission without depressing the clutch. If I let off the brake quickly it will continue idling but coming to a complete stop kills the engine. I guess Subaru has issued an extended warranty but I never recieved the notification and my vehicle is past the mileage for the warranty anyway.

My 2010 Subaru is stalling out when I come to stops and it is extremely unsafe and scary. It has happened several times in the last week, even when coming up to a stop sign. It happens as the car begins to slow down, then it completely stalls out. This must be addressed and Subaru needs to issue a recall, as this is a serious and life threatening safety concern. I am beyond upset with Subaru for not issuing a recall yet, as I am reading about this widespread issue online. Lots of complaints have been filed by owners.

I have owned by 2010 Subaru Outback only 9 years and I learned that the cvt (transmission) has failed. Searching articles and forums this seems to be a known problem with these models/years. My vehicle is now useless until I pay over $7000 to replace the whole unit. Given that this is a known issue I do not understand why there was not a recall. The extended warranty that Subaru offers is not useful given the age of most of these vehicles.

Extreme shimmy / vibration in front end cause steering wheel to shimmy aggressively. This experience started about 2 months ago, the car has aprpoximately 150k miles. When driving car over 40 miles an hour the entire front end shakes like a very out of balance tire or the feeling of a warped rotor when braking. The shimmy can be seen in the steering wheel bouncing, and felt through the floor and seats. Tires and brakes have been inspected and there is no problem. Upon searching the internet I see this is common problem. Why is this no a recall? I am fearful of driving this vehicle.

I went to timmons Subaru in long beach CA. I told them about the TSB-16-90-13r and that my vehicle is doing exactly what that bulletin is showing. I was informed over and over my vehicle was out of warranty. I knew that a wanted them to do the TSB. They refused because their mechanic said it needed a new cvt transmission and they could not do that work. The Outback was shaking and vibrating and have low rpms like it was going to stall. I did not trust timmons mechanic so I took to mckenna Subaru in huntington beach . They did the TSB and now it works great. It did not need a new cvt transmission and timmons mechanic lied to me and wanted to upsell a new cvt transmission and wheel bearing in his report. They refused to listen to me regarding the TSB.

Vehicle has begun to randomly stall when coming to a stop on city streets. Has resulted in one near miss of being rear ended. In addition, has begun to stall on the highway at speeds above 50 mph. Car will make wining sound and lose power for a few seconds, but has not complete stalled out.

Electric parking brake closed during repair of vehicle and would not respond to reprogramming or any attempt to repair. Car was stationary, but unable to release brake resulted in necessary replacement of faulty component. Subaru unwilling to reimburse for part.

Tl the contact owns a 2010 Subaru Outback. While driving 45 mph, the vehicle jerked back and forth. When the brake pedal was depressed, the engine revved, but the vehicle did not move. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 114,000. The VIN was not available.

Coming to a sudden stop the vehicle shutters and stalls. Similar to driving a manual transmission and not depressing the clutch, but mine is an automatic. The rpm drops lower than 500. It is always when the car is in motion and trying to come to a stop. The last time it happened I almost ran into a school bus. This made me realize that is a serious safety issue. It has happened at least ten times in the last six months.

While I was on my way home, the car started bucking and all of the warning lights started to flicker on & of on the dash. I was driving on a major highway and thank goodness I was close to my Subaru dealership where I immediately took the car. I was extremely scared! shaking! they took the car right away & told me that it was the transmission - my son researched this and found that there have been many others with the same issues. Apparently my dealer was aware also since they knew right away what was wrong. Cost of repair $1,70. 86 + tax! we recently purchased a 2nd Outback b'cause we love the Subaru brand & our dealer. What happened to me is a shameful neglect on Subaru's part since there appears to have been several incidents the same as mine. I thank god that I didn't break down on a major highway or bridge that was on my way home. But mostly, I am grateful that my 19 year old daughter wasn't driving the car when this problem arose! shame on Subaru for not doing a recall on this! very disappointed in the brand. My dealer was exceptional and fixed the car in 1 day! replaced transmission valve body.

Car has stalled unexpectedly while driving straight at slow speeds, 4 times over the past year. It shudders, then stalls completely. Restarting immediately has caused another stall when shifting from park to drive. Waiting several minutes has allowed a normal start, although twice this has happened in dangerous, high-traffic spots without an easy shoulder to pull on to.

When driving on interstate roads and local roads: with braking, car shutters as if not using clutch in a manual transmission. Most recently (today 9/25/17), I was braking to turn off local road into parking lot, car shuttered and stalled. I was able to shift to "p" and restart before care behind me hit me. Braking-shutter-stall next time a serious accident could occur.

While driving at low speed on local roads the parking brake lights starts flashing, the transmission oil temperature light went on and there was a high pitched squealing sound. We could not get the brake light to go off by pulling the brake release lever. It cleared itself the next day. The dealer couldn't reproduce the problem but found a brake switch failure. There were also 2 software updates that were related to the brake and transmission safety and operation. We were charged for all 3 even though it should have been a safety recall.

While driving at high way speeds engine warning lights began to flash on the dash board. Power loss occured. Pulled over and checked vehicle, waited 10 minutes, restarted vehicle and continued at reduced speed. Vehicle continued to flash lights and lose power with no warning but particularly on hills. Subaru delership in rapid city, south dakota advised us to continue home to saskatoon. Total failure on cvt with replacement cost estimated at $6000+ tax and labor. Wondering if this is the beginning of many such experiences as our year is one of the earliest models with this sealed cvt. No way to check any parts or service it as the unit is sealed.

Vehicle started acting as though it was going to stall at stop signs and red lights. All dashboard lights then became lit up. Took to my place of dealership and upon checking transmission fluid, they described it as smelling very foul and was told I need a new transmission. Car is a 2010 Subaru Outback with 120,000 miles. The cheapest I could find for new transmission was 6000. 00. Thought it was a joke at first, but was told the first call they made it was 7000. 00. The transmission specialist called the cvt Subaru transmission "the throw away transmission' as no one ever replaces them at that cost. I have always owned chevy vehicles until I fell in love with the Outback. Needless to say I am very disappointed in this vehicle. No more Subarus for me!!!.

My 2010 Subaru Outback with about 93,000 miles has stalled several times when making a hard stop. It only happens sporadically, but has happened 4 times in the last week. I called the dealership and made an appointment and they said that they have another car in the shop right now with the same issue.

Car has been stalling when I come to a stop. Ususally a quick stop. We thought it might be bad gas, clogged fuel injectors which we have addressed. Still stalling. Afraid someone is going to hit me. This has been going on for a couple months now. Also stalls on inclines when I come to stop not going down hill.

Both right and left cylinder head gaskets defective (blown). Right hand cylinder head cracked.

Vehicle placed in park and ignition turned off. Engine would not restart. Towed to mechanic. Mechanic restarted after sensing loose ignition connection and noted no other problems. Returned vehicle to owner, parked in garage in park and ignition turned off. Engine would not restart. Mechanic came to home and restarted as before. Driving to repair shop, stopped and placed in park, but left running and exited vehicle. Apparently transmission not actually in park but in reverse and traveled a distance before hitting a tree causing an estimated $9,000 damage to vehicle. Apparently shifter in park but transmission in reverse and loose connection in transmission/ignition communication. Shortly after purchase and delivery of vehicle in 2010, experienced significant recurrent problem believed to be transmission related thought to be fixed.

I bought my Outback in March 2010. I noticed my dash lights flickering early in my ownership, but I thought they flickered because maybe I went into a shadow and a sensor caused them to go off and on. The feeling the car is going to stall has happened before, but it was and would only happen every now and again. On a recent trip, January 8, 2012, it did it every time I slowed down for 4 or 5 traffic lights . That really got my attention. I thought maybe my brakes were catching so I took it into my dealer on January 12, 2010. They told me the brakes were fine. After I thought about it, I decided the "catching feeling" actually felt more like l had not depressed a clutch when slowing down and the car was going to stall. The only problem with that theory is that I have an automatic I spoke to my-son in-law about the feeling that the engine is going to stall when I slow down at a light. He mentioned that he had noticed the flickering lights last winter when he drove my car. He explained to me that it was not normal for the lights to do that. He told me to have the alternator checked out. I took it back to the dealer on January 27, 2012. They ran three different diagnostic test and everything checked out fine. I am so afraid the car will cut out on me and I will lose control on the road. I thought I was the only one having this problem, but after my son did an internet search he found a lot of people having the same problem. From the complaints I read most people have a manual transmission.

Subaru Outback steering wheel shimmy and vibration. I purchased my 2010 Subaru Outback new in October of 2010. After driving the vehicle home and spending a few miles getting used to the feel and sensation of a new car, I noticed that the ride of the car was somewhat unsettled, vibrating and shaking at highway speed. I initially attributed this to the new tires and slightly overly inflated tire pressure. I precisely adjusted the tire pressure and spent the next few months waiting for the tires to "settle in" and smooth out. My wife started driving the car regularly and did not mention any issue about the ride. I drove the car several times afterwards and on each trip found the car very very uncomfortable to drive. The ride is noticeable leaving the driveway but is most apparent at highway speed, most especially in low power situations like coasting down descents at greater than 60mph. The steering wheel shakes dramatically in this situation. Thinking that the cause of the shaking was the oem tires, I removed the conti contisport tires and replaced them with michelin defender xt's from costco. Almost immediately, I noticed that the tires were no smoother than the oem's. I had costco remove and rebalance the tires. The steering wheel shake and vibration remained even after the rebalance. I was about to return the car to costco when I found the link on the Subaru forum about "shaky Subarus" and that the problem was so widespread that a technical service bulletin (TSB) had been issued about the problem, mandating that major modifications be made to the car. I have not been notified by soa about the TSB.