Brake Master Cylinder problems of the 2011 Subaru Outback

Brakes mushy, excessive pedal travel, have to pump them up to stop. This has been going on for a long time. Have had new rotors, new pads, dealer flush and refill including abs with computer. No change. Brake master cylinder suspected, especially as there was apparently a recall regarding certain 2012 model Outbacks, I believe that issue may apply here too. Dangerous.

A brake master cylinder malfunction. It causes an increase in the amount of brake pedal travel distance required to slow or stop the vehicle. 2012 Subarus were recalled. Is my 2011 recalled? it's very dangerous.

On more than one occasion while braking over potholes, immediately after the abs was activated (and once just driving down a hill toward a stop sign), the brake pedal becomes very soft and is almost to the floor before brakes were engaged, resulting in an increase of travel distance before the vehicle was able to come to a complete stop. The first several times the issue seemed to resolve itself and I figured it was just a result of the road conditions. When it continued to occur I decided to take it to the dealer. The issue again resolved itself before the technician was able to look at it and therefore nothing was done and the vehicle was returned to me. Several months later it occurred again, and again the issue resolved itself before the technician was able to look at it. However, they performed a brake system flush as a precaution. Three months later it happened again while entering the on-ramp to a major highway and persisted for several days. I once again brought it to the dealer where the technician was finally able to verify the concern. They re-flushed the system and also replaced the master cylinder (which was a recall issue in other models) as a form of good will. We all assumed the issue was resolved and I once again took possession of the vehicle. Exactly two weeks later it happened again. I immediately drove it back to the dealership and it once again resolved itself before a technician could look at it, therefore nothing more was to be done. I am not driving this vehicle roughly. There are some roads in our area that are just poorly maintained and there was one occasion where simply pulling off the road and into the grass triggered the issue. I no longer feel safe driving this vehicle and I'm told there isn't much else that can be done at this time.

I have 103. 5k miles and my master cylinder is going out. I was told the 2012 Outback had issues also. While driving the brake pedal went almost to the floor.

Alot of brake pedal travel low brake took alot of distance to slow down wasn't able to stop the car at 35 mph hit other car. Had car look at many times still thomas Subaru didn't think anything was wrong with car from day one I told them my brakes weren't right it takes alot of distance ( pedal ) which increase amount of time needed to slow and stop the car. . I feel the brake master cylinder is not working right still thomas Subaru will not fix the car until an recall. I also think recall no. 11v562000 which is only for 2012 cars might also needs added for 2011 cars. I now have 31,000 and still have bad brakes. I need help Subaru will not help.

The contact owns a 2011 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that the brakes failed at a very low speed in a parking space. When the brakes failed, the vehicle continued forward about 20 feet, pushing down a metal fence before stopping. The contact felt that the master cylinder was the cause of the failure. The vehicle was inspected by an authorized dealer and the dealer stated that there was nothing wrong. The contact felt that the failure was related to the recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 11v562000( service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages). The failure and current mileages were 6,815. Updated 02/28/12 updated 05/03/12.