Transmission Failure problems of the 2013 Subaru Outback

While driving on I 10 at 70 mph, 30 mile's east of tallahassee. Fl, the transmission failed. Luckily, I coasted to the shoulder. It easily could have ended in a fatality. In February, 2019, the at oil temp light came on. At that time fitzgerald Subaru in clearwater FL (my hometown) checked out my car and said nothing is wrong. So, I was driving the car for my vacation in michigan and the at oil temp came on again with subsequent transmission failure. Come to find out, these bad transmissions are a known problem. The federal government needs to make Subaru do a recall before someone gets killed because of their negligence.

At 107k miles my transmission failed. Only certain VIN #'s are recalled. Mine not being one of them. Although there is a known transmission problem with 2013 Subaru Outbacks. I have to replace the transmission.

"takata recall" the transmission started failing at around 105k. It turns out this is a known problem by Subaru and after talking to customer service, they refused to fix the issue owing to the fact that it was over 100k miles. They gave extended warranties for vehicles but only up to 100k. I think that this should have been an actual recall and not an extended warranty. Its a major safety concern that Subaru is aware of.

I am the original owner of this vehicle. The transmission failed at around 71,000 miles with a 60,000 mile warranty. Subaru offered to assist with the cost of the repair in the amount of $3,600. Much later Subaru reimbursed the full amount of the repair. I believe this action was to avoid a recall. The vehicle is now at around 131,000 miles and the transmission has failed again. Subaru has offered a $1,000 credit on a new Subaru as compensation. I expected at least a 60,000 mile warranty on my 2nd transmission but Subaru informed me that the warranty was only for 24 months or 24,000 miles. I believe that Subaru knows that these transmissions are defective and should be recalled. In my opinion the original repair by Subaru was nothing more than a temporary patch job and not an actual fix for the transmission. On both occasions the transmission became very loud while driving and appeared to be in imminent danger of complete failure.

Transmission bearing failure after 70,00 miles.

While towing a camper well within the towing capacity of the vehicle, the vehicle would not accelerate beyond 60 miles an hour. We (myself, my wife, and 6 dogs) were south of pueblo, colorado going up that very long include towards trinidad. The vehicle's engine would not rev as if it's transmission was failing, but it would absolutely not accellarate beyond 60. We pulled over and contacted the nearest Subaru dealership (back in pueblo) and went back to pueblo and had them look it over. They couldnt find anything wrong and their test did not show any problems. They were only able to speculate that it may be a failsafe feature that prevents the engine from becoming damaged when it begins to overheat. We had driven from north of dallas to west of fort collins, with stops, without problems, but this day the temperature was 50 degrees and probably the warmest it had been our entire trip. We had previously stopped for a few hours in garden of the gods, so it had only been back on the road for an hour when this occured. After the dealership looked at it, we hitched it back up and continued on our trip. They instructed us to just drive slower when going up hills and mountains. We experienced problems again when we got to trinidad, but drove through it since the exits are rather sharp and black ice was a concern. Once we stopped driving up inclines the vehicle drove like normal. After we stopped towing the camper the vehicle stopped having issues.