Two problems related to radio/tape cd player have been reported for the 2017 Subaru Outback. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2017 Subaru Outback based on all problems reported for the 2017 Outback.
Battery issues are non stop! battery dies all the time. We had a new 2016 Outback previously, that had to be towed because it would just die. We traded it in for a new 2017 Outback and it's even worse. Battery has been replaced (not sure how many times), and issue is still the same. Leaves us stuck/stranded in random places, and back hatch will sometimes beep non stop even though it's completely closed. We have to keep an emergency jump kit with us constantly. The back hatch won't open when battery is dead/low, which is crazy that there isn't some type of override to this. I have seen countless battery issues for this vehicle and I'm beyond shocked that this hasn't been fixed/addressed by Subaru. We are fed up with the battery drain, and do everything we can so we can (hopefully) proactively start our vehicle (have all interior lights off, radio off, air off - all systems possible turned off). Even that doesn't always work. We spend extra money on gas just to recharge the car by driving it more miles than we want to. I'm gonna be done with Subaru after this.
My Outback has horrible wind noise. Its so loud I cant use the bluetooth phone, nor listen to the radio. Absolutely horrible and will impact my next purchase.