Rear Suspension Problems of Subaru Outback - part 2

Unstable car is extremely unstable on ice or slush cover roads. This has happened many times in the past 2 years. The rear fishtails from side to side. Had to slow down to very low speed to regain control. Other cars had no trouble and easily passed. Tires are good, alignment good. Car also floats from right to left on dry pavement if wheels hit pothole or large crack in pavement. Rear instability.

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Car is extremely unstable on slick roads. Specifically the rear of the vehicle "fishtails".

My 2005 Subaru Outback xt limited does not handle well in snow/icy conditions. The rear end oscillates back and forth in a very uneasy, unsafe manor. I just had the rear end and front end aligned. The tires are only half way worn. I was traveling 45 mph and every car on the road was not having issues with the road. I had to slow down to about 10 mph in order to feel safe.

2006 Subaru Outback wagon 2. 5i rear-sway side-stepping and what I have seen described as "ghost-walking" on icy conditions. The awd system on the car seems to cause the vehicle to shift side-to-side making it very difficult to control.

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The contact owns a 2005 Subaru Outback awd (na). While driving approximately 35 mph during snowy weather, the rear of the vehicle began swaying left and right as if it were about to spin. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who realigned the wheels. The failure occurred three times. The vehicle had not been repaired. The VIN was unavailable. The failure mileage was approximately 31,000 and the current mileage was approximately 35,000.

On snowy/icy road, the handling on my 05 Outback xt was worse than everything else on the road that day. The rear-end of the car was unstable and sliding side to side. I have put new tires on and had an alignment. This is unsafe, especially in a car that is thought to be good in winter.

2006 Subaru legacy Outback 2. 5i with 44k miles. On hard pack snow/ice/slush this vehicle has a very noticeable tendency to lose control at the rear wheels. This problem continues anytime I encounter the identical conditions. I have had this vehicle aligned as suggested by my local shortline Subaru dealer at my cost. The problem continues. I have lost control of this vehicle at less than 30mph while tracking straight. There is something seriously wrong with this vehicle. As this vehicle is all wheel drive drivers will have a tendency to use this vehicle in the above conditions. Please investigate and test this vehicles rear suspension.

While driving on icy roads, the rear end of the car pitches left & right at an oscillation of about 1hz, 2-3" constantly trying to throw the car off the road. It does not matter if it's off throttle, off brakes - in a straight line at almost any speed it does it. New tires and 2 alignments did not correct the issue.

On an extended road trip (17000 mi), in our new 2005 Outback, we went through two sets of tires. The dealership corrected the alignment, which was severely off the first time (after 5000 miles. ) but then at about 16000 miles, the second set was severely worn out. We had the alignment redone at the dealership in whitehorse, canada but we did not replace the tires as the warranty was not honored at that dealership. The left rear tire blew out about 400 miles from anchorage. We purchased a used tire at a gas station and limped on to anchorage, where we had purchased the vehicle. The performed an alignment for the second time, this time with a loaded back seat. We have since put about 6000 more miles on the vehicle and it has not shown severe wear since that re-alignment.

Recall 03v153000 concerning rear suspension sub frame assembly: vehicle was taken to the dealer for recall repairs. The consumer was told that the repairs could not be done because no spray booth was available. The dealer refused to help the consumer find a dealer with a spray booth.

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Consumer received recall 03v153000, but a weld on right rear of rear suspension that should be rust proofed already cracked.

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The vehicle experienced the same problem as the recall on the rear suspension. The dealer did not repair the problem because the vehicle was not included due to the VIN. Recall number unknown. (recall # 03v153000).

Consumer received recall notice 03v153000 concerning the rear suspension subframe corrosion in July 2003. Dealer still does not have the parts available to repair the recall defect.

Possible defect of rear sub-frame assembly with poor paint quality. The consumer received a recall which stated if the vehicle is operated for an extensive period in a "salt belt" area, continued exposure to salt could cause the rear sub-frame assembly to rust-out and eventually break.

The consumer is unable to get an appointment since July 2003 to have the recall work performed. The recall is for rear suspension sub frame corrosion (3v153000) .