Speed Sensor Problems of Subaru Outback

Takata inflators. While driving we noticed the speed control system stopped functioning, it would not activate or engage. We pulled over and turned off the engine, after about 1 minute we started up and once on the road it was working fine for about 5 miles or so then stopped again. Then the abs light along with other instrument lights would come on. When we got home we called a mechanic and advised we bring it in, which we did. He said the speed sensor is bad (part #27540al11b) which caused other lights to come on and said it was not safe to operate the vehicle especially where we drive which is in the sierra nevada mountains. He ordered part but was told this part is on national backorder and may be available on April 2, 2019. Our car has now been in the shop since March 8th, this is such an inconvenience. The car has approx 58k miles on it. Would this not be under warranty.

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'07 Subaru Outback 2. 5i w/ automatic transmission. When transmission was cool code p0720 was set for vehicle speed sensor failure. After driving for a while error would reset as sensor presumably warmed and began working normally. I identified and confirmed the front vehicle speed sensor was the problem. A week after the initial failure, and prior to my being able to replace the sensor, the behavior of the failure changed: at highway speed (60-65mph) the car would automatically shift into first gear and feel like the brakes were slammed on. This being an obviously dangerous and scary situation, my short term solution was to cut the wire going to the sensor until I could replace it. (the sensor is hard-wired into a 3-sensor wire harness that requires access inside the transmission to be replaced). Just prior to the car automatically shifting into first gear I also heard the safety solenoid in the shifter assembly (the one that prevents the operator from putting the shifter into park while the car is moving) quickly cycling on and off, so my assumption was that a partial signal was being seen by the onboard computer and interpreted as if the vehicle was traveling at a slower speed than it really was. After cutting the speed sensor out of the circuit this aspect of the failure has not repeated itself.

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