2010 SUBARU OUTBACK Power Train Problems

VEHICLE STARTED ACTING AS THOUGH IT WAS GOING TO STALL AT STOP SIGNS AND RED LIGHTS. ALL DASHBOARD LIGHTS THEN BECAME LIT UP. TOOK TO MY PLACE OF DEALERSHIP AND UPON CHECKING TRANSMISSION FLUID, THEY DESCRIBED IT AS SMELLING VERY FOUL AND WAS TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. CAR IS A 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH 120,000 MILES. THE CHEAPEST I COULD FIND FOR NEW TRANSMISSION WAS 6000.00. THOUGHT IT WAS A JOKE AT FIRST, BUT WAS TOLD THE FIRST CALL THEY MADE IT WAS 7000.00. THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST CALLED THE CVT SUBARU TRANSMISSION "THE THROW AWAY TRANSMISSION' AS NO ONE EVER REPLACES THEM AT THAT COST. I HAVE ALWAYS OWNED CHEVY VEHICLES UNTIL I FELL IN LOVE WITH THE OUTBACK. NEEDLESS TO SAY I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THIS VEHICLE.NO MORE SUBARUS FOR ME!!!

WHEN COMING TO A STOP THE CAR STALLS. THIS HAPPENS MORE FREQUENTLY GOING UP HILLS. IT HAPPENS MOST OFTEN JUST AS THE CAR IS NEARING NO MOTION OR NO LONGER IN MOTION. A QUICK STOP WILL MAKE IT HAPPEN MORE FREQUENTLY THAN A SLOW GRADUAL STOP. IT DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE IF THE CAR IS WARMED UP OR IF IT HAS BEEN RUNNING A FREE MINUTES. THE CAR CAN BE GOING STRAIGHT OR TURNING. A SHUDDER CAN BE FELT THEN THE CAR STALLS. THIS HAPPENS SEVERAL TIMES A WEEK. I THINK IT MAY BE THE TORQUE CONVERTER OR SOMETHING IN THE TRANSMISSION. I DON'T THINK IT IS SOMETHING WITH THE FUEL DELIVERY.

SUBARU TECH SERVICE BULLETIN 16-90-13R - AFFECTS 2010 - 2012 CONTINUOUSLY VARIABLE TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED OUTBACK AND LEGACY MODELS CAR EXHIBITS SYMPTOMS LISTED IN ABOVE TSB. CAR STALLS / SEVERELY HESITATES WHEN TAKING OFF FROM REST DUE TO ISSUE WITH POORLY DESIGNED THRUST WASHER IN TORQUE CONVERTER. DISCOVERED ISSUE AS DESCRIBED AFTER PURCHASE FROM USED DEALERSHIP. CAR WOULD STALL OUT WHEN TAKING OFF FROM REST IN INTERSECTIONS OR PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC. THIS COULD RESULT IN A SERIOUS COLLISION IF NOT PROPERLY ADDRESSED / REPAIRED. UPON FURTHER INVESTIGATION, CAR HAD HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHED 2X ACCORDING TO CARFAX AT MFG DEALERSHIP BY PREVIOUS OWNER, ISSUE UNRESOLVED. CONTACTED SUBARU OF AMERICA (SOA) UPON DISCOVERING ISSUE. SUBARU ACKNOWLEDGED THE PROBLEM AS A KNOW ISSUE BUT ASSERTED THAT THEY WOULD NOT FINANCIALLY COVER WHAT SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN SHOULD BE ESCALATED TO A SAFETY RECALL AND SUBARU OF AMERICA...

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN I HAVE COME TO A QUICK STOP AT A LIGHT, THE ENGINE HAS CUT OUT. THE SUBARU DEALERSHIP FOUND THE THE "TORQUE CONVERTER IS NOT WORKING PROPERLY." THE CAR HAS 93,414 ON THE CLOCK.

2010 SUBARU OUTBACK 2.5L CVT AUTOMATIC 126,000 MILES. CAR WILL UNEXPECTEDLY SHUDDER THEN ENGINE WILL QUIT AT LOW RPMS EITHER COMING TO A STOP OR UPON INITIAL ACCELERATION FROM A STOP. SYMPTOMS MIMIC A MANUAL TRANSMISSION CLUTCH SLIPPING/STALLING. ENGINE OPERATING TEMPERATURE HAS NO EFFECT, NOR VEHICLE TURNING, OR VARYING ELECTRICAL LOADS. THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION AS IT CAN HAPPEN WHEN PULLING OUT INTO TRAFFIC OR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC (FOR EXAMPLE) AND IT HAPPENS REPEATEDLY, UNEXPECTEDLY AND RANDOMLY. I URGE THE NHTSA IN THE STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS TO ISSUE MANDATORY RECALL AND REPAIR ORDER AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO PREVENT LOSS OF LIFE AND SERIOUS INJURY. I AM AWARE OF MULTIPLE COMPLAINTS OF THIS PROBLEM. SUBARU HAS ISSUED TSB 16-90-13 WHICH ADDRESSES FAULTY PART REPLACEMENT IN TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER WITH A NEWLY REDESIGNED PART. HOWEVER, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, OWNERS ARE NOT BEING NOTIFIED OF THIS SERIOUS SAFETY SITUATION, NOR...

OUR 2010 MODEL SUBARU OUTBACK WITH 121,000 MILES BEGAN STALLING WHILE BRAKING AT STOP LIGHTS AND BEHIND OTHERS VEHICLES ALSO BRAKING HARD. WHILE I AM ABLE TO START IT BACK UP IMMEDIATELY, THIS HAS BECOME A CONSISTENT PROBLEM AND I FEEL A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. I HAVE BEEN LEFT STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME BRAKED HARD. AFTER SPEAKING WITH OUR DEALERSHIP THE RESPONSE WAS THAT WE NEED A NEW TORQUE CONVERTER AND THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE 2010-2012 OUTBACKS. AFTER A SECOND OPINION TO BE SURE, WE ARE HAVING THE TORQUE CONVERTER REPLACE TO THE TUNE OF $2000!! I AM ASKING FOR A RECALL FOR THESE MODELS FROM SUBARU TO PREVENT ANYONE FROM GETTING INJURED FROM THIS CONSISTENTLY-IDENTIFIED DANGER. *TR

CAR PARKED ON SLIGHT UPHILL INCLINE OF HOUSE DRIVEWAY.. STARTED ENGINE, MOVED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SELECTOR TO D(RIVE). TRANSMISSION WENT TO REVERSE. MOVED TRANSMISSION LEVER TO N(EUTRAL) AND BACK TO D. TRANSMISSION AGAIN WENT TO REVERSE. MOVED SELECTOR (SHIFTER) TO P(ARK) AND THEN TO D. THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION RESPONDED CORRECTLY. CARE WAS STATIONARY DURING THE EVENT.

DRIVING ON HIGHWAY OR CITY STREETS AND CAR STALLS AND ENGINE TURNS OFF DURING HARD BRAKING. MUST COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND SHIFT TO NEUTRAL OR PARK TO RESTART ENGINE. 120,000 MILES. SUBARU DEALER SAID I NEEDED TO REPLACE TORQUE CONVERTER AND WOULD COST ME $1750.00 DOLLARS. THIS PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED MANY TIMES. *TR

CAR SHUDDERS AND SOUNDS LIKE ENGINE WILL DIE WHEN COMING TO COMPLETE STOP. IF THIS WERE A MANUAL TRANSMISSION, FEELS AS IF CLUTCH SHOULD BE PUSHED IN. PROBLEM OCCURS INTERMITTENTLY. COLD OR HOT ENGINE. PROBLEM BECAME NOTICEABLE AROUND 58,000-60,000 MILE.

CAR STARTED STALLING AFTER COMING TO A FULL STOP, AT 88,000 MILES. WAS FINE AT FIRST START UP, AND FINE WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING PLACE OR GARAGE, BUT AFTER DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP AT A LIGHT OR STOP SIGN, OR WHEN TRYING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN WHEN THERE WAS ONCOMING TRAFFIC (THIS WAS THE REALLY DANGEROUS PART), IT WOULD STALL, REQUIRING ME TO PUT IT IN PARK TO RESTART THE CAR. FIRST CHECK AT SERVICE STATION FOUND NOTHING WRONG IN THE COMPUTER. TOOK TO SUBARU DEALER ON 11/1/2016 AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A $1,600 REPAIR TO THE TORQUE CONVERTER. *TR

CAR HAS BEEN STALLING WHEN I COME TO A STOP. USUSALLY A QUICK STOP. WE THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE BAD GAS, CLOGGED FUEL INJECTORS WHICH WE HAVE ADDRESSED. STILL STALLING. AFRAID SOMEONE IS GOING TO HIT ME. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR A COUPLE MONTHS NOW. ALSO STALLS ON INCLINES WHEN I COME TO STOP NOT GOING DOWN HILL.

MY CAR HAS ONLY 108,650 MILES ON IT AND I WAS TOLD ON 9/19/16 THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER. I GOT A SECOND A OPINION WHICH WAS THE SAME AS THE FIRST. MY CAR SHUDDERS, HESITATES AND STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP WHICH CREATES A SAFETY HAZARD. IT CREATES GREAT POTENTIAL FOR A REAR END COLLISION. IT STARTED OUT JUST DOING THIS RARELY AND IS HAPPENING MORE FREQUENTLY. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS. THE COST TO REPAIR IS $1521.24. WITH THIS LOW OF MILEAGE, I'M TOLD I SHOULD NOT BE HAVING THIS TYPE OF PROBLEM. SUBARU IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AS THEY HAVE ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN (16-90-13R). I RECEIVED NO NOTIFICATION FROM SUBARU AND ONLY FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS WHEN IT STARTED HAPPENING. I GOOGLED THE TERM "TRANSMISSION TORQUE CONVERTER" FOR 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK AND FOUND THIS TO BE A COMMON...

MY 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH ABOUT 93,000 MILES HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES WHEN MAKING A HARD STOP. IT ONLY HAPPENS SPORADICALLY, BUT HAS HAPPENED 4 TIMES IN THE LAST WEEK. I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT AND THEY SAID THAT THEY HAVE ANOTHER CAR IN THE SHOP RIGHT NOW WITH THE SAME ISSUE.

WHEN DRIVING AND APPROACHING A TRAFFIC LIGHT THE CAR WILL BEGIN TO STUTTER AS IF THERE IS A CLOG IN THE SYSTEM. THEN IT WILL SHUT OFF. I CONTACTED SUBARU REGARDING THE ISSUE WHEN WE FIRST HAD THE CAR BECAUSE THERE WAS ALWAYS A LOSS OF POWER. OUR MODEL IS THE OUTBACK 2010. THEY INSPECTED AND SAID IT WAS A CARBON BUILD UP IN THE PISTONS THAT WOULD CAUSE THIS ISSUE. THERE HASN'T BEEN ANY RECALLS OR SUBARU NOTICES ABOUT THIS. NOW WHILE DRIVING AND COMING TO A STOP THE CAR JUST TURNS OFF. ON YOUR SITE NHSTA SOME OTHER CUSTOMERS HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT IT COULD ALSO BE A BAD TORQUE CONVERTER. EITHER WAY THIS ISSUE COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ACCIDENT IF NOT DEALT WITH. THE STUTTER AND SHUTTING OFF HAPPENS ANY TIME OF THE DAY AND COLD OR HOT WEATHER IT DOESN'T MATTER. SOME DAYS IT HAPPENS MORE OFTEN...

WE BOUGHT OUR CAR IN 2010 ITS A SUBARU OUTBACK. THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN AN ISSUE WITH A LOSS OF POWER. THE DEALERSHIP AT THE TIME SAID IT WAS CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE CARBON BUILD UP ON THE PISTONS. ITS NOW 2016 AND THE CAR WILL STUTTER AND SHUT OFF WHEN YOU ARE BRAKING AT RED LIGHTS. TO TRY TO BEAT THE STUTTER AND STALL, I FIND MYSELF HAVING TO EASE OFF THE BRAKES AND TRY TO REAPPLY MY BRAKES TO SEE IF IT WON'T SHUT OFF. I'VE AVOID MANY ACCIDENTS BUT ONE OF THESE DAYS I WON'T BE SO LUCKY. I FEEL A REAR END ACCIDENT IS COMING. THIS STUTTER AND STALL HAPPENS ANY TIME DURING THE DAY AND IN ANY WEATHER. THIS MORNING THERE WAS NO ISSUE, THIS AFTERNOON THERE MIGHT BE. USUALLY ONCE THE CAR STUTTERS AND STALLS THE PROBLEM GOES AWAY FOR THE DAY. I READ SOME...

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A HARD STOP. THE CONDITION IS SIMILAR TO COMING TO A STOP IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED VEHICLE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THIS SEEMS LIKE A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME.

VEHICLE STALLS WHEN COMING TO A HARD STOP. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE TO SUBARU SINCE THEY ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN IN 2012 - SERVICE BULLETIN # 16-90-13 DESIGN CHANGE TO LOCK-UP TYPE TORQUE CONVERTER BULLETIN DESCRIPTION: THIS BULLETIN ANNOUNCES THE AVAILABILITY OF A COUNTERMEASURE TORQUE CONVERTER ASSEMBLY TO ADDRESS A CUSTOMER CONCERN OF VERY LOW ENGINE RPM WHEN COMING TO A STOP. THE CONDITION IS SIMILAR TO COMING TO A STOP IN A MANUAL TRANSMISSION EQUIPPED VEHICLE WITHOUT DEPRESSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL. THRUST WASHER WEAR INSIDE THE TORQUE CONVERTER CAN CAUSE RESTRICTION OF THE OIL PASSAGE USED TO BLEED OFF LOCK-UP CLUTCH APPLICATION PRESSURE. THE RESULT IS EITHER A DELAYED (MOMENTARY LOW ENGINE RPM) OR NO LOCK-UP PRESSURE RELEASE. THE THRUST WASHER HAS BEEN CHANGED FROM A SOLID BUSHING-TYPE TO A NEEDLE BEARING TYPE. I'M NOT SURE WHY THIS WAS NOT A RECALL SINCE STALLING SHOULD BE CONSIDERED...

CVT TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE PREDICTABLY STALLS WHILE IN MOTION APPROACHING A STOP ON CITY STREETS OR ON THE HIGHWAY. ELECTRIC SYSTEM REMAINS OPERATIONAL DURING AND AFTER STALLING INDICATING THAT THE ISSUE IS UNRELATED TO ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. MECHANIC BELIEVES ISSUE TO BE NOW-KNOWN AND WIDESPREAD FAULTY TORQUE CONVERTER. VEHICLE STALLING IN TRAFFIC HAS BECOME VERY DANGEROUS AND HAS NEARLY CAUSED SEVERAL ACCIDENTS.

BOTH RIGHT AND LEFT CYLINDER HEAD GASKETS DEFECTIVE (BLOWN). RIGHT HAND CYLINDER HEAD CRACKED.

CAR STALLS FROM RAPID BRAKING. DEALER REPORTS THE TORQUE CONVERTER IS DEFECTIVE.

SUBARU OUTBACK STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AND VIBRATION. I PURCHASED MY 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK NEW IN OCTOBER OF 2010. AFTER DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME AND SPENDING A FEW MILES GETTING USED TO THE FEEL AND SENSATION OF A NEW CAR, I NOTICED THAT THE RIDE OF THE CAR WAS SOMEWHAT UNSETTLED, VIBRATING AND SHAKING AT HIGHWAY SPEED. I INITIALLY ATTRIBUTED THIS TO THE NEW TIRES AND SLIGHTLY OVERLY INFLATED TIRE PRESSURE. I PRECISELY ADJUSTED THE TIRE PRESSURE AND SPENT THE NEXT FEW MONTHS WAITING FOR THE TIRES TO "SETTLE IN" AND SMOOTH OUT. MY WIFE STARTED DRIVING THE CAR REGULARLY AND DID NOT MENTION ANY ISSUE ABOUT THE RIDE. I DROVE THE CAR SEVERAL TIMES AFTERWARDS AND ON EACH TRIP FOUND THE CAR VERY VERY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE. THE RIDE IS NOTICEABLE LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY BUT IS MOST APPARENT AT HIGHWAY SPEED, MOST ESPECIALLY IN LOW POWER SITUATIONS LIKE COASTING DOWN...

2010 SUBARU OUTBACK 3.6R LIMITED, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. UPON LEAVING FREEWAY FROM 50-60 MPH AND DECELERATING ON THE OFF RAMP TO APPROXIMATELY 5-15 MPH, THERE IS A DEFINITIVE SLAM AS THE TRANSMISSION DOWNSHIFTS TO 2ND OR 1ST GEAR. ALSO, WHEN DECELERATING FROM 30-60 MPH AND THEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR THERE IS A 1-2 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE THEN TENDS TO BUCK, OR ACCELERATE FASTER THAN INTENDED FROM THE ACCELERATOR BEING DEPRESSED FURTHER DUE TO NO INITIAL ACCELERATION. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER WHO SAID THE VEHICLE "OPERATES AS DESIGNED", BUT RESET THE TRANSMISSION "MEMORY" ANYWAY SO IT WOULD "LEARN" HOW I DRIVE. THIS DID NOT IMPROVE PERFORMANCE. THIS ISSUE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT THE ABOVE STATED SPEEDS. *TR

AFTER DECELERATING TO APPROXIMATED 5-15 MPH AND THEN APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR THERE IS A 1-2 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO ACCELERATE. WHEN IT DOES IT TENDS TO BUCK OR ACCELERATE FASTER THAN INTENDED AS THE ACCELERATOR WAS DEPRESSED FURTHER AS THERE WAS NO ACCELERATION. DRIVING IN CITY TRAFFIC THAT HAS ALMOST RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT DOZENS OF TIMES. THERE HAVE BEEN TWO TSB'S ISSUED FOR THIS KNOWN PROBLEM ONE FOR THE ENGINE AND ONE FOR THE TRANSMISSION, NEITHER ONE OF WHICH HAS ADDRESSED THE ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO TWO DIFFERENT DEALERS WHO STATE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND THAT THERE IS NO KNOWN FIX. THIS ISSUE OCCURS EVERY TIME THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT THE ABOVE STATED SPEEDS. *TR

VEHICLE PLACED IN PARK AND IGNITION TURNED OFF. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. TOWED TO MECHANIC. MECHANIC RESTARTED AFTER SENSING LOOSE IGNITION CONNECTION AND NOTED NO OTHER PROBLEMS. RETURNED VEHICLE TO OWNER, PARKED IN GARAGE IN PARK AND IGNITION TURNED OFF. ENGINE WOULD NOT RESTART. MECHANIC CAME TO HOME AND RESTARTED AS BEFORE. DRIVING TO REPAIR SHOP, STOPPED AND PLACED IN PARK, BUT LEFT RUNNING AND EXITED VEHICLE. APPARENTLY TRANSMISSION NOT ACTUALLY IN PARK BUT IN REVERSE AND TRAVELED A DISTANCE BEFORE HITTING A TREE CAUSING AN ESTIMATED $9,000 DAMAGE TO VEHICLE. APPARENTLY SHIFTER IN PARK BUT TRANSMISSION IN REVERSE AND LOOSE CONNECTION IN TRANSMISSION/IGNITION COMMUNICATION. SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASE AND DELIVERY OF VEHICLE IN 2010, EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT RECURRENT PROBLEM BELIEVED TO BE TRANSMISSION RELATED THOUGHT TO BE FIXED.

ENGINE ALMOST STALLS WHEN COMING TO A STOP OR (NOT AS OFTEN) ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SUBARU TECHNICIANS AT TWO DEALERS AND BOTH ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A NONE ISSUE WITH NO KNOWN FIX. THE FREQUENCY OF THE PROBLEM IS INCREASING ON MY CAR AND MAY BECOME DANGEROUS IF A SUDDEN ACCELERATION IS REQUIRED. *TR

I BOUGHT MY OUTBACK IN MARCH 2010. I NOTICED MY DASH LIGHTS FLICKERING EARLY IN MY OWNERSHIP, BUT I THOUGHT THEY FLICKERED BECAUSE MAYBE I WENT INTO A SHADOW AND A SENSOR CAUSED THEM TO GO OFF AND ON. THE FEELING THE CAR IS GOING TO STALL HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, BUT IT WAS AND WOULD ONLY HAPPEN EVERY NOW AND AGAIN. ON A RECENT TRIP, JANUARY 8, 2012, IT DID IT EVERY TIME I SLOWED DOWN FOR 4 OR 5 TRAFFIC LIGHTS . THAT REALLY GOT MY ATTENTION. I THOUGHT MAYBE MY BRAKES WERE CATCHING SO I TOOK IT INTO MY DEALER ON JANUARY 12, 2010. THEY TOLD ME THE BRAKES WERE FINE. AFTER I THOUGHT ABOUT IT, I DECIDED THE "CATCHING FEELING" ACTUALLY FELT MORE LIKE L HAD NOT DEPRESSED A CLUTCH WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THE CAR WAS GOING TO STALL. THE ONLY PROBLEM WITH THAT THEORY IS...

5 MONTHS AFTER THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW I STARTED USING THE AIR CONDITIONER. WITHIN THE FIRST WEEK AS I WAS SLOWING MAKE A RIGHT TURN INTO A PARKING LOT FROM THE STREET I ENGAGED THE CLUTCH TO SHIFT FROM 3RD GEAR TO SECOND AND THE CAR DIED AND I HAD NO POWER STEERING OR POWER BRAKES. I DIDN'T USE THE AIR CONDITIONER ALL THE TIME. TWO TIMES THE FOLLOWING WEEK THE SAME THING OCCURRED AGAIN, BOTH TIMES SLOWING DOWN AND ENGAGING THE CLUTCH AND DOWN SHIFTING. I TOOK THE VEHICLE IN TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT ON 6/2/10 AND THEY TESTED ALL THE SENSORS AND CHECKED IT ON THEIR COMPUTER AND THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS AND ASKED THAT I KEEP A LOG OF EACH TIME IT HAPPENS AND IF I NOTICE ANY PATTERNS. I NOTICED THAT THE MAJORITY OF TIMES AS I WOULD ENGAGE THE CLUTCH TO DOWN SHIFT...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL AND LOSE ALL POWER. THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES WOULD BECOME INOPERABLE WHEN THE FAILURE OCCURRED.THE VECHILE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFOMRED, DURING WHICH THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO FALL TO RPMS OF 300 UNTIL IT WOULD STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT IN THE DEALER'S POSSESSION FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 900.

MY WIFE AND I HAVE BEEN LOYAL SUBARU OWNERS FOR OVER TEN YEARS, BUT WE HAVE ENCOUNTERED TWO TROUBLING PROBLEMS WITHIN THE SAME YEAR. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS EVENTUALLY TAKEN CARE OF BY SUBARU OF AMERICA AFTER SEVERAL MONTHS OF GOING TO DIFFERENT DEALERS TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. WE HAD A BAD TRANSMISSION WHICH FINALLY WAS RECOGNIZED AS THE PROBLEM AND IT NEEDED REPLACING BUT SUBARU OF AMERICA DECIDED IT WOULD BUY BACK THE 2009 SUBARU FORRESTER WHICH HAD THIS PROBLEM FROM THE DAY MY WIFE PURCHASED IT. WE WERE TOLD WE HAD TO BUY ANOTHER SUBARU BUT THIS WE THOUGHT WAS NO PROBLEM. MY WIFE CHOSE A 2010 OUTBACK AND WITHIN A COUPLE OF WEEKS THE NIGHTMARE STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN. WE THOUGHT HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN'WHAT ARE THE ODDS OF TWO CARS FROM SUBARU HAVING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME WAS ONE THING BUT A SECOND TIME? THE...