2018 SUBARU OUTBACK Electrical System Problems

252 NHTSA complaints on file

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All Electrical System Complaints — Page 6

#11043616 |
AFTER PUTTING ON HAZARD SWITCH AND LEAVING VEHICLE, I CAME BACK TO VEHICLE AND THE KEYLESS ENTRY WOULD NOT FUNCTION. SYSTEM DID NOT SEEM TO RECOGNIZE MY SMARTKEY AS THE DOOR HANDLE SENSOR DID NOT OPERATE. I TRIED THE BUTTONS ON THE SMARTLY FOB AND THEY TOO DID NOT FUNCTION. ALSO TRIED THE MOBILE REMOTE APP AND THAT TOO FAILED. I HAD TO USE THE MECHANICAL KEY TO ENTER VEHICLE. OF COURSE THE SECURITY HORN GOES OFF, BUT STRANGELY I WAS ABLE TO START VEHICLE SO SYSTEM WAS ABLE TO RECOGNIZE MY SMARTKEY AFTER ENTRY. PROBLEM SEEMS TO ONLY OCCUR AFTER A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD. IF I PUT ON THE HAZARDS AND COME BACK IN A COUPLE MINUTES, SYSTEM WORKS NORMALLY. IT SEEMS TO OCCUR AROUND THE FIVE TO 10 MINUTE TIME FRAME.
#11041865 |
THE CAR IS PARKED. THE FLASHERS ARE ACTIVATED. THE CAR IS THEN LOCKED FROM THE OUTSIDE WITH THE KEY FOB. AFTER RETURNING TO THE CAR A SHORT TIME LATER (MAYBE 5 MINUTES OR SO) THE KEY FOB IS TOTALLY UNUSABLE. LOCK, UNLOCK, REAR HATCH OR PANIC DO NOT WORK. MUST THEN USE THE KEY IN THE DOOR LOCK, TO UNLOCK THE DOOR. THEN, OF COURSE, THE ALARM SOUNDS UNTIL YOU CAN PUT THE KEY INTO THE IGNITION TO SILENCE THE ALARM. THERE APPEARS TO BE A TIME OUT PROBLEM BECAUSE THE KEY FOB CAN UNLOCK THE CAR WITH THE HAZARD FLASHERS ON, RIGHT AFTER LOCKING THE CAR BUT THIS PROBLEM ONLY HAPPENS AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN LEFT FOR A SHORT TIME. I HAVE GIVEN THIS PROBLEM TO SUBARU HEADQUARTERS AND THEY GAVE ME A CASE NUMBER OF 1-27586772057. IN AN EMERGENCY WHEN THE FLASHERS ARE ACTIVATED, IF THE CAR...

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