2019 Subaru Outback Problems and Recalls: What Owners Report

The battery died without warning on september 17. The car was jumped and brought to dealer. Dealer said tested battery and found to be 477 cca. Did not replace battery. Then on october 16th the battery died again. This time corrosion and leak found on positive part of battery. Took to the same dealer, told battery was indeed bad and replaced battery. There is no warning of low voltage in battery.

In 2019the battery on the vehicle drained while on a camping trip to the desert, which left us stranded. We got it jumped and drove home. Subaru dealer said that they would install new computer software to fix. In 2021, we took car to subaru for 36k checkup. They said the battery needed to be replaced. We are worried about being straned again if we go to remote destinations. This is a safety issue.

Car battery completely drained after sitting over night in garage. No electrical left on to cause drainage, car was locked after use. Approx 6k miles on vehicle, no prior indication of battery failure.

Battery needed to be replaced at 17,600 miles. Would not hold charge after multiple attempts to jump start. Towed to dealer and was told 'they see this sometimes.. Must be due to vehicles sitting around prior to being sold'.

Windshield cracked while sitting face forward in driveway. Took it to the dealership in peoria az who denied liability. I pursued with subaru and they said they would pay (1 time only). Dealership took photo's. Date of 8/8 is approximate but was the same day I paid my 1st car payment.

Windshield crack midline lower black band stretching ~9 inches bottom up noticed 2/23/20. This is the second oem windshield and was installed 12/19/19. First windshield was factory installed and had a rock chip that spread over entire passenger side of windshield. Subaru has a windshield problem.

While sitting stationary in my driveway, I heard a pop noise and looked up and saw a spontaneous crack on my windshield. It began at the black portion of the windshield, driver side, lower half. It traveled about 5-7 inches within the first hour.

Our new 2019 outback experienced a windshield crack while driving without any indication of impact of a foreign object. The crack appeared immediately after turning on the defog system while driving. The local dealer insisted that the crack was due to outside influence and not windshield material failure. After contacting subaru of america the windshield was repaired as a courtesy at the dealership.

Windshield spontaneously cracked. Subaru replaced under warranty and about 5 months later the replacement also spontaneously cracked. Subaru has claimed "outside influence" caused the replacement to crack and has decline to replace again under warranty. Both times the cracking happened during a snowfall while parked in the driveway.

Large windshield crack appeared spontaneously while car was parked and grew larger when car was parked. Subaru dealer insisted it was from an impact, but none were visible. Dealer said new windshields were thinner and more prone to cracking and I might have it happen on a regular basis.

Windshield has cracked for no apparent significant reason. This was noticed in the morning upon getting in the vehicle and starting to drive.

Received two chips in the windshield - one in the first two days of owning the car and another one two weeks after. Both chips occurred at moderate speeds - one on a freeway entrance ramp and the other on a freeway exit ramp. The chips seemed to have been caused quite easily with minimal impact. There have been no further chips since nor have the existing chips been repaired or cracked yet.

2019 subaru outback. Consumer writes in regard to unintended acceleration. The consumer feels she should not have to bear the cost of the repairs and feels unsafe in the vehicle.

2019 subaru outback with 55,000 miles has a head gasket leaking 3 months over the warranty. But within the mileage. Also the steering column manual lever adjustment collapses intermittently causing severe safety issues and/or an accident.

Loose control of the steering wheel when driving faster than 50 mph on highway, or turning on curves. The steering wheel tends to wander that the driver does not have the control of the steering wheel. The driver feels unsafe.

Above 50-60 miles an hour the steering began to wander (it felt like I had no control and the car wanted to steer itself) very dangerous! On an interstate where speed limit was 70mph.