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2019 Subaru Outback Electrical System Problems

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Owner complaint records in our dataset

Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.

Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.

Mileage in stored records

BandRecords
1–30k mi6

Complaint records

Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.

  • January 22, 2020 · 6,000 miles

    Electrical System

    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.

    ODI 11301271

  • December 12, 2019 · 7,250 miles

    Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Unknown Or Other

    Window slow/stop going up on driver side door, audio system was having loud popping noise, system that is supposed to tell you when how close you are to another car/automatically break- turns off on own/says no sight camera.

    ODI 11309501

  • June 21, 2019 · 3,225 miles

    Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control

    Recently purchased 2019 subaru from a similar 2017. Cruise control speed settings have changed which now require you to take your eyes off the road to watch for speed settings to change. On the 2017 and all other vehicles i have owned, to increase your speed setting by one mph, you push once and release. To increase by 5 mph, push and hold until it senses the increase. Now.... A quick push of the button results in a…

    ODI 11221813

  • June 2, 2019 · 200 miles

    Electrical System

    While backing out of my garage, the radio unit froze making the backup screen inoperable. This is a brand new car with 200 miles on it. According to the dealer, they will have to replace the head unit. They were able to get the unit working, hopefully until the new head unit arrives, by physically disconnecting the car battery. Upon research, it turns out this has been a huge problem for subaru. Had i known, i would…

    ODI 11218229

  • March 1, 2019 · 1,867 miles

    Electrical System

    Dead battery if the cars sits parked 2 days. Nothing left on, it is a parasitic battery drain. Happened twice and battery was totally dead each time, needing to be fully recharged as it wouldn't take a jump. Less than 2000 miles on the car.

    ODI 11185059

  • January 2, 2019 · 300 miles

    Electrical System · Vehicle Speed Control · Visibility/Wiper

    Navigation system failure! I have 3200 miles on my 2019 outback and since day 1 have had problems using the nav system. The system freezes up completely causing everything not work radio back up camera etc. Systems stays on at night draining battery. It sporadically works and works less and less every day had a dead battery already on a 2019 vehicle. *tr

    ODI 11166434