Subaru Outback Electronic Stability Control Problems
- 49
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 16
- Years with records
- 2003–2019
- Stored years
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.
Among these 49 stored complaint records:
- 5 indicate a crash
- 0 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- traction control · 10 records
- check engine · 10 records
- cruise control · 7 records
- engine light · 7 records
- brake light · 6 records
- road conditions · 6 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 18 |
| 100–150k mi | 9 |
| 30–60k mi | 8 |
| 60–100k mi | 8 |
| 150–400k mi | 2 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
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
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes
My car often gets stuck with the parking brake on and i cannot move the car forward or backward. Most times i have a carload of groceries and need to get them to the freezer or refrigerator. Computer engine analysis...... Abs c0054 brake switch on malfunction c0057 ecm control...... Epb c0252 motor malfunction detail code 50a0 ..... C0234 vdc failure detail code c111..... C0242 power supply voltage failure detail…
ODI 11288603
Electronic Stability Control · Steering · Unknown Or Other
On multiple occasions (when starting in driveway - stopped, while driving in parking lot - 5 mph, driving in town - 25 mph, while driving on highway - 60 mph) all advanced safety features are disabled including (but not limited to) eye sight (fab - forward auto brake, acc - adaptive cruise control, las - lane assist steering), rab - rear auto brake, rear cross traffic alert, blind spot detection, park brake, abs,…
ODI 11280159
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
An accelerator that became unresponsive while driving 65mph on 3 lane highway. This problem is prevalent with subaru and you can read about many people who have the problem which is an extreme safety issue. If you go online and search for subaru outback code p2138/throttle position sensor you will find that the sensor has intermitent failures which cause the accelerator to become unresponsive. Even when people get…
ODI 11299992
Electronic Stability Control · Engine · Power Train
The car engine cuts off when suddenly decelerating. My wife and child stalled twice already in traffic, once at a busy intersection. Also water leaks into the center brake light. Parking brake does not work.
ODI 11269962
Electronic Stability Control · Service Brakes · Unknown Or Other
Key gets stuck in the ignition. The car drives, turns off, and turns on like normal however, when the car is put into park, turned off, and the the key is attempted to be removed the key does not come out. It only comes out after sometimes an hour or more of putting the car into drive and then into park again. This happens every time i attempt to remove the key.
ODI 11283201
Electronic Stability Control · Suspension · Unknown Or Other
On any wet or snowy pavement car is ghost walking, like the rear end has marbles under it. Speed of 35 mph, straight driving, on wet pavement. Like a cat walking on its nails.terrified. Had alignment, new tires, new rear struts, sway bar, transmission wiring harness. Disabled abs so at least i control braking
ODI 11278801
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
2013 outback limited 3.6r bought new and has 40k miles. On 3 occasions over the past 5 months, the vehicle can't catch 2nd gear and revs high and then a heavy jolt physically felt and a loud clunk. Have taken it to subaru service 3 times and they cannot reproduce the problem. Even after flushing transmission fluid and relearning the transmission, and vehicle did it the same day driving home after picking the vehicle…
ODI 11245142