8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
35,000 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. not sure (2 reports)
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problem #2

Jun 012021

Outback Limited 2.5L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 34,000 miles

Leather seats falling apart at under 36K is unacceptable. Dealer claimed normal wear and non-warranty. Poor quality product by Subaru and no accountability.

- Walter D., Norfolk, MA, US

problem #1

Mar 022021

Outback Limited 2.5L

  • CVT transmission
  • 36,000 miles

With only three years of use and about 36,000 miles on the vehicle, the seat bottom is tearing. It is adjacent to a seam where the oem seat cover was stitched together... I have never worn out a seat unless the car was over ten years old with mega mileage.

This appears to be poor materials being used... viewing a Subaru forum, it appears this is a common problem with the materials simply tearing due to poor quality control. The material used by Subaru doesn't look like any leather I have ever seen when looking at the cross section of the seat cover. Not sure what kind of cows were used to manufacture these covers.

- krjt, San Francisco, US