6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
18,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most common solutions:

  1. changed wiring harness (1 reports)
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problem #1

Aug 192018

Outback Limited 3.2L

  • Automatic transmission
  • 18,000 miles

I have experienced THREE electronic failures on this vehicle in the 11 months of ownership and about 19000 miles. The first was a dead battery without obvious reason. I jumped it and it restarted - so far so good. The second was a failure of the electric lift mechanism. It would not open. Somehow the dealership "reprogrammed" something and it works OK now.

The third is the fact (today - a Sunday) the electronic parking brake will not release. I disconnected he battery ( pos. side) and waited for computer to re-boot. Still nothing! The video display also shows spurious information about "low visibility" despite a bright sunny day! The screen says "check owners manual" which was of no help. Plan to contact dealer tomorrow.

Update from Sep 4, 2018: The dealership identified the problem as “wiring harness.” This was replaced and a week later works “ok.”

I was told, “we had another one same complaint” and the harness was the fix for that one too.

Bob

- Robert B., Gastonia, US

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