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Chart based on 47 repair trips. The repair cost chart excludes repairs made under warranty, do-it-yourself repairs, and repair trips that include maintenance.
The satellite/navi unit was on the fritz. Got a new unit and it was installed in an hour.
20000 mi
Rear wiper relay was shorted out, resulting in inability for rear wiper to be used in intermittent mode. Part replaced in under an hour. No charge.
39000 mi
Driver side puddle lights no longer worked. Passenger side fine. Replaced puddle light cluster. Work done under extended warranty. Without warranty, would have been a $500 plus job. Cost me my $50 deductible.
37000 mi
Driver's window would only go up two inches when switch was used. I reseated the switch contacts, all window features work correctly now.
51000 mi
US $50
Low beam bulbs are really hard to change - you have to get at it through the wheel well.
61000 mi
US $60
Replaced headlight, side marker, and low power parking bulb.
94000 mi
US $300
Another light bulb fix. Took about 30 minutes.
Cabin filter
5000 mi
Bluetooth system failed and dealer had to replace the navigation system
8000 mi
Bluetooth stopped working again. Same problem as happened in December 2013
49000 mi
US $100
One of my low beam headlights burned out. I brought my car to the dealer in order to replace both lamps.
124000 mi
US $25
The driver's side puddle lights are out. The labor cost was upwards of $250.00. Repair declined. Excessive cost for value realized.
128000 mi
US $100
One headlight burned out, replaced both bulbs. One fog bulb burned out, replaced both.
28000 mi
The CEL keeps coming on for an "intermittent misfire." The dealer cannot duplicate the fault after clearing it. At first I was told that it was a possible fuel quality issue but that has been ruled out. The issue comes after hard acceleration.
30600 mi
Intermittent CEL fault resolved in extreme driving situations had set off engine RPM governor, activated the CEL. Driver has been educated on how to accelerate and not exceed 6000 RPMs.
140000 mi
US $550
replace failed alternator with oem
34200 mi
Passenger side puddle light under car was not working. Dealer replaced wire harness and both lights.
Clock Spring broke and horn stopped working, was told by Subaru they didnt do that work and to contact a shop..Ordered the clockspring module from A1 and also ordered the Steering angle sensor module, followed Youtube videos and replaced parts in 1 hour time as DIY project...car workd perfectly afterwards, had to drive 1 mile for fault codes to clear and lights to reset.
39680 mi
C $84
Replace low beam headlight
61000 mi
Bluetooth still crappy and no solution. Continues to burn oil.
34000 mi
Backup camera stopped workimg
89000 mi
US $40
Headlight, brake light, and other signal light replaced
46800 mi
US $15
Left headlight failed right headlight failed shortly after left
67000 mi
Backup camera not working.
77000 mi
New battery
58900 mi
Ventilation and AC cluster and flashers wont turn on for 5 mn when started
After aprox. 5 mn, everything works fine
Outside temperature is below -15C
30000 mi
TPMS malfunction--repaired under warranty
31000 mi
Drivers side window sticking
59210 mi
C $120
Battery
62000 mi
US $17
Replaced right headlight. Of the 15-20 cars I have owned, changing an outback headlight is absolutely the most ridiculous and difficult process.
48000 mi
US $75
new battery installed by owner -Interstate battery - 75 dollars at Costco dealer asked for 180.00 dollars ....
22000 mi
Driver Window Stopped Raising/Lowering completely at times. Dealer could not replicate.
24200 mi
Second headlight replacement.
53000 mi
Drivers seat would not adjust. Wire insulation under seat was worn and shorted out.
56200 mi
All at once everything on the dash lit up and the engine shut off. Required extensive work to locate the problem. A wire in the center of a bundle of wires was missing insulation for several inches, causing a short, killing a module.
62000 mi
Passenger side headlight had several bulbs fail
26300 mi
Driver's side puddle lights would not work. Both lights and the wiring harness had to be replaced.
5000 mi
Had to replace noisy fan motor
38000 mi
US $60
One lower-beam replaced.
15000 mi
GPS Nav screen would reset itself while driving. The old unit was replaced with a new navigation unit.
30000 mi
Bluetooth and radio head unit issue (replace of both to get phone to work with bluetooth)
30000 mi
US $13
Parking light went out, then a couple days later came back on. Then opposite side headlight blew. Had to remove wheel well to get to the bulb! Traded car, did not chase down other issue.
12000 mi
Blocked air conditioner hose. Caused water leak in cabin on front passenger floor.
31300 mi
rear view monitor in mirror failed. Dealer replaced under warranty.
74000 mi
US $150
Dead Battery
38440 mi
Backup cam and bluetooth were not working right, dealer replaced Head unit and Camera under warranty, 1 trip to diagnose, 2 trips to fix
8200 mi
Cigarette lighter stopp working
5000 mi
noisy fanblower. replaced, but noise remains. might be the CVT. we hope this electrical hum noise resolves itself after 15k as one of the blogs we read reports dealing with a similar issue.
5000 mi
Intermittent lights in Nav/Audio Panel. Nav head was replaced and problem resolved.
Headlight needed to be replaced. The headlights on this vehicle are fairly difficult to replace - requiring about an hour once you've done it a couple times.
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