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2012 Subaru OUTBACK Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1526518
Internal NHTSA #	11165617
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	OUTBACK
Model Year	2012
File date	10/12/18
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	About month ago i bought a car. It's a subaru outback 2012 with 156 000 miles. At the beginning everything was fine. Nothing seemed to be happening. December 10 we drove around santa fe, nm. At first i had stopped in some stores, spent time about 2 hours and after that decided to go to another place. And when i was driving my car again in 5 minutes it suddenly started having a strange sound and couldn't move normally, was just sharply braking on a city road. We were very close to the accident, because everyone was driving with the speed 45-50 miles. While i was driving the car kept to have the strange sound and slowed down more and more. I was lucky to find a parking space next to me on somebody's tires weels shop. I took a little break about 40 minutes to find out what happened. After that when i turned the car on it stopped having the strange sound but it couldn't move anymore! I pushed on a gas pedal many times but the car just stayed in on place and didn't move to the front or back. My vehicle was towed to the subaru service center. The next day i was calling to the subaru service center several times, and when somebody answered i was replied that "the car had an inspection but we don't know what exactly happened yet" and it should take one more day. I did one more call the next day i received an answer from subaru service center that the vehicle have a broken transmission and to fix it costs $7600. In those days i found out that the cars 2010-2015 subaru outback have recalls or extended warranty. My friend from florida have a subaru outback 2012 with 168 000 miles and he also had the same problem with a car like me on october 2018. The subaru dealership in florida fixed that power train for free. But when i told with a subaru headquarter about my affected vehicle they gave me an answer that i have on my car more than 100 000 miles and they can't help me at all.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	156000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LOS ALAMOS, NM
VIN pattern	4S4BRCKC4C3XXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
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Date of purchase	07/10/24
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Subaru OUTBACK Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Subaru OUTBACK Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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