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2016 Subaru OUTBACK Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1439880
Internal NHTSA #	11062973
Manufacurer	Subaru of America, Inc.
Brand	SUBARU
Model	OUTBACK
Model Year	2016
File date	15/01/18
Component	ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	Vehicle starting becomes slower for about 1 week and then it will not start at all. I then got a boost from a service garage in the first instance and drove the car to my selling dealer 40 km. Away. They did all the testing, battery, alternator and it did not show any codes. They only did diagnostic work and no actual repairs and gave me the print out just in case it happened while we were on our 5 month vacation in florida. This happened at 25,000 km on the odometer in september of 2017. It is now january 15, 2018 and i am in florida. The car has 33,000 km. On it the exact same thing happened, with a slow to turn over for about 1 week and then failure to start. I tested the battery with a load tester and it tested as "bad" on the guage. We then boosted it to start and tested the voltage from the alternator which was 14 volts and the battery tested 12 volts. After a few minutes of run time we turned it off and it failed to start again. After boosting again i drove it less than 1 mile to my house and let it run while i called the roadside assist and got the phone number of the nearest subaru dealer, who informed me that roadside assist would bring it to the dealership and they would test it. If the battery was bad then they would replace it. After 15 minutes i returned to my car in the driveway and turned it off. I then attempted to start it several times and every time it started correctly. My wife then drove it 15 km. To get groceries and it restarted every time that she left the stores. I then did another load test on the battery and the needle never wavered from the green area of the guage. It leaves you wondering when you will be stranded in the wilderness or the side of an interstate highway. Thank you for any help that you may offer.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	21500
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	LAKE WALES, FL
VIN pattern	4S4BSCNC9G3XXXXXX
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	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
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Vehicle speed	16
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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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2016 Subaru OUTBACK Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2016 Subaru OUTBACK Electrical System Problems, Complaints and Defects

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