Subaru Outback 5GEN (2014-2020) Questions & Answers

Mine has been ok but only had the car one week. How has the steering been on yours? Mine wanders at highway speed. Taking it back to the dealer tomorrow

Thank you Iggy, I dont drive much the car, its has 35Kms, i had the car for almost 4 years now and as i dont drive above 100kms p/h haven't noticed anything weird on steering. Hoerver picked up my attention that OEM tyres are already low, when i had my first liberty back in 1995 OEM tyres last 80Kms! there are many complains in the use for faulty motor on the power lift tail gate.

yes, poor answer. i have some noises when i pass form P to R or D, at subaru docklands they said is normal. I believe while under warranty, they dont see extra $$$, so its normal

It's fuel thirsty no doubt. I clock around 12.7 km to 15.2 km in mix of 50km-80km zone with a bit of up and downs and slow traffic at times. With full tank (60L) it goes for about 380km before the empty signal lights up. If I mix 200km of highway into it, it goes down to 10.9L/100km. It went about 470km before Empty lit up. So not very impressive.

Yep I have the same problem. Out Outback we bought in 2017 and only done 50k kms. Subaru service centre quoted me $4k to replace! Said in part it was due to the dual mass flywheel. Not happy customer needless to say.

Everyone is different, but I find the seats fine. I have never had a Camry, but we moved to the Outback from a Honda Accord. I especially like the slightly higher seating and increased visibility out of the Outback. I can say this: Since we have had the Outback we have driven from Queensland to Melbourne and Adelaide (separate trips) and in Dec. we drove to Perth racking up about 15,000 km in four weeks. I can't say we never got tired of riding, but we thought it was as good as the Honda Accord. Furthermore the increased ground clearance made all the difference on dirt, gravel, and sand. Perhaps not everyone would agree, but I find the Outback a very comfortable ride and a great all around car in which to travel. In fact, we are planning on selling this one to our son and buying another new one at year end.

As you would have noticed that although outback competes in the SUV segment it's not really that Tall Boy types (like forester) and hence pretty good with speed breakers. Personally I found seats comfortable and they even have adjustable back support but then everyone is different.

Comfy car was so impressed we bought one good boot space handles well quiet eats up the miles and enjoyable to drive 2017 diesel model But already having issues with the dpf hope Subaru sort it or Toyota might be our next choice do love the car pleasure to drive but thinking we maybe should have opted for a petrol variant .

Hi - We purchased a Subaru outback 3.6 - if you can afford the extra money for the six cylinder you wont regret it. Love the car, finish, ride, handling and engine performance. It also has more towing capacity. I would recommend looking at it.

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