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91 K and all is good

Packerguy, 12/07/2023
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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wish the voice command worked better, but I do mutter. I drive my outback on highways and logging trails. I did get michline defender tires.

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Great vehicle!

Richard Hill, 01/12/2022
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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I bought the 2015 outback LIMITED with Navi. I have owned over 2 dozen cars, having been in the car business with Honda for many years. This is the finest car of all I have owned! The Subaru company works harder at quality and design then even Honda or Toyota. Being the little guy makes them compete harder and it shows. Couldn't possibly be more Pleased!! 😀

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Subaru Outback - Great Car

Dave, 05/06/2023
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium PZEV 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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170,000 and going strong. I would like to have some of the newer features like blind spot warning, and assisted braking, so will be looking for a new one.

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NO OOMPH IN THE BATTERY

P KEATING, 04/21/2016
updated 08/02/2016
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium PZEV 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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I have had a problem with the battery going dead. So much so I have gone to carrying a booster with me. To day I drove about 120 on atrip One way . I stopped at a shoppng plaza started and stopped the vehicle 3 times the fourth the battery was down so I had to use my booster The battery has no life in it. The service writer where I had it serviced said they were putting in a cheap battery. My wife is getting paranoid about it. We are scheduled to take a trip of about 700 miles next week. She said she won't go unless I replace thhe battery. I am taking it for service nxt week if they don't do something about it I will replace the battery . I had a similar problem with a 2012 Honda after 18 mos. They replaced the battery even after they said it was good. Two months later there was a recall for a charging problem . Never had the problem again.

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Second Outback Unreliable

Ralph, 12/23/2016
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium PZEV 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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We replaced our 2012 Outback with a 2015 purchased late 2014. Overall, we liked the 2015 better than the 2012, especially with improvements made to the CVT transmission. I hated the 2012 CVT. It always felt like it was a traditional automatic that kept slipping and the engine noise and whining was annoying as it accelerated. Shortly before one year was up the 2015 would not start regularly. Engine would turn, though it sounded oddly different than the traditional engine turning over, but it wouldn't start. Wait 15 or 20 minutes and it would start. Took it in to the dealer. They couldn't replicate it. This continued on and it became increasingly difficult to get it to start up. Took it in again and left it with them for a week so they could replicate it. They couldn't replicate the problem. This was my wife's car and the dealer suggested that maybe it was her. No, sorry about that, it happened to me as well. I was told to contact Subaru America, which I did. I was told they would investigate and possibly send a factory technician to look at my vehicle. No one showed up. Only received a letter from the factory saying the "vehicle functions as intended." They couldn't help us. Gee, thanks for your help. Since this was my wife's vehicle, it needs to be reliable. It wasn't so I dumped it at a Ford dealership and got a Ford Edge. Ironically, it ended up being wholesaled out to a Subaru dealer. How sad. Subaru has lost me as a customer. Love the Ford Edge. Bigger, more comfortable and frankly much better acceleration out the turbo 4. I lost my butt on the Subaru, but it saves me the aggravation of having to listen to my wife complain about the Subie. Worth the loss.

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NC OUTBACK

John Johnson, 01/10/2017
updated 01/12/2021
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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@ 100,000 miles Beginning to consume oil about 1qt every 5k; switching to high mileage synthetic oil; driver’s side leather seat bottom cracked and separated;

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Sedate, Comfortable and Reliable

Linda Kurtz, 05/28/2017
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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My car has Eyesight, which is why I bought it.

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No

Gman, 11/02/2017
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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Good car

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crap battery standard equipment

Jon Stokey, 12/04/2017
updated 06/04/2018
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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Only 365 cranking amps in this outback. Battery can go dead in one week without being driven. Dangerous situation if left at airport parking and you arrive late at night, not to mention big inconvenience when the car won't start. On going problem with this that they have refused to fix it!

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cold weather woes

pete, 08/18/2015
updated 08/19/2019
2015 Subaru Outback 2.5i Limited 4dr SUV AWD (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
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My 2015 outback has a cold weather problem with the transmission. If it is below freezing the motor will race much higher for the first 4 or 5 miles or until the temperature reaches full operating level. At 30 miles per hour the rpms normally are about 1200 when warm, but when cold it runs about 2600 rpms. MY 2010 outback had a cvt transmission and never had that problem. The dealer says it is normal. I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem. Update as of 2/15/2016. the transmission is still no better and the dealer says that the condition is normal. I find it hard to believe that Subaru would design this transmission to operate in this fashion. This is my fifth Outback and it will be my last. AS of august of 2016 there have been no changes. Love the car except for the transmission. It is now the middle of February 2017 and in the third winter since purchase.. Still having the same problem. Getting rid of the car in sept. 2019.

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