2017 Subaru Outback Transmission Problems

I purchased a used 2017 Subaru Outback in December 2020 from a friend whose mother had owned the car before her death in Nov. That owner purchased it used from dealer in Sevierville TN in 2019 and had to replace a battery at least once according to records. The battery has failed three times since Dec.

while driving Transmission begins making a squeaking noise.. Rpms climb and car does not increase speed RPM climb with no movement. Until RPMs climb higher than normal.

Numerous times over past two months, when at slow speeds, the automatic transmission stalls causing the car to stop. At least once, when entering traffic, a car behind had to do an emergency slowdown to avoid a rear end collision. Two subaru dealers have checked the vehicle being unable to find a problem.

With no warning and driving 70 MPH on the interstate pressing the gas pedal resulted in nothing. Dashboard lights started indicating 'brake' and other distracting messages. I was in the far left lane in heavy traffic, but was somehow able to cross over two lanes without a collision and make it part way up a ramp.

The gear shift does not engage fully in park when the car is stopped. This is an intermittent problem. If it is not engaged fully when the engine is off, the key cannot be removed and the gear shift can slide from park to reverse and neutral without pressing the gear shift button.

First braking issue (also power train): the brake pedal is only slightly higher than the height of the gas pedal. Consequently, several times while driving, my right foot has hit both the brake pedal and the gas pedal simultaneously, especially in an emergency situation. In such instance, the result is a power surge while braking, potentially extending the stopping distance of the car.

Mileage: 248. Car continue to move backward after shifting from reverse into drive. Shifting back to reverse and again to forward ( 3 times) did not help.

My car had it's third transmission installed in October 2021 at 42,730 miles. The car currently has just under 52,000 miles. The current transmission is exhibiting symptoms of slipping and delayed gear engagement.

It was a few days ago, the vehicle suddenly have shuttering or sputtering type of noise when accelerating from a stop. During the drive, I also started to hear a creaking type of noise. This became worse when accelerating uphill.

When the vehicle is placed in park it is not possible to remove the key. This leaves me stranded as I can not leave the vehicle. I was left stranded in mexico.

Transmission periodically puts extra power to wheels during braking resulting in many near misses.

In two separate events the car lost power while accellorating at highway speeds to merge into traffic from a stand still. The gas pedal became unresponsive and the tranmission stopped shifting. In the first incident the engine stalled, and in the second it sputtered and almost died during a heavy merge on an on ramp.

We live in la. We bought our car new on 5/31/17 from subaru of santa monica. At around 6,000 miles we had its oil changed privately in durango, co, where we spend summers.

Car attempted to accelerate without input from driver.while approaching a stop sign I was slowing down with my foot on the brake car engine suddenly raved up to 4000 k, when I shifted to neutral engine revved to 7000k. I put car back in gear and drove car approximately a quarter mile back to my home using the brakes to control speed of car and called the dealer.

Driving back to michigan from florida, my 2017 subaru outback (6000 miles) stalled twice unexpectedly in heavy traffic conditions on i75. The vehicle was in stop and go traffic when it stalled. I coasted to the median, placed the car in park and restarted the engine.

AT ABOUT 112,000 MILES, MY 2017 SUBARU OUTBACK'S TRANSMISSION SHOWED SIGNS OF FAILURE. THE "MANUAL SHIFT" GEAR LEVER POSITION WOULD NO LONGER INCREASE OR DECREASE THE TRANSMISSION RPM AND A WHIRRING AND CLICKING NOISE BECAME APPARENT AND INCREASED OR DECREASED WITH SPEED. THE SUBARU DEALER IN SALISBURY, MD DIAGNOSED A FAILING TRANSMISSION AND QUOTED $9,916 TO REPLACE IT.

Vehicle lost engine power twice while on the road between 8/12/23 and ~9/25/23. Took to Subaru Santa Monica service on 9/26, left it overnight, and was unable to replicate the problem. I cleaned the K&N drop in filter after 8/12 incident since I haven't cleaned it in a while.

The contact owns a 2017 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle unintendedly accelerated towards a truck in front. The contact used excessive force to depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle.

Unable to remove key from ignition when vehicle placed in ‘Park’ and vehicle easily changes to ‘Reverse’ when unable to remove key, potential safety hazard to driver and anyone standing behind vehicle. Started around 40,000 miles, repair facility thought replacing the key cylinder would fix the problem but it recurred in less than 1,000 additional miles.

Rear bearing/hub assembly failure. Appears to be a known problem per information readily available online. Failure occurred at 40,746 miles.

When turning the vehicle off, the key is intermittently not able to be removed from the ignition. Rear hatch will also not open when this occurs, as the shift select solenoid doesn't recognize that the transmission is shifted into park.

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru outback. The contact stated that the gear box failed to recognize when the vehicle was in park which caused the key to not be able to be removed from the ignition. There was no warning.

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru outback. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate the vehicle forward after or during a maneuvering the vehicle in a sense where the contact would have to decelerate the vehicle first.

CVT transmission at 35326 miles started distributing power indiscriminately to any of the 4 wheel causing instability and shaking when driving. Very difficult to control when driving. Transmission requires replacement.

The keys could not be removed from the ignition after shifting the car into park and turning the car off. The problem first appeared around september 2019 (approximately 42,000 miles). Over the next few weeks the problem progressively got worse, and required shifting from neutral to park multiple times until the keys could be removed.

Cannot remove key from ignition when in park. Many others have reported this online, and the dealership is charging me to check what the issue is. When in park, steering wheel is straight, not on a slope, the key is stuck in the ignition.

I turned the car on while it was stationary, and switched to reverse but it would not accelerate. I switched it to drive and pressed the acceleration pedal but the engine would only rev; the tires would not move. I switched the car to neutral and called brown's manassas to tow the car to their dealership.

I turned the car on while it was stationary, and switched to reverse but it would not accelerate. I switched it to drive and pressed the acceleration pedal but the engine would only rev; the tires would not move. I switched the car to neutral and called bob wade's subaru dealership to tow the car to their dealership.

2017 subaru outback has 8200 miles on the car. I was at 85 miles an hour 1st time on this car. All of the sudden transmission disengaged and engine RPM went to 4000.

When shifting from reverse to forward there is a considerable hesitation and then the vehicle lurches forward. I have taken it into team subaru in nampa idaho and they cannot determine any problem. I was told that the hesitation is normal.

I bought a 2017 subaru outback in march,2017. It has 1946 miles. Car has safety issues.

Tl* the contact owns a 2017 subaru outback. While driving 45 MPH the contact was the passenger in the vehicle and inadvertently moved the gear shifter. The contact was unaware until several moments later when the vehicle shifted into manual drive.

2 yo 2017 Subaru Outback was left untouched for 2 weeks. When trying to start, it had a dead battery. 2 years later, 2017 Subaru Outback was left untouched for 1 week.

When I put the car into park, it does not recognize that the car is in park and will not release the key.

As I am slowing down by pushing the brake pedal, the vehicle will attempt to accelerate. It will increase speed by about 2 miles per hour and the RPM increases when this happens.

My new battery was drained to a point the vehicle would not start. I messaged some bible study friends and one was going to come over and jump my vehicle. While waiting I put the car in neutral and pushed it out of my garage into the driveway.

Outback accelerates by itself randomly. I notice most when approaching stop sign and switch foot from gas pedal to brake.

Having problem to remove key from the ignition when the can was only driven for year and half and has less than 10000 miles on.

New type transmission -happens all the time, more so when car is cool. Back out on a downhill slope hold brake, put in drive. It takes 1 to 3 seconds for drive to engage but nothing shows when it is engaged.

Subaru 2017 push button start allows the driver to turn off the engine with car gear selector still in drive. When I did this, the car began to roll as I exited. Fortunately, I had one foot still in the car and was able to press the brake pedal.

As exit my level garage the driveway is on at 9% down slope when I put my car in reverse and back up out of the garage and then place the car to drive to move back up the driveway to load my wife and grandchild the car slips backwards between one and 3 feet or three seconds of his full slippage. My granddaughter at two years of age does not know that the car will slip back without control.