CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2013 Outback has a problem with excessive oil consumption.

A class action lawsuit is pending that alleges Subaru's "FB" engine has defective piston rings which causes oil to leak past the rings & burn up at an excessive rate. More information about the class action is available here.

5.0

definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
20,156 miles

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2013 Subaru Outback Owner Comments

problem #2

Oct 142014

Outback

  • 35,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Traveling through desmoines Iowa and navigation system instructed me audibly to exit highway to left when there was no exit and no reason for me to exit. This has happened numerous times and Subaru knows that its navigation system is/was defective.

- Tallahassee, FL, USA

problem #1

Feb 192013

Outback 4-cyl

  • 5,312 miles
The navigation system overrides the safety backup camera with messages when the car is in reverse. This is very dangerous since the navigation system can display a message on the screen and completely obscure the backup camera display while backing up. This happens every time I start my car and begin to backup. The backup camera comes on when I put the car in reverse but as I'm backing up, the navigation system displays messages from my bluetooth phone connection and I can't see what is behind me via the backup camera. Nothing should override the backup camera when the car is in reverse.

- San Leandro, CA, USA

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