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

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6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
27,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
2013 Subaru Outback transmission problems

transmission problem

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2013 Subaru Outback Owner Comments

problem #1

Feb 252015

Outback LX 3.2L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 27,000 miles

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

It appears that when the car is started in colder weather, or after having sat all day or night and not given time to warm up, the car will make a loud 'thud' type noise and lunge forward a bit upon being put into Drive. If the brake is not firmly engage, the car will jump forward.

- Maria D., Los Lunas, NM, US

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