CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2014 Outback is showing an early trend of problems with hesitation when accelerating.
The vast majority of owners experiencing this problem have reported that Subaru has not been able to find the cause of the engine hesitation, or fix the problem.
Especially because this is a potential safety defect, we are flagging the 2014 Outback as a model year to watch out for.
8.0
pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
350 miles
Total Complaints:
2 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
no solution...just a suggestion for us to track it more.. (1 reports)
Now almost one year and 12,000 miles after purchase, it still gets about 20% poorer gas mileage than published. No help at all from complaint to dealer, and from complaint to Subaru.
We bought this over other similar vehicles primarily because of gas mileage, which makes this issue hard to stomach.
Update from Nov 12, 2014: Now at 16 months and have complained to dealer again. Mileage is still approximately 20% worse than Subaru would lead you to believe!
- Dan A.,
Portland, OR, US
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Advertises 24mpg to 38 Reality is 13 to 24 (24 with over 70 degree temps and a tail wind)
Started day one and never improved. Drive it easy - half/half hwy and town
- curlywi, Green Bay, WI, US