2016 Subaru Outback Other Problems

Travelling on I-95 southbound at approx. 70 MPH in the right lane at least 8-10 car lengths behind another vehicle in front of me. Clear skies, 78* F, calm weather.

Right rear door will not open from inside, child door lock will not shift although child lock not engaged. InCase of crash or fire cannot exit vehicle. confirmed by repair shop.

I bought this vehicle used. I was the 2nd owner. I purchased it on the evening of August 18, 2023.

I was in a parking lot at a near-complete stop. I needed to nose the car about 18 inches to move it all the way into the spot. I lightly touched the accelerator to inch the car forward, and it shot forward as if some outside force had stomped on the accelerator.

My car spontaneously burst into flames after I parked it. I had left the car parked and locked in a parking lot next to a rental house and went in to prepare dinner. 20 minutes later my friends arrived at the scene and alerted us to the fact that my car was engulfed in flames.

I own a 2016 subaru outback. While driving approximately 40:MPH on a local main road (ct rte 10) the eyesight pre-collision brake assist suddenly activated and caused the vehicle to completely stop. The brakes then released and I was able to continue driving.

Without warning the sunroof glass spontaneously exploded while driving 40 miles per hour

We were driving on i5 north through washington on a roadtrip (going ~65mph), about to enter a thunderstorm, and our moonroof unexpectedly shattered, making an explosion sound. Thankfully no one was hurt and we were able to go to a nearby ford dealership to help us patch the car so we could make our 2+ hour drive home, but it was absolutely terrifying.

Moon roof glass shattered without apparent cause, while driving on interstate highway at speed limit in good weather and in an area without traffic, overpasses, trees or other known hazards to glass. Thought at first that I was mysteriously hit by another vehicle from nowhere, based on the loud noise when the glass broke.

Battery rapidly drains leaving me stranded. 4th battery that has been replaced by dealer and the same thing happens. No warning lights or low battery lights.

Can not remove key when in park!! Leaves me stranded..have to keep trying various methods to turn car off and remove key!! This should be a recall..

Shifter assembly problem. Less than 50000 miles on car and car won't shift into park! Reading other complaints of same problem seems like it's a default assembly!

This is the fourth windshield to crack on us in an outback. The first two windshields cracked in a 2015 outback. Subaru had to buy back that car due to an improperly installed windshield that flooded the car.

At times, not all times, the ignition switch locks up and you have to do all kinds of things to get freed. It has happened to wife a few times in places that is not the best places. Also in the darks, in parking lots, at the store.

Steering wheel controls frequently fail to work properly on the cruise control system specially the speed control. Also the exhaust system bellow has cracked. The moonroof leaks into the cabin and floor area of the passenger side.

I reached under the steering well to the foot well because it seemed that my AC was not putting out any air. I touched something and received a burn on my hand. I reached out to the SOA but was told to take it to the dealer.

There’s an open recall on an exhaust leak for similar models and years and my car needs the same work done but it’s not covered under the recall

The 8 month old battery on my 2016 Subaru Outback just died. I understand that the warranty on the DCM was extended by a year, but the dealership said that if it turned out the DCM was not defective, I would have to pay for the test ($185) . The warranty only covers having the battery recharged or replaced.

My 2016 Subaru Outback, manufactured 23 business days after the end date of recall WUJ-95, has the same exhaust system and now the same exhaust system failure as the cars covered under the recall. My car is available for inspection. This exhaust failure poses a risk of carbon monoxide poisioning.

The catalytic converter on my vehicle has an air leak causing my engine light to come on and almost all features such as cruise control become disabled. There is a recall that was issued in 2020 for the exact same problem my vehicle is having and the recall covers the same year, make and model of my vehicle.

Key intermittently stuck in ignition. Unable to lock car doors with key stuck in the ignition. Problem started early on occasionally and now happens nearly every other time and requires a few tries up to 10 minutes of trying to get it out.

Motorized power liftgate is failing (diagnosed by dealer on 7/7/23) apparently because motor is undersized or 2 motors should have instead been used/designed to deal with load. Safety issue if motor failure causes trunk not to open. Newer models have been redesigned.

I have owned this vehicle since July 2016 and in Sep/Oct 2018, Nov 2020, and Sep 2022 I have had to replace my battery. So I have owned my car for just over six years and have replaced my battery three times. My garage states it should last at least 3-5 years per battery.

on 2/8/22 I brought my car in for service to an independent repair shop. The service was for the 120k standard service. I had been noticing exhaust smells.

Windshield got a very large crack from me trying to kill a bug inside the car. Windshield is thin. I didn’t hit it that hard with my hand.

The car does not recognize that it is in park, and the key gets stuck in the ignition frequently. The only fix is to repeatedly shift in and out of the park position until the key releases (which can take anywhere from 1 minute to 10 minutes -- it seems to get worse over time).

For the past 6 months out key has become very hard to remove. The ignition system will not disengage and release the key. Multiple methods have been tried and sometimes are effective.

The battery was replaced in 2017 (I paid) for this 2016 outback. In november 2020, during oil change, subaru dealer stated battery need to be replaced, I paid and replaced battery. Last week, may 2021, during oil change, subaru dealer stated that battery "failed" and they replaced the battery for no charge.

Multiple cracked windshields unexplained. Cracked under minimal stress in heat and cold while in motion. Insurance did not cover deductibles or alternate transportation during repairs

Battery has died twice in the last 5 months when nothing was left on and the car has been driven at least once a week. It continues to drain even when we replaced with a high level battery

Windshields keeps cracking. Repairs are expensive because of eyesight calibration. Windshield cracked shortly after purchase in early 2018, repaired it immediately, then cracked again within 2 or 3 months.

When you shut the vehicle off they key gets stuck in accessory mode and you are unable to remove the key. Problem occurs intermittently.

My 2016 subaru outback all of sudden had warning lights such as: brake, ABS, and stability traction control popped up on the dashboard when the car was in park ans when I was driving down the road and will not go away. It has made my steering wheel really hard to turn.

Sometimes the key won't come out of the ignition when I try to turn the car off (even though the car is in park). Based on what I've read, this is a defect with a sensor not recognizing that the car is in park. I think there should be a recall for this particular defect.

My 2016 outback's horn stopped working. Over a year ago, it started working only when I was turning the wheel, then eventually in july 2019, it stopped working all together. It is mostly an annoyance, but I can't use it to warn others.

Happens when stationary. When you pull into a parking spot and put the car in park, the key will not turn all the way off and cannot be removed. Subaru dealer diagnosed it as 'faulty shifter assembly'.

When putting auto into park, key will not turn far enough to allow key to come out. Have to restart car , shift into other gears and return to park until the key will come out. I have another exact year and model vehicle which had the same issue and it was repaired about 1 1/2 years ago.

My 2016 outback will have a "ghost slide" when on ice. It seems to be worse when the roads are only partially icy. The back end feels like it will slip out and the car will feel like it is losing control.

My car has 55,000 miles. Recently, I am not able to remove my key from the ignition. I am able to stop the engine but I am not able to turn off all the electronics.

The front passenger window does not always fully close. Sometimes when I'm closing it, the window goes all the way to the top and then goes down about halfway and stays there. The only way I am able to get it mostly closed is when I am at a stop, I have one hand on the window lock button and the other on the window close button.

Key intermittently does not come out of ignition when parked. This is a well known issue with a technical service bulletin issued by subaru. This can be a safety issue.

My key gets stuck in the ignition, while in park. Steering column does not lock. Took to the dealer.

Windshield. Windshield has spontaneously cracked on the passenger edge twice. Nov 2017 I was told the smallest pebbles caused the pin hole which made my windshield crack.

There was a problem removing the key from the ignition. Took it to the dealer and they said there was a known problem with the shifter assembly.

Radio freezes often, week ago dealer put new firmware but looks like it did not help. Another problem I have for about 10 days (since my last visit to subaru service) my ignition key gets stuck and I can't take it out for good 15-20 seconds. After playing with it releases and I'm able to taki it out.

Front windows keep giving trouble. I have gone to dealer several times for this issue without any long term resolution. Front passenger window and driver window rolls up and down several times when you try to close it.

Whenever it rains, the front passenger floor is flooded with water. I have complained about this issue to the dealership and subaru of america, they made 4 attempts to fix the problem.

The car after 6 months has been making an intermittent rattle noise that I brought into subaru to investigate. I share the video but they stated they need to recreate the noise to know what was wrong. After several months, they finally heard the noise and without testing stated the evaporator pump needed to be replaced.

Vehicle warning lights in passenger side mirror do not activate for semi-trucks with trailers, but do activate for cars and light trucks. I tried during a 40 km. Trip on a four lane interstate highway.

I took my 2016 outback in to a dealer primarily because the passenger side blind spot detection was not functioning properly, acknowledging that it did work at times. I took in written documentation in the form of recorded occurrences of it malfunctioning, based on three trips on interstate highways totaling more than 150 miles.

Crack in windshield had cracks appear in windshield on 2 separate days in jan. Had the windshield replaced in mid jan by subaru dealer. On feb 25 while driving on I-95 in ga.

Catalytic converter is cracked. This is confirmed by an independent service center. Apparently there is a recall for this issue for 2015 and 2016 Subaru Outbacks manufactured up until September 2015.

Horn quit working

Exhaust gas smells in the driver cabin and the exhaust shield and the pipe is breaking off.

The lock on the side of the door that turns on the child lock so kids cannot open the door from the inside is stuck in the lock position and will not disengage.

Can not take the key out of ignition.

I have a vehicle built in 11/15. I had an issue with cracked pipes associated with the catalytic converter that appear to match an existing nhsta recall for vehicles built between 12/09/2013 – 9/30/2015. It appears that the previous recall was not expansive enough.

The child lock of right side is stuck its on on position we can't open the door from inside nd now the button is broken.

My Subaru Key is Stuck in Ignition. Two to three times a week the key can not be removed from the key switch . The vehicle will shut off, but the key remains.

I have had two incidents where my battery has died. The first time it happened I had the keys in the ignition, the car was off, while I was talking on my phone. Weird, but I was told not to do that any more.

Car won't start, battery dead. This happened in first year (2016) I bought the car.

Windshield is very susceptible to cracking. I had a small stone hit our windshield in spring 2020 that made a huge crack in the windshield and required replacement and re-calibration of eyesight which was quite an expense. Yesterday, I was driving and a very small stone hit the windshield and again the windshield is cracked and will need replacing.

The child lock in the back passenger door is stuck .

Multiple instances of the battery dying after being parked for a few days. New battery did not resolve the problem and diagnostics indicate that the battery is not the problem. Unable to use vehicle when it cannot be started.

Key sticks in ignition and won’t release. Takes from a few attempts to several minutes of restarting the car, putting car in drive and then park, turning the wheel etc.

The ignition key doesn't come out when in park. The gears can manually slip while in park (while moving the gear shaft). It's like the car doesn't recognize the gear 'park', while also the key gets stuck and will not come out.

Multiple cracked windshields unexplained. Windshields cracked with minimal stress mostly while in motion at low and high speeds.

The starlink infotainment system in the outback affects iphone mapping when connected to the car's USB slots. The maps go haywire, always pointing the wrong direccion, rerouting consistently, resulting in very dangerous routing. This issue has been present since day one.

Cracked windshield. Starting @ bottom center up 8" then 6" to right.

I can't remove the key from the ignition after putting the car in park and turning it off (it won't turn all the way to the off position). Restarting the car and turning it off again frequently doesn't help.

Driving to work on the highway and the windshield just popped and cracked. Little shards of glass flew onto the dashboard. Happened under the drivers side wiper.

Key gets stuck in ignition. Sensor in steering column does not recognize that the car is in park. Must "slam" the shifter into park in order to remove the key.

About once a week for at least the past year, the starlink screen freezes in either a blank screen or the screen giving choices between cd, fm, etc. Music will play but none of the buttons will work. I have discovered that if I hold down the on/off button for about 15 seconds or so, it will beep and go back to normal.

Key stuck in ignition upon parking the car. Vehicle was stationary (in parking position).

On my way to work I heard a loud pop! Like a rock hit my windshield. Never saw a pit or any evidence.

Driver is unable to turn key back to the lock position and remove key from the ignition when vehicle is stationary. Car (subaru outback 2016) was placed in park prior to attempting to turn off the engine. Driver must forcefully move stick to parked position, firmly push key in, and turn swiftly to remove key.

Unable to remove ignition key from the steering column. Vehicle is put into park, key is turned off, key will not turn all the way and stops at the accessory point. Has been happening for the past month, seems to be getting worse.

February 28, 2019. Cracking front windshield at the de-icer / defroster area. This was not from roadway rock chipping.

Key is stuck in ignition when car it turned off and will not come out. Driver has to slam the gear shift into park to get it to release multiple times. Seems to be a common problem based on internet research

Windshield cracked for no reason during warm summer day. I have seen other similar complaints on line. It is in the same left corner area and starts as a small circular indentation and grows within hours.

Windshield cracked without reason.

The key keeps getting stuck in ignition when I park the car and try to take it off. I put the car in park and the key doesn't want to come out. This has happened to me several times.

I have had 3 cracked windshields since I purchased the vehicle in may of 2016.

Why is this site rejecting the VIN for this vehicle. VIN is 18 numbers and letters but safercar.gov just accepts only 17 numbers and letters so could you email with the answer and is the outback on recall for takata airbags

Takata recall - nothing happened, received notice of possible recall.

Have 2016 outback built on june 15,2016. Windshield cracked at 750 km. Traveling on paved road and no know stones hit windshield.

It is possible to inadvertently stop the car's engine when parking and transmission put in neutral. There is no visible or audible warning to alert driver to shift transmission to "park" position or and/or engage emergency brake before stopping engine and exiting the vehicle.

2016 subaru outback while driving car on I-95 , noticed 4-4 in. Crack in lower driver side windshield ,after investigating noticed small pit size of pencil point where the crack started. Crack kept growing.