2006 SUBARU OUTBACK SW. COMING HOME ON THE FREEWAY, I HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING WAS LOOSE. SINCE MY CAR IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND I DID BUY IT BRAND NEW, I COULDN'T IMAGINE IT WAS THE MUFFLER AS THAT IS WHAT IT SOUNDED LIKE. UPON LOOKING UNDER THE CAR IN MY GARAGE, I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS A BOLT CONNECTING THE RIGHT REAR TIRE TO THE AXLE MISSING, APPEARING AS THOUGH IT HAD BEEN SEVERED OFF. IT IS PARKED IN A LOCKED GARAGE EVERYDAY AND NOW THE AXLE IS DROOPING BELOW THE HOLE WHERE THE BOLT SHOULD BE. I HAVE CONTACTED MY LOCAL SUBARU DEALER TO REPAIR THIS. I WILL NOT DRIVE THIS CAR AS I KNOW IT MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT SHOULD THE TIRE COME OFF. *TR
2011
POWER TRAIN
CAR WAS BRAND NEW AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS JERKING WHEN I SLOWED DOWN FOR A RED LIGHT AND THEN HAD TO START AGAIN BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A FULL STOP. THIS WAS A CONSTANT ISSUE AND ALSO DID THE SAME THING WHEN CAR WAS DOWNSHIFTING DURING TRAFFIC. *TR