Ownership Cost for 2010 Subaru Outback 2.5i
Estimated: $42460 over the next 5 years
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | Year 4 | Year 5 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depreciation | $2840 | $1363 | $1193 | $1079 | $966 | $7441 |
| Insurance | $1790 | $1852 | $1917 | $1984 | $2054 | $9597 |
| Fuel | $1529 | $1575 | $1630 | $1696 | $1772 | $8202 |
| Maintenance | $2763 | $1883 | $1145 | $1238 | $2291 | $9320 |
| Repairs | $977 | $1138 | $1298 | $1417 | $1627 | $6457 |
| Taxes & Fees | $974 | $974 | $974 | $974 | $974 | $1443 |
| Total Ownership Costs | $10873 | $7923 | $7325 | $7504 | $8835 | $42460 |
| Model year | COMPONENT | Complaint |
| 2008 | STRUCTURE:BODY | ON MANY SEPARATE OCCASIONS (BUT REPORTED TO SUBARU AUTHORIZED SERVICE DEALER ON 03/28/12, 10/01/11, AND 09/21/11), OUR HOOD HAS PARTLY POPPED OPEN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE AT A RANGE OF SPEEDS AND IN A RANGE OF TEMPERATURES. IT IS AS IF THE INITIAL HOOD RELEASE LATCH HAS BEEN PULLED FROM WITHIN THE CAR, BUT THE HOOD THEN CATCHES ON THE MANUAL RELEASE UNDER THE LID. ONCE LOOSE, THE HOOD WOBBLES (WITH INCREASED VIOLENCE AT HIGH SPEEDS) AND IS OBVIOUSLY NOT SECURE. THE SUBARU SHOP TECH INITIALLY ADJUSTED AND REALIGNED THE HOOD LATCH. ON A SUBSEQUENT VISIT, THE ENTIRE HOOD LATCH WAS REPLACED. THIS DID NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, AND ON VISITING AFTER THE THIRD OCCURENCE, THE SAID THEY HAD NO RECOMMENDATIONS AS THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM EITHER ON THE ROAD OR IN THE SHOP, AND WERE SHOWING NO DIAGNOSTIC ISSUES WITH THEIR EQUIPMENT. SUBARU OF AMERICA WERE CONTACTED BY THE SHOP AND HAD NO AVAILABLE RECOMMENDATIONS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BUT THE SUBARU SHOP AND IS CLEAR OF PRIOR BODY DAMAGE. THE UNPREDICTABILITY OF THIS ISSUE IS MOST ALARMING -- WE CAN NEVER TELL WHEN OUR HOOD IS GOING TO COME LOOSE WHILE TRAVELLING, AND HAVE HAD TO PULL OVER SEVERAL TIMES ON THE FREEWAY WHEN TRAVELLING AT HIGH SPEED TO SECURE THE HOOD. |
| 2010 | STEERING | 1. NO EVENTS LEADING UP TO THE FAILURE AS IT IS A BRAND NEW CAR AND HAS BEEN EVIDENT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING. 2. STEERING WHEEL VIBRATES AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS BETWEEN 70 AND 75 MPH. IT OCCURS ALL THE TIME AT THOSE SPEEDS. CONSEQUENCES ARE THAT IT IS VERY DISTRACTING AND ALSO CAUSES NUMBNESS IN HAND AND ARM ON LONG TRIPS. 3. TIRES WERE BALANCED AND ROTATED BY DEALER, BUT PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. *TR |
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