On any wet or snowy pavement car is ghost walking, like the rear end has marbles under it. speed of 35 mph, straight driving, on wet pavement. like a cat walking on its nails.terrified. had alignment, new tires, new rear struts, sway bar, transmission wiring harness. disabled abs so at least i control braking
Intermittently and without warning, the accelerator pedal will become unresponsive. on multiple occasions, the vehicle was in motion when this happened. the speedometer fell to 0, and when pressed, the accelerator pedal did nothing. the vehicle had to be limped to the side of the road and restarted in order for it to work again. the check engine light would then come on. on other occasions, the accelerator would not respond immediately upon starting the vehicle, and the check engine light came on immediately upon starting. this has the potential to be extremely dangerous or fatal if the car were to go limp when driving on a highway at high speeds, or taking a turn. research has shown that this is a widespread problem with the outback, and action needs to be taken by subaru. this should be treated as a recall.
Rear hatch does not lock.
Car is not safe on packed snow or icy roads. all road feel is gone and it feels as if the car could spin out of control at any moment. most other cars seem to pass without issue. for a awd car this is unacceptable. you must slow down to 40 and below to have any hopes of keeping the car in a straight line. i have put nokia snow tires on the and car drives perfect in fresh snow but still cannot drive in slippery conditions. i have not noticed this on wet pavement. subaru feels like an alignment will correct the problem. going in for one in a week. if it does not fix the issue i will sell the car. i found many owners with the same issue on subaruoutback.org. *tr
I have several times experienced what is known as ghost walking while driving my 2005 subaru outback 2.4i. i have driven under the same conditions with the car minimally loaded. only on the times that the car was loaded with more than 2 passengers and their belongings did i experience ghost walk. on those times i was driving my outback on snow or ice covered road. i was driving at a steady rate of speed with consistent pressure on the gas. the rear of the vehicle would begin to pitch back and forth as if being blown by a heavy wind. there was no wind on those occasions, or not sufficient to cause the to sway the way it did. it felt as though the rear of the vehicle was attempting to pass the front. i slowed down each time, even though the road surface conditions did not dictate it. i was passed by 2 wheel drive vehicles, because my car felt unstable and unsafe to drive. i have never experienced this while the car was lightly loaded under the same road conditions.
Bought car in 2006. check engine light came on after having a couple of months. under warranty replaced oxygen sensor, went out after a month; also headlight went out. had senior replaced again, went out again after 1 month. wasn't under warranty, the sensor was but not the labor. single income couldn't afford to keep replacing. my check engine light had been on for 9 years, and i haven't been able to use my cruise control. my 1 st subaru was a 1986; been driving one sense. just thought you would like to know.