2001 Subaru Outback Reviews - Page 8 of 8

We bought this car when it was brand new. We put it in the shop for regular maintenance, and nothing ever goes wrong with all of the Subarus we have ever had. I don't know why they put those Firestone wilderness tires on it though.

This car is pretty quick and feels good on the highway. All Subarus have very good reliability.

In the past we had a Subaru GL wagon, and we drove it for 208000 miles, and then traded it in for 1500 dollars, and got a 1993 Subaru Impreza L with 68000 miles, drove it up to 198000 miles, and got 2700 on trade for the Outback. We will probably drive this one until the 200000 mile mark, and then get a Subaru Impreza WRX.

The Outback handles like a sports car; we took a corner that is rated at 25mph, but we went 55 and the tires did not screech and we stayed in our seat. Plus you get pretty close to 30 miles per gallon.

The car clutch would shudder in the morning and go away when engine was warmed up. Brought the car to the dealer and the dealer replaced the clutch. The newly replaced clutch was OK for about two weeks then started to shudder again. We also noticed a burnt tranmission oil smell, in fact this smell would make my wife sick. I brought the car back to the dealer and the dealer replaced the clutch a second time. The dealer also found that the transmisson seal was damaged from the first time the clutch was repaired. The seal was repaired. I have driven the car for six weeks and have not had any issues with the clutch shudder.

Radiator hose was leaking due to debris around the hose, this was fixed by the dealer-not a big deal.

Burning one quart of motor oil every one thousand miles! This is a big deal. Subaru says that this is within there specifications. I can't believe this. I have never had a car that burnt that much oil except my 240D which had 240K miles on it! Subaru offered to do an oil consumption test, bring the car in every one thousand miles and have the oil level checked. What a pain. When I first bought the car I chagned the oil at one thousand miles using a good conventual motor oil and then every 3000. I started using Mobil 1 SYN 10-30WT oil.

The car is safe, fun to drive and gets great gas mileage-27 mpg average.

The seats and interior are not the most comfortable, but they work.

The sound system is nice.

The air conditioning and heater work well.

On the mountain road steering failed. It felt like if front tire blew out - car got into spin and got stuck in the dirt hill on the left side of the road. To my amusement all four tires were fine and there were only minor scratches on the bumper. As soon I get on the road again I notice my car does not have any steering at all- it was broken. I was lucky to stay alive. There are some major cliffs on that road.

Tire rod is very week.

I only have one bad thing to say about my Subaru, fall apart Firestone Wilderness tires. At only just under 7000 miles I have developed bad belts in my Firestone Wilderness tires that have caused the vehicle to feel out of control, now I'm stuck with having to hassle with the tire company to replace them. This should not be my burden to have these defective tires replaced, besides I wouldn't want another set of these defective tires anyway. Looks like I'm out more money to put safe quality tires on my brand new car, thanks for the screwing Subaru. 31,000 dollar car with world renowned defective tires on it, I'm disgusted.

Great car with lousy tires.