2010 Outback - transmission vibration?
I just bought a 2010 V6 Outback. At 700 miles, it started to have a vibration at 40-50mph, now it does it at 20-30mph. It sounds and feels like you are driving over rumble strips or a cattle crossing guard. Sometimes it is soft, sometimes it's enough to vibrate the entire car. Right now it is back at the dealer. When it is making this sound and you toss into N, it stops immediately. Has anybody else had this happen?
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He concluded that it was just a slight vibration that would not affect performance, the customer took the vehicle on a trip and returned after the problem persisted. I met with my service manager about how to fix it, and he let me know he started a file with Subaru.
About a week later I see my customer driving at the dealership and somehow the service department was able to minimize the effect. Sorry I don't know how he did it, but good news is there is a fix.
I am contemplating an '11 - 12 Outback 3.6R but without the fix, I'm loathe to acquire one given this problem has popped on other Subaru forums.
Unlike the Forester, the Outback seems to produce more front end "grumbling" that a driver can feel through its steering wheel.
I'd be intereted in buying it, as a collectors item.
No problems with that one, in fact that car is still on his short list. If we can find a manual trans Forester we'll test drive that, too, and he's likely to pick between those two.
His 04 crumpled up big-time, but it absorbed the full impact and he walked away from a huge wreck with a bruised shin. Great protection.
Can't blame him for wanting another.