With a young child and a newborn baby in tow, I researched all the features and thought I was treating the family to a luxurious, safe and wonderful brand new car. It was the Premium model, the best we could get, leather interior, sunroof, all the convenient wizz-bang electronics to make us feel safe and happy while getting around. I never once entertained the thought that I might regret my purchase or end up with a lemon. In the rare event of problems arising, I expected that Subaru would earnestly try to assist, especially in the case of a...Read more

Bought this vehicle having been a dedicated Subaru driver since the venerable L series - a 1990 champion car. This is the base model 2.5i AWD. I drive long highway hauls and will often take the back tracks when holidaying or just poking around looking for new walks, sights and surf spots. Rarely do I poke around city commuting.- I drive confidently on gravel and forest roads and expect the car under me to hold up to it.
This Gen5 Outback isn't a bad vehicle by any means, but it is certainly not 'off road inspiring', 'sporty', or exciting in any...Read more

I bought this car brand new from Subaru Glen Waverley in 2012. Regularly serviced by the book
There were so many recalls and the service centre takes its own sweet time to give a time slot to fix it
Just after 6 years(i paid for extended warranty) the mirror switch failed.($190 )this came off the dashboard during warranty and when they put it back the downward adjustment stopped working.I had no time to go back.
I live close to Geln Waveley and GW service centre is absolutely crap. They did not replace a head light globe as they couldn't cont...Read more

Outback 2.5i Premium, 6-speed manual, bought brand new on 18 November 2011 in Canberra from the dealer called Capital Subaru. Travelled 150,000km now.

Up until June 2018, not too bad. Routine service every 6 months as advised by Subaru.

The first big problem happened at about 20:00 on 10 June 2018. At that time, I was driving the car on Monaro Highway near Canberra. The Outback suddenly lost power and I barely had time to park it in the emergency lane. I called a friend of mine to give my wife and kids a lift home and I waited for NRMA alone ...Read more

We purchased our MY11 3.6L premium Outback from a dealership when it was 3 years old and had 50,000kms on the clock.

It has been our faithful family car for the last 6 years now, and has never skipped a beat. We service it twice a year and have only had a few minor things to repair - but it has always kept running for us and safely gets us from A to B without ever letting us down. We learned early on never to service it with Subaru, and instead have it cared for by our trusted local mechanic.

The 3.6L engine provides ample power and engine ...Read more

Two months in and thought I'd jot down some of my thoughts on the 2019 Subaru 2.5i Premium.
Good:
:) Most of the safety features are good
:) Looks good
:) Interior is nice and it's comfortable to drive
:) Good visibility
:) Enough power (in S mode) most of the time
:) Entertainment unit & GPS are well thought out and fairly intuitive
:) Cruise control is great
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We have a 2017 model and after about 6 months the engine started rattling and hammering on cold starts with a major loss of engine power. Subaru fobbed this off as normal due to the cold oil not running into the engine on start up?? After about 5mins of driving the noise generally dies down as the oil finally does its job. I reminded them it was built in 2017 not 1965! But Subaru Sydney don't give a damn.

Also the CVT tends to over rev going up hills and the stop start braking only works rarely.

The other annoyance for such a large car is t...Read more

I bought a Subaru Outback 2.5i premium new after the 2018 facelift. My last Subaru was traded in 2003. I came back to the brand after a succession of various overseas vehicles that never quite matched the Subaru experience, and because Subaru were designing better looking vehicles. However, my 2018 model had the Harmon Karman head unit design failure; the unit could not be re-booted because the screen died and there was no USB socket on the unit for uploading software. So, for the price of a USB socket, the whole unit had to be removed from the...Read more

The 2017 Subaru Outback Premium is my daily ride. I needed a car that would transport all my work kit without stuffing the rear space, with no room to spare.
Maybe one day, I'll own a WRX. For the time being, the Outback is perfectly practical for shunting me and my bits around the city and across country.
My annual kms is around 35,000. The Outback has nice long legs for comfortable journeys. Even after several hours behind the wheel, back and bum support is excellent. My wife and I road-tripped to outback Queensland and western NSW over a cou...Read more