2019 Subaru Outback Transmission and drivetrain Problems

“On the morning of december 9th, 2020 I was driving to work on the freeway and was on an interchange from one freeway to another when I suddenly heard a 'crack'. As I arrived to work a few minutes later I noticed that my windshield now had a large crack in it. I looked for a point of impact thinking a projectile might have hit it but I did not find one. At that point I remembered that I was the only one on the interchange at the time and that there was no car in front of me to send any projectiles flying back. …”

“Unknown origin. Currently approximate miles 12500. Travel 450-550 miles per week, 400-450 miles are highway miles. Somewhere between 10,000-11,000 miles I started noticing a high-pitched squealing/whining only while in motion. It starts around 20-30 MPH, and either goes away or becomes unnoticeable after ~50 MPH. Could not pinpoint where it was coming from. When scheduling regular maintenance, dealership was notified of noise. At the time of maintenance, service department investigated said noise. The service department stated that it was the carrier bearing. …”

“First oil change at 5,850 miles no problem. After second oil change at 11,948 miles, vehicle became undrivable as it stumbles and loses power between 2,000-2,700 RPM. Dealer has repeated oil change 3 additional times as they are not certain if they may have overfilled the engine (known Subaru issue). They have also replaced the exhaust, catalytic converter, air filter, intake system, and transmission, all to no avail. Disconnecting the battery and grounding the cables to discharge all capacitors provided temporary relief, but the problem returned within 36 hours and 200 miles. …”

“Travelling on the freeway and tapped brakes to disengage the adaptive cruise control due to slowing traffic ahead. The anti-lock brakes came on and the car came to a complete stop even though I had only tapped the brake and taken my foot off the brake. After coming to a stop the car was still running, but the transmission was completely out and the car wouldn't move. Was disabled on freeway until the Highway Patrol came and pushed me off the road.”

“Sudden Acceleration Defect has occurred several times with last incident Friday 21Jan2022. Each time I have had the brake pedal engaged, yet vehicle fails to stop, and accelerates on it’s own, causing me to go through stop signs with potentially dangerous outcomes for pedestrians, other vehicles, barriers. Dealer appointment rescheduled for Monday 24Jan2022. No inspections to date. No warnings- the first time I thought I may have caused it by accidentally touching the accelerator, but now I know that is not the case. …”