2010 Subaru Outback: shudder or vibration when accelerating

Filed Nov 5, 2020 · Transmission · 92,000 miles · WA

The outback is shuddering and stalling at intersections and stops frequently. The engine shuts off and the car stops abruptly. The car must be put back in park and turned back on every time it stalls. I have almost been rear ended multiple times because of the abrupt stopping caused by the faulty torque converter.

Filed Jan 28, 2019 · Engine · 131,000 miles · CA

During braking, the car often shutters as if it is going to stall, and several times has stalled completely when coming to a stop. This occurs especially if braking hard. This occurs only when the car is in motion and being brought to a stop. However, when idling, the car often will shudder as well.

Filed Dec 27, 2018 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · CO

Cvt transmission shudders & stalls after braking while in motion due to torque converter failure. Upon stopping at stop sign, slowing down to make turn, or starting from a stopped position the vehicle shudders then drifts into intersection and stalls while facing oncoming traffic. Failure of torque converter while at intersections is dangerous and frightening. Subaru refuses to assist in cost of significant repair as it was diagnosed 3 weeks out of warranty despite their pledge to customer satisfaction. This issue should be strongly considered for a recall as a known safety issue to subaru.

Filed Nov 26, 2018 · Transmission · 130,000 miles · TX

When braking to a sudden stop, the car shudders and stalls similar to the feeling of stalling out in a car with a manual transmission. The local subaru dealer/service diagnosed the problem as related to the CVT transmission and estimated $2000 to fix. After some research, there was an extended warranty issued for up to 100k or 10 years through july 30, 2018. However, the issue did not start until august of 2018 and my car was well over 100k at that time. There are serious safety concerns in having a car die repeatedly.

Filed Nov 8, 2018 · Transmission · 112,000 miles · CT

When braking to a sudden stop, the car shudders and stalls. It is similar to the feeling of braking without depressing the clutch in a manual car, however this vehicle has an automatic CVT transmission. This happened in an intersection, and there were cars behind me honking as I attempted to restart the vehicle. After some basic research, this seems to happen to many vehicles like this, that have the new CVT style transmission. Subaru did offer an extended warranty because of so many complaints, but this goes beyond that. A recall needs to be issued, it is a major safety issue.

Filed Sep 28, 2018 · Transmission · 177,000 miles · AZ

Slowing down to under 10mph the car will drop to around 500rpm and will shudder as though it is going to stall. On a few occasions it has actually stalled. I am aware there was an extended warranty to fix the torque converter since subaru has changed them, but I did not have a warranty on my vehicle and even if I did it is still over 100,000 miles.

Filed Mar 6, 2018 · Transmission · 115,000 miles · CA

When driving and in motion and while applying the brakes, the car makes a shuddering noise and has stalled on numerous occasions at junctions, traffic lights etc., and have had to take diversion tactics to get out of the way of other cars. I have seen this is a common fault with subaru and apparently has to do with the torque convertor.

Filed Feb 21, 2018 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · VA

After shifting from p to r or d or from d to r or r to d, the car hesitates 2-3 seconds when pulling away. The engine shudders and usually pulls away with no problem. Occasionally, the engine stalls. It will start up again immediately. The torque converter was replaced dec. 2016, but this problem is actually worse since the repair.

Filed Dec 14, 2017 · Transmission · 94,000 miles · WI

Car has stalled unexpectedly while driving straight at slow speeds, 4 times over the past year. It shudders, then stalls completely. Restarting immediately has caused another stall when shifting from park to drive. Waiting several minutes has allowed a normal start, although twice this has happened in dangerous, high-traffic spots without an easy shoulder to pull on to.

Filed Oct 16, 2017 · Engine, Transmission · 87,000 miles · NY

Occasionally the 2.5 l engine with CVT will appear to almost stall upon decelerating and coming to a stop (at a traffic light, stop sign, etc.). The engine will shudder, the rpms will drop below 700 and then quickly return to normal idle (about 800 or so). Have not yet experienced a stall but have come close. Our car has about 87000 miles and is otherwise in good condition. Our mechanic has been unable to diagnose the problem because this is an intermittent issue, it cannot be duplicated and there are no codes. Other similar posts have indicated that the torque convertor may be the culprit. Considering the quantity of posts, an investigation should be undertaken. Stalling can be a safety problem.

Filed Aug 7, 2017 · Transmission · 106,000 miles · TN

Car began to bog down and stall when breaking. Car will start to shake/shudder and then stall when stopping whether the engine is cold or hot. The car will stall like someone forgetting to push the clutch in on a manual car when stopping. This has happened numerous times and most times I am in heavy traffic. The car will stall and requires it to be shifted into park, the ignition turned off and then the car restarted before continuing on. I have began to keep a video log of all the times the vehicle will stall driving from my home to work and other trips. This is a serious issue that subaru needs to address. It appears they were made aware of this issue in 2014 but did not do anything about it until 2017 and even then they are not doing a recall but a "extended coverage". They give absolutely no details as to why other than to say "for customer satisfaction and care". No admittance of any problems by subaru. Dealers can't tell you why either and it's up to them to determine if it's related to the CVT or not.

Filed Mar 18, 2017 · Transmission · 146,000 miles · TN

When coming to a stop the car stalls. This happens more frequently going up hills. It happens most often just as the car is nearing no motion or no longer in motion. A quick stop will make it happen more frequently than a slow gradual stop. It doesn't make a difference if the car is warmed up or if it has been running a free minutes. The car can be going straight or turning. A shudder can be felt then the car stalls. This happens several times a week. I think it may be the torque converter or something in the transmission. I don't think it is something with the fuel delivery.