There are lawsuits concerning the vehicle’s Subaru Starlink infotainment system, defective windshields, and an Outback airbag causing serious injury class-action all in the past 18 months. Subaru of America has been hit with a number of other lawsuits concerning the Outback wagon. District Court for the District of New Jersey. The Subaru dead battery lawsuit was also filed in the U.S. This recent lawsuit also alleges 2016-2020 Subaru Outback and 2019-2020 Subaru Ascent SUVs are equipped with batteries that drain and die. The plaintiff says his Subaru Outback has lost its resale value and the drained battery caused him stress, money, and time.Īnother class-action lawsuit has been filed by a California woman, Virginia Tomasian alleging her 2017 Subaru Outback also has battery problems. The lawsuit contends the 2019-2020 Subaru Ascent 3-Row family SUV also suffer from the same battery problems. The lawsuit says if owners of Outback and Ascent models take their vehicle in for diagnosis of the problem, dealers replace the old battery with the same OEM battery “and is thus a temporary fix only.” The lawsuit also contends Subaru has known about the problem since 2017 and issued a technical service bulletin addressing potential battery discharging after repeated periods of short-trip-driving resulting in a dead battery. At his next scheduled oil change, Subaru technicians determined the battery's voltage was low and replaced the battery under warranty.

On a business trip to Seattle, the Outback’s battery failed again and Dalen was forced to take an Uber to purchase a battery charger and jumper cables so he could get the car started and drive home the next morning, the Subaru class action lawsuit states. The lawsuit contends Dalen has since had to change his vehicle’s battery regularly at home to keep it from going dead. When he took the vehicle to an Oregon dealership where he purchased the wagon, the technician could not diagnose the problem, the filing states. The vehicle left Dalen’s wife and two children stranded at a park. King, and Ruhandy Glezakos of Ahdoot & Wolfson PC., says his Outback’s battery failed with only 12,000 miles on the odometer. Dalen represented by Tina Wolfson, Bradley K. The lawsuit contends plaintiff Dustin Dalen’s 2017 Subaru Outback has a defective electrical system causing his battery to drain prematurely. The alleged defect may also be present in the 2020 Outback according to the filing. The new Subaru class action lawsuit alleges 2016-2019 Subaru Outback and 2019-2020 Subaru Ascent SUVs have electrical problems. Subaru of America is hit with another class-action lawsuit concerning the Subaru Outback wagon.

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