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2016 Subaru Outback cruise control problems

Owners reported cruise control problems in 22 complaints for the 2016 Subaru Outback, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
22 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
4,000 miles 16 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
5 and 0
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2016 Subaru Outback Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 4,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 0 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 4,000 miles
Based on 16 complaints that include mileage. 94% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles11
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles0
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 16 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 4,000 miles, and 94% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 5 crashes, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

The contact owns a 2016 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that while his wife was parking the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed but the vehicle accelerated forward going down a hill. The vines from the woods prevented the vehicle from going into a lake. The contact’s wife later received medical attention for an injury to her left leg. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer, where it remained. The vehicle was not deemed totaled by the insurance company.

Reported at 38,000 miles, January 2022 Injury

The subaru eyesight system is dangerous. I've had two instances where the vehicle activated the forward-collision warning and started to break for reasons unknown to me. Once was in the middle of an intersection. Fortunately, the cars behind me were not too close to rear end me. This happened around 2 p.m. In the middle of summer with the sun behind the vehicle.

Reported at 9,000 miles, June 2016

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Cruise control problems in other years

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