2010 Subaru Outback & Liberty (CVT) recalled

By Alborz Fallah | May 13th, 2010

Subaru has recalled tens of thousands of MY10 (2010) Subaru Outback and Liberty models fitted with its continuously variable transmission (CVT) across the world. Subaru Australia issued the recall yesterday that affects 2,288 vehicles already sold.

According to the manufacturer the CVT in certain cars may experience an oil leak from a faulty oil cooler hose.

Chassis Range for affected vehicles:

Liberty Sedan 2010: 002005-003880
Liberty Wagon 2010: 002086-006056
Outback 2010: 002075-006068

All owners are to take their car back to a Subaru dealership which will fit a different hose as a free fix.

Baji

Glad its just an oil cooler hose and not the transmission itself. Had me worried for a bit, thought it might have been a design fault with the metal belt thats used in the transmission or something.
Hung Lower

The hose must have seen a reflection of the car on a shop window!
cocnut wireless

hehe..

Jabba the Hut

That front end fell straight off Dorathy the whale. It is a mismatched mess. How did they manage to blls it up so much? The last model looked really good.

Holden Man you can’t critique other brands on style when the latest HSV redefines “how to botch a front end”.

Hung Lower

My problem with this car is mainly the rear that is so bland and cheap. The interior is a giant step back from the previous model as is the perceived build quality!

greenroom

the hose looks better than the car.
Aleks

What was more alarming to me in this article is that Subaru has sold 2,288 of these ugly beasts.
nick

I still can’t believe that those are 17s on the car pictured. They look like 14s!!
chris

Perhaps they thought they were toyotas
Valet Dabess

wtf why does everyone think it’s ugly it looks alright to me
Holden man

Yeah beauty is only a light switch away…. All the new liberty/outback owners must be like mushroom… kept in the dark and fed bullsh*t

Jabba the Hut

That front end fell straight off Dorathy the whale. It is a mismatched mess. How did they manage to blls it up so much? The last model looked really good.

Holden Man you can’t critique other brands on style when the latest HSV redefines “how to botch a front end”. I get stomach pains looking at it.

Bezza

I wonder if a manufacturer will ever do a style recall.

Ladies and Gentlemen, we have realized that the car we sold you is an affront to taste and request that you bring it back to the dealership forthwith so that we can change the offending (and offensive) body panels for something that doesn’t look like a cast off 2nd hand Korean cheapie.

At least the recall is only minor.

nick

Subaru already did that with the original Tribeca! They announced a facelift as soon as they released the original.

Projet L

Korean’s dont build cars THAT ugly.

andronicus

anymore

Formula1

Why they keep making new car uglier then the previous one, what’s the go with this new conservative designs!!!
jabba the hut at least hsv is fun to drive.

Jabba the Hut

I’d say the subugly is fun to drive too but that ain’t the point. You still have to live with its looks.

Formula1

yea I agree ha ha. The latest hsv front part looks ridiculous I think they tried to copy audis daylight lights but failed majorly… and all those bonnet scoops that do nothing are just stupid…. I mean if you are 8 years old
you would love them ha ha. If you are spending that much money you want immaculate car.

MisterTwo

I wasn’t a huge fan of the looks to begin with but I spent a week in an Outback Diesel and it really grew on me – so much so I am going to buy one. The Outback looks more in proportion than the Liberty though. My job requires evaluating cars and I have driven nearly all of the mainstream stuff – but the Outback was the only one I drove around for no reason at all going nowhere in particular.
Yianni

I wasn’t a fan of the Liberty when I first saw photos.

My mind changed when I saw it in person and took it for a test drive. It’s amazing how it can look so different in person.

Goa way

saw one in the rear view the other day and i nearly crashed i was freaked by that ugly car

Greasy

I cant never understand why ppl here always argued abt the way a car looks. It’s all abt personal taste & preference just like food & clothing-as simple as that. Why complicate such small thing? Grow up ppl
oz boy

Sneek up behind the sedan at the lights , narrow/tall backside all out of proportion , also note the squared off tail lights , very 80′s.

The average age of most new liberty drivers is over 45 and they will love it , looks substantail in a 80′s volvo kinda way , lots of chunky metal .
Nick K

Ghastly slab sided mess… Subaru styling strikes again. I know while I’m at it I’ll make the interior plastics all hard and cheap looking too. The Koreans will wipe the floor with Subaru, and a lot of the Japanese brands… Just wait and see.