CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2014 Outback is showing an early trend of problems with hesitation when accelerating.
The vast majority of owners experiencing this problem have reported that Subaru has not been able to find the cause of the engine hesitation, or fix the problem.
Especially because this is a potential safety defect, we are flagging the 2014 Outback as a model year to watch out for.
Well, I have my Ipod connected to the USB interface in the center counsole. When I turn my car on it does not read that my Ipod is connected. I either have to unplug it and plug back in, or Turn the car off completely and then back on. Very seldom it will read it plugged in the first start. I have taken it to the dealer(Stohlman Subaru in Tysons, VA) twice for this issue, The first time the tech asked me to show him, so I did. Then I was told that my car was ready and that they could not duplicate the problem(how could they not duplicate when I duplicated it right in front of the mechanic????????) The second time they told me it was my cable(This was already a new monster cable because the original apple cable did the same thing) . I sent the cable back to monster and they sent me a new one this week, It did the same thing, So I went and purchased another new apple cable two days ago and again the same thing. Today is 10/9/14 and I just dropped it off at stohlmans again with both cables, I will let you know what they say this time. I have reported this to Subaru of America but all they tell me is that they have to go by what the mechanic tells them.............................
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Well, I have my Ipod connected to the USB interface in the center counsole. When I turn my car on it does not read that my Ipod is connected. I either have to unplug it and plug back in, or Turn the car off completely and then back on. Very seldom it will read it plugged in the first start. I have taken it to the dealer(Stohlman Subaru in Tysons, VA) twice for this issue, The first time the tech asked me to show him, so I did. Then I was told that my car was ready and that they could not duplicate the problem(how could they not duplicate when I duplicated it right in front of the mechanic????????) The second time they told me it was my cable(This was already a new monster cable because the original apple cable did the same thing) . I sent the cable back to monster and they sent me a new one this week, It did the same thing, So I went and purchased another new apple cable two days ago and again the same thing. Today is 10/9/14 and I just dropped it off at stohlmans again with both cables, I will let you know what they say this time. I have reported this to Subaru of America but all they tell me is that they have to go by what the mechanic tells them.............................
- dynarider84, Reston, VA, US