Subaru Forester And Outback Get Shut Out In Most Recent Longest Lasting Cars List

Since Subaru doesn't have any trucks that see a ton of highway/commercial use, this is quite good

I disagree with your article! I have owned an Outback for many years! No issues other than normal wear and year. You guys have your head in the sand! Thanks

I wonder, what constitutes as "abuse of all weel drive vehicle" ?
I mean, is vehicle usage inline with it's capabilities and pourpouse it was build for , may be seen as abuse?
I drive a 2010 Forester, anew. That is 10 years so far. I am at 157k. now. All major components are original. That is all of the cars drive train components went 10years,157k miles without any major service and issues.

I change oil at regular intervals. 3-3.5k first 2 years and 4.5-5k there after. Car gets inspected at every services. No issues so far.
But I am lucky. I have a good and trustworthy dealer nearby.

Changing two head gaskets every 100,000 miles and CVT transmission its a wonder Subaru is on the list at all.

As a family we have had 8 Subaru’s over the past 25 years. Our most recent new Subaru is a 2019 Outback which my wife drives. My daily driver is a 2001 Legacy Outback Limited which currently has over 221000 miles on the clock. It has not been without problems, but none were killer issues. I anticipate the car will achieve 300,000 miles with just continued routine maintenance. I will likely buy a new Subaru to use for my travels in my retirement. Overall they all have been great cars.

For years subaru was number 1 then they got greedy and now the quality is suffering. next they will fire a bunch.same pattern as all the greedy businesses.

How do you put 200k miles on a 2019 car without abusing the crap out of it?
"...analyzed over 15.8 million cars sold in 2019 to determine which models have the highest percentage of cars that reached 200,000 miles..."
I call bullshit. Or at least highly ignorant.

In order to support their 31mpg claim, Subaru reduced engine internal friction by icreasing clearances for bearings, rings, pistons, and valve guides to the point of 100,000 miles of wear that dramaticly increases oil consumption. End result is the new Foresters and Outback engines are already in their 2nd 100,000 miles on the dealer lot. Subaru is already replacing enines at 50,000 miles in their 60,000 mile warranty.
BTW, other manufacturers are doing the same to achieve mileage claims so they can remain competative.
I'm certainly not buying any new Subaru, so spending $ on reapirs to my '03 instead

Can I see the data pointing to subaru beating lexus in long term quality?? lexus has been consitent in being in the top 3 for long term quality. Also how many 200K+ mile subaru models are out there for sale? contrast that with used and running LS400 ES 350s Rx350s etc (not mentioning toyota products based on the same drivetrains of which there are tens of thousands still on the road)
Than there is the Million Mile Lexus
Sorry Subaru but your Quality control and product engineering doesn't hold a match. Yes you have cute dog commercials and all the hipsters like your cars..

We are on our 4th and LAST Subaru. Yes, they fixed the head gasket issue, but the next one to crop up was oil consumption. That resulted in our 2012 Forester engine going BAM at just under 70k miles. Had I not just bought a 2017 Outback three months prior, the Forester would have been our last. I don't believe the oil consumption issue has been resolved and the used replacement engine in our Forester drinks 1-1.5 quarts per thousand miles. FYI - Subaru denied our warranty claim even though they had extended it. The reason? I do the maintenance and didn't keep detailed records (honestly, understandable, but VERY frustrating at the time. Lesson learned.).

I have a 2001 Forester with 186000 miles that is having the 3rd transmission installed and my mechanic found a service bulletin that caused to you lose all faith in Sudbury. Come to find out an engineering problem causes the rear bearing to fail. The bulletin states it exists in forester manual. Transmission from 2000 to 2014 and they engineered a fix but the parts cost over 500.00 and the labor over $1000.00. why haven't they issued a recall?

Loved my 2015 legacy, until it hit 100,000 miles. Started to leak and burn oil, $1200 for leaks. Exhaust started to rattle, Cat started to leak, $2600, started to be very noisy - rear differential started to leak $$$$$, front drivers shaft boot $$$.
What really disturbed me besides the issues was the cost to repair, it seemed like everything was 2-3 more than any other car I’ve owned. I sold it and went back to an accord. My last one my daughter is driving strong with 230k, never anything wrong.

Not at all surprised! I've been a staunch Subaru supporter/owner for well over 10 years. I'm directly responsible for several others buying Subaru vehicles. Well no more! Due to Subaru's outright denial to fix a paint issue on an Outback that was under the original factory warranty, I'm done with them. The owner of the Outback in question (who I recommended by a Subaru) has purchased a Honda CRV as their 2nd vehicle and I just sold my 2017 Outback and bought a Lexus.

The problem is statistics and growth. Over 50% of all Subarus on the road today were built in the past 4? 5? years, so the percentage of old Subarus is low. Compare that to declining Honda which adds a rapidly decreasingly small percentage to its installed base each year.