Hi Guys, I´m new to the Subaru scene. I´m based in Norway and am about to buy a Outback 2015. However I have suddenly got cold feet. The car in question is for sale by the main dealer, sold by this chain of dealers, has the full history and has had 2 owners aged both in there 70´s. I was all happy and agreed to buy until it came to my attention that their was a discrepancy in the history. On questioning the dealer he admitted it was the fault of the dealership in that when the car was transferred between dealers and sold to its second owner they accidentally neglected a service! So it ran 30000km between services.  Other then that all the other services have been carried out at 15000km. The main dealer is saying its clearly their fault, but says he thinks the car is going to be fine and it should not cause a problem. The car is certainly immaculate and drives like new. Total km is 120000km. I have had lots of Toyota´s previously and in there case would not have worried at all, should I be alarmed? Obviously the car has a normal used car warranty but I´m thinking further down the road as I hope to run the car for 5+ years .... I have tried to negotiate a better price but the dealer says he cannot move any further on the price, and tbh I think he is being honest with me. The problem in Norway is there is so few cars for sale there is limited choice....

Thanks in advance for any advice. Regards Jim

 

Hi Jim and welcome.

The outback is definitely a good option for Norway. Is it a petrol or a diesel? 
I would say there would be some potential issues if it’s a diesel with the dpf filter, but others will be able to give more detailed advice.

 

On 1/26/2023 at 10:34 AM, Jim Norway said:

Hi Guys, I´m new to the Subaru scene. I´m based in Norway and am about to buy a Outback 2015. However I have suddenly got cold feet. The car in question is for sale by the main dealer, sold by this chain of dealers, has the full history and has had 2 owners aged both in there 70´s. I was all happy and agreed to buy until it came to my attention that their was a discrepancy in the history. On questioning the dealer he admitted it was the fault of the dealership in that when the car was transferred between dealers and sold to its second owner they accidentally neglected a service! So it ran 30000km between services.  Other then that all the other services have been carried out at 15000km. The main dealer is saying its clearly their fault, but says he thinks the car is going to be fine and it should not cause a problem. The car is certainly immaculate and drives like new. Total km is 120000km. I have had lots of Toyota´s previously and in there case would not have worried at all, should I be alarmed? Obviously the car has a normal used car warranty but I´m thinking further down the road as I hope to run the car for 5+ years .... I have tried to negotiate a better price but the dealer says he cannot move any further on the price, and tbh I think he is being honest with me. The problem in Norway is there is so few cars for sale there is limited choice....

Thanks in advance for any advice. Regards Jim

 

Subaru have quite small sales in the UK too.  So you might be best to post your question on the US site https://www.subaruoutback.org where there is a vast amount of experience and knowledge-how .  All the best.

Thanks for the reply's guys. I declined the car in the end. Its too much money to not feel its been maintained to schedule. I´m going to look at another today though that´s private this time. I´m looking specifically for a diesel for fuel economy although by all accounts the petrol is not as bad as it used to be. In fact from 2017 they only sold Petrol here which is why its hard to find a good example of a diesel.

they only sold the petrol as the diesel proved itself to be garbage ...
certainly can be expensive issues and more so if intending on long ownership .