# 2014 Subaru Outback - will these problems continue?

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** outback, subaru\
**Created:** [November 5, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988 "2020-11-05T15:15:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![PamelaJMiller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PamelaJMiller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PamelaJMiller)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 3:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988/1 "2020-11-05T15:15:11Z")

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New battery kept dying. After many tests found problem in cluster dash. Waiting on part which bill now up to $1000. Lost confidence and wandering if I will have continues problems. First subaru only owned 6 months. Any suggestions?

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**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2020, 3:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988/2 "2020-11-05T15:51:01Z")

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> [@PamelaJMiller](#):
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> wandering if I will have continues problems

Wondering if you will continue to have problems . No one can answer that question . The shop doing the work might be able to **guess** the overall condition of the vehicle . It is just a fact that used vehicles can have problems .

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**Author:** ![Lee\_T](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/lee_t/32/86_2.png) [@Lee\_T](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Lee_T)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:17pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988/3 "2020-11-06T15:17:33Z")

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Ouch! At least you got 6 months before this happened which means the previous owner didn’t intentionally sell you his headache.

I hope whatever shop is doing the work knows what they’re doing and not unintentionally running up a bill throwing parts at the problem. Usually a battery dying is just a bad alternator or regulator or some light being left on. Seems odd that a dash cluster would have a continuous draw.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988/4 "2020-11-06T15:35:58Z")

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> [@Lee\_T](#):
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> Seems odd that a dash cluster would have a continuous draw

Not odd at all. Instrument panels are computers and not just a bunch of gauges.

I had an instrument cluster partially fail with a parasitic draw that would kill the battery in 3-4 days… on a 1984 car!

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**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/30_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 3:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2014-subaru-outback-will-these-problems-continue/171988/5 "2020-11-06T15:50:52Z")

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> [@Mustangman](#):
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> Instrument panels are computers and not just a bunch of gauges.

+1  
Additionally, I’m starting to **wonder** if this might have been a flood-damaged vehicle.