While pulling up to a drive thru window the vehicle shuddered and the engine shut off. I lost all power steering and had to come to a stop, shift into park, then restart the engine. No check engine lights or warnings illuminated. There were no status messages to indicate what caused it to shut off. Also the driver side mirror shakes a lot, just like all the other reports say.
Engine & cooling
2024 Subaru Ascent Engine problems
Owners have filed 2 complaints about the 2024 Subaru Ascent's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 4% of all its complaints, most recently on May 28, 2026. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.
- Complaints
- 2
- Recalls
- 0
- Crashes
- 0
- Fires
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Deaths
- 0
Engine complaints
My vehicle has lost eyesight too many times while am driving on high way so steering wheel locked, adater,cruise control sign appears together .Just a second my family had almost died due to vacation time in august,2025.I cant believe that is brand new subaru ascent touring 2024 I purchased from march ,2024. We found subaru dealership at las vegas ,na but technician of there responded to me that : they dont know exhaust button number and they are not sure my car still safe or not safety when I am driving on the...
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highway, (my family has 7 peoples from [[redacted]] old to [[redacted]] old ,we had to sleep at gas station over 2 nights with out electronic,..) They answered to me that : they can not fix it. Their answer made me scared because we need to a car go back home .We can not drive it anymore ,i decided trade it to chevrolet to purchase other brand new car on aughust 9,2025 to back home. I wanted to subaru manufacture must be responsible to my new expenses vehicle like insurance higher, loan interest higher. The car only 14,823 miles, I spoke to salesmanager at my dealership and requested refund but he did not have resolve to me and keeping quiet until now.If my whole family die from subaru corporation from their technology error,who will return our life? Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6)
Subaru Ascent engine complaints by year
Ascent engine problems, every yearSource: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) complaints and recalls, checked . Complaints are owners' own reports and are not verified. How we use the data