Subaru Solterra: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the Solterra, through the years →

Solterra sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the Solterra on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Subaru Solterra

Across every Solterra model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Forward Collision Avoidance14 complaints across all Solterra years · typical job: Radar or camera module replacement and calibration$780–$2,160
• Electrical System14 complaints across all Solterra years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Unknown Or Other11 complaints across all Solterra years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
• Vehicle Speed Control9 complaints across all Solterra years · typical job: Throttle body, pedal sensor or cruise module replacement$520–$1,150
• Service Brakes4 complaints across all Solterra years · typical job: Pads, rotors and caliper service, both axles$580–$1,140
• Lane Departure3 complaints across all Solterra years · typical job: Camera module replacement and calibration$680–$1,700

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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