I hate my wife's 2013 Subaru Outback. It is a terribly designed piece of junk. One of the MAJOR SAFETY FLAWS is that the mechanism that holds the sunglasses holder up is basically designed to fail. And fail often. Then, when it does fail, it is a MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.
 |
| Piece of shit mechanism |
The mechanism to hold up the sunglasses holder on the 2013 Subaru Outback WILL fail and it is a MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE.
 |
| I used duct tape on the inside to "help" keep it up. |
Like everyone that doesn't have the mechanism piece readily available, I tried duct tape. You can see the marks left in the corner where I taped the sunglasses holder up. Very classy Subaru. However, the material of the console doesn't hold duct tape and fails almost immediately. Then, I tried rolling pieces of duct tape and putting them in the mesh point (as seen above) in order to get more friction/hold. This version works better but also fails periodically.
 |
| My savior piece |
It took about 2-3 weeks for my new piece to arrive.
This piece is what I ordered. I ordered two pieces as you can see on the package. $1.79 each. One I immediately installed and this extra piece I put inside the sunglasses holder for my anticipated future failure.
 |
| The sunglasses holder blocks the view for the review mirror |
You can see how the failure of the sunglasses holder blocks the rear view mirror. According to a guy at the Subaru dealer, this issue is not a safety concern, thus there is no re-design or recall.
