Comments on: MY10 Liberty and Outback Sat Nav Bluetooth Phone Issues Solved – Sort Of!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 09:43:00 +0000

I have the 2010 Liberty Sports Premium. Spent an hour trying to figure out the voice guidance system to dial the phone. I still don’t get it…it either says “Pardon!”, “Dial By Name” or directs me to the only phone number in the car phone book. Doesn’t seem to recognize a single command from the list. Any thoughts out there?

By: Saulius

Saulius — Mon, 14 Feb 2011 08:04:52 +0000

Helen, Michelle, Matt, Norm,

I have the adress book problem with Outback 3.6 and iPhone 4 as well. Did some investigation. The problem is that iPhone and Subaru use different Bluetooth profiles to upload addresses. iPhone uses PBAP, and Subaru uses OPP. My opinion is that Subaru is to blame in this case, because PBAP is better choice to implement the adress book upload function.

The isuue is discussed in detail here:
http://www.subaruoutback.org/forums/69-audio-video-security-navigation/29669-bluetooth-phone-phonebook-download.html

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:31:41 +0000

Michelle, Matt and Norm,

I have had the exact same problem with my iPhone and Liberty Wagon. Glad its not just me, but that doesn’t really help fix the problem!

By: Garry

Garry — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 00:29:50 +0000

My 2010 Liberty with Premium sound unit will allow my Nokia E52 to connect and make calls however the voice from the receiver is severely broken up with words missing and static. The dealer has upgraded the sytem with the new disc but the problem remains. He tested his non Nokia phone on my bluetooth system and it worked perfectly. He then took my Nokia phone to his own private Liberty and the same problem occurred. At this stage he is saying it is a Nokia problem and not a Subaru problem.

By: azzo

azzo — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 23:16:33 +0000

These posts are great as I have a 2010 outback 3.6 premium and the shift from low speed is quite noticable. Like others it seems to be when approaching a slowdown and then you go to accellerate the clunk is very pronounced to a point where I fear it is doing damage. my local dealer tells me it is because of the AWD system but I am not so convinced. Also my iphone 4 has problems during a call but only in the suby. it seems that almost every 60 seconds(literally on the mark of 60 seconds.) I lose call quality with a series of cutouts that last around three seconds and causes me and the other party to have to repeat ourselves and its driving me nuts……
any ideas anyone?

By: Norm

Norm — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 04:16:24 +0000

Michelle and Matt,

I just got a new 2011 Subaru Outback ( is this the same as the Liberty in the USA?) and I also cannot download my phone book in to the the NAV-bluetooth system! It disconnects my bluetooth as soon as I press the download button!

By: Matt

Matt — Sun, 07 Nov 2010 12:29:54 +0000

Michelle, I also have a Liberty wagon. When I attempt to download the phone book my iPhone disconnects as well. I still have the ability to make calls and stream music however no phone book download.
The manual does provide the instructions on how to do it!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 03:03:46 +0000

I have a Liberty 2010 wagon. The bluetooth connects for phone calls but I can’t download my contacts into the phone book. Everytime I press download, the bluetooth disconnects. Has anyone else had this issue? Subaru claim that no phone books can be added and that numbers can only be added manually but I do not believe this as the manual provides instructions on how to do automatic downloads.

By: Bill

Bill — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:50:35 +0000

I have an early Liberty 2010 (Sep) and have had nothing but trouble with the Bluetooth. If they are admitting certain phones then you can add HTC to the list.

By: Ray Jenkins

Ray Jenkins — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 01:12:56 +0000

Went to my dealer yesterday, very nice helpful folk (a country dealership) and they spent hours with me going thru all options.

Turns out my phone worked with all other Subaru’s in the dealership, also the dealers iPhone didn’t work in my car but a Nokia E71 did on this occasion!

Anyhow to cut a long story short, the service manager dropped every other job, took out my sat nav there and then, got the number and is reporting to Subaru Australia and he is getting me another unit.

Looks like I might just have a one off faulty unit.