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2011 Outback 2.5, 129,000 miles, well maintained. Today I was 50 miles from home idling in traffic on the freeway when my 2011 Outback engine abruptly died. Plenty of fuel! All of the dash indicator lights came on. The engine would crank fast but would not start. I had to push the car to the shoulder. For the next two hours i intermittently attempted to restart with no joy (I made a video with my smartphone to prove that I am not hallucinating or fabricating the story). Then after two hours, the car started and I was able to drive back home at freeway speed without incident. This is the 5th time in two months this has happened. Always when I am stopped (not rolling or inching along), with the car in "drive," There does not appear to be any relationship to how long or how far I have driven before the problem occurs, other than the engine is at operating temperature. The car has been transported twice to two different dealers in my area for this "engine dies, won't restart" problem. Both times the dealers reported that the car started fine for them (hours after the car was left with them). No codes, test drove fine, fuel pump and electrical systems test fine. The dealer has now asked for me to leave the car with them "for a few days" (with no offer of a courtesy vehicle) while they work with a factory engineer to try to isolate the problem. The dealers service department tells me no one has ever heard of or seen a problem like this before. My current strategy is to just wait 2 to 4 hours after the engine dies, wherever I am, and then the car will start and I can drive on. This problem has been most inconvenient to say the least. And now I simply find it intolerable because I find the car to be wholly unreliable. 6 months ago I had the 120,000 major service performed at the local dealer and all of the recommended parts replaced and or systems serviced =$1,000. 4 months ago the thermostat failed and the car overheated and blew a head gasket. $2700 later the dealer reported that everything was good to go. The car is under 5 years old and this year I have spent over $5,500 in parts, tires and repairs this past year. Now the car is completely unreliable and I have lost more than 10 days of valuable time because of these most recent failures. My family has had 4 Subarus. I was the biggest fan - until this! Can anyone help?