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Subaru Outback

Common Outback problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Subaru Outback carries 35 recall campaigns, 3 of them urgent do-not-drive or park-outside orders. Owners have filed 5,688 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 3 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 11 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

YearRecallsComplaintsRatingFuelReport link
2025066Report
202402Report
2023285Report
20224455Report
20214291Report
20206892Report
201931,030Report
20183805Report
20174917Report
20164639Report
20155506Report