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Subaru Outback problems by year
Owner complaints filed with NHTSA for each model year, with the number of safety recalls. Tap a year for the breakdown by component and mileage.
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- Complaints are unverified owner reports. NHTSA does not confirm each one.
- No denominator: popular cars get more complaints. Counts are not failure rates; a best-seller will show more reports than a rare model.
Complaints per model year
Bars: owner complaints (each complaint counted once). "rec." = safety recalls. Most complaints: 2019 (1,036).
2010360 · 18 rec.2011
652 · 16 rec.2012
294 · 16 rec.2013
297 · 12 rec.2014
208 · 10 rec.2015
510 · 5 rec.2016
643 · 4 rec.2017
919 · 4 rec.2018
815 · 3 rec.2019
1,036 · 3 rec.2020
900 · 6 rec.2021
298 · 4 rec.2022
465 · 4 rec.
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