2024 Subaru Outback problems
Owners have filed 151 complaints about the 2024 Subaru Outback with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 15.2% of them, narrowly the most common, ahead of visibility/wiper at 14.6%. A further 19.2% were filed without a specific system named.
What owners report breaking
Of those complaints, 10 describe a crash, 4 describe a fire and 7 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 28 model years of the Subaru Outback in this data, 2024 sits 22nd by complaint volume. 2019 draws the most.
Filings are rising, 140 in the last three years against 11 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 2,800 miles.
In owners' own words
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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