Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2008 Subaru Outback.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-07-14 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Lost use of my brakes. Could have been killed. Recall WQK-47 was improperly addressed by using rust inhibitor as band-a… |
| 2025-06-28 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The dash pad in the 2005 to 2009 Subaru Legacy and Outback models have a very common problem of deteriorating to where … |
| 2025-01-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Due to a known manufacturing defect in the automatic transmission acknowledged in TSB 16-74-09 the driveability of my v… |
| 2024-03-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Car caught on fire I was driving heard a weird gurgle came home got out and it burst in to flames almost caught my hous… |
| 2022-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brakes failed suddenly while on the highway. Virtually no braking available. This could have easily resulted in death… |
| 2022-04-10 | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving approximately 30 MPH, the passenger’s side air… |
| 2022-03-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake pedal became less firm, and less effective, and Brake warning light came on. I was able to park my Outback, and s… |
| 2022-01-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Airbag dashboard warning light stayed on while driving on 1/31/2022 and 2/1/2022. Dealer (Autofair Subaru in Haverhill … |
| 2021-10-05 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | When I braked downhill the main brake line, from front to rear, ruptured underneath in the middle of the Subaru. This c… |
| 2021-06-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The Rear Gate Harness wires that are in the grommet wear and break from the rear gate going up and down. This issue has… |
| 2021-06-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake line ruptured suddenly. Thankfully it happened at slow speed. Had just enough braking power to make it to the s… |
| 2021-05-11 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO AIRBAG SAFETY RECALL. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WERE DIFFICUL… |
| 2021-04-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | VEHICLE HAD RECALL IN 2014 DUE TO CORRODED BRAKE LINES. THEY COULD EITHER SPRAY IT WITH ANTI CORROSIVE SPRAY OR REPLAC… |
| 2021-03-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving at 40 MPH and attempting to make a turn downhi… |
| 2021-02-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving 30 mph, the check engine warning light illumin… |
| 2021-01-14 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | MY 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK IS ON ITS SECOND AUTOMATIC CLIMATE CONTROL UNIT/CD PLAYER (IT IS AN INTEGRATED SYSTEM). A FEW WE… |
| 2021-01-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | I EASED INTO A PARKING SPOT, STEPPED ON THE BRAKE, AND PUT THE GEARSHIFT INTO PARK. AS SOON AS I SHIFTED THE CAR LUNGE… |
| 2020-11-09 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP OVER HEAT. |
| 2020-09-07 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE BRAKE LINES SHOW EVIDENCE OF CORROSION WITH ONE LEAKING FLUID. MY DTR WAS DRIVING TO FL AND NOTED EXCESS BRAKE PED… |
| 2020-09-03 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | CORRODED BRAKE LINE FAILURE. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT 20 MPH EXITING HIGHWAY RIGHT SIDE REAR AT JUNCTION BLOCK ABOVE GA… |
| 2020-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING IN BLOOMINGTON, THE BRAKE LINES FAILED. MANAGED TO PULL OVER INTO A MALL PARKING LOT. BRAKE FLUID POURED … |
| 2020-06-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RUST AND CORROSION HAS RESULTED IN A BRAKE LINE FAILURE AND LOSS OF BRAKING POWER.THIS HAPPENED AT LOW SPEED IN A PARKI… |
| 2020-05-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | [2008 SUBARU OUTBACK WITH 82,000 MILES, TAKADA AIRBAG REPLACEMENT JULY 2020]. AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT (RED) ILLUMINATED O… |
| 2020-04-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | THE TIMING BELT FAILED PREMATURELY. IT HAD BEEN REPLACED AT 70K MILES AND FAILED AT 140K MILES ON THE SECOND BELT WHICH… |
| 2020-01-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT CALLED ON BEHALF OF HIS GIRLFRIEND WHO OWNS A 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING AT 20 MPH, THE BRAKE P… |
| 2020-01-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Four Subaru dealership licensed service centers in Maine and New Hampshire have had for some 8 weeks my Outback to eval… |
| 2019-07-23 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DRIVING AT 70 MILES AN HOUR ON I95 IN PROVIDENCE RHODE ISLAND, TAPPED THE BREAK TO KEEP KEEP SAFE DISTANCE FROM CAR IN … |
| 2019-05-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | MY CAR WAS TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED WHEN I EXPERIENCED A SUDDEN AND COMPLETE LOSS OF BRAKING WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNIN… |
| 2019-05-18 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION GOING 45 MPH. I SLOWED DOWN TO STOP AT A STOP LIGHT AND THE ABS LIGHT BEGAN TO FLASH ON AND O… |
| 2019-03-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THIS ISSUE IS ON THE TOPIC OF A RECALL: "BRAKE PIPE CORROSION" NHTSA CAMPAIGN: 14V311000 SUBARU SERVICE CAMPAIGN: WQ… |
| 2019-03-15 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET WHEN I LOST BRAKING POWER. I WAS ABLE TO SLOW THE CAR DOWN TO A STOP AND GET IT TOWED T… |
| 2019-03-09 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING HOME, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR THEN LIGHT CAME ON. TRIED BRAKE FLUID AND GUSHED OUT. INCHED TO NEARBY MIDAS … |
| 2019-01-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2008 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed and attempting to depr… |
| 2018-11-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND TRAVELED TO THE FLO… |
| 2018-11-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE LINES CORRODED, FAILED STATE INSPECTION. BRAKE LINES HAD BEEN SERVICE UNDER SUBARU RECALL TWICE AND SPRAYED WITH… |
| 2018-10-02 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH AN INTERMITTENT AIRBAG LIGHT ILLUMINATING, INDICATING AN ISSUE WITH THE AIRBAG SYSTEM. SP… |
| 2018-08-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE FOR BRAKE LINE, TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY APPLIED ANTI CORRESIVE. APPROX 16 MONTHS LATER BRAKE LIN… |
| 2018-08-25 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | STICKY, MELTING DASHBOARD, SHINY AND REFLECTIVE IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT CREATING VISIBILITY PROBLEMS, UNSURE HOW IT WILL REA… |
| 2018-07-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CAR CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, ALONG WITH TRACTION LIGHT ON, CRUISE LIGHT ON. CAN'T SHUT ANY OFF. CAR ACTUALLY GETS VERY HO… |
| 2018-06-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | I WAS STOPPED ON A SIDE STREET, WAITING FOR A TRAFFIC LIGHTTIP CHANGE AROUND 9:50AM ON SUNDAY, JUNE 17, IN DENVER, CO. … |
| 2018-06-13 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY CAR IN 2016 THERE WAS A RECALL ON AIRBAGS, THEY FIXED IT BEFORE I BOUGHT IT, BUT MY AIRBAG LIGHT HAS BEEN G… |
| 2018-06-04 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AFTER PASSENGER AIR BAG REPLACEMENT AIRBAG LIGHT WOULD COME ON INTERMITTENTLY. NOW AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON. ALSO FOUND MO… |
| 2018-04-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2008 SUBARU OUTBACK. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG RECALL. CONSUMER STATES THAT VEHICLE WAS TOTAL… |
| 2018-03-31 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKES FAILED AT A STOPLIGHT WHILE BRAKING FOR A RED LIGHT. BRAKES FAILED AT APPROXIMATELY 10MPH. BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED… |
| 2018-02-18 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT SYSTEM IS ON INTERMITTENTLY, ESPECIALLY FOLLOWING COLD WEATHER. KEYWORDS: "SUBARU CODE 26 AIRBAG"… |
| 2018-01-27 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA AIR BAG RELATED. WE REPLACED THE RECALLED PASSENGER TAKATA AIRBAG A WHILE AGO, AND AT THE SAME TIME PAID $297.… |
| 2017-12-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" I UNDERSTAND THAT I MAY BE DRIVING A CAR WITH THESE AIRBAGS AND THAT THEY MAY CAUSE SERIOUS DAMAGE OR … |
| 2017-11-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED, ON THE ROAD, PROBLEM SHIFTING, I WANT TO KNOW IF THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL. I COULD FIND THE PLA… |
| 2017-10-23 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIRBAG REPLACED AS PER RECALL, BUT NOT LONG THERAFTER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT WENT ON AND WON'T GO OFF. APPARENTLY, THIS IS A… |
| 2017-08-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | SUBARU HAS AN EXTREMELY COMMON FAULTY WIRING ISSUE WITH AN LED PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD THAT IS PART OF THE AIRBAG WARNING… |