Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Subaru Outback.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2012 Subaru Outback. The contact discovered a mileage discrepancy after the pur… |
| 2025-09-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The brake pedal suddenly went almost to the floor while attempting to stop. Researching I found there was a recall. NHT… |
| 2025-08-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I took my Outback to my local highly respectable mechanic on August 20, 2025 as I needed the oil changed and the concer… |
| 2024-11-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Vehicle stalls when stopping. This is a huge safety issue because stalling at intersections can cause accidents. Dealer… |
| 2024-11-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The last incident? I couldn't recover my intentions. (Incidents of random acceleration seem to only happen when I am tu… |
| 2024-10-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When coming to a stop, the car shudders and often stalls just like if you didn't press in the clutch on a manual transm… |
| 2024-10-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While driving on the highway, we were forced to brake swiftly. As a result, the known issue of the torque converter in… |
| 2024-05-19 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Rear four way brake junction is completely corroded and leaking fluid causing a complete loss of braking. This appears … |
| 2024-03-17 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Just after 100k mile service, car began to shutter when slowing and then stalls at stops. Eventually after I leave it i… |
| 2024-02-09 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | Car was involved in a head on collision [XXX] with a concrete exit barrier after being pushed into the lane by a driver… |
| 2024-02-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The car stalls out at stops. It shutters and them stalls like a 5 speed car. I have almost been rear-ended on a couple … |
| 2024-01-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving 65 MPH, the vehicle lost motive power and dece… |
| 2024-01-09 | STEERING | No | 0 | Subframe is rusted out and causing control arm wobble which I cannot control the steering correctly |
| 2023-12-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Couple weeks back while driving on the highway my check engine light came on along with different lights and transmissi… |
| 2023-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | When coming to a quick or hard stop, car will rumble then stall out. To confirm that the issue is transmission based I … |
| 2023-10-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | No issues with the car since I bought it new and was dedicated to regular Maintenance. Less than a week after a regular… |
| 2023-10-14 | WHEELS | No | 0 | Odd noise arising from Front driver side wheel while driving on the interstate at 70mph. No indicator/warning lights/m… |
| 2023-10-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The torque converter is failing at 113,00. It has happened at red lights, but more recently while on a Texas freeway th… |
| 2023-09-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The engine shuts off while driving, especially when switching gears or when braking too hard (such as when traffic ahea… |
| 2023-06-13 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The rear brake lines sprung a leak in a well-known trouble spot with Subarus. The junction area underneath the passeng… |
| 2023-04-04 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Subaru Outback. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the brake pedal was depressed and went… |
| 2023-03-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Coming to a stop, not super hard at a turn light. the engine just died! all the lights started flashing so I put the ca… |
| 2023-03-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKING HARD, THE ENGINE SHUDDERS AND QUITS. WHEN CAR IS PUT IN PARK OR NEUTRAL IT CAN BE STARTED. AT TIME THE E… |
| 2022-09-20 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1. Over the past months at different times the dashboard lights all start flashing the check engine cruise control bre… |
| 2022-09-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Have been driving my car on the interstate for 6 hours and when this problem happened I was in cruise control. Out of n… |
| 2022-07-30 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The vehicle will accelerate all on its own I was pulling into a parking spot and the vehicle just accelerated thank god… |
| 2022-07-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When driving normally on the road the car begins to flash the following lights in the dash( Engine check, Oil Temp Ligh… |
| 2022-07-20 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | My Subaru Outback, at roughly 110,000 miles, displayed a dash indicator suggesting low brake fluid. After investigating… |
| 2022-07-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I own a 2012 Subaru Outback 2.5i Premium. The vehicle has approximately 161k miles. Recently, I have noticed the car be… |
| 2022-06-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | The warning lights stay on constantly. I have changed the mass flow air sensor, O2 sensors, serpentine belt, gas cap, t… |
| 2022-03-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Exhaust pipe cracked - same issue as indicated in Recall WUJ-95. Exhaust fumes leaking could be harmful to those ridin… |
| 2022-02-22 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Subaru Outback. The contact stated she starting the vehicle and there was an abnormal noise com… |
| 2022-02-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Vehicle has always stuttered coming to stops but has began to start stalling. The problem was never diagnosed previous… |
| 2022-01-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Our low mileage car which we bought new and is under 10 years old experienced a complete brake failure in our driveway.… |
| 2022-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | Headlights keep burning out in less than a year. |
| 2021-12-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I own a 2012 Outback 2.5 Limited, which I purchased new from a Subaru dealer in Evanston IL in June 2012. It currently … |
| 2021-11-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | On October 27, 2021 while driving the car a number of vehicle light began flashing. We checked every thing we could an… |
| 2021-10-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Rear view camera stopped working. |
| 2021-09-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I experienced issues with the engine of my 2012 Subaru Outback shutting down at times when coming to a stop, and also s… |
| 2021-09-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | battery drains quickly. had to replace battery three times in two years |
| 2021-08-30 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brakes failed on the highway and it appears to be the brake lines as outlined in a Subaru Brake Line Recall. Of course… |
| 2021-08-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2012 Subaru Outback stalls when braking. It stalls going up hills, on flat roads, after high speeds and after city driv… |
| 2021-08-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Torque Converter issue consistent with Subaru Service Bulletin 16-90-13. Although Subaru issued a service bulletin with… |
| 2021-08-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I was driving to work and applied the brakes to slow the vehicle while descending a hill and the pedal went almost down… |
| 2021-08-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake line failure. Burst under plastic gas tank cover. |
| 2021-07-30 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | This summer, my 2012 Subaru Outback began shuddering and stalling when slowing down. This has happened approaching stop… |
| 2021-06-21 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Good morning. Had to replace 3 car battery in 3 years, can not leave key in Ignition car goes dead, have to jump to… |
| 2021-04-21 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH AND RELEASING THE ACC… |
| 2021-04-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CARD AT THE END OF MARCH AND ONLY FOR ONE WEEK IT REGISTERED THE CAR GOT FIRED AND BURNED WHILE DRIVING … |
| 2021-04-08 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 SUBARU OUTBACK. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THEIR SON WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, W… |