Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-09-22 | 22V712000 |
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | 42 | — | Details |
| 2022-07-01 | 22V473000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM) | 15 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2022 Subaru Outback. The contact stated after starting the vehicle and driving at an undisclosed spe… |
| 2026-02-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I have multiple malfunction codes on my car. without any incident in the car I have 4 separate codes of airbag ECU malf… |
| 2026-02-10 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH | No | 0 | Hood became unlatched while driving. Significant vehicle damage to hood, windshield and roof. No other vehicles invol… |
| 2025-12-26 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | - Engine failure. Yes. - At a stop light the auto-restart function failed, following this event the vehicle began maki… |
| 2025-12-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Car infortainment system producing annoying and distracting advertisements while driving, overriding the the entire inf… |
| 2025-12-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I experienced two serious electrical failures within a few days that caused the vehicle to stall without warning. At No… |
| 2025-12-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | the screen will just not come on or cut out and not turn on after a call or text comes in. Sometimes it says no AUX det… |
| 2025-11-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I am writing to report what I believe is a significant ergonomic issue with my vehicle. Every time I drive the car—eve… |
| 2025-11-14 | STRUCTURE:BODY:HATCHBACK/LIFTGATE | No | 1 | I opened the trunk door went to retrieve my groceries and the trunk door came down with extreme force on the top of my … |
| 2025-10-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Driving on the highway, engine started making a rattling noise, then began to labor and eventually stopped being able t… |
| 2025-10-04 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Windshield spontaneously cracked while parked in driveway. Have nest cam footage of crack. |
| 2025-09-27 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING | No | 0 | On September 27, 2025 at approximately 1:15 PM, I was traveling southbound on Minnesota 371 just north of Nisswa, Minne… |
| 2025-09-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2022 Subaru Outback. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy. Th… |
| 2025-08-18 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | A crack on my windshield has appeared overnight out of nowhere, with no indication of impact or external damage. The ca… |
| 2025-08-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I have an 2022 Outback that has 29000 miles and have had 2 windshield replacements. And now on my third, from rock chip… |
| 2025-08-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | My Subaru Outback 2022 experienced a failure of the Supplemental Restraint System (SRS) sensors, resulting in the airba… |
| 2025-08-06 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I bought my car in 2023 and it has less than 30,000 miles on it. Since purchase, I have had to replace the windshield T… |
| 2025-07-12 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | Brake Rotor and Pad issues at 10k, 20k, 30k, and 44k. Severe damage to the Brake Rotor with bad gauging present. OEM pa… |
| 2025-07-12 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Windshield requires replacement with slightest rock hit to it- (2) replacements in first six months of car ownership |
| 2025-07-04 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I was outraged that my 2022 Subaru Outback on July 4, 2025 while the vehicle was parked and stationary in a secured ga… |
| 2025-06-21 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | The front windshield spontaneously cracked during use of windshield wipers. Resulted in multiple cracks from top center… |
| 2025-06-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | We had had no issues at all with our 2022 Subaru Outback until June 2025. Mileage at the time of the incident was appro… |
| 2025-05-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | While stopped at a yield sign waiting for traffic to clear so I may proceed with my left turn, I stepped on the acceler… |
| 2025-05-11 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | My windshield just cracked by itself without hitting anything. This is really frustrating. |
| 2025-05-07 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Front windshield spontaneously cracked without incident right where the rearview mirror is attached. |
| 2025-04-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Small rocks cause very large cracks across windshield. Windshield seems brittle or fragile. |
| 2025-03-14 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Sunroof shattered while driving 45mph on a city street. It was not hit by anything we could see, nor was there any debr… |
| 2025-02-18 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | 2022 Subaru Outback with 22, 000 miles. Car had been in my garage overnight. I drove to our local recreation center on… |
| 2025-02-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My front windshield has cracked twice in the span of 2 years. August 2023 and recently Feb 2025. Bought the car from a … |
| 2025-02-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2ND time car won't start. First time was 6m ago, pulled battery, tested, bad, replaced battery. Getting ready to charg… |
| 2025-01-27 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Winsdshield cracking and breaking easily. Windshield was replaced in 2023 due to a crack that spread over the whole win… |
| 2025-01-26 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | The vehicle’s windshield developed a 8-10 inch crack due to most likely temperature changes. Seems like a known issue f… |
| 2025-01-17 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The front rotor warp excessively causing the brake pedal and the entire car to shake uncontrollably. The entire front b… |
| 2025-01-12 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I noticed a metal sound when I accelerated then the car jerked forward a few times. Shortly afterwards, ~5 min, the das… |
| 2025-01-11 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2022 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that while starting the vehicle in the morning, she became a… |
| 2025-01-10 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Front windshield glass developed spontaneous crack. Originating on the drivers side approximately 8 inches up from the… |
| 2025-01-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The Thermo control valve on the vehicle failed. This has been such a consistent problem, that Subaru has extended the … |
| 2025-01-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The component that failed is the cowl panel weather stripping/seal located at the base of the windshield on my 2022 Sub… |
| 2024-12-04 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | I was driving on the interstate, with no cars around me and I heard the windshield crack, the crack went from 3 inches … |
| 2024-12-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The car has been to the dealership five times for electrical/computer issues. First the main dash UI computer screen w… |
| 2024-11-24 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | In November we used the car for a road trip and returned to our home in Snellville, GA on [XXX] parked the car, unloade… |
| 2024-11-14 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Have second deep crack with light rock impact in less than one year |
| 2024-10-27 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Windshield has a crack. There is no external force, neither accident happened |
| 2024-10-18 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | DEFECTIVE WINDSHIELDS: COSTLY REPAIR: I purchased this car when it was 9 months old with 7800 miles on it. I now hav… |
| 2024-10-07 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Front windshield cracked while vehicle was parked after a car wash. Crack started from the center bottom outside, from … |
| 2024-10-05 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Windshield cracked without warning and with no impact. Crack rapidly propagated and sounded like glass was going to bre… |
| 2024-09-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Automatic auto off-on began to fail and car didn't start well. I began to disable the automatic auto on off while driv… |
| 2024-09-25 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Merging off the interstate at a speed of 75mph onto an off ramp at 7pm with 4 adults in the car and when I started brak… |
| 2024-09-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I came out this morning and I have a crack in my windshield that goes from the bottom of the glass up and over to towar… |
| 2024-09-21 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Windshield cracked without any external impact. There was no crack when we parked the car in the evening, but the next … |