10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
129,000 miles

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problem #3

Sep 162020

Outback

  • 146,000 miles
Air bag light is on (A02) faulty occupancy detection sensors in right front seat. Bottom seat frame would have to be replaced to resolve issues

- Tasley, VA, USA

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problem #2

Aug 202020

Outback

  • 111,000 miles
Vehicle rear ended vehicle in front because of brake failure/potential acceleration at approximately 35mph. This happened in rainy conditions, which my wife had noticed many weeks before. Subsequently, we found these recalls: And lawsuit https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/Subaru/Outback/2012/reliability https://www.classaction.org/news/class-action-claims-Subaru-concealed-sudden-acceleration-defect-in-forester-legacy-Outback-models#:~:text=new%20jersey-,Subaru%20of%20america%2C%20inc.,from%20A%20sudden%20acceleration%20defect.

- Hudson, FL, USA

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problem #1

Dec 102017

Outback

  • 130,000 miles
Cold rainy morning, I started the car for the first time with no one in the passenger seat. The airbag light came on and stayed on, the passenger seatbelt light is on and car is dinging like someone in the passenger seat is not wearing a seat belt. Does not turn off when seat belt is clipped. I take it to the dealership and they say it's a bad electrostatic capacitance sensor ods. The 'part' aka replacing the whole seat is $900. Same year of Subaru that they recalled this part in the impreza. NHTSA recall no. : 15V-419

- Denton, TX, USA

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