Subaru Outback problems, by model year and system
3,793 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Subaru Outback 2018–2027, and the 3 systems the record is deep on — visibility and wiper (1,484), electrical (1,074), engine (187). Each system has a page across the years; 8 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.
The systems the record is deep on
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsVisibility and wiper problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →
Subaru Outback complaints, year by system
Source: NHTSA complaint database| Model year | visibility and wiper | electrical | engine |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 0 in all | — | — | — |
| 2026 16 in all | — | 5 | — |
| 2025 81 in all | 6 | 14 | 6 |
| 2024 102 in all | 22 | 16 | 7 |
| 2023 89 in all | 19 | 18 | — |
| 2022 464 in all | 281 | 51 | 23 |
| 2021 296 in all | 107 | 75 | 23 |
| 2020 899 in all | 384 | 261 | 51 |
| 2019 1,034 in all | 390 | 366 | 40 |
| 2018 812 in all | 275 | 268 | 37 |
Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).
Common questions
Source: NHTSA complaint databaseWhich Subaru Outback system draws the most complaints?
Visibility and wiper: 1,484 complaints across 10 model years, 39% of everything owners filed about the Subaru Outback. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.
Which Subaru Outback year has the most complaints?
2019 (1,034), 2020 (899), 2018 (812). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.