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Subaru Outback · 2000

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·13E065000·2013-11-29

    Airtex Recalls Fuel Pumps for Subaru Outback, Legacy, and Baja

    Airtex is recalling specific aftermarket fuel pumps for Subaru vehicles that may leak fuel when the tank is full, increasing fire risk.

    Product
    SUBARU — SUBARU OUTBACK, LEGACY, BAJA
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2017 · electrical — 381 complaints, median 32,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2019 · electrical — 359 complaints, median 13,563 mi
  • 2020 · visibility — 354 complaints, median 7,216 mi
  • 2019 · visibility — 347 complaints, median 12,000 mi
  • 2016 · electrical — 294 complaints, median 43,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,455 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.4/5 · 12 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2025: 4.0/5 · 76 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 4.7/5 · 2 complaints
  • 2023: 3.7/5 · 89 complaints · most complained-of: visibility
  • 2022: 3.1/5 · 462 complaints · most complained-of: visibility

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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