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4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Subaru is recalling 2016-2017 Outback vehicles because a replacement air bag control module may be incompatible, potentially preventing proper passenger air bag deployment.
Subaru is recalling 48,819 Legacy and Outback vehicles because an improperly machined steering column may cause loss of steering control, increasing crash risk.
Subaru is recalling 2016 Legacy and Outback vehicles because improperly tightened nuts may allow the drive shaft to separate, potentially causing a fuel leak and fire.
Subaru is recalling 2015-2016 Legacy and Outback vehicles because a deformed seal cap may allow transmission oil to leak onto the exhaust pipe, creating a fire risk.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
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.
1,455 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
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.