2024 Subaru Outback: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 111 complaints
111
Total Complaints
1,900mi
Median Mileage
VISIBILITY/WIPER
Top Issue
9
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

1,000 25th Percentile
1,900 Median Mileage
3,246 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

VISIBILITY/WIPER
18
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
18
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
11
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
7
STEERING
5
ENGINE
5
POWER TRAIN
5
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
4
SERVICE BRAKES
3
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
3

Severity Assessment

9
Crashes
2
Fires
7
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The moon roof shattered. Have not even had the vehicle two days yet. It was fine yesterday (5/26/2023). Went out this afternoon (5/27/2023) and found the moon roof completely shattered and fractured. There is a hole near the rear center and fractures covering the entire moon roof window. We had..."
"while backing into a parking spot between 2 cars in a parking lot the reverse auto braking engaged. when going into forward the car accelerated and crashed into cement wall about 10-15 feet ahead. Just occurred so no other info available."
"while backing into a parking spot between 2 cars in a parking lot the reverse auto braking engaged. when going into forward the car accelerated and crashed into cement wall about 10-15 feet ahead. Just occurred so no other info available."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28