2019 Subaru Outback
Complaints about this year name screen far more often than the other years of this generation — 7% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 2.6%.
Last year of its generation. This Subaru Outback ran from 2015 to 2019, so it had the whole run for its faults to be found and fixed. Last years are usually the most sorted of a generation.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 1,032 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 291 |
| Involving a crash | 24 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What owners wrote
BATTERY TOTALLY DEAD UPON ENTERING AND ATTEMPTING TO START. WINDSCREEN COMMENCED TO CRACK WHILE TRAVELING.
Issue with bubbles forming on information/tech screen which then causes it to flick to different screens, and radio stations.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 19V493000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 21V587000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 20V218000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Subaru Outback was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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