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Subaru problems by model year
What Subaru owners report to NHTSA, year by year, with the service bulletins, recalls and repairs that fit. Pick a model year.
Each bar is the owner complaints on file with NHTSA for that model year. NHTSA has no sales count, so a bigger bar may only mean more cars were sold. Do not use it to rank models.
A model year gets a page when it has 200 or more complaints on file. 61 other Subaru model years with recalls have fewer, so they are not listed.
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Outback
2010 to 2022 · 7,404 complaints · 48 recalls · most reported: electrical system
Only model years with 200 or more complaints are listed. 1 other year has fewer.
- 2022465 complaints4 recalls
- 2021299 complaints4 recalls
- 2020902 complaints6 recalls
- 20191,036 complaints3 recalls
- 2018816 complaints3 recalls
- 2017921 complaints4 recalls
- 2016643 complaints4 recalls
- 2015510 complaints5 recalls
- 2014208 complaints10 recalls
- 2013297 complaints12 recalls
- 2012294 complaints16 recalls
- 2011653 complaints16 recalls
- 2010360 complaints18 recalls
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Forester
2010 to 2019 · 3,621 complaints · 26 recalls · most reported: visibility and wipers
Only model years with 200 or more complaints are listed. 8 other years have fewer.
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Impreza
2012 to 2013 · 494 complaints · 6 recalls · most reported: air bags
Only model years with 200 or more complaints are listed. 13 other years have fewer.
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Crosstrek
2019 · 285 complaints · 8 recalls · most reported: visibility and wipers
Only model years with 200 or more complaints are listed. 11 other years have fewer.
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Source: NHTSA complaint files, checked October 29, 2026. Counts are owner reports as filed.