24V227000
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER
An air bag that does not deploy during a crash can increase the risk of injury.
2021 SUBARU OUTBACK
4 safety recall campaigns, 408 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints408
Complaints citing a crash21
Complaints citing a fire2
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 4 of 4
23V755000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:PARK/NEUTRAL START INTERLOCK SWITCH
An inoperative inhibitor switch may prevent the reverse lights from illuminating and the rearview camera image from displaying, increasing the risk of a crash.
22V485000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM)
An improperly secured drive chain may slip and break, causing a loss of drive power and increasing the risk of a crash.
21V024000
POWER TRAIN:SHIFT LINKAGE/CABLE/ROD
A loose nut can lead to a lost of retention in the CVT select lever cable and the gear selector not functioning properly, increasing risk of crash.
What owners report most
- 97VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 69ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 63UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 20ENGINE
- 18VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 18FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
- 16AIR BAGS
- 13FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2021 SUBARU OUTBACKs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.