NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2001 Subaru Outback has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 16, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Subaru Outback. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 171
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
On a 2001 Subaru Outback, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2001 Subaru Outback
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 04V128000
- Reported
- March 16, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,580
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2004 Outback, 2 other models
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 03V153000
- Reported
- April 22, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 170,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2003 Outback, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 02V282000
- Reported
- October 30, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 172,564
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Outback, 4 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 13E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002–2004 Outback, 2 other models
2001 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 171 owner complaints about the 2001 Subaru Outback, the newest on May 8, 2019. Of these, 16 describe a crash (9%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the fuel system, gasoline (15%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (15%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2001 Subaru Outback's 4 recalls also concerns the fuel system, gasoline.
Where 2001 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (100 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel System, Gasoline26
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic25
- Power Train23
- Engine And Engine Cooling22
- Suspension19
- Vehicle Speed Control17
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 24 | |
| 2003 | 29 | |
| 2004 | 13 | |
| 2005 | 20 | |
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 11 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 4 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Subaru Outback peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 29. 46% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Subaru Outback drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 15th highest of the 23 ranked years.
The 171 complaints about the 2001 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2001 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: May 8, 2019. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted