NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2002 Subaru Outback has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 16, 2004.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Subaru Outback. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 143
- Crashes reported
- 9
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
side crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Subaru Outback, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2002 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 2001, 2003–2004 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 2000–2001, 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 2001, 2003 Outback, 4 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: master cylinder
- Campaign
- 02V079000
- Reported
- March 12, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,252
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 13E065000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001, 2003–2004 Outback, 2 other models
2002 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 143 owner complaints about the 2002 Subaru Outback, the newest on October 3, 2018. Of these, 9 describe a crash (6%); owners reported 11 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (19%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (16%) and the power train (14%).
1 of the 2002 Subaru Outback's 5 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2002 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (88 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic27
- Fuel System, Gasoline23
- Power Train20
- Engine And Engine Cooling17
- Vehicle Speed Control12
- Structure10
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17 | |
| 2003 | 23 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 10 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Subaru Outback peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 23. 48% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Subaru Outback drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 16th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 143 complaints about the 2002 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2002 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 3, 2018. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted