NHTSA Safety Recalls
2014 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2014 Subaru Outback has 10 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 2, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2014 Subaru Outback. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 10
- Owner complaints
- 208
- Crashes reported
- 14
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2014 Subaru Outback, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
10 recalls on the 2014 Subaru Outback
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V001000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 258,813
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2013 Outback, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V002000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 127,547
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2013 Outback, 6 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V003000
- Reported
- January 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 111,562
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2003–2013 Outback, 6 other models
Electrical system: ignition: switch
- Campaign
- 19V297000
- Reported
- April 11, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 511
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2013 Outback, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V007000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 43,394
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Outback, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V008000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 330,120
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Outback, 5 other models
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 19V009000
- Reported
- January 9, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 452,630
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Outback, 5 other models
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 18V626000
- Reported
- September 13, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 27,175
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Outback, 1 other model
Visibility: windshield wiper/washer: motor
- Campaign
- 16V694000
- Reported
- September 27, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 592,647
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2013 Outback, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 13V336000
- Reported
- August 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 202
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2014 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 208 owner complaints about the 2014 Subaru Outback, the newest on July 2, 2026. Of these, 14 describe a crash (7%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 21 injuries.
In complaints about the 2014 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the air bags (18%), followed by the engine (17%) and the electrical system (15%).
6 of the 2014 Subaru Outback's 10 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2014 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (151 complaints), the median was 36,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags38
- Engine35
- Electrical System32
- Power Train25
- Service Brakes22
- Unknown Or Other22
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 27 | |
| 2015 | 25 | |
| 2016 | 12 | |
| 2017 | 24 | |
| 2018 | 25 | |
| 2019 | 45 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 9 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2014 Subaru Outback peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 45. 43% arrived between 2013 and 2017, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2014 vehicles, the 2014 Subaru Outback drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 12th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 208 complaints about the 2014 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2014 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: July 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted