NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2017 Subaru Outback has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on December 19, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 919
- Crashes reported
- 32
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Subaru Outback
Air bags: air bag/restraint control module
- Campaign
- 19V910000
- Reported
- December 19, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 46
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Outback
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 16V716000
- Reported
- October 6, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 54
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Suspension
- Campaign
- 16V576000
- Reported
- August 3, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 99
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2017 Subaru Outback
Steering: column
- Campaign
- 16V292000
- Reported
- May 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 48,819
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- NHTSA advisory
- do not drive until repaired
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016 Outback, 1 other model
2017 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 919 owner complaints about the 2017 Subaru Outback, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 32 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the electrical system (43%), followed by the visibility/wiper (22%) and the power train (5%).
None of the 2017 Subaru Outback's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2017 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (516 complaints), the median was 30,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System392
- Visibility/Wiper205
- Unknown Or Other178
- Power Train47
- Engine44
- Visibility30
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 44 | |
| 2018 | 42 | |
| 2019 | 99 | |
| 2020 | 214 | |
| 2021 | 260 | |
| 2022 | 127 | |
| 2023 | 57 | |
| 2024 | 31 | |
| 2025 | 23 | |
| 2026 | 15 |
Complaints about the 2017 Subaru Outback peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 260. 44% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Subaru Outback drew 4.5× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 4th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2017 one of the Subaru Outback years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 919 complaints about the 2017 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2017 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted