NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2019 Subaru Outback has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 29, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 Subaru Outback. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 1,036
- Crashes reported
- 24
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 Subaru Outback, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2019 Subaru Outback
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 21V587000
- Reported
- July 29, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 175,968
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2018, 2020 Outback, 7 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump
- Campaign
- 20V218000
- Reported
- April 16, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 188,207
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 3 other models
Structure
- Campaign
- 19V493000
- Reported
- June 26, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,107
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2019 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,036 owner complaints about the 2019 Subaru Outback, the newest on October 10, 2026. Of these, 24 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the electrical system (35%), followed by the visibility/wiper (31%) and the visibility (6%).
None of the 2019 Subaru Outback's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2019 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (470 complaints), the median was 10,188 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System364
- Visibility/Wiper326
- Unknown Or Other204
- Visibility63
- Engine39
- Forward Collision Avoidance36
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 118 | |
| 2020 | 230 | |
| 2021 | 201 | |
| 2022 | 170 | |
| 2023 | 129 | |
| 2024 | 114 | |
| 2025 | 49 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2019 Subaru Outback peaked in 2020, when NHTSA received 230. 70% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Subaru Outback drew 8.4× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2019 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 1,036 complaints about the 2019 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2019 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 10, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted