NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2020 Subaru Outback has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 22, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Subaru Outback. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 901
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Subaru Outback, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2020 Subaru Outback
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification: front passenger
- Campaign
- 24V227000
- Reported
- March 22, 2024
- Vehicles affected
- up to 118,723
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2022 Outback, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 22V485000
- Reported
- July 8, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 182
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Outback, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
- Campaign
- 21V955000
- Reported
- December 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 198,255
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
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 2018–2019 Outback, 7 other models
Back over prevention: display function
- Campaign
- 20V766000
- Reported
- December 10, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,741
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 19V664000
- Reported
- September 18, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,467
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2020 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 901 owner complaints about the 2020 Subaru Outback, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 19 describe a crash (2%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (35%), followed by the electrical system (29%) and the visibility (8%).
None of the 2020 Subaru Outback's 6 recalls concerns the visibility/wiper.
Where 2020 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (444 complaints), the median was 5,700 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility/Wiper313
- Electrical System259
- Unknown Or Other152
- Visibility70
- Engine49
- Forward Collision Avoidance49
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 244 | |
| 2021 | 284 | |
| 2022 | 176 | |
| 2023 | 74 | |
| 2024 | 59 | |
| 2025 | 27 | |
| 2026 | 21 |
Complaints about the 2020 Subaru Outback peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 284. 88% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Subaru Outback drew 11× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 1st highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2020 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 901 complaints about the 2020 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2020 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted