NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Subaru Outback Recalls
The 2022 Subaru Outback has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 22, 2024.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 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
- 465
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2022 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 2022 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 2020–2021 Outback, 1 other model
Power train: automatic transmission: park/neutral start interlock switch
- Campaign
- 23V755000
- Reported
- November 9, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 95,830
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021, 2023 Outback, 3 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 22V712000
- Reported
- September 22, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 212, windshield mounting
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: engine control module (ecu/ecm)
- Campaign
- 22V473000
- Reported
- July 1, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2022 Subaru Outback
2022 Subaru Outback complaints by year
NHTSA has received 465 owner complaints about the 2022 Subaru Outback, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (2%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2022 Subaru Outback, the component group named most often is the visibility/wiper (55%), followed by the electrical system (11%) and the visibility (6%).
1 of the 2022 Subaru Outback's 4 recalls also concerns the visibility.
Where 2022 Subaru Outback owners gave the mileage (39 complaints), the median was 13,947 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Visibility/Wiper255
- Unknown Or Other87
- Electrical System52
- Visibility26
- Engine23
- Forward Collision Avoidance23
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 184 | |
| 2023 | 125 | |
| 2024 | 69 | |
| 2025 | 35 | |
| 2026 | 33 |
Complaints about the 2022 Subaru Outback peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 184. 93% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Subaru Outback drew 4.2× the complaints of the median Subaru Outback year in the same window: 5th highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2022 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 465 complaints about the 2022 Subaru Outback are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Subaru Outback by model year
Other 2022 Subaru models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted