NHTSA Safety Recalls
Subaru Recalls
Subaru has 925 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 14 models and 2000–2025 model years. The model with the most is the Legacy, with 189.
Owners have filed 22,498 complaints with NHTSA about the Subaru model years listed here; the most, 1,036, concern the 2019 Outback.
6 Subaru models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 6 of them have at least one year that stands out.
Complaints about Subaru vehicles most often name the electrical system (at least 3,874), then the visibility/wiper (3,141).
The Subaru model with the most owner complaints is the Outback: 9,205 across 24 model years listed here.
The newest Subaru recall here, 26V436000, was reported on July 7, 2026 and concerns the equipment: other: labels.
Subaru recalls most often concern the air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module (392 model-year listings), then the service brakes, hydraulic: foundation components: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings (42).
- Models
- 14
- Recall listings
- 925
- Model years
- 2000–2025
- Pages on file
- 158
campaign × model year
year + model
Subaru models, most recalls first
| Model | Recalls | Years covered |
|---|---|---|
| Subaru Legacy | 189 | 2000–2023(24) |
| Subaru Outback | 189 | 2000–2023(24) |
| Subaru Impreza | 152 | 2000–2024(25) |
| Subaru Forester | 111 | 2002–2025(22) |
| Subaru WRX | 106 | 2002–2023(21) |
| Subaru Tribeca | 65 | 2006–2013(8) |
| Subaru Baja | 41 | 2003–2006(4) |
| Subaru Ascent | 24 | 2019–2025(7) |
| Subaru Crosstrek | 18 | 2013–2024(7) |
| Subaru Wrx Sti | 12 | 2008–2013(6) |
| Subaru Solterra | 8 | 2023–2025(3) |
| Subaru BRZ | 6 | 2013–2022(4) |
| Subaru XV CrossTrek | 3 | 2013–2015(2) |
| Subaru Crosstrek Hybrid | 1 | 2021–2021(1) |
What gets recalled most on Subaru vehicles
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE392
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS42
- FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP39
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH39
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM29
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING23
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH23
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC22
- POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT16
- SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM14
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION14
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE12
Subaru years to avoid, by model
- Subaru Crosstrek2018, 2019
- Subaru Forester2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
- Subaru Impreza2002, 2008, 2012, 2019, 2020
- Subaru Legacy2005, 2015, 2019, 2020
- Subaru Outback2011, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- Subaru WRX2002
Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted