20V001000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
2005 SUBARU OUTBACK
8 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 354 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints354
Complaints citing a crash20
Complaints citing a fire6
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 8
20V003000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
20V002000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An inflator explosion may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
19V297000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
The engine turning off unexpectedly can increase the risk of a crash. If a crash occurs under this condition, the air bag may not deploy, increasing the risk of injury.
15V323000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passenger's frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
14V763000
AIR BAGS
In the event of a crash necessitating deployment of the passengers frontal air bag, the inflator could rupture with metal fragments striking the vehicle occupants potentially resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 36AIR BAGS
- 36SUSPENSION
- 32VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 26ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 22SERVICE BRAKES
- 19SUSPENSION:REAR
- 15EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 14EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2005 SUBARU OUTBACKs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.