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.
2009 SUBARU OUTBACK
13 safety recall campaigns, 142 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns13
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations0
Owner complaints142
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire4
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 13
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.
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.
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.
18V012000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An explosion of an inflator within the passenger frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the front seat passenger, driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
18V013000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:PASSENGER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
An explosion of an inflator within the passenger frontal air bag module may result in sharp metal fragments striking the front seat passenger, driver or other occupants resulting in serious injury or death.
What owners report most
- 30AIR BAGS
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 15ENGINE
- 9EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 8VISIBILITY/WIPER
- 7FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 6UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 5POWER TRAIN
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2009 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.