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.
2012 SUBARU OUTBACK
16 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 368 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns16
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints368
Complaints citing a crash19
Complaints citing a fire11
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 16
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.
19V007000
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.
19V009000
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
- 102POWER TRAIN
- 50ENGINE
- 39AIR BAGS
- 35ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 34SERVICE BRAKES
- 24UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 16EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 9STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 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.