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1995 Subaru Outback Owner Complaints

Reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers, shown in full

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Complaints on fileComplaints are reports submitted to NHTSA by owners and drivers. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a complaint does not establish that a defect exists. Volume is influenced by how many of a vehicle were sold, how long it has been on the road, and how much attention an issue has received.
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Latest Jan 8, 2003
Crash or fire reportedComplaints whose submitter recorded that a crash or a fire occurred. These are the reporter's own answers on the NHTSA form, not verified findings.
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Filed in the last 12 monthsReports filed with NHTSA in the trailing 365 days. Recent volume reflects attention and vehicle age as much as anything else.
0
Reports on file since May 19, 2000

What this page shows

Our database holds 2 NHTSA owner-reported complaints for the 1995 Subaru Outback. Each one is a report filed by an owner or driver and published by NHTSA without most of them being verified. A complaint is not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. Narratives are shown exactly as filed.

Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.

Complaints, most recent first

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BrakesDriver assistance
Filed Jan 8, 2003
Crash reported

VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHEN PLACED IN REVERSE. IT HIT A DELIVERY TRUCK AND A PARKED CAR, THEN JUMPED A CONCRETE BARRIER 8" HIGH, AND WENT DOWN AN EMBANKMENT INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A GAS STATION. DRIVER WAS THEN ABLE TO PUT VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED OFF ENGINE, NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED, PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT, REAR BRAKE PADS AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED BECAUSE THE DASH LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE WHILE DRIVING. NLM...*AK

NHTSA ID
10002324
Incident
Dec 1, 2002
Brakes
Filed May 19, 2000

THE BRAKE PEDAL GOES DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND DOES NOT STOP THE VEHICLE DUE TO MASTER CYLINDER FAILURE. YH

NHTSA ID
552326

Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.

Data sources

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