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1995 Subaru Outback Problems

Owner-reported complaints filed with NHTSA, grouped by component

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Owner complaintsComplaints 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
Components namedHow many of our component categories appear on at least one report for this model year. One report can name several.
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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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What this page shows

Everything below is an owner-reported complaint submitted to NHTSA about the 1995 Subaru Outback, grouped by the component NHTSA recorded on the report. These are not confirmed defects, and they are not recalls. NHTSA does not verify most reports before publishing them, and a category with more reports in it is not evidence that a part is defective.

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

Reports by component

Ranked by how many owner reports name each component category

  • Brakes266.7%
  • Driver assistance133.3%

Percentages are of component mentions. A single complaint can name more than one component, so these do not sum to the total complaint count.

Each component in detail

What the reports in each category say, in the owners' own words

Brakes

Reports naming service brakes, the antilock braking system, brake hoses, master cylinders or the parking brake.

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reports

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Jan 8, 2003

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

NHTSA ID 552326 · filed May 19, 2000

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

Driver assistance

Reports naming forward-collision avoidance, lane keeping, back-over prevention, cruise control and related electronic driver-assistance systems.

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report

From owner reports, verbatim

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 · filed Jan 8, 2003

Too few reports in this category for a page of its own — they appear in the full complaint list.

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.

Elsewhere on this vehicle

Data sources

Data on this page last refreshed .