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2025 Subaru Outback: recalls and problems

No recalls and 85 owner complaints on file with NHTSA. The most-reported problem area is forward collision avoidance.

0recalls
85complaints
5crashes reported
2fires reported
1injuries reported

Recalls

NHTSA lists no recalls for the 2025 Subaru Outback. Individual cars can still have open manufacturer campaigns, so check your VIN.

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Most common problems

  • Forward Collision Avoidance22 · 26%
  • Unknown Or Other18 · 21%
  • Lane Departure15 · 18%
  • Electrical System12 · 14%
  • Visibility/Wiper6 · 7%
  • Service Brakes6 · 7%
  • Steering6 · 7%
  • Power Train5 · 6%
  • Engine5 · 6%
  • Back Over Prevention5 · 6%

What owners report

Visibility/Wiper

Sunday morning, xxx. [xxx] had a frost that morning due to cold temperatures, my family and i woke up to go to church that morning and the windshield on my 2025 subaru outback was iced over so i started the car and turned the defroster on. a couple minutes later i got in the car to drive to church and noticed there was a crack in the front windshield starting from the bottom and going halfway up. there was no rock ch

Forward Collision Avoidance

I am writing to complain about the forward crash system breaking being applied in situations that are more dangerous than the potential for no breaking to have been applied. the problem has occurred several times as vehicles are turning from my lane to the right (with approximately 50' between vehicles), it applies the break hard enough to stop me and if there had been a vehicle behind me they would have likely hit

Service Brakes,Lane Departure,Forward Collision Avoidance

Rear automatic braking (rab) system conducted an emergency , neck snapping stop while backing out of a sloped driveway at 9pm local time, zip 94596, walnut creek, california. there was no vehicle traffic, pedestrian traffic or other movements nearby to trigger the rab system. there was a local rescue ambulance parked on another intersecting street, well over 300 feet away, with emergency flashing lights. as the dr

Power Train

The contact owns a 2025 subaru outback. the contact stated that while driving on the freeway in stop-and-go traffic with the automatic braking system activated, the vehicle erroneously reversed and failed to immediately stop while depressing the brake pedal. the contact shifted out of drive(d) and then back to drive(d), and the vehicle stopped. the contact stated that the failure had occurred a second time during a t

Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. They are owner reports and have not been verified.

Crash-test ratings

VersionOverallFrontalSideRollover
2025 Subaru Outback SW AWD★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★

Source: NHTSA recalls, complaints and NCAP APIs, covering OUTBACK, OUTBACK WILDERNESS. Last refreshed 2026-11-15.