Model years Subaru Outback Wilderness
2024 Subaru Outback Wilderness
Complaints about this year name driving far more often than the model's other years — 41% of them, about 103× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 87 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 1 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 0 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- windshield — 22% of complaints, 55× usual
- other — 20% of complaints, 49× usual
- safety — 18% of complaints, 46× usual
What owners wrote
I have owned the car for one year. In that time, three repairs have been made to the windshield including one full windshield replacement that was completed today (Feb 15, 2024). The OEM windshield has a clear tendency to break/crack under typical road conditi…
While driving, a pop-up advertisement for SiriusXM appeared on my vehicle’s head-unit screen. The ad covered important display areas and required visual attention to dismiss, creating an unnecessary distraction. This unexpected interruption diverted my focus f…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Subaru Outback Wilderness was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
Own a 2024 Subaru Outback Wilderness? What happened to yours?
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