2025 Subaru Outback
Model year 2025: every recall NHTSA’s file names for it, the complaints owners made to NHTSA, and its crash ratings.
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The short answer
From NHTSA’s files, copied Oct 20, 2026.
A recall covers the vehicles it names, by build date where NHTSA gives one. Your VIN says which are open on yours.
Is your vehicle in one of these recalls?
No public file says which recalls are still open on one vehicle. NHTSA’s lookup does, from its VIN.
The VIN goes to NHTSA, never to Hearth Record.
What recalls name it?
No recall in NHTSA’s file names the 2025 Subaru Outback. That isn’t a clean bill of health: a recall can come later, or name it another way. Your VIN says for certain.
NHTSA, Recalls flat file. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
What have owners told NHTSA?
83 complaints to NHTSA, received from Nov 14, 2024 to Oct 18, 2026.
- 5 complaints told of a crash, and 2 complaints of a fire.
- Together they report 1 person injured and no deaths.
- Complaints are owners’ own reports, not findings: NHTSA reads them to decide what to look into. Only their counts are kept here; no complaint’s words or owner are read.
NHTSA, Owner complaints flat files. Released Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily.
How did it do in crash tests?
NHTSA rated 2 versions of the 2025 Subaru Outback: 5 stars overall.
NHTSA’s 5-Star Safety Ratings, in whole stars. NHTSA’s safety concerns are shown beneath the stars they qualify, as NHTSA asks.
NHTSA, 5-Star Safety Ratings. Released Aug 7, 2026. Updated monthly.
| Version | Overall | Frontal crash | Side crash | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outback, SW, AWD | 5 stars | 5 starsDriver 5, passenger 4 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | 4 starsA 18.5% chance of rolling over; no tip |
| Outback Wilderness, SW, AWD | Not rated | 5 starsDriver 5, passenger 4 | 5 starsSide pole 5 | Not rated |
NHTSA lists no safety concern for any version rated here.
Safety technology, as NHTSA lists it for each version
Outback, AWD
- Forward collision warning: standard & optional.
- Lane departure warning: standard.
- Crash imminent braking: standard & optional.
- Dynamic brake support: standard & optional.
Outback Wilderness, AWD
- Forward collision warning: standard.
- Lane departure warning: standard.
- Crash imminent braking: standard.
- Dynamic brake support: standard.
What the record doesn’t say
- Which recalls are still open on one vehicle: only NHTSA’s lookup, with its VIN, says that.
- Ratings are for the versions NHTSA tested. Other cabs, engines and drives can rate differently.
- How serious each complaint was, or whether it was confirmed: complaints aren’t findings.
Hearth Record wrote these lines.
Sources
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Recalls flat file (FLAT_RCL_POST_2010).
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Owner complaints flat files.
Released Oct 20, 2026 and checked Oct 20, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
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National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 5-Star Safety Ratings.
Released Aug 7, 2026 and checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated monthly. Public domain (U.S. Government work).
Vehicle, car seat, tire and vehicle equipment recalls, owner complaints and crash ratings are from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Copied on Oct 20, 2026.