Subaru Outback Seat Belts Problems
- 30
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 15
- Years with records
- 2000–2017
- Stored years
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 30 stored complaint records:
- 7 indicate a crash
- 7 indicate injury
- 0 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- seat belt · 28 records
- seat belts · 8 records
- passenger side · 6 records
- passenger seat · 6 records
- sitting seat · 4 records
- steering wheel · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 10 |
| 30–60k mi | 6 |
| 60–100k mi | 5 |
| 100–150k mi | 2 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Visibility/Wiper
I hit a large deer on ih 10 at 75 mph. All airbags deployed safely but conpletely blocked my vision and prevented me from exiting the vehicle as the bags blocked door handles, window control switches and my seat belt release. Another motorist cut air bag strips and helped me to exit the car. Fortunately, no fire.
Crash reported
ODI 11203480
Seat Belts
TAKATA RECALL
ODI 11190102
Seat Belts · Seats
Substantial rust has developed at the attach point of the driver's seat-belt to the driver's seat and of the attach-point of the driver's seat to the car. We're the original owner and the car was never flooded or exposed to water in any other way. I took it to the dealer two weeks ago and they didn't know what to make of it or do about it. They reached out to subaru and (as of 4/24) the dealer hasn't received a…
ODI 11203440
Rear/Other · Seat Belts
The center seatbelt in the back seat ( the one that comes down from the roof of the vehicle) has frayed and become torn three times in 20 months. The first repair was done dec 21, 2016, second was oct 27,2017 and the most recent was feb 13,2018. The belt system has been reported as replaced all three times, but it keeps occurring in the same place and manner each time. I am continually told that this is from outside…
ODI 11075241
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Seats
Cold rainy morning, i started the car for the first time with no one in the passenger seat. The airbag light came on and stayed on, the passenger seatbelt light is on and car is dinging like someone in the passenger seat is not wearing a seat belt. Does not turn off when seat belt is clipped. I take it to the dealership and they say it's a bad electrostatic capacitance sensor ods. The 'part' aka replacing the whole…
ODI 11056208
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Unknown Or Other
September 9th 2017, our outback was involved in an accident on a mixed residential/commercial street intersection, when it was hit on the left front wheel, hard enough to spin the car so that the left rear corner made contact with the other vehicle. The impact resulted in serious injuries requiring hospitalization and weeks of recovery. The airbags & seatbelt pre-tensioners did not activate. After the collision, the…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11024520
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Vehicle Speed Control
On 8 june 2017 i had just pulled into a parking spot in front of a medical suite when my leased three month old 2017 subaru outback with 1,000 miles suddenly had an unintended acceleration episode jumping the curb and crashing into a brick wall and suite door after displacing a threshold column by two inches. The airbag did not deploy, the "eyesight" function did not stop the vehicle, the seat belt did not restrain…
Crash reported · 1 injury
ODI 11011433
Seat Belts
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 subaru outback. The contact stated that the dealer (performance subaru, [redacted], chapel hill, nc 27514, [redacted]) was notified that the three rear seat belts failed to secure properly and unlatched intermittently. The dealer indicated that they had no specific remedy and advised the contact to call the manufacturer. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage…
ODI 10995389