2013 Subaru Outback Seats Problems
- 6
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
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 6 stored complaint records:
- 1 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 1 indicate fire
- 1 indicate a death
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 1–30k mi | 2 |
| 30–60k mi | 2 |
| 60–100k mi | 1 |
| 100–150k mi | 1 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Seats
Red airbag light . Dealer diagnosis code b1650. Response is to replace the bottom part of passenger seat. 1840.00 repair. This happened about a year after they replaced the airbag related to takata recall. Soa has offered 1000.00 'in good will gesture ' . Saw a recall in 2015 for impreza wagons throwing off b1650 code. Was told by soa not to drive my outback as this is a safety issue. I totally agree, but also think…
ODI 11204864
Head Restraint · Seats
The headrest points at a harsh angle forward and may cause severe neck injury. Two seperate incidents: 1. Moving forward at a left turn angle, cars hitting each others rt front. Result brain stem hemorrhage and bilateral hematoma. April 3, 2018 2. Stopped in traffic hit from the rear. Result neck strain. May 10, 2018 *tt *tr
Crash reported · 1 injury · 1 death
ODI 11099247
Seats
I took the car into dealership service to report an electrical drain on the battery, requiring the car to be jumped started if left several days parked. Service department tested electrical system and replaced the battery. Car was parked in their lot for several hours and on return the car was was found to be heavily damaged by smoke and fire from passenger seat. The car was totaled by my insurance company.
Fire reported
ODI 10985455
Air Bags · Seat Belts · Seats
The passenger occupant detection system (ods) malfunctioned or shorted out for no apparent reason. As a result, the passenger airbag will not enable even when occupied by an adult passenger. The passenger airbag is constantly in off mode. In addition the ods apparently controls the seatbelt warning feature. Regardless of whether or not an adult passenger is occupying the seat the ods is constantly detecting a…
ODI 10733025
Electrical System · Seats · Vehicle Speed Control
With the eyesight system, outback may start braking when you are coming up on another car or trying to pass it, even though you are moving away from the vehicle to pass it and are not endanger of an accident. Very annoying at times and forces you to disable it but might be worthwhile if it didn't go off just from coming near vehicles. I suppose they don't want it to go off too late. The seat/headrest is the bigger…
ODI 10502121
Seats
Seat head rest is too far forward and upper seat contours backward, putting pressure on neck and affecting spine. Seat needs added support (with a small upper back support and probably a lumbar support) to take pressure off the neck and get the head free from being pushed. Neck should be straight. Over time this will damage the spine if the headrest isn't made adjustable or support added to the seat. I'm adding…
ODI 10502116