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2001 Subaru Outback brakes problems

38 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2001 Subaru Outback, which is 18% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
38 18% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
31,000 miles 24 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When brakes problems show up

Brakes complaints by mileage, 2001 Subaru Outback Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 31,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 10 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 31,000 miles
Based on 24 complaints that include mileage. 83% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles6
20k to 40k miles10
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 24 brakes complaints that report mileage, the median is about 31,000 miles, and 83% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes.

What owners wrote

My 4 yr old son went into this car which was in park in our driveway. The keys were not in the car. He bumped into the shift mechanism which subsequently allowed the car to drift backwards from the slight grade. Fortunately, there was no injury, but there was considerable damage and under different conditions, it could have been tragic. The car was returned to suburu who verified that the safety interlock was not operating as designed.

Reported at 50,000 miles, September 2004 Crash

Within 4 years, my subaru outback vcd needed 3 sets of brakes and 4 sets of rotors (not including the "resurfacing" to extend the rotors). Everytime when I brought the car to the dealership, they attribute the problems to my driving pattern. But I owned three other cars before (all were less expensive), and never needed to replace brakes nor rotors. As posted in this website, there are 13 other complains, with virtually identical problems.

Reported at 30,000 miles, December 2006

Other problems reported for the 2001 Subaru Outback

Brakes problems in other years

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