2018 Subaru Outback brakes problems
18 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2018 Subaru Outback, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 18 2% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 7 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 7 crashes, 3 injuries.
What owners wrote
I went to to stop at a traffic light and my brakes failed. I swerved to miss the car directly in front of me. I hit 5 other cars and the car flipped. The fire department had to cut us out of the car.this was a busy street.
Tl* the contact owns a 2018 subaru outback. Each time the brake pedal was depressed, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The contact had to apply excessive force to the brake pedal to slow down the vehicle. The failure recurred three times. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 4,400.
Other problems reported for the 2018 Subaru Outback
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 275 complaints
- Electrical system 269 complaints
- Fuel system 46 complaints
- Engine 37 complaints
- Steering 36 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 23 complaints
- Cruise control 21 complaints
- Backover prevention 20 complaints