2019 Subaru Outback steering problems
37 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2019 Subaru Outback, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 37 3% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 2,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When steering problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 20 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 0 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 0 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 22 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 2,000 miles, and 100% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 1 crash.
What owners wrote
I took delivery of this new vehicle on 10 september 2018 after short test drive on urban streets. By the time I had driven on about 100 miles on rural and 4 lane roads I was really disturbed by the way the vehicle "wandered" from side to side and seemingly without any steering wheel input except enough to correct the drift to right or left. It seems when the wheels are centered the steering wheel appears to have "dead zone". I called the service manager and he said "we get a lot of complaints about that".
Above 50-60 miles an hour the steering began to wander (it felt like I had no control and the car wanted to steer itself) very dangerous! On an interstate where speed limit was 70MPH.
Other problems reported for the 2019 Subaru Outback
- Wipers, windshield & visibility 390 complaints
- Electrical system 367 complaints
- Forward collision avoidance 46 complaints
- Engine 40 complaints
- Fuel system 32 complaints
- Body & structure 28 complaints
- Cruise control 26 complaints
- Brakes 22 complaints