2010 SUBARU OUTBACK Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2010 Subaru Outback has 17 recalls, the most serious being a Takata airbag inflator defect where the passenger-side frontal airbag can explode and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death. Several other recalls carry significant fire risk: a relay controlling the secondary air injection pump can fail on turbocharged models, causing the pump to overheat and melt, and the windshield wiper motor can also overheat, melt its housing, and potentially ignite a fire while also leaving the driver without wipers in rain or snow. On the drivetrain side, a CVT cooler hose can crack and leak fluid until the transmission loses function and the vehicle stops unexpectedly, and certain manual transmission models built within a specific production window have a lubrication gap in the six-speed gearbox that causes a groaning noise as the gears wear. A steering column roll connector can develop cracked wiring and disable the driver's airbag, horn, cruise control, and other connected functions; prior repair attempts did not fully resolve this issue, accounting for more than one recall in this group. On manual transmission models, the electronic parking brake control unit can crack over time and prevent the brake from engaging. There is also a recall for vehicles equipped with an Audiovox remote starter where the engine can start and run on its own without driver input.