2011 SUBARU OUTBACK Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2011 Subaru Outback has 12 recalls, the most serious being a defective front passenger airbag inflator that can explode and send metal fragments into the cabin, causing serious injury or death. Several recalls filed across multiple campaigns all point to this same airbag inflator issue, with prior repair attempts not fully resolving the problem for all affected vehicles. On the fire risk side, vehicles with turbocharged engines have a relay that can fail and keep the secondary air injection pump running continuously until it overheats and melts, raising the risk of an engine fire. There is also a wiper motor concern: internal contamination can cause the wiper motor to overheat and fail, leaving the driver without wipers in poor weather. On the mechanical side, certain 2011 Outbacks with a 6-speed manual transmission may be missing a lubrication passage, causing the transmission gears to wear and produce a groaning sound over time. Vehicles equipped with an Audiovox remote engine starter and an automatic or CVT transmission can inadvertently start and run unattended for up to fifteen minutes due to a software issue with the starter system. Finally, the moonroof glass on some vehicles may not be properly secured and can separate while driving, posing a hazard to other vehicles and pedestrians.