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What 208 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Subaru Outback Wilderness

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (208)Crash / fire / injury (18)Airbags (38)Engine (35)Electrical system (32)Transmission & drivetrain (25)Brakes (22)Steering (17)Speed control (14)Fuel system (13)Body & structure (11)Visibility & wipers (10)

1 of 208 complaints match · Fuel system · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Jul 11, 2016Transmission & drivetrainSpeed controlFuel systemCrash

PULLING CAR INTO PARKING SPACE AT SLOW SPEED WHEN CAR, WITHOUT DRIVER INPUT, SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. HEAVY PRESSURE ON BRAKES, DRIVER FELT THE ABS CYCLING, DID NT STOP VEHICLE. FINALLY, AFTER COLLIDING WITH A PARKED CAR, NOSE TO NOSE AND PUSHING OTHER CAR OUT OF ITS PARKING SPOT, DRIVER WAS ABLE TO STOP THE CAR MY MOVING TRANSMISSION GEAR SELECTOR TO PARK

NHTSA ODI 10884119

Working with the data? Download all 208 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2014 Subaru Outback Wilderness verdict →