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What 505 owners told NHTSA about the 2015 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 (505)Crash / fire / injury (29)Visibility & wipers (143)Electrical system (125)Engine (47)Transmission & drivetrain (37)Body & structure (33)Brakes (28)Speed control (26)Fuel system (18)Airbags (14)Steering (13)

26 of 505 complaints match · Speed control · clear filters · page 2 of 2

Feb 10, 2015Electrical systemSpeed control

ACCELERATOR SUDDENLY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE RESULTING IN COMPLETE SLOWDOWN TO STOP IN TRAFFIC. HAD TO SHUT OFF VEHICLE AND RESTART NUMEROUS TIME TO GET TO SAFE LOCATION. RESULTED IN EXPENSIVE FIX AND COULD HAVE BEEN DISASTROUS IF OCCURRED DURING HIGHWAY/HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATION. APPARENTLY WAS A SENSOR OF SOME SORT. HAPPENED A WHILE AGO, SO DATE PROVIDED IS APPROXIMATE, BUT I JUST BECAME AWARE OF THIS SITE. *TR

NHTSA ODI 10682601

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Working with the data? Download all 505 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 2015 Subaru Outback Wilderness verdict →