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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
4S4BRBAC6B3••••••2011 Subaru OUTBACK
That is about average for the 2011 Subaru OUTBACK — 3 complaints per build across 216 builds.
4on this build
591on the model
216builds in total
1injuries
Most reportedAir Bags 2Exterior Lighting 1Engine 1
What owners of this build wrote
EngineAug 2022
The car got overheated on 8/20/2022, because of the mechanical and design issue, specifically the coolant pipe and hose connection which got disconnected and blew up with force ejecting hot coolant liquid. The incident almost killed my husband. The hot liquid burned his abdomen…
Air BagsMar 2017
Takata recall. The contact owns a 2011 subaru outback. The contact recieved notification of NHTSA campaign number: 16V358000 (air bags); however, the part for the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the…
Exterior LightingJan 2016
Purchased subaru outback 2011 new. At approximately 65,000 miles low beam front headlights began to burn out quickly: 4 replaced over about 14 months. Experienced an episode 1/8/16 where all front lights completely failed in the park and drive position but left low beam…
Air BagsDec 2010
The passenger airbag does not turn on when adult female ~120lbs is in the passenger seat. Minimum weight to consistently activate airbag seems to be about 140lbs. The car was taken to the dealership and they re-calibrated the passenger seat weight sensor but this did not resolve…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 4S4BRBAC6B3414979 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.