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Decoded · NHTSA vPIC · VIN 4S4BRBGC0C3259502 · Checked Aug 27, 2026
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4S4BRBGC0C3•••••• 2012 Subaru OUTBACK

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277on the model
142builds in total
Most reported Power Train 1 Exterior Lighting 1

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Exterior Lighting Mar 2021
The contact owns a 2012 Subaru Outback. The contact stated that vehicle was consistently burning out the headlight bulbs. The contact stated that within 3-years he had replaced the driver's and the passenger’s side headlight bulbs 7 times, and following one failure the…
Power Train Aug 2018
While slowing down the vehicle has pulled (feeling like it is not shifting down , for years, thought it was the nature of the beast) so had to brake harder. Since the summer of 2018 the car pulls and sometimes stalls or almost stalls when decelerating fast. This happens on…

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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 4S4BRBGC0C3259502 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by , founder of ForCar.