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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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4S4BSANC9J3••••••2018 Subaru OUTBACK
This build draws 3.7× more complaints than the average 2018 Subaru OUTBACK build (26 vs 7).
26on this build
793on the model
114builds in total
1involved a crash
Most reportedElectrical System 8Visibility/wiper 8Steering 4Service Brakes 2
What owners of this build wrote
Vehicle Speed ControlcrashAug 2022
Car jerked back and suddenly accelerated without warning as driver had foot on brake and was slowly pulling into parking spot. Car hit wall of parking garage causing front end damage. Parking collision warning did not sound at any point. Car was going 1-2 MPH and was 5 feet from…
SteeringSep 2025
While the lane keeping assistance is on the car will follow the exit lane beside the lane I’m in and jerk over into it. There has been a car beside me when has happened but I caught the steering wheel before a crash. Also if a car is turning in front of me sometimes, not always,…
Visibility/wiperSep 2022
I was changing the passenger side wiper blade, and when the wiper was lowered to the windshield, the windshield cracked. The crack is now moving up towards the forward eyesight detection system
Electrical SystemFeb 2022
Bought the vehicle used from Carmax on 2/14/22, drove 25 miles home and parked in driveway. Next morning battery was dead, put a trickle charger on the battery and the charger detected only 4 volts and would not charge vehicle
StructureApr 2020
My windshield spontaneously cracked starting at the vertical edge on the passenger side. There was no event that caused this. It just happened one day. I'm barely driving my car bc of the pandemic so I'm assuming it happened when it was stationary
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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 4S4BSANC9J3344644 · decoded Aug 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.